Why You Can’t Trust Nutrition Science & Health Claims
Today’s episode is sponsored by audible It is a common assumption that the human species grows more intelligent as time progresses We are certainly learning more about how the world works from space exploration to the smallest atoms Our knowledge is expanding But is all the scientific knowledge making us healthier when it comes to food Scientific research has done little to make us healthier as a species But rather it has done far more to ensure the profits of massive food corporations For centuries now humans have studied food the field of food science began in the early 1800s when English chemist William Prout proclaimed that he had identified the three pillars that make up all food fat protein and carbohydrates shortly after this discovery German scientist juice dis von Liebig added a few new minerals to the big three and Declared that he had uncovered the mystery of animal nutrition. This was the dawn of nutritionism an ideology of viewing food for its nutritional value Rather than its taste or tradition This would be the biggest shift in the way humans ate food since the invention of Agriculture Liebig would go on to concoct the first ever baby formula consisting of cow’s milk wheat flour malted flour and potassium bicarbonate this invention would reveal itself as a massive failure of liebig’s understanding of nutrition For babies fed, exclusively on his formula would suffer serious health effects regardless of this failure Scientists were determined to break down food to its smallest elements and unlock its nutritional secrets Enter the 20th century and the rise of the Kellogg Empire John Harvey Kellogg Considered a diet guru at the time went on an unfounded campaign to smear animal protein in an attempt to promote is much healthier snacks and cereals Kellogg convinced the public that protein proliferated toxic bacteria that destroyed organs and even spread the idea that protein caused obsessive masturbation in the mid 1900s the focus would become fat as Americans gain weight throughout the century a logical target was fad Short-sighted consensus would lead us to believe that eating fat makes you fat Science and the media would support that logic by demonizing fat and soon every aisle in the grocery store was nonfat this or low-fat that as you do a little more investigating you uncovered that many of the studies that demonized fat in the 1960s and 70s were funded by sugar companies the same thing happened in the tobacco industry with physicians approved cigarettes that could miraculously heal a sore throat clean your teeth and lead to a longer life of Course these studies and claims were all funded by the tobacco industry Today it’s the same story But different culprit packaged foods are now covered with health labels of no carbs and sugar free The science is now telling us that some fats are a necessary part of a healthy diet Monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats which are found in foods like fish seeds nuts Olive oils and avocados are a major source of energy Help you absorb, vitamins and minerals are needed to build cell membranes Essential for blood clotting muscle movement and hormonal balance for the last 40 years Marketing on food labels has convinced the public that fat makes us fat which could not be farther from the truth Yet many of us go on trusting food labels that claim to be backed up by science What happens when we zoom out at the last two centuries and review all the nutrition science? You’d think that with all these studies and health revelations that the population as a whole would be much healthier if the goal of foods Was to produce the most optimal most nutritious food wouldn’t there be ultra healthy? superhumans walking around everywhere The fact is the exact opposite is true after All the studies and research the Western world is more unhealthy than ever More than 100 million people in the United States have diabetes or prediabetes About 70% of the population is overweight and 40% is obese heart disease is the number one killer of Americans Nutrition science may have its intentions rooted in the right place But ultimately it has been manipulated to serve the capitalist profit machine not our health Nutrition fads health claims and diet plans have fueled the food industry into a nine trillion dollar glutton The bottom line is the Western diet is not good for health if this wasn’t already obvious enough We have startling proof of just how unhealthy the Western diet is when it gets introduced to an isolated Population like the aboriginals who for thousands of years lived on animals, they hunted and plants they could gather Once the Western diet was introduced to them the rates of obesity heart disease addiction and diabetes Skyrocketed when aboriginals get off the Western diet and go back to their traditional ways of eating they lose weight Lower their blood pressure lower cholesterol and dramatically improve their health in all areas We should ask ourselves. How different are we from aboriginals? What’s even more concerning is the conflicting alliance between the health care system and the corporations that produce our food? The unhealthy addictive food that is force-fed to the masses ensures that there is a steady flow of paying customers for hospitals and drug companies in 2016 Bayer pharma acquired Monsanto the world’s largest food agriculture company for sixty three billion dollars This merger put Bayer in control of 1/4 of the world’s food supply Why would a pharmaceutical company want to control the food supply? This is just one example of how the large corporations don’t have your best interests at heart They only care about profit and they use Scientific research to manipulate the population at the expense of our health So what can you do to escape the complicated misleading maze of information surrounding food? The answer could be an entire three-hour video on its own But here are a few simple rules to follow Don’t eat anything. Your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food avoid food products containing ingredients that are a Unfamiliar B unpronounceable C more than five and number avoid food products that make health claims shop, the peripheries of the supermarket the middle aisles are where all the processed foods are get out of the Supermarket whenever possible and go to farmers markets in closing we need to move away from Deconstructing food into nothing more than calories and nutrients it’s time We reevaluate our relationship with food and it is a relationship Everything in nature has a deep relationship with what it eats. This is what keeps nature’s balance in Ancient times a human’s entire day would revolve around food growing it catching it Preparing it and sharing it Now the average person spends only an hour per day interacting with food We want instant gratification with food and with everything today We want our nutrition now We want our meals instant the faster the better, but it’s time We reconsider that relationship get as close to the source of where your food comes from if you have space Plant a garden it is time to reconnect with the source that nourishes us You will find that this connection will lead to re connections in every aspect of your life The information in this video comes from Michael Pollan’s book in defense of food, which brilliantly breaks down How our relationship with food has changed over the last two centuries You can listen to the entire audio book or any other audio book on audible. 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Why millions and billions of money if it wont buy you anything? All you get is karma. Have they forgot life exist after death and karma is here on earth? Why not invest money in healthy alternatives and make healthy food and everyone will be happy ? Bless
Question, why do you use the all-seeing eye as the evil corporations? The all-seeing eye is the eye of providence.
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All food is processed. Ever heard of fire? https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonentine/2013/10/24/michael-pollan-promotes-denialist-anti-gmo-junk-science-brags-he-manipulates-new-york-times-editors/#64a90ba7483c
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10 minute video and NO mention to dietitians/nutritionist…
This is SO important spread the word
We were never apes. We are a species with amnesia.
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I just started and wanna know more aboute it.
Love your videos.
Thank you.
Great video. Thank you for spreading the truth. Love your channel.
I'm currently on a see-food diet.
Helped me gain a few pounds.
If you can't pronounce the food, you need to learn how to read. The BS advice at the end was so terrible, I've lost all respect for this chanel. Very disappointing.
My advice is you can eat what you like but make sure your working it off we don’t have to to cave man stuff but your free to do what ever
Just stick to lean meat, colored veggies and stop consuming sugar. Full stop.
So I deduce that capitalism is the root of all evil. I'm good with that.
I hate to be that guy… But the main reason people are obese in us is ZERO exercise, and excuses, Period.
This video must be taught in schools!
Whole food plant based diet
I wish this could explain how the hell Matt stonie eats that much food and stays skinnier than I would be at his age.
Fats makes people fat because 1 gm fat= 9 calorie while 1 gm sugar = 4 calories, makes sense??? stop consuming animals products which are full of cholesterol, saturated fat, antibiotics, hormones, chemical etc which acts as risk factors for promoting heart diseases, cancer, blood pressure, hypertension, stones etc and reduce consuming processed foods
What about being vegan and following a healthy diet as well
“A corrupt society cannot accept an honest man” ~Unknown
This should be pushed everywhere.
They dont want you to watch this video! Share and get this viral!!
General rule of thumb: don't eat anything that hasn't been around for thousands of years.
I love your videos, but in this one you bounced around the real root of the issue. The claim fat makes you fat has truth to it. Of course it doesn't include the healthy fats like the ones you mentioned including avocado. The fat that makes you fat is animal fat. That kind of fat is solid at body temperature, so when it is ingested, it doesn't get used for energy like plant fats would. The animal fat goes straight to our fat where it is stored. Animal products are also the leading cause of heart disease in the form of strokes and heart attacks as they clog our arteries, including the ones in our brain leading to cognitive decline, dementia, and alzheimers. Animal products also are a main cause of many cancers, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, high cholesterol, the list could go on. A plant based diet can help prevent 14 out of our top 15 killers in the US. The odd one out being accidents. A plant based diet can also be used to treat and even reverse many of the killers including the top 3: heart disease, cancer, and cerebrovascular disease (strokes). Don't take my word for it, check out What the Health, The Physicians Commite for Responsible Medicine, nutritionfacts.org, or the book How not to Die. Some vegan doctors that you can trust: Dr. Milton Mills, M.D., Dr. Garth Davis, M.D., Dr. Neal Barnard, M.D., Dr. Michael A. Klaper, M.D., Dr. Michael Greger, M.D., and Dr. Joel Kahn…just to name a few. Many of them have videos on YouTube as well.
It seems to me that you're connecting the science of nutrition itself to the problem of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. I agree that there have been and still may be corporate holds in nutrition, but to link Nutrition Science itself to the problem is wrong. A nutrition scientist today or nutrition book used in curriculum would have sound information from peer-reviewed research. Yes, we should watch for claims and look into where the money is at, but to fault all of the science doesn't make sense.
I'm going to be the devil's advocate as always.
Food isn't the only culprit here. We as a species have become far more sedentary with desk jobs, remote controls and microwaves.
That, coupled with upsized fast food and the addiction that carbs bring, is of course, a recipe for disaster.
Say no to GMOs! Say no to factory farming!
people worry about eating too many calories , but i worried about not eating enough calories lol
Humans are fruit eaters.
Ayurveda is the best way to eat.
Just go plant based 🙏🏽🌱
Some of the inflamed language is a barrier to actual growth and knowledge.
Let the facts speak for themselves.
I love your videos, but this did not hit the mark. I feel like u actually conflated and complicated an already entangled battle between the food industry, the blatant deficiencies and evolution of Western medicine, and the actual available data. There is credible, independent nutritional studies that hv proven a whole food plant-based diet is the most beneficial for optimal human health. This just adds to the confusion in my opinion…
Watch my channel, watch John rose channel, never be confused ab nutrition again.
So weird that such a video cannot mention the bogus saturated fat scam that says sat fats — a nutrient which literally makes up 10s of % of total body mass of all living creatures via its presence in the phospholipid bilayer of all cells — is by its chemical nature unhealthy to consume
Food corp isn't the only thing that changed over the last 2 centuries, we also earn more and most westerners can now afford an abundance of food.
Genesis 1:29 King James Version (KJV)
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
***The 1st page of the Bible clearly tells you what to eat.
No physician, no chemist, no scientific personal can override God!!
Truth is these companies hide sugar in their products. Read any label and just view the chemicals that is NOT real food. The names have like 13 letters. Can't even pronounce these lab-made products. Man has always tried to mimic God. This is how ppl bodies are shaped bad, this is why folks get these diseases. Everything is perpetuated for addiction and sales. In biblical history ppl lived hundreds of years. Now "they" kill us off early so that social security you worked hard for…won't make it to your wallet. Cows milk is for COWS!!! This is why teenage girls are built like adult women. Those enzymes from cows milk is for the growth of a baby cow. Eating meat is a slow kill as well. Tears up your teeth and digest slooooow. It took me just a few short weeks of practicing a vegan lifestyle in order to see and feel the lifelong benefits. I instantly dropped 40 lbs. Had ultimate energy and were focused mentally. IT'S THE RIGHT WAY. A honey bun won't do NOTHING but rot your teeth and make you fat. You may not notice, but it's a slow destructive progression. Hemp seeds, agave and spring water makes really great milk.
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So what you're trying to say is, science didn't fail us. Greedy mother fuckers are the source of the problem.
”neutritionists and scientists don't know what they're taking about and they failed us. Don't listen to them!”
gives nutritional advice
There are so many good diets to choose from. I'm not saying all of those prescribed diets (from video) are pretentious and useless. Though, most of them completely are.
Mediterranean, Japanese (Okinawa), Australian Aboriginal (like fucken lemon myrtle and bush tomatoes), a lot of South-east Asian, and that's just a fraction of many healthy, even ancient or traditional, culinary diets.
Okinawa elders eat untill their satisfaction level is at approx. 80%. This is what my grandmother from Indonesia does and she used to ride a bike until she hit the age of 75.
We produce too much for what we really need, and don't get me fucken started about the unequal distribution of all that waste-food.
I would never let go of preprocessed Ramen though, I always upgrade it with some veggies or an egg.
In the end it's about the things you do apart from stuffing shit in your mouth hole.
We want instant gratification with our food 'cause we have no time 'cause we're slaves stuck in the machine, man
we are kept as stupid as possible so i disagree this is because knowledge is kept and only few know and you believe most are intelligent because you are told that.
Carnivoir diet is everything!
What I wanna know is why do people care about money so much once we destroyed the world money won’t mean shit I mean I guess the elites understand they will probably die before the world so they dgaf 💀
Man, im so fat
So many flaws in how this is presented but I get what you're trying to do to. I don't know any better than anybody else. But what I would suggest is doing a lot of research on nutrion. So basically think. Make your own decisions for your health. Know what works well for your body by getting the nutrition you need without sacrificing flavor and satisfaction
It's all about each person's metabolic clock. Your sleep, activity, and eating habits are supposed to stay regular most of the time no matter what you eat and you will stay relatively healthy. PROCESSED SUGARS and LIGHT, LITE, OR FAT FREE foods accelerated the obesity rates in this country exponentially, alongside bad nutrition propaganda and fewer real foods available. That said, it's still within our control as to WHEN we eat. Repeat your same schedule as much as possible and your body's amazing metabolism will surprise you .
I just feel so bad for those babies raised on bullshit baby formula that suffered from all those harmful side effects.
"If we knew what to eat to get big, there would be superhumans walking around everywhere"
There are. Im in somewhat good shape, my brother is the size and shape of The Rock!
The Study of China was my salvation. Though MKT works great cuz it works.
eat food like its medicine or one day you will eat medicine like its food!
Know that everything you need is already provided for you by the Earth.
That and learn to listen to your body.
Funny how you blame capitalism around 5:10 when it actually was corporatism and to say nothing of the government. How ridiculous
Keto works lost so much weight in just 3 months. I lost 20 pounds.
The truth is impossible in any monetary economy.
There is a cause to every effect, no where in the ENTIRE universe has there been one recorded instance of a effect without a cause, not one man floating or a bunny that appeared out of nowhere or anything remotely random like that. The cause of The effect being fat and bald is what food you put in your body, your body can create your body out of nothing else, Einstein. If you want to have good hair and be skinny when you are older, ask someone who looks like you want to look like what they eat, learn the cause to their effect. No other way. Plant based vegans, all of those I know, never get sick, fat, bald, or wrinkled as they age. But no you and your fat bald friends are too smart to ask what they are eating specifically, the cause to the effect of that YOU eat is just sooo impressive 🙄
Some say that there will come times when humans will be allowed to eat meat only in case when that human herded these animals. Also, you can add politicians and media to hospitals and producers of medication and foodstuff. Thanks for good advice: go to farmers for food and small businesses for other stuff.
kek am i dreaming or have we finally moved from the retarded belief that eating fat magically makes someone fat? lmaoooo or is this one of those nutter channels?
5 Seconds more and you could earn more money by adding More adds. Respect the way you do youre work!
I know I sure as hell can't trust the fast food companies.
What a brilliant illustration of what we need to do in order to get back in touch with our food! Some great tips and tricks in this video to help achieve that. Bravo!
This should wake some people up,I battled with addiction for 20 years,I changed to a plant base diet and not two weeks in was off the pills, FDA lost this guy
I think food is not a problem the problem is how we eat
Saying you can't trust nutrition science is such a broad statement. Mainstream nutrition science that is funded by dairy or meat industries, sure… a lot of people are bought off to make sure studies favour a certain outcome. But the largest nutritional study ever conducted is the China Study, and it's shown us that casein, the dairy in milk, even more concentrated in cheese, turns on cancer growth. I got rid of the breast cysts my mother had for years by getting her off all dairy and on iodine and selenium supplements for 3 months, all her 3 cysts were gone in no time. Got rid of 2 cysts on my body the same way. People cure cancer with raw vegan diets alone, people cure cancer with iodine supplementation alone, I combine the two, works wonders. I am a certified natural health practitioner and all my nutritional science knowledge has made me healthier, 100%.
It is called eating healthy aka stop cramming fistfuls of garbage in your fat gullets.
It is called exercise. Aka get off your fat frigging arses and break a sweat and work those muscles.
Amazing video. Thank you so much After Skool. Truly an eye opener!
how will we have time to listen to audible if we revert to the times when all of our time is focused on f-ing around with our food?
Those tips at the end were LOL I would not encourage anyone to follow them as a hard rule or even as a "tip." The fact is, if you live in America, you have to function in a first world society where most people don't grow their own food. So, inevitably you'll be introduced to many things in your food that you don't understand and that may or may not be "bad" for you. Are you going to live your whole life checking every single ingredient of every single thing you eat? Educate yourself and make the best decisions you can for your lifestyle. It doesn't matter what's "bad" or "good" for you because at the end of it all, none of us gets out alive. No food is going to ensure perfect health and a never ending life. We're human. I just finished a super sweet and delicious strawberry shortcake from the local French cafe and it was so GOOD! Pretty sure the "aboriginals" couldn't find that in the wild. Live a little folks.
Go Vegan😊
To the Author of this video: Thank you for caring about people!
my grandma eats ramen noodles every day i dont think its very healthy and im thinking of growing vegetables next summer
Water Fasting is the cure! Try it for 10 days! I had warts on my arm disappear and blood circulation improved after 3 days. Best to fast with someone.
0:27, VACCINATIONS did make us healthier.
Uhm, ADM is way bigger than Monsanto. What other facts have you gotten totally wrong in your rush to produce this?
🤦🏻♀️ There’s plenty of healthy stuff that most people can’t pronounce. Not sure if that should be an indicator of unhealthy food. Chemical names of the healthiest vitamins are confusing to most.
This is a really good video, i agree with enerything except for your "simple rules".
The 1st and 2nd rules rely on the knoledge of people. Most of people dont know about biology and chemestry beyond of basic education levels. Even for those who have more knoledge about this sciences, it requires a lot of particular research to understand every food product and the chemical ingredients of any food (even with the simplest ones like a banana).
"Natural is good" or "processed is bad", this things are note correlated, it is RELATIVE and all diferent food industries make their propaganda and desinformation campaigns in order to sell their own products.
I just want to say that we shouldn't be afraid of all the things we don't understand, and if you really wanna be sure make a little of research in google academic, always verify the references and keep an open mind.
Love
U should diz saying white people kuz africans asians n native americans were already using food n herbs to treat the ailments
Everything in moderation and if it tastes good, spit it out.
If it takes good, spit it out. Talk to your doctor not to the dipshit "know it all" at the gym or your friend "you'll love it diet" bias. Talk to your doctor, know what you need and like, mix it up, and don't be worried if you don't like it immediately, no one does initially and some just flat out hate it period. Eating healthier does have more benefits than not, but don't completely eliminate having a (cheat day/cookie, candy bar) just limit it to quarters, once, one piece, maybe two max, two every three months. It's a big change and doesn't catch overnight, you have to put real effort into it. Being healthy is something only you can do.
Even worse we pay for the research as well…
And all the studies that tell us that fat and procesees meat, eggs, and dairy are all fine, are funded by the animal agriculture industry. Just natural foods, and avoid things like dairy, whole eggs, and heavily processed meats.
Another issue:. Nutrition hasn't been taught in schools for a good 40 years and it's starting to show
I love how a fat ass will always come up with an excuse
How many of the people blindly following your videos have actually went to talk to a doctor about their diet and had a serious conversation? How many of you have taken a nutrition class? Ignorance is bliss, and its so easy to blindly follow and blame the doctors who’ve spent years studying and continue to consciously learn for the health of our communities. We are doctors to learn and change the world for the better health of our race as humans, not to hinder us. Yes, some people team up with marketers. However, if the American society knew how to research effectively on their own time and stop taking advice from YouTube videos, it would be clear that the science is much beyond fads and marketing schemes.
MORINGGA.. search it
Damn you capitalism
Absolutely correct and is the same on all levels and fronts. From wars, terrorism, the BS education system and FREEDOMS. All BS ALL by DESIGN.
Here is an idea, why don't we read nutritional guidelines based on science and avoid fast food and sugar drinks. Exercise for 1 hour a day and take responsibility for your own health rather than blaming society and corporations
Didn’t know the French were that unhealthy
Thank you!
It's crazy how the general population thinks sugar is bad for you
Sugar is literally pure nutrition
Wow this turned really hippie real quick. Lay off the sodium, the processed foods, saturated fats, etc…this is common sense. Excess calories make you fat, not the fat alone. Nutrition IS important. If you doubt what is healthy and what is not, do blood work and check in with your doctor. There is good advice out there. I don't necessarily like the hippie "go to the roots" message spoken here.