The Fox News Rundown Extra: Is Our Food 'Toxic'? Jillian Michaels On America's Health Crisis
Jan 24, 2026
Jillian Michaels, world-renowned trainer and best-selling author turned investigative health advocate. She digs into how food, farming, and medical industries shape diets. She explains engineered addictiveness of ultra-processed foods, debates fats and seed oils, addresses omega imbalances, critiques weight-loss drugs, and shares quick fitness tips for busy lives.
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How The System Captures Consumers
- Big food has engineered both products and environments to capture consumers psychologically and physiologically.
- Jillian Michaels says weight struggles are system failures, not personal weakness.
Addiction By Design
- Food companies hire multidisciplinary experts to design ultra-processed foods that trigger pleasure centers.
- Michaels calls the 'can't eat just one' phenomenon a deliberate business model, not a slogan.
How Dietary Guidelines Were Skewed
- The demonization of fat in past guidelines funneled subsidies toward refined seed oils and big agriculture.
- Michaels traces the food pyramid's shift to lobbying and revolving doors between industry and public health.