Robert f. Kennedy Jr. about Pima Indians and the dangers of the ultra-processed food

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"And it's common to call, to characterize as white death, white sugar, white flour, and white Crisco oil, which is committing, is ending the genocide of Native Americans in this country. It's the completion of that genocide. The Pima Indians are actually a perfect natural experiment because on the Mexican side of the border, they're not getting those.
and the Pima's there are long lived, they're slim, they don't have diabetes, and on our side 90% of them are obese, very short lived. I think that longevity is something like 47 years, although I have to check that, but very, very close to that. And it's a natural experiment that shows the danger of ultra processed foods."

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