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Trump FDA commissioner complains about 'throwing insulin" to diabetics [View all]
I am a type II diabetic. I have been on both Trulicity and now Ozempic. The amount of insulin I am taking have goon way down and there are patients on Ozempic and GLP-1 drugs who are off of all insulin.
This asshole has not idea what he is talking about with respect to diabetes
Replace it with cooking classes.. Are you fucking insane.. besides Ya'll are cutting WIC, SNAP, Medicaid and Medicare.. So, which is it dumbass...
— Darbyscastle (@darbyscastle.bsky.social) 2025-05-25T16:22:15.785Z
Trump FDA commissioner complains about 'throwing insulin" to diabetics www.rawstory.com/trump-throwi...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-throwing-insulin/
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary argued that insulin should be withheld from people with diabetes and replaced with "cooking classes."
During a Sunday interview on Fox News, Makary promoted a report from President Donald Trump's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission.
"You know, scientists have been waving the flag for years, saying you've got to look at this body of scientific data, and the modern medical establishment really has been disconnected," he opined. "We've got to stop and ask ourselves, should we be focusing more on school lunch programs, not just putting every kid on Ozempic?"
"We've got to talk about environmental toxins that cause cancer, not just the chemo to treat it," he continued. "And maybe we need to treat more diabetes with cooking classes, not just throwing insulin at people."
During a Sunday interview on Fox News, Makary promoted a report from President Donald Trump's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission.
"You know, scientists have been waving the flag for years, saying you've got to look at this body of scientific data, and the modern medical establishment really has been disconnected," he opined. "We've got to stop and ask ourselves, should we be focusing more on school lunch programs, not just putting every kid on Ozempic?"
"We've got to talk about environmental toxins that cause cancer, not just the chemo to treat it," he continued. "And maybe we need to treat more diabetes with cooking classes, not just throwing insulin at people."
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