EAT YOUR HEART OUT –
Aug. 9, 2026 – Over the last 40 years, the United States has been exposed to something that our biology was never intended to handle. Energy-dense, highly palatable, rapidly absorbable, ultraprocessed foods that have altered our metabolism and have resulted in the greatest increase in chronic disease in our history. David Kessler was commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during the 1990s when he helped expose how the tobacco companies manipulated nicotine levels to hook consumers.
He was a driving force in bringing tobacco executives before Congress and turning public attention to the industry. He’s now aiming to do the same with the food industry.
