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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “The scientific paper that purported to show that there was a…”

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

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Extended interview: RFK Jr. discusses new dietary guidelines

Published | Video Starts at 02:01

With an emphasis on increased protein. And some people read that as red meat. Are you putting more Americans at risk for heart disease? No. As I said, The scientific paper that purported to show that there was a risk between red meat and heart disease has been debunked. It's been debunked for decades. And the continued recommendation was based upon dogma, politicized science rather than real science. These recommendations are modernized based upon gold standard science, which is again, abundant and mountainous. (02:01–02:14)

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Asserts that the study linking red meat to heart disease risk has been debunked.

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