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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The only access to sugar was, you know, fruit. The fruit only bloomed, you know, at the end of the summer when you were storing weight again. And you couldn't get it all year. So it's okay to crave it all the time because you couldn't get it. Now that it's available all the time, it's great. It is a problem.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

I love that. I love what you're saying about the 10-day sugar detox. And, you know, I'm going to challenge Americans to do that. You know, that sounds like such a good idea. My uncle...

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

I love that. I love what you're saying about the 10-day sugar detox. And, you know, I'm going to challenge Americans to do that. You know, that sounds like such a good idea. My uncle...

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

I love that. I love what you're saying about the 10-day sugar detox. And, you know, I'm going to challenge Americans to do that. You know, that sounds like such a good idea. My uncle...

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

When he was president, he came across a letter from a series of correspondence between the commandant of the Marine Corps and Franklin Roosevelt, in which Franklin, or Teddy Roosevelt, this is like 1903, and Teddy Roosevelt was saying, what is the basic physical requirements for a Marine? And the command of the Marine Corps said they have to be able to walk 50 miles a single day.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

When he was president, he came across a letter from a series of correspondence between the commandant of the Marine Corps and Franklin Roosevelt, in which Franklin, or Teddy Roosevelt, this is like 1903, and Teddy Roosevelt was saying, what is the basic physical requirements for a Marine? And the command of the Marine Corps said they have to be able to walk 50 miles a single day.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

When he was president, he came across a letter from a series of correspondence between the commandant of the Marine Corps and Franklin Roosevelt, in which Franklin, or Teddy Roosevelt, this is like 1903, and Teddy Roosevelt was saying, what is the basic physical requirements for a Marine? And the command of the Marine Corps said they have to be able to walk 50 miles a single day.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

And I think it was with a 30-pound pack or a 40-pound pack. And so my uncle then sent that correspondence to the current command of the Marine Corps. And he said, can Marines today do that physical accomplishment? And the Marines didn't have that kind of stricture anymore. And my uncle then challenged the country to do a 50-mile walk. And he came to this cabinet meeting and he said,

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

And I think it was with a 30-pound pack or a 40-pound pack. And so my uncle then sent that correspondence to the current command of the Marine Corps. And he said, can Marines today do that physical accomplishment? And the Marines didn't have that kind of stricture anymore. And my uncle then challenged the country to do a 50-mile walk. And he came to this cabinet meeting and he said,

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

And I think it was with a 30-pound pack or a 40-pound pack. And so my uncle then sent that correspondence to the current command of the Marine Corps. And he said, can Marines today do that physical accomplishment? And the Marines didn't have that kind of stricture anymore. And my uncle then challenged the country to do a 50-mile walk. And he came to this cabinet meeting and he said,

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The cabinet, he said, at least one of you guys has to do the 50-mile walk. And it was clearly intended for my father, who is the youngest. My father ended up doing it. It was really hard. I ended up doing it when I got out of college. I walked from Boston to Cape Cod. Amazing. It took me 17 and a half hours, and I was really shocked. I was tired. I was almost crying at the end of that walk.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The cabinet, he said, at least one of you guys has to do the 50-mile walk. And it was clearly intended for my father, who is the youngest. My father ended up doing it. It was really hard. I ended up doing it when I got out of college. I walked from Boston to Cape Cod. Amazing. It took me 17 and a half hours, and I was really shocked. I was tired. I was almost crying at the end of that walk.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The cabinet, he said, at least one of you guys has to do the 50-mile walk. And it was clearly intended for my father, who is the youngest. My father ended up doing it. It was really hard. I ended up doing it when I got out of college. I walked from Boston to Cape Cod. Amazing. It took me 17 and a half hours, and I was really shocked. I was tired. I was almost crying at the end of that walk.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

But I remember I was at Camp David when my father came in, you know, from his 50 mile walk. He walked on the C&O Canal towpath where the mules used to go to tow the barges from Washington, D.C. to Camp David. And when he came in, he had blisters on his feet and he was the most tired I've ever seen him. And I remember my mother massaging his feet. And but, you know, I like that kind of challenge.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

But I remember I was at Camp David when my father came in, you know, from his 50 mile walk. He walked on the C&O Canal towpath where the mules used to go to tow the barges from Washington, D.C. to Camp David. And when he came in, he had blisters on his feet and he was the most tired I've ever seen him. And I remember my mother massaging his feet. And but, you know, I like that kind of challenge.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

But I remember I was at Camp David when my father came in, you know, from his 50 mile walk. He walked on the C&O Canal towpath where the mules used to go to tow the barges from Washington, D.C. to Camp David. And when he came in, he had blisters on his feet and he was the most tired I've ever seen him. And I remember my mother massaging his feet. And but, you know, I like that kind of challenge.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

My uncle also did the, you know, the Presidential Council on Physical Fitness. And we had high school and grade school. We would get prizes for work. doing a certain amount of pull-ups. I won the President's Prize on Physical Fitness when I was in, you know, fourth or fifth grade. No, maybe it was fifth and sixth grade. And, you know, it was a challenge.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

My uncle also did the, you know, the Presidential Council on Physical Fitness. And we had high school and grade school. We would get prizes for work. doing a certain amount of pull-ups. I won the President's Prize on Physical Fitness when I was in, you know, fourth or fifth grade. No, maybe it was fifth and sixth grade. And, you know, it was a challenge.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

My uncle also did the, you know, the Presidential Council on Physical Fitness. And we had high school and grade school. We would get prizes for work. doing a certain amount of pull-ups. I won the President's Prize on Physical Fitness when I was in, you know, fourth or fifth grade. No, maybe it was fifth and sixth grade. And, you know, it was a challenge.

The Dr. Hyman Show
Encore: Food: The Root Causes of Our Healthcare, Economic and Social Crises with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

And he focused on that and got Americans to focus on it. He believed... And America had, you know, we were the home of the free, the land of the brave. We were supposed to be the toughest people on earth. You know, we were American wilderness had made us beef jerky tough. And now we were all getting soft.