Hello and welcome to this episode of Kennedy Saves the World.

I'm so excited.

Julia Michaels is back because there is so much government nutrition news that we are hearing

from the Health and Human Services Secretary

RFK Jr. I know that you have been in an informal advisory role and certainly an advocate.

An advocate. Yes. Yes. An advocate. Of, you know, looking, taking a deep look at our diets because I think the personal responsibility

that we all have for the most intimate relationship we have with what we put into our bodies.

That is something, it's never fun.

It's the last avenue that people want to go down.

They want to blame everything in the external world for how they

look and feel. But really, it is the choices that we make. But wouldn't you argue that the choices

that we are able to make now are better than what we've had in decades or certainly in our lifetime?

You make a great point. So the reality is that

this is a problem caused by a myriad of issues, greatly exacerbated by big ag, big food, big pharma,

and big insurance. To illustrate this point for you, if we went back to the 1970s, only 5% of American adults were obese or overweight.

Now it's 74%. So it's not genetics. You didn't have a quantum leap in genetics over the last friggin' five decades.

And it's not that 74% of our adult population is weak, lazy, pathetic, and incapable.

It is the ways in which the system has been rigged against everyday Americans.

And I can outline that for you.

It's not to say you are the consummate victim.

It's not to say you don't need to take agency. You do. In fact, that's the ultimate act of rebellion.

But they make it exceptionally difficult on purpose. And so having a little help so that they can't do

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