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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Federal policy promoted and subsidized highly processed…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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RFK Jr. announces new dietary guidelines and end to "war on saturated fats"

Published | Video Starts at 06:28

The reason is clear. The hard truth is that our government has been lying to us protect corporate profit taking, telling us that these food like substances were beneficial to public health. Federal policy promoted and subsidized highly processed foods and refined carbohydrates and turned a blind eye to the disastrous consequences. Today the lies stop. The new guidelines recognize that whole nutrient dense food is the most effective path to better health and lower health care costs. (06:28–06:39)

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Asserts that federal policy has promoted and subsidized unhealthy foods, ignoring negative health impacts.

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