Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The litigation and the advertising that began taking place at that time. What time frame is this?

So the tobacco industry saw that the writing was on the wall, that they were facing regulatory headwinds, that their consumers were sloughing off. Right. And they began to diversify. And they diversified into the food industry. So by the mid-90s, the two biggest food companies in the world were R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris. That is astounding. And they took thousands of scientists.

So the tobacco industry saw that the writing was on the wall, that they were facing regulatory headwinds, that their consumers were sloughing off. Right. And they began to diversify. And they diversified into the food industry. So by the mid-90s, the two biggest food companies in the world were R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris. That is astounding. And they took thousands of scientists.

So the tobacco industry saw that the writing was on the wall, that they were facing regulatory headwinds, that their consumers were sloughing off. Right. And they began to diversify. And they diversified into the food industry. So by the mid-90s, the two biggest food companies in the world were R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris. That is astounding. And they took thousands of scientists.

that were involved, whose job it was to figure out ways to make tobacco more addictive and more attractive. And they switched to doing that for food. And they started developing all of these chemicals that hijack your brain and trick your body. Well, they would mimic the taste of things that are very appetizing, and they would do it with chemical compounds. Intentionally?

that were involved, whose job it was to figure out ways to make tobacco more addictive and more attractive. And they switched to doing that for food. And they started developing all of these chemicals that hijack your brain and trick your body. Well, they would mimic the taste of things that are very appetizing, and they would do it with chemical compounds. Intentionally?

that were involved, whose job it was to figure out ways to make tobacco more addictive and more attractive. And they switched to doing that for food. And they started developing all of these chemicals that hijack your brain and trick your body. Well, they would mimic the taste of things that are very appetizing, and they would do it with chemical compounds. Intentionally?

Intentionally, to attract your taste buds, to make them palatable and appetizing and attractive and... And your body eats those things. But, you know, so there's a strawberry flavor, but there's no nutrition in it. There's no strawberry. And your body thinks, oh, I'm eating a strawberry. I'm craving a strawberry. But you're eating it and you're not getting any nutrients.

Intentionally, to attract your taste buds, to make them palatable and appetizing and attractive and... And your body eats those things. But, you know, so there's a strawberry flavor, but there's no nutrition in it. There's no strawberry. And your body thinks, oh, I'm eating a strawberry. I'm craving a strawberry. But you're eating it and you're not getting any nutrients.

Intentionally, to attract your taste buds, to make them palatable and appetizing and attractive and... And your body eats those things. But, you know, so there's a strawberry flavor, but there's no nutrition in it. There's no strawberry. And your body thinks, oh, I'm eating a strawberry. I'm craving a strawberry. But you're eating it and you're not getting any nutrients.

You're eating, you know, it's chemicals, so there's no nutrients in it. And so your body is getting starved. And at the same time, you're getting fat because you never, you know, you're never satisfied. Your body knows it's not being fed. And they started putting stuff in food to make it more addictive, like sodiums and sugars. And they also put stuff in food that,

You're eating, you know, it's chemicals, so there's no nutrients in it. And so your body is getting starved. And at the same time, you're getting fat because you never, you know, you're never satisfied. Your body knows it's not being fed. And they started putting stuff in food to make it more addictive, like sodiums and sugars. And they also put stuff in food that,

You're eating, you know, it's chemicals, so there's no nutrients in it. And so your body is getting starved. And at the same time, you're getting fat because you never, you know, you're never satisfied. Your body knows it's not being fed. And they started putting stuff in food to make it more addictive, like sodiums and sugars. And they also put stuff in food that,

that deliberately tricked your brain into thinking that your stomach wasn't full. So one of the things they figured out was that your brain actually gauges the fullness of your belly by counting the number of times you chewed. So there's some part of your brain that is saying, okay, if he chewed a certain amount, he must be full. And so they started putting food softeners into the food. Wow.

that deliberately tricked your brain into thinking that your stomach wasn't full. So one of the things they figured out was that your brain actually gauges the fullness of your belly by counting the number of times you chewed. So there's some part of your brain that is saying, okay, if he chewed a certain amount, he must be full. And so they started putting food softeners into the food. Wow.

that deliberately tricked your brain into thinking that your stomach wasn't full. So one of the things they figured out was that your brain actually gauges the fullness of your belly by counting the number of times you chewed. So there's some part of your brain that is saying, okay, if he chewed a certain amount, he must be full. And so they started putting food softeners into the food. Wow.

Make it so that you had to chew less. You know, if you eat a Twinkie, you don't even have to chew it. You can inhale it.

Make it so that you had to chew less. You know, if you eat a Twinkie, you don't even have to chew it. You can inhale it.

Make it so that you had to chew less. You know, if you eat a Twinkie, you don't even have to chew it. You can inhale it.

You know, my uncle, Ted Kennedy, conducted hearings in 1970 about agency-captured FDA. And at that time, the conclusion of that hearing is that the FDA was no longer serving the public interest. It had ceased being a public health agency. It was now an agency whose primary focus was maximizing corporate profit-taking.