Medical Disclaimer: Kyntic Health products are educational tools, not medical services. RootCause does not diagnose, treat, or replace the advice of a licensed healthcare provider. Not yet FDA cleared as a medical device.
Health Equity Technology

The problem is not
what people choose.
It is what the system
makes available.

Kyntic Health builds tools that address food inequity at its root — for individuals who deserve straight answers about their health, and for the clinical systems that serve their communities. Built on real science. Designed for real access constraints. No institutional referral required.

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Black & Latino households more likely to face food insecurity than white households
USDA Household Food Security Report, 2024
39.5M
Americans living in low-income, low food access areas across the United States
USDA Food Access Research Atlas
58%
Of daily calories consumed in the USA come from ultra-processed food — responsible for an estimated 124,000 premature deaths annually
Monteiro et al., The Lancet, Nov 2025 · doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01565-X
32+
Adverse health outcomes linked to ultra-processed food in peer-reviewed research
Lane et al., BMJ 2024
The Science

What ultra-processed food does to the body

A 2024 BMJ umbrella review of nearly 10 million people identified 32+ conditions consistently linked to ultra-processed food. These are not rare outcomes. They are the diseases most common in communities with the least access to fresh food.

Type 2 Diabetes
37% higher risk
Repeated blood sugar spikes wear down the body's ability to regulate insulin. Black and Latino adults are diagnosed at significantly higher rates — and are more likely to live where UPFs are the primary affordable food option.
Heart Disease
#1 killer in food deserts
Sodium, saturated fat, and additives drive chronic inflammation and arterial damage. Cardiovascular disease kills more Americans than any other condition — the burden falls hardest on communities with limited food access.
Hypertension
32% higher risk
UPFs are among the highest-sodium foods in the American diet. Chronic high sodium raises blood pressure silently — increasing risk of stroke, kidney failure, and heart attack before symptoms appear.
Obesity
32% higher risk
UPFs are engineered to override the body's fullness signals — calorie-dense, nutrient-poor, and designed to keep you eating. This is not a willpower failure. It is a biological response to lab-designed food.
Depression & Anxiety
Consistent signal across studies
UPFs disrupt the gut microbiome, which directly regulates mood. People eating more ultra-processed food show significantly higher rates of depression and anxiety. Mental health is diet health.
Colorectal Cancer
Strongest cancer signal in BMJ review
Processed meats — hot dogs, deli meats, sausages — are WHO Group 1 carcinogens. Rates are rising fastest in adults under 50. These foods are often staples in food deserts because they are cheap and shelf-stable.
Early Death
21% higher risk
A 2024 BMJ cohort study of 500,000+ Americans found high UPF consumption linked to 21% increased risk of dying from any cause. The communities eating the most ultra-processed food have the shortest life expectancies.
Metabolic Syndrome
Multiplies every other risk
High blood sugar, high blood pressure, excess belly fat, abnormal cholesterol — UPFs drive all four simultaneously. Risks for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke don't add. They multiply.

Identified in the BMJ umbrella review (Lane et al., 2024) — 45 meta-analyses, 9.8 million participants:

Breast cancer
Ovarian cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Prostate cancer
Lung cancer
Gastric cancer
Dementia
Alzheimer's disease
Stroke
Kidney disease
Fatty liver disease
Asthma
Sleep disorders
Inflammatory bowel disease
Irritable bowel syndrome
Rheumatoid arthritis
Thyroid disease
Adverse pregnancy outcomes
Childhood obesity
Dental disease
Muscle loss (sarcopenia)
Frailty in older adults
High triglycerides — 47% increased risk
Low HDL ("good") cholesterol

Lane MM et al. BMJ. 2024;384:e077310. doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-077310

Our Mission

Built to move
health equity forward

"The decision-makers do not look like the communities most harmed. The data to expose this gap already exists — inside clinical systems, unconfigured and unused. We build the tools to surface it."
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Science-backed, not wellness-washed
Every claim in every product traces to peer-reviewed research. BMJ. The Lancet. USDA. No speculation.
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Access-aware, not aspirational
Our tools are designed around food desert realities — not grocery store abundance. If it is not available at a corner store, we do not suggest it.
03
Structural, not individual
We do not ask why you made that choice. We ask what the system made available to you. That reframe changes everything.
04
Individual and clinical — both, fully.
RootCause works for a person who finds it on their own — and it integrates with Epic and Cerner for the providers who serve them. FHIR-compatible. Built for both layers without compromising either.
Flagship Product

RootCause

A food and health equity platform built for individuals navigating food deserts — and for the Federally Qualified Health Centers and clinical systems that serve them. Real science. Real access constraints. EHR integration that surfaces what has always been invisible in the clinical record.

RootCause
Food journaling, AI-powered guidance, community data intelligence, and EHR integration — built for individuals navigating food deserts and the clinical teams serving those communities. Both layers. Full depth.
FHIR · EPIC · CERNER
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Access-Aware Food Journal
Log what you ate and what your environment actually offered you that day. Not what you chose — what was available. This distinction matters. It changes how your health story gets told.
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Science-Backed AI Guidance
Straight answers about food and your body — constrained to what is actually accessible near you. Every response grounded in peer-reviewed research. No blame. No assumptions.
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Community Intelligence
Anonymous entries from individuals aggregate into community-level data — making the food environment patterns affecting your neighborhood visible, measurable, and harder to ignore.
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Provider Dashboard
Clinicians and case managers see anonymized caseload-level patterns — UPF intake levels, body signal trends, and food environment flags — without asking patients to come in.
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EHR Integration
Food environment and SDOH data exports as HL7 FHIR-compatible observations directly into Epic and Cerner patient charts. What does not appear in the EHR does not get acted on. This closes that gap.
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Resource Connection
Patients connect directly to SNAP, WIC, food banks, FQHCs, and sliding-scale health centers — turning guidance into action.
The Evidence

Not speculation.
Peer-reviewed science.

"Ultra-processed food exposure is associated with 32 harmful health parameters — including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, mental health disorders, and all-cause mortality."

— Lane et al., BMJ 2024 · doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-077310 · 9.8M participants
Diabetes Risk
+37%
Increased type 2 diabetes risk associated with high ultra-processed food consumption compared to low consumption.
Vitale et al., Advances in Nutrition 2024 · PMC10831891
Food Insecurity Gap
24.4%
Black households: 24.4% food insecure — 2.4× the rate of white households at 10.1%. Latino households: 20.2%, or 2×. Nearly 1 in 5 households with children were food insecure. 47.9 million Americans total.
USDA Household Food Security Report, 2024 (final annual report — discontinued by current administration)
Hypertension Risk
+32%
Increased hypertension risk with high ultra-processed food intake — a condition disproportionately affecting communities of color.
Vitale et al., Advances in Nutrition 2024 · PMC10831891
Mortality Association
↑ All-cause
Harvard cohort study found significant association between ultra-processed food consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality.
Fang et al., BMJ 2024 · doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-078476
Who We Serve

Built for the institutions
closest to the problem

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Federally Qualified Health Centers
FQHCs are federally mandated to address social determinants of health. RootCause is built to fulfill that mandate — with real data, real integration, and real outcomes.
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Community Health Organizations
Community health workers and case managers need tools that reflect the real constraints of the communities they serve. Not aspiration. Documentation of reality.
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Health Systems & Payers
Medicaid managed care organizations and value-based care networks have financial incentive to address food insecurity before it becomes a hospitalization. RootCause surfaces that risk earlier.
About Kyntic Health

Built from the
inside out

Kyntic Health was founded by a healthcare professional who spent decades inside the systems that failed the communities now served by RootCause. 28 years in healthcare — including 15 years as a supervisor at the Veterans Administration and 13 years training Epic and Cerner EHR systems across multiple health systems.

That experience produced a specific insight: the data to expose food inequity already exists inside clinical systems. It is unconfigured, unsurfaced, and unused. Kyntic Health builds the tools to change that.

RootCause is our flagship product — developed in partnership with Australia & Associates Consulting, our implementation arm, which provides Epic and Cerner integration, staff training, and ongoing clinical workflow support for every deployment.

28 years in healthcare — Veterans Administration leadership and multi-site EHR implementation
Epic & Cerner expertise — configuration, training, and workflow integration across health systems
Science-first development — all product claims grounded in BMJ, Lancet, and USDA peer-reviewed research
FHIR-compatible architecture — designed for seamless integration with existing EHR infrastructure
Equity-first design — every product feature built around food desert realities, not ideal access conditions
Get in Touch

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RootCause to your community?

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