Phil McGraw defends involvement in Trump's Make America Healthy Again movement: 'Isn’t a political issue'

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Dr Phil McGraw defended his involvement in Donald Trump's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement and said that it "isn’t a political issue" for him.

He made the statement during a guest appearance on Monday, March 31, episode of NewsNation's 'CUOMO', OK Magazine reported,

Phil McGraw defends his involvement in Donald Trump's MAHA movement

During the interview with host Chris Cuomo, Phil McGraw focused on concerns over the health of children across the United States.

He said, "We are one of the sickest generations of young people of any developed country."

McGraw continued, "I think we’re 33 out of 38 among development countries…there aren’t any Democrat[ic] children, there aren’t any Republican children, they’re just American children."

"This isn’t a political issue for me," he said.

He further stated, "We need to get kids off their phones and back outside in the fresh air and exercising. We need to start feeding them foods that aren’t processed."

"We need to make sure that the chemicals that are in our foods are the ones that need to be there to keep the foods safe," McGraw added.

He also admitted that he doesn't "know enough about politics to discuss it intelligently," and emphasized his interest in "cultural issues" within the US, per the outlet.

He explained, "I think when we look at the presence of chronic diseases among our young people. In the ‘60s, it was like 2,3,4 percent of young people had chronic diseases."

"Now, it’s like 40 percent, and this is a serious problem that can be eliminated in one generation if we’ll just do a few different things that are totally doable," McGraw added.

He also compared meals in the United States to what people are consuming in places like Europe and said, "There are probably 10,000 chemicals in our foods that aren’t in the foods in Europe."

Phil McGraw urges others to challenge norms created across the US

During the interview, Phil McGraw went on to urge others to challenge norms created across the country.

He said, "We've got to have the willingness and the freedom to question the answers that we're all taking for granted."

McGraw continued, "Why do our foods look different than European foods? Why are the colors brighter? Why are there [other ingredients] in our foods, our cereals, and stuff?"

"Well, because they've got dyes and chemicals in them that they don't have in these other countries," he pointed out.

McGraw then said, "We should be asking ourselves, why is that true? Why do we need that stuff in our food, and why did our children start getting sick in the mid-80s, when they started adding that stuff to our food, whether it's Skittles or these candies and this, these cooking oils that we use?"

Phil McGraw trolled online as he defends his involvement in Donald Trump's MAHA movement

Several internet users trolled Phil McGraw after he defended his involvement in Donald Trump's "Make America Healthy Again" movement and said that it "isn’t a political issue for me." They took to the comments section of the show's YouTube video to express their views on the same.

One social media user said, "He says he doesn’t care about politics and he doesn’t know anything about politics, but he’s been supporting every evil action from the very beginning," while another wrote, "As if 'Dr' Phil has any real credibility."

One person stated, "I’ve never liked Dr Phil. He was always a fake doctor to me and a loser," while another remarked, "Wow! Dr Phil is a Trumper smh."

An individual declared, "He is not a licensed doctor, and he is doing this for additional TV interaction," while another added, "MAHA is going to run into serious problems if it goes too far."

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