Jessica Wilson, MS RD is joined by pod editor Jen Jacobs to kick off the Re-Grifting series. Dr. Mark Hyman is the first to be featured having introduced himself to Jessica over instagram. He is a co-founder of health-tech start-up Function Health and a huge fan of supplements. Mark was part of the group of food-fluencers who influenced the FDA to ban red dye no. 3.
The NYT recently had a profile about the development of his wellness empire and his bromance and collaborations with RFK Jr.
A few of the articles mentioned:
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/aafp-functional-medicine-lacks-supporting-evidence-includes-harmful-and-dangerous-treatments/
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Jessica Wilson's book: It's Always Been Ours; Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies