How RFK Jr. Manipulates Nutrition Research | Kevin Hall

The Checkup with Doctor Mike

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Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 31 August 2025

⏱️ 163 minutes

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Huge thanks to Kevin Hall for being so transparent in this interview. Check out his new book "Food Intelligence" now: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671334/food-intelligence-by-julia-belluz-and-kevin-hall-phd/

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00:00 Intro

02:22 Physics Over Nutrition

17:01 Macros vs. Fat Loss

29:50 Low Carb Diets

38:11 Unexpected Changes

41:02 Ketogenic Diet vs. Childhood Seizures

42:55 The Biggest Loser Study

1:13:35 Ultra-processed Foods

1:33:20 High Performing Athletes

1:35:27 Calories In/Out vs. CIM Model

1:52:30 Ultra-processed foods mechanisms

1:57:35 His Battle Against RFK Jr.

2:15:30 RFK Jr. Censoring Research

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0:30.2	Secretary Kennedy has this Maha movement, make America healthy again, frequently targeting ultra-processed foods.
0:36.2	If I'm truly wanting to solve all those problems,
0:38.7	like I would be calling you every day to try and solve these problems. Is that happening?
0:44.2	Um, no, not at all. In our health lead, a top researcher for the National Institutes of Health
0:50.1	shocked the scientific and medical communities this week by announcing his early retirement
0:53.9	and blaming it on censorship from RFK Jr.'s administration.
0:58.7	I was really excited about this piece of research.
1:00.7	We were addressing the question about whether or not ultra-processed foods high in fat and sugar
1:06.8	can cause the same kind of changes in the brain's dopamine response as highly addictive drugs.
1:12.6	And they didn't seem to have the effect that many addictive drugs do.
1:16.6	This narrative that...
1:17.6	It's as addictive as crack.
1:19.6	That doesn't seem to be at work here.
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