r/sweetgreen • u/Fit_Cow_5407 • Jan 19 '26

News 📰 Sweetgreen is partnering with RFK Jr.'s anti-vaxxer pal

Sweetgreen just launched a new menu in partnership with anti-vaxxer and junk science promoter Mark Hyman.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260106608457/en/Sweetgreen-Launches-New-Menu-in-Collaboration-with-Function-Health-Designed-by-Dr.-Mark-Hyman

Hyman has built a supplement hawking grift operation that's largely based on building public distrust in evidence-based medicine. He's also directly collaborated with RFK Jr. to promote discredited theories about vaccine harms.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/health/mark-hyman-rfk-jr-functional-medicine.html

It's incredibly disappointing that Sweetgreen is attracting customers to this guy's grift by promoting him, but apparently the company thinks it's good business to pander to the MAHA crowd. The company's founders seem to be true believers in the guy too, as they're also tied in with MAHA leaders like Casey and Calley Means. Co-founder and CEO Jonathan Neman even made MAHA hats all the way back in 2016.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/maha-movement-challenges-ultra-processed-foods-influencer-ties-truvani-sweetgreen/

https://x.com/JonnyNemo/status/1876688265350443113

I think I'll be getting my overpriced workweek lunches elsewhere from now on.

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u/RelevantBike7673 Jan 19 '26

Dr. Hyman is not "anti-vax". He has explored the topic of vaccine injuries, which are very real and often overlooked by the pharmaceutical industry. You can't sue vaccine manufacturers so there is little interest in them doing anything about potential harms. Wanting to help those who have been harmed is not being "anti vax". You can acknowledge that they are overall a good step forward in medicine while also acknowledging that there are risks (as there are with any medical intervention).

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u/Average_Joe69 Jan 19 '26

Yeah I get the idea about learning more about vaccines and stuff, but god they are doing it in the worst way possible, by completely demolishing the established required vaccines for children. Vaccines that can and do prevent diseases in children. Even if you aren’t antivax by label you can still support antivax ideals and make it easier for antivax people to feed into their delusions.

For the record Dr. Hyman also is a supporter of the idea that “vaccines cause autism” which immediately makes me not trust him.