Food Pyramid Scams and America’s Obesity Epidemic | Calley Means

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Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

According to a recent government-funded food pyramid study from Tufts School of Nutrition, Lucky Charms are healthier to eat than steak. So how did such an obviously ridiculous claim pass multiple levels of review at a widely respected research institution? Calley Means joins us to expose the decades-long influence that processed food and pharmaceutical companies have held over America’s research institutions, how it’s led to skyrocketing rates of obesity and other chronic health conditions, and simple reforms to programs like SNAP that could make America healthy again.

Calley Means is a food-as-medicine advocate and the co-founder of TrueMed. He was previously a consultant for food and pharma companies and is now exposing practices they use to weaponize our institutions of trust. Follow Calley on Twitter at @calleymeans.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
0:04.0	Because the member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.2	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:08.8	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.6	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.6	Welcome back folks, great episode today. I want to talk about obesity.
0:29.2	It's a clear and present threat to the United States. Let's be honest.
0:33.2	But compared to other issues, I think it gets comparatively less discussion in Congress,
0:39.1	even at the state level.
0:40.4	Now, on the one hand, it might be unreasonable to micromanage people's personal
0:43.7	nutritional decisions. On the other hand, we clearly have a problem that we can't ignore.
0:48.4	More than one in three young adults are too heavy to serve in the US military.
0:52.0	25% of young adults and 50% of Americans have pre-diabetes or full-fledged type two diabetes.
0:57.6	The answer is so bad that people have mostly given up being alarmed about it.
1:00.8	And despite its harms and individuals, it's been normalized and even encouraged.
1:05.5	The public decided that hurt feelings take precedence over public health,
1:09.4	even if it means millions of early deaths and devastating health consequences like leg
1:13.1	amputations. So what do we do about it? Today, we're joined by an expert.
1:17.2	The benefits of food as medicine. We're here with Cali Means.
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