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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “There's a whole list of atopic diseases that exploded…”

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

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RFK on food allergy research

Published | Video Starts at 17:59

So if we can figure out what's going on with food allergy, crack that nut, no pun intended, I think it will have lifelong gut health implications. Yeah. And, you know, I think when we figure out the answer for food allergies, that There's a whole list of atopic diseases that exploded simultaneously in the lockstep of the food allergies. Eczema, or allergic dermatitis is what it used to be called, which again, I didn't know anybody with eczema when I was a kid. (17:59–18:08)

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Asserts that atopic diseases have increased alongside food allergies.

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