Oct 1, 2026 · 11 min · 4 segments
Dr. Sina McCullough and Farmer Joel Salatin examine RFK Jr.'s speech at the 2026 Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, from the health statistics he highlighted to the political realignment the…
Joel SalatinHostBut I thought Kennedy did a great job of actually laying that out, that the party has shifted.
So the first statistic he presented was that the US is eating more real food.
If we can shift toward real food and away from commodity crops, I think that's always a plus.
I was like, I think this is probably in large part because of those medications.
On one hand, if the people have lost weight, that could be a good thing for health, but then there's the side effects of the medications.
But I don't know, Joel, because there's also been reports of people who have been overweight and they have not had, for example, like high inflammatory markers in their lab tests and things.
Like not that I'm promoting people being overweight, but I'm just saying, it's not black and white.
And so once again, here's a statistic that you can use to try to say, oh, look at the good that we've done, but it's going to be much more nuanced than that, but the headlines are gonna run with it,
So, but either way, they're showing a trend, right? They're showing a trend that people are eating more real food, presumably less processed food, and that people are losing weight.
The other statistic that they cited, he said that he had, it was hot off the press.
When he gave that speech, he had just heard from the CDC that they have reversed a 30-year decline in longevity.
So most of us are familiar with that statistic where people have been citing now for a while that for the first time in history, our children are predicted to die at a younger age than their parents.
But I thought Kennedy did a great job of actually laying that out, that the party has shifted.
So the first statistic he presented was that the US is eating more real food.
If we can shift toward real food and away from commodity crops, I think that's always a plus.
I was like, I think this is probably in large part because of those medications.
On one hand, if the people have lost weight, that could be a good thing for health, but then there's the side effects of the medications.
But I don't know, Joel, because there's also been reports of people who have been overweight and they have not had, for example, like high inflammatory markers in their lab tests and things.
Like not that I'm promoting people being overweight, but I'm just saying, it's not black and white.
And so once again, here's a statistic that you can use to try to say, oh, look at the good that we've done, but it's going to be much more nuanced than that, but the headlines are gonna run with it,
So, but either way, they're showing a trend, right? They're showing a trend that people are eating more real food, presumably less processed food, and that people are losing weight.
The other statistic that they cited, he said that he had, it was hot off the press.
When he gave that speech, he had just heard from the CDC that they have reversed a 30-year decline in longevity.
So most of us are familiar with that statistic where people have been citing now for a while that for the first time in history, our children are predicted to die at a younger age than their parents.
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