{"id":18570,"date":"2024-12-18T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18570"},"modified":"2024-12-18T13:24:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T13:24:58","slug":"how-rfk-jrs-longtime-friend-mark-hyman-built-a-wellness-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18570","title":{"rendered":"How RFK Jr\u2019s Longtime Friend Mark Hyman Built a Wellness Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Mark Hyman, a \u201cfunctional medicine\u201d proponent and longtime friend of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is finding powerful allies in his bid to treat disease with blood tests and supplements.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Mark Hyman didn\u2019t hesitate before accepting an invitation, 14 years ago, to a weeklong white-water rafting trip with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kennedy, the environmental lawyer, conspiracy theorist and political scion, was bringing like-minded souls to the wild, undammed Futaleuf\u00fa River in southern Chile to raise awareness about a hydropower project threatening the valley. Dr. Hyman was exactly the type of expert Mr. Kennedy forged alliances with: a doctor who bucked the mainstream and had a roster of well-heeled clients.<\/p>\n

At one point on the trip, Dr. Hyman recalled, his raft overturned, and he clung to it until the group reached calmer waters. Later, on shore, he and Mr. Kennedy indulged in a gaucho-style barbecue. \u201cIt\u2019s <\/strong>a dangerous river,\u201d Dr. Hyman said in a recent interview with The New York Times. \u201cWe survived that experience together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two men have bonded on many other getaways in the years since, often discussing Dr. Hyman\u2019s preventative approach to health care, known as functional medicine. As their connection grew, so did their fame.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Hyman, 65, has amassed millions of followers interested in his booming wellness empire, which includes a supplement company, a hit podcast, 15 best-selling books and a start-up health testing company with celebrity backing.<\/p>\n

And the doctor\u2019s adventure partner, Mr. Kennedy, ascended to become an independent presidential candidate and, now, President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick for the next secretary of Health and Human Services, vowing to \u201cMake America Healthy Again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Mark Hyman, a \u201cfunctional medicine\u201d proponent and longtime friend of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is finding powerful allies in his bid to treat disease with blood tests and supplements.Dr. Mark Hyman didn\u2019t hesitate before accepting an invitation, 14 years ago, to a weeklong white-water rafting trip with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Mr. Kennedy, the environmental lawyer, conspiracy theorist and political scion, was bringing like-minded souls to the wild, undammed Futaleuf\u00fa River in southern Chile to raise awareness about a hydropower project threatening the valley. Dr. Hyman was exactly the type of expert Mr. Kennedy forged alliances with: a doctor who bucked the mainstream and had a roster of well-heeled clients.At one point on the trip, Dr. Hyman recalled, his raft overturned, and he clung to it until the group reached calmer waters. Later, on shore, he and Mr. Kennedy indulged in a gaucho-style barbecue. \u201cIt\u2019s a dangerous river,\u201d Dr. Hyman said in a recent interview with The New York Times. \u201cWe survived that experience together.\u201dThe two men have bonded on many other getaways in the years since, often discussing Dr. Hyman\u2019s preventative approach to health care, known as functional medicine. As their connection grew, so did their fame.Dr. Hyman, 65, has amassed millions of followers interested in his booming wellness empire, which includes a supplement company, a hit podcast, 15 best-selling books and a start-up health testing company with celebrity backing.And the doctor\u2019s adventure partner, Mr. Kennedy, ascended to become an independent presidential candidate and, now, President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick for the next secretary of Health and Human Services, vowing to \u201cMake America Healthy Again.\u201dWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18572,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18570"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18573,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18570\/revisions\/18573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}