Why are chronic disease rates in America skyrocketing while we spend trillions on healthcare? Discover why we need big bets for change to fix our broken food, healthcare costs, and medical systems. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Rajiv Shah, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, to uncover the real reasons behind the explosion of chronic disease in American healthcare system. We explore how a 1970s shift in agricultural policy created a food environment that makes us sick, and why our current medical system is fundamentally unequipped to handle it. It's not a lack of technical skill or medical technology—it's a lack of foundational nutrition. To solve a crisis this massive, we can't rely on small pilot programs. Raj shares the "Big Bets" methodology he’s used throughout his career—from working with Bill Gates on global vaccine initiatives to leading the USAID response in Haiti. We discuss the Rockefeller Foundation’s groundbreaking $250 million initiative to prove that "food as medicine" can definitively reverse chronic illness, and why we must get major insurers like Medicare and Medicaid to start paying for fresh, healthy food instead of just treating the symptoms. If you’re tired of the standard medical narrative and want to understand how massive, systemic change actually happens, this conversation will change how you view the future of our health. #ChronicDisease #FoodAsMedicine #BigBets #MarkHyman #RajShah Get my FREE guide 3 Steps to Reverse Aging when you sign up for my weekly health picks 👉 https://bit.ly/IncreaseHealthspan This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Pendulum, Mitopure, and Thrive Market. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at https://RupaHealth.com today. Get 20% off your first month of your Pendulum subscription with code HYMAN. Head to https://Pendulumlife.com to check it out. Support the growth of new, healthy mitochondria and get 10% off of Mitopure. Head to https://timelinenutrition.com/drhyman and use code DRHYMAN10 at checkout. Head over to https://thrivemarket.com/Hyman today to receive 30% off your first order and a free gift of up to $60. Get a copy of Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens: https://bit.ly/3Qt6mHr