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Another person in the same bucket as Hari is Dr. Mark Hyman, another wellness startup founder that Christina noticed was in that same press conference in March.

Hyman sells a variety of supplements and nutrition books. He also owns a membership-based health program called Function Health. RFK Jr. said he's known Hyman for 20 years.

Hyman sells a variety of supplements and nutrition books. He also owns a membership-based health program called Function Health. RFK Jr. said he's known Hyman for 20 years.

Hyman sells a variety of supplements and nutrition books. He also owns a membership-based health program called Function Health. RFK Jr. said he's known Hyman for 20 years.

Hyman's company, Function Health, closed a funding round in February that valued the company at $2.5 billion. That's up from $191 million in June of last year, according to data from PitchBook. Hari and Hyman said they've been working on food and nutrition issues for years, and Hyman said he attended the April press conference as a private citizen and a practicing doctor.

Hyman's company, Function Health, closed a funding round in February that valued the company at $2.5 billion. That's up from $191 million in June of last year, according to data from PitchBook. Hari and Hyman said they've been working on food and nutrition issues for years, and Hyman said he attended the April press conference as a private citizen and a practicing doctor.

Hyman's company, Function Health, closed a funding round in February that valued the company at $2.5 billion. That's up from $191 million in June of last year, according to data from PitchBook. Hari and Hyman said they've been working on food and nutrition issues for years, and Hyman said he attended the April press conference as a private citizen and a practicing doctor.

Hari said that health and human services, quote, has been a revolving door to the food and pharmaceutical industry and never given a voice to advocates and mothers like me until now. Christina, I just want to understand something. You know, a lot of people might remember Joe Biden also had influencers in his orbit and even in the White House. How is what we're seeing here different?

Hari said that health and human services, quote, has been a revolving door to the food and pharmaceutical industry and never given a voice to advocates and mothers like me until now. Christina, I just want to understand something. You know, a lot of people might remember Joe Biden also had influencers in his orbit and even in the White House. How is what we're seeing here different?

Hari said that health and human services, quote, has been a revolving door to the food and pharmaceutical industry and never given a voice to advocates and mothers like me until now. Christina, I just want to understand something. You know, a lot of people might remember Joe Biden also had influencers in his orbit and even in the White House. How is what we're seeing here different?

A spokesman for the HHS said, quote, it appears that the Wall Street Journal is taking issue with private citizens exercising First Amendment rights. Christina says that there are Maha influencers who are getting official roles in the government. That's after the break.

A spokesman for the HHS said, quote, it appears that the Wall Street Journal is taking issue with private citizens exercising First Amendment rights. Christina says that there are Maha influencers who are getting official roles in the government. That's after the break.

A spokesman for the HHS said, quote, it appears that the Wall Street Journal is taking issue with private citizens exercising First Amendment rights. Christina says that there are Maha influencers who are getting official roles in the government. That's after the break.

Trump's new pick for Surgeon General, Casey Means, touts views shared by many MAHA supporters. Here she is on Tucker Carlson's podcast.

Trump's new pick for Surgeon General, Casey Means, touts views shared by many MAHA supporters. Here she is on Tucker Carlson's podcast.

Trump's new pick for Surgeon General, Casey Means, touts views shared by many MAHA supporters. Here she is on Tucker Carlson's podcast.

Means got her medical degree from Stanford University, though she didn't finish her residency afterwards. And she doesn't have an active medical license. She's pushed to overhaul the country's food and health systems, driven by a deep distrust of America's pharmaceutical and food industries. She's questioned medical expertise and vaccine mandates.

Means got her medical degree from Stanford University, though she didn't finish her residency afterwards. And she doesn't have an active medical license. She's pushed to overhaul the country's food and health systems, driven by a deep distrust of America's pharmaceutical and food industries. She's questioned medical expertise and vaccine mandates.

Means got her medical degree from Stanford University, though she didn't finish her residency afterwards. And she doesn't have an active medical license. She's pushed to overhaul the country's food and health systems, driven by a deep distrust of America's pharmaceutical and food industries. She's questioned medical expertise and vaccine mandates.

Mean's embrace of many of these Maha ideas started after her mother died of pancreatic cancer.