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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services this week. In his new role, he’ll oversee critical areas like public health, medical research and food and drug safety. But given Kennedy’s long history of promoting junk science and outright misinformation — especially …
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A US government-funded study has suggested that commonly used cooking oils could be contributing to a rise in colon cancer among young people. Doctors are cautioning that consuming large quantities of seed oils such as sunflower, grapeseed, canola, and corn may heighten the risk of cancer.The study …
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Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here.My colleague Brittany Trang has a new STAT+ weekly newsletter starting today: AI Prognosis, a hitchhiker’s guide to the health care AI galaxy. If you’re reading this email right at 6 am …
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The Make America Healthy Again movement has a lot of the food industry on edge. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies have made concerns about the health effects of ultra-processed foods a government priority, putting titans like PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, and Nestlé on the defensive.But …
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At a Brooklyn coffeeshop one recent rainy afternoon, the barista explained that lattes came just one of two ways: with whole milk or almond. It didn’t make sense to stock skim or reduced-fat milk when requests for those varieties are few and far between, she said — though a few months ago, she did …
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Food has been front and center in the Make America Healthy Again movement, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to solve chronic disease in the United States. That’s why forthcoming federal guidance on nutrition could draw extra attention this time around, even as a massive …
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Here are a few things we know about how Robert F. Kennedy eats. He likes raw milk, full-fat dairy, and intermittent fasting. He’s suspicious of artificial food dyes and seed oils, and says “sugar is poison.” He doesn’t drink alcohol. If he spots roadkill, he may try to eat it, though not right …
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You’re reading the first story in The MAHA Diagnosis, a STAT series that examines the major elements of the Make America Healthy Again movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.When guests at the Make America Healthy Again inaugural ball sat down for dinner last month at the Waldorf Astoria in …
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The Goodman Institute published my Brief Analysis on the cooking oil debate: RFK, Jr. May Be Right about Something (Jan 15, 2025). An earlier post looks at the debate, referencing many articles and books: Notes on the Seed Oils/Vegetable Oils Debate. Research on seed oils (referred to as vegetable …
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AdvertisementDietitian Susie Burrell debunks common misconceptions about seed oils, and whether they’re as harmful for our health as some online content claims.SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.Save this article for laterAdd …
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