Matt Schubert, PhD

I had a call with MAHA folks a couple months after the election when they were mocking and spitting in the face of scientists and public health officials. They made clear they were relying on influencers, with top advisers being functional medicine docs and chiropractors. They had no interest in being connected with folks who've been doing public health nutrition work for decades and learning which levers to press. The only place to go from here is to own up to the serious harm they've caused and admit to getting drunk on anti-establishment power that made them turn a blind eye to the harms of aligning with an obvious deregulatory administration explicitly against their stated goals, admit to the wellness griftication of MAHA and commit to expunging it, and leverage their residual political capital to help experts push actual policies and mechanisms to improve public health.

Big win for seed oils last night.