The White House last week approved a waiver submitted by Nebraska to allow the state to ban the purchase of soda or energy drinks with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), better known as food stamps, prompting Brooke L. Rollins, secretary of the Agriculture Department, to call the move a “historic step to Make America Healthy Again.”
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CHRONIC DISEASES UNDERMINING HEALTH GAINS IN THE U.S.
The U.S. is losing ground to other peer countries in life expectancy over the past decade, and researchers blame the prevalence of chronic disease for the lack of momentum.
KENNEDY SETS SIGHTS ON SODA
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, announced last week that the U.S. needs to stop “paying for the food” that is making Americans sick, so he will move to block individuals who get the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from purchasing soda and candy.
RFK JR. AIMS TO REMOVE ARTIFICIAL FOOD DYES IN THE U.S.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary, announced last week his plan to phase out food coloring in the U.S. after studies have linked these synthetic dyes to health issues.
KENNEDY ANNOUNCES ‘OPERATION STORK SPEED’ TO CLEAN INFANT FORMULA
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of Health and Human Services, said Tuesday that he is launching a new initiative to study the supply chain for infant formula in the U.S. to get a better understanding of nutrients inside these products—including increased testing for heavy metals and other contaminants.
KENNEDY CALLS FOR ARTIFICIAL DYES TO BE PULLED FROM PRODUCTS
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary, appears to mean business when it comes to removing artificial dyes from the U.S. food supply.
STUDY LINKS PROCESSED FOODS WITH COLON CANCER
A newly released study published in Gut identified a possible link between processed foods and colon cancer.
IN YOUR FACE: GOVERNMENT WANTS TO PICK YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT
A war against fundamental political and free speech rights of Americans, prosecuted by a rogue government, saw several milestones this past week.
RFK JR. SLAMS COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS DURING FOX NEWS TOWN HALL
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Democratic challenger to incumbent President Joe Biden, said during a town hall last week that the COVID-19 lockdowns did nothing but make matters worse for the country and “violated all of the orthodoxy” of acceptable pandemic protocols.
NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHES HIT PIECE ON RFK JR.
It was The New York Times’s turn last week to publish a hit piece against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Democratic challenger to President Joe Biden, and did its best to portray the environmental lawyer as a tin foil hat-wearing conspiracy theorist.