Marty Makary: “We're addressing the poisons in the US Food supply.”

“Sugar and junk food. We're not talking about complex carbohydrates and things that come out of the ground. We're talking about old ultra processed foods that drive up the glycemic index. We're addressing the poisons in the US Food supply. And today with this amazing moment, for the first time in American history, talking about taxpayer funding of our chronic disease epidemic in children, addressing the SNAP program to restore it to its mission, to talk about the N in snap, which is nutrition.” (28:01–28:06)

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