say 'cure' meaning medicine or treatment - 'I'm going to see the doctor about getting some more of that cure.' (pills, prescriptions, therapy, treatment, advice, etc). It's not that common now but I remember hearing the term used this way years ago.
He is absolutely referring to managing chronic diseases, including ones related to overeating - esp. widespread unhealthy, high calorie, ultra processed industrial foods in the U.S. where chronic diseases and conditions are on the rise in the last several decades - obesity, diabetes, heart disease.
These illnesses mean management of regular medical visits, monitoring and testing, and prescriptions from the pharmacy, all of which involve multiple medical professionals.
For background, he mentions Part 1 (see below) of this topic which may be of help. I can't clarify the topic any more than this right now. - AB
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Part 1, referenced in his post.
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Sick By Design: How America Turned Food Into Disease 🍏
- Offended Outcast. Welcome to the Sickness Economy Series. (12 mins). 🍕 🌽
Modern food didn't fail on accident. It changed on purpose. In America, the cheapest calories are the ones that hurt us, and the expensive ones are the ones that nourish us. That isn't a mystery. It's an incentive.
- Over the last 50 years, real food was slowly replaced by "products," shelf stable, addictive, convenient, engineered for profit and quietly harmful in ways that didn't show up overnight. You don't drop dead from a cereal box. You just get a little sicker every year.
And while the government pointed a finger at "personal responsibility" the food industry quietly turned nourishment into a business model, and our bodies carried the cost... Read More under * Description in the YouTube link above.
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