Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Mark Hyman
Jan 24, 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Establish wellness farms to heal addiction through community and healthy living
A proposed solution for the addiction crisis is to create wellness farms where people heal through community, learning trades, and eating healthy food without screens.
Recognize food addiction engineered by ultra-processed products
Food companies engineer ultra-processed foods to hit a "bliss point" that activates the brain's dopamine centers in the same way as drugs like cocaine or heroin.
Address chronic disease epidemic as a national security threat
Over 70% of military recruits are rejected because they are overweight or unfit to fight, demonstrating that the chronic disease epidemic is a national security threat.
Recognize environmental toxins as epidemic triggers, not genes
Genes can provide a vulnerability to disease, but epidemics are caused by exposure to an environmental toxin.
Recognize 1989 as the turning point for chronic disease epidemic
An EPA study identified 1989 as the "change year" when the modern epidemic of chronic diseases like autism began to accelerate.
Transform NIH into a pharmaceutical incubator through Bayh-Dole Act
The 1980 Bayh-Dole Act allows NIH and its scientists to collect royalties on drugs, transforming it from a public health agency into an incubator for pharmaceutical products.
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