As part of his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda, Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, has claimed that Americans are being “unknowingly poisoned” by seed oils, calling for restaurants to ...
Kennedy has said these vegetable oils — extracted from the seeds of plants, like canola, soybean and safflower — are poisoning Americans and driving the obesity epidemic. Part of the evidence he ...
RFK Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again movement are demonizing seed oils. The conversation about seed oils predates MAHA, but the resurgence is pulling even more people into the confusing, ...
Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. You’re reading the first story in The MAHA ...
The scientist behind the Global Seed Vault in Norway visited Fort Collins, where he shared why Colorado’s seed bank plays a ...
By now, you might have heard that seed oils are bad for you — if not from social media wellness influencers, then from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. himself. Kennedy has said these vegetable ...