Government's Secret Deal with Big Food Is Killing You Slowly

If America is going to ever get healthy again, we need to confront and tackle the worst crisis our country has ever faced. I’m talking about the near-complete takeover of our healthcare and food supply by corrupt and greedy corporations. 

Corporations that have ZERO interest in your health and wellbeing. 

Today, we have grown so complacent about this awful situation, we now regard the millions of health injustices and multiple chronic diseases that have plagued Americans for decades — along with the billions of dollars in profits these corporation reap — as normal. 

Many politicians still claim this is simply what happens in a free-market capitalist system – but they’re wrong. 

America’s healthcare and food supply system are a perversion of the free market, a system where secrecy and collusion are the driving forces behind all the levers of power, and that includes the government itself. 

Our surging rates of diseases, like diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and cancer should never be regarded as normal. 

So, the real question is — and this is what sets my own position apart from almost every other doctor in America — will we ever be able to overcome the forces that have abandoned America’s health and its right to freedom? 

Frankly, I think it’s unlikely. 

You see, it was the government that granted Big Food, Big Agra, and Big Pharma control in the first place — and we the people can’t expect to reclaim our power from the government by trusting the government to fix it. 

You see, at the root of America’s health disaster — and much of the rest of the world’s — is a diabolical triad... 

Big Agra and Big Food products cause America’s biggest chronic disease killers, while Big Pharma makes the toxic drugs you are prescribed to manage, but never cure them. 

Along the way, corporate behemoths take billions from you — either at the grocery and drug store, or through government subsidies that you pay for with your tax dollars. 

In this Confidential Cures, you’ll learn how to empower yourself to take your hard-won health freedoms back into your own hands. 

The most important crisis facing you, me, and every American is…..

A chronic disease epidemic. Chronic disease is not only our leading cause of death, but it also drives massive health care costs that burden the lives of almost every American. Our first line of attack must be the mass consumption of ultra-processed foods.

I’ve been warning my patients about these toxic Big Agra and Big Food monstrosities for decades. I’m talking about disease-causing foods like pizza, chicken nuggets, breakfast cereals, sodas, chips and other salty, sweet and savory snacks, packaged baked goods, microwaveable frozen meals, instant soups and sauces... to name just a few.

All ultra-processed foods contain dangerously high amounts of sugar, salt, processed industrial oils, artificial flavors, colors, preservatives, chemical sweeteners, as well as additives that imitate the texture and taste sensations of natural foods to fool you. 

You see, these foods not only damage your health directly, but they also leave your body starving for the vitamins, minerals, live enzymes, micronutrients and healthy fats you need to fight disease. 

Recent research from scientists from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that people who eat these fake foods regularly have a staggering 49% higher risk of developing lung cancer — even if they’ve never smoked a single cigarette.¹ 

And it’s no coincidence that two-thirds of COVID cases resulting in hospitalization were attributed to dietary diseases like obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and heart failure.² 

A quick look at the U.S. consumption rates for ultra-processed foods is shocking: ^3,4 

These foods are at the root of almost every modern chronic ailment — and the government is just as culpable as the companies that make them.

Government-affiliated food advisors and federal regulators — like the FDA, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics — have spent years whitewashing the truth about America’s toxic food supply. 

You see, the economics of industrial food manufacturing means you can buy ultra-processed foods cheaper than unprocessed meat, fish, fruit, and vegetables. 

And the government gatekeepers of our health are run by corporate suits and corrupt vested interests who have financial stakes in the mass consumption of the life-shortening products we now call the “Standard American Diet.”⁵ 

Fighting the mega corporations that manufacture these products, the corrupt regulatory bodies that allow them, and the lobby groups that line the pockets of politicians on both sides of the aisle, promises to continue to be an uphill battle. 

Fighting the mega corporations that manufacture these products, the corrupt regulatory bodies that allow them, and the lobby groups that line the pockets of politicians on both sides of the aisle, promises to continue to be an uphill battle. 

You should never trust the government with your health. I’ve been telling this to my patients for years. And it turns out you shouldn’t trust most dieticians either. 

Newly released documents reveal that the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics — a powerful lobby group with wide-ranging influence over government policy on food — has almost no interest in your nutritional health. 

Instead, they are focused on lining the pockets of Big Food manufacturers — and themselves. 

These findings are part of a recently published, peer-reviewed study led by a team of U.S. and U.K. researchers. This new study is titled “The Corporate Capture Of The Nutrition Profession In The USA.”⁶ 

I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried... The researchers examined a stockpile of financial documents and internal communications obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. 

They were shocked by what they discovered. 

It turns out that the cozy and corrupt conspiracy between the Academy, the government, Big Food giants like Kraft, General Mills, and Nestle, as well as industry bodies like the Sugar Association, is enough to make even the most trusting person suspicious. 

The Academy bills itself as an independent group that lobbies Congress to shape national food and nutrition policy. 

It also provides guidance to more than 110,000 U.S. dietitians. 

Yet the group is riddled with industry interests and corruption.  

And it’s controlled by former industry bosses from companies like Monsanto and its new owner, Bayer. 

The level of backroom deals, kickbacks, and quid pro quos between the Academy and Big Food uncovered by the research is simply mind boggling. 

Perhaps most blatant of all is the paper trail which reveals that the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics owns stock and has received millions of dollars in contributions for the shameless promotion of ultra-processed food that for years has been linked to a wide range of chronic health problems. 

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics claims to be an independent voice and “trusted educational resource for consumers.” 

But that’s a long way from the truth. 

The researchers found that the Academy accepted at least $15 million from corporate contributors between 2011-2017, and more than $4.5 million in additional funding went to the Academy’s foundation. 

Among the highest contributors were companies and industry entities including Nestle PepsiCo, Hershey, Kellogg’s, General Mills, Conagra, the National Dairy Council, as well as baby formula producer Abbott Nutrition. 

The Academy also received funding from Big Food through sponsorships, which the researchers revealed were just quid pro quos. 

In a 2015 email obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, an Academy employee defined sponsorship as: “When a company pays a fee to the Academy in return for... specific rights and benefits.” 

Talk about corruption. To me, that definition sounds more like a bribe.

The email reveals that the Academy was in a two-year, $300,000 “sponsorship” deal with Abbott at the time. The email went on to describe how the Academy could use its dietitians’  influence in pediatricians’ offices around the country to push Pediasure, one of the Big Pharma company’s baby food products. 

The researchers also found that the Academy owned Abbott stock at the time of the deal. 

The same email described a sponsorship agreement with the National Dairy Council, which would pay $1.2 million for a package that would fund “support for both the Academy and the Foundation to continue the collaborative work around food, nutrition, and agriculture.” 

Other Academy sponsors include Coca-Cola’s industry group, and Conagra, which owns brands like Reddi-Wip, Slim Jim, and Banquet. 

Documents also showed there were discussions with Subway about how the Academy could “endorse” the fast-food chain’s “healthier products.” 

And it agreed to allow Kraft to put its “Kid’s Eat Right” seal on Kraft Singles packaging.  

Meanwhile, about $4.5 million in corporate funding from processed food giants like General Mills went to an initiative called the “Champions Program.” 

This granted funds to hundreds of organizations to support projects that essentially promoted a range of ultra-processed foods as part of a campaign for “healthy eating and active lifestyles for children and their families.” 

In terms of your health, these ultra-processed foods are some of the most damaging foods you can eat, and the revelations are just the very tip of a massive corruption iceberg. 

Powerful and well-funded lobby groups bribe politicians to push laws that benefit the corporations at the expense of your health, while industry players control the government’s health and regulatory agencies that provide the oversite. 

This is corruption at the highest levels of government. 

Agencies Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are all complicit. 

For decades, Big Agra and Big Food have been guilty of poisoning the American consumer. 

Some of the measures that could counter this include: 

Some of the measures that could counter this include: 

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