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RFK Jr. Makes Food Sound Like a Miracle Drug. Researchers Say He Often Overstates the Science
Researchers say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exaggerates evidence that a new protein- and fat-focused food pyramid can treat illnesses, despite some promising diet-related health findings.
- Earlier this year, a new U.S. food pyramid flipped the grain-prioritized model, emphasizing protein and full-fat dairy alongside what Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls "healthy fats."
- NPR Reflect America fellow Kadin Mills unpacked how the guidelines could reshape school lunch trays, as the pyramid influences standards for school meals, food labeling and SNAP programs.
- Researchers say Kennedy overstates evidence; he cited Dr. Christopher Palmer's 2019 report about two schizophrenia patients and claimed Palmer had "cured schizophrenia" using ketogenic diets.
- Clinicians warn the messaging risks patients self-treating; Dr. Theresa Miskimen Rivera, president of the American Psychiatric Association, fears people might say, "Well, I don't need medication. I just need to follow the diet."
- Diet can aid Type 2 diabetes management, said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, director of the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University, while defenders cite the disease affecting 40 million people and related trials continuing until March 2027.
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RFK Jr. makes food sound like a miracle drug. Researchers say he often overstates the science
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is promoting food as medicine, but experts say he's overstating what diet can do for serious illness.
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