Bill Maher Quotes On Health And Fitness

Bill Maher is a polarized figure: You either love him and hang up his words, or you really despise him and will love nothing but erase it from the face of the earth.

At the HBO show, Real Time with Bill Maher, he is often known as the "New Rules" in which he challenges the status quo and speaks up on things he thinks need to change - regardless of political correctness or public opinion.

In the recent "New Rules" segment, he focuses on American health and fitness. And while he's certainly not the poster child for a healthy lifestyle, he's made some incredible points that it's almost impossible to disagree with:

New Rule: If you believe that you need to take all the pills the pharmaceutical industry says you are taking, then you are already on medication ....

We won't stop hurting until we stop hurting ourselves. Because there's one where the most universal government health programs can't help you. They cannot ban unhealthy foods or alcohol or cigarettes. Just a pot, sorry.

Because, you see, the government is not your nanny. They are your traders. And they subsidize the disease in America. They must. There's too much money in it. ... Fifty years ago, children didn't get Type 2 Diabetes now, it's an outbreak. Such a long list of rare diseases, and has now been "preferred."

Things like asthma and autism and acid reflux, and arthritis, allergies, adult acne, attention deficit disorder. And it's just an "A". ...

In Hillary Clinton's health plan, the words "nutrition" and "exercise" came up. The word "drug" 14 times. Just like pharmaceutical companies want. You know, their ad ads like to say, "When diet and exercise fail ..." Well, diet and exercise don't fail. The facts were brought home last week by a Duke University study showing that exercise - yes, exercise - is just as effective in treating depression as Paxil and Zoloft.

So ask your doctor if they get off your ass for you!

You know, if Republicans could sell preemptive war ideas, Democrats would at least give us some interest in the idea of ​​preventive medicine. Someone has to stand up and say that the answer is not another pill. The answer is spinach. Okay, not spinach. Turns out the crap'll kill you. But you know what I mean!

What do you think of this Bill Maher quote? Can you disagree with his statement?

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