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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Lifestyle
Alaina Demopoulos

Rise of the Maha moms: the momfluencers embracing RFK’s push for a ‘healthier’ America

woman smiles under caption saying ‘all the crunchy moms knowing RFK about to go after big ph*^ma, ban chem trails, remove fluoride & MAHA’
An Instagram post by Kristen Louelle Gaffney about Robert F Kennedy Jr. Photograph: Kristen Louelle Gaffney

For Mikyla Page, keeping a three year-old daughter healthy is serious business. Before eating anything, the stay-at-home mom reads an ingredients list, staying away from artificial colors, flavors, dyes, and excess sugar. She doesn’t support vaccination, instead believing that “bathing in sunlight” will keep her family healthy, making sure her family gets outside every day to soak up vitamin D.

At first, Page felt alone in her choices. “You’re called crazy for even questioning the medical field,” she said. “My intuition was telling me one thing, but the world was telling me something else. My husband was like, ‘Are you sure this is where you want to go?’ I just went with my gut.”

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