Dearborn has the best food in Michigan

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qrvS35ysAFw

SNAP changes may make it even harder for rural Americans to get enough to eat

Nearly 16% of rural households were food insecure in 2024, 2 percentage points higher than the national average. That’s according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Household Food Security Report, which the Trump administration canceled last year. Researchers found food insecurity in rural areas is also nearly on par with the country’s largest cities...

 https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-09-14/rural-americans-feel-the-sting-of-sweeping-federal-food-aid-restrictions

 

‘Miserable and impossible’: food scarce in Kyiv as Russia targets supply chains

Supermarket shelves half-filled in Ukrainian capital as Moscow bombs warehouses supporting civilian life…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/09/miserable-and-impossible-food-scarce-in-kyiv-ukraine-as-russia-targets-supply-chains 

The White House created a video game about nutrition. #nutrition #public...

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pyxzV9HG84g

What food is safe to eat? #food #doctor

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_Mxvrgn3YhI

 

‘Super’ El Niño could cause global food price shock lasting into 2028, analysts say

Weather cycle threatens harvests worldwide, adding to inflation already fuelled by the Iran war…

 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/12/super-el-nino-severe-shock-global-food-prices-lasting-into-2028-economists-warn

 

US Food and Drug Administration rejects petition to set Pfas limits in food

While regulators have focused on reining in Pfas in water, the chemicals are widely used throughout the food system, and there was hope that the agency under Robert F Kennedy Jr would take the threat more seriously. Kennedy leads the “make America healthy again” (Maha) movement, of which eliminating toxic chemicals from food is a cornerstone. 

 The FDA’s decision is “disappointing”, said Sandra Daussin, an attorney for the Tucson Environmental Justice Task Force (TEJTF), which in November 2023 filed the legal petition. The group is planning to sue and ask a court to order the FDA to set thresholds. 

If it’s important enough to regulate in water then we need to regulate it in food – that’s a no-brainer,” Daussin said…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/us-food-and-drug-administration-rejects-petition-to-set-pfas-limits-in-food

 

 

Unconscionable.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4BuMxKaboag 

Farmers Are Collateral Damage in Trump’s Iran War

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5GwTgb6xYJE

RFK Jr. Testimony Breakdown: Measles, Medicaid Cuts & Misinformation EXPOSED (Dr. Zachary Rubin; Bench to Bedside podcast)

Dr. Zachary Rubin and Dr. Melanie Matheu break down the most shocking moments from RFK Jr.’s April 16, 2026 testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee.

From controversial comments about ADHD and “reparenting,” to misleading claims about measles outbreaks, vaccine messaging, Medicaid cuts, and nutrition policy, this episode separates fact from fiction using real medical evidence.

If you want to understand what’s actually happening in U.S. health policy right now, and what it means for patients, this episode is essential listening.

00:00 – Intro + DC trip recap
03:10 – Inside the hearing: first impressions
06:45 – RFK Jr. “reparenting” comments + full context
12:30 – Why the ADHD claims are dangerous (and wrong)
16:10 – Measles outbreak: what’s actually happening
20:40 – Vaccine misinformation vs reality
25:15 – Mennonite communities & vaccine outreach
29:30 – Missed interview + key takeaway from Congressman Beyer
32:10 – AHRQ cuts: why this is a BIG deal for healthcare
38:20 – Food pyramid myth vs MyPlate reality
43:45 – Nutrition education in medical school (truth vs rhetoric)
50:10 – Role of dieticians (what doctors actually do)
54:20 – Medicaid cuts explained (what’s really happening)
1:00:15 – “Rural Health Transformation Plan” breakdown
1:04:50 – Microplastics, EPA rollbacks & public health risks
1:09:30 – Food dyes: U.S. vs Europe myth
1:14:20 – Final thoughts: what surprised us most
1:18:10 – Call to action + closing

Interview: 

• Audio only:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-bench-to-bedside/id1871787336?i=1000756516695
• YouTube: https://youtu.be/6wwHEDlcKU4?si=XkTq_x7puT9l2U2s

About my last video (on MAHA pronouncements on medicine and diet) ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBwWeYHdqT4

 

‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock

The global fertiliser supply chain could face significant disruption if the effective closure by Iran of the strait of Hormuz persists, prompting concerns from analysts about crop production and food security… 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/05/big-burden-for-farmers-gulf-shipping-crisis-threatens-food-price-shock

 

Food Stamp Fraud, Debunked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8StUs6Ufe_4

 

RFK Jr advises to eat cheap cuts of meat and liver. #maha #nutrition

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1VIM_nd3oz0

 

If AI makes human labor obsolete, who decides who gets to eat?

How will society be organized in a world in which machines generate most or all economic output and a few dozen techno-billionaires get to decide what share of the world's resources – money, energy, minerals – should be allocated to further expand superhuman intelligence? Who else gets a say on whether to direct more resources to, say, healthcare or agriculture, or education instead? "

We need guardrails that preserve human agency, human oversight and human accountability," noted United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi last week. The future of AI "cannot be decided by a handful of countries or left to the whims of a few billionaires"...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/23/ai-how-will-we-be-fed

RFK Jr.’s days of going wild on health may be over - POLITICO

Kennedy's followers have noticed the shift. The order on glyphosate, for example, has sparked fierce backlash. "Bayer just got a license to kill from our gov't. This [is] the mass poisoning of Americans and it continues," Vani Hari, a MAHA influencer, wrote on X, referencing the German conglomerate that makes the world's most popular herbicide...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/21/rfk-midterms-maha-pesticides-vaccines-food-00792018 

 

Report: Incarcerated Michigan women miss meals and medicine because of a lack of wheelchairs and attendants

Disability Rights Michigan (DRM) found that women incarcerated in Michigan who required an attendant to help push their wheelchairs missed, on average, about half of their meals and a majority of doses for prescription medication for seizures, diabetes, and high blood pressure...

https://www.michiganpublic.org/social-justice/2026-02-19/report-incarcerated-michigan-women-miss-meals-and-medicine-because-of-a-lack-of-wheelchairs-and-attendants 

 

Does food cause violence? #food #violence #doctor

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aUU_8dRP9-Y

 

Trump’s SNAP Rules Are About to Imperil Food Access for Millions – Mother Jones

" These work requirements aren't really about promoting work. They're about dehumanizing people and attacking the 'other,'" Joel Berg, CEO of the nonprofit Hunger Free America, told ABC News. "Most SNAP recipients are pro-work, and most SNAP recipients are already working, or children, or people with disabilities, or older Americans. So all this is sort of a diversionary debate."…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/trumps-snap-rules-are-about-to-imperil-food-access-for-millions/

From farms to grocery store shelves — monopolies are hurting people

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CIA_9tWTAWs