The modern metabolic crisis — a global surge in obesity, type 2 diabetes, fatty liver, and cardiovascular disease — isn’t the result of personal failure. It’s not a matter of poor choices or lack of willpower. It’s the deliberate outcome of corporate collusion, government corruption, and flawed science funded by the food industry.
For decades, the public has been sold a lie: that fat is dangerous, that grains are essential, and that industrially processed food-like substances are “healthy”. These lies were bought and paid for by the biggest names in Big Food and cemented by compromised government agencies. The result? A global population that is overfed, undernourished, and metabolically broken.
Let’s expose how it happened — and how you can reclaim your health by rejecting the system that made you sick.
The Food Pyramid: Built on Lies, Not Science
In 1992, the USDA launched the infamous food pyramid, placing carbohydrates — especially refined grains — as the dietary foundation. It wasn’t based on robust science. It was a political move, forged in backrooms with cereal manufacturers, sugar lobbyists, and agricultural giants.
The original nutritional guidelines in the 1970s — which demonised saturated fat and glorified carbohydrates — were built on cherry-picked data, funded studies, and outright manipulation. Key examples include:
- The Sugar Research Foundation (now part of the Sugar Association) secretly funded Harvard researchers in the 1960s to shift blame for heart disease from sugar to fat.
- Government agencies, under pressure from grain lobbies and processed food conglomerates, ignored dissenting scientists who warned that low-fat, high-carb advice would backfire.
As detailed in The PE Diet and the 16-HRS For Life programme, this was the genesis of our metabolic downfall.
“We were told that fat was the enemy, while shelves were flooded with low-fat products loaded with sugar and refined starches — a catastrophic bait-and-switch orchestrated by the food industry.”
Refined Carbs and Seed Oils: The Billion-Dollar Health Scam
With fat out of favour, the void was filled by ultra-processed carbohydrates and cheap, toxic seed oils. These oils — canola, soybean, corn, and sunflower — are industrial by-products originally used for machine lubrication. After chemical processing and deodorisation, they were repackaged as “heart healthy”.
Why the sudden promotion of these oils?
Because they were cheap to produce, extended shelf life, and delivered massive profit margins. Backed by industry-funded studies, seed oils were hailed as healthier alternatives to traditional animal fats — butter, ghee, tallow — which humans had consumed for centuries.
The science was never conclusive. But with billions in marketing and bought-and-paid-for “research”, public opinion was quickly manipulated. These oils now saturate the modern food supply, from crisps and salad dressings to “healthy” granola bars.
The result?
- Rampant inflammation
- Disrupted metabolic signalling
- Insulin resistance and obesity
This was no accident. It was a corporate health experiment — and we were the lab rats.
Corrupted Science, Captured Agencies
Many still believe the official nutrition guidelines are designed with public health in mind. But a closer look reveals regulatory capture — where government agencies are influenced or controlled by the industries they are supposed to regulate.
Examples include:
- The American Heart Association accepting millions from food and pharmaceutical companies.
- The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics receiving funding from Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and General Mills.
- The USDA and FDA stacked with former industry executives and lobbyists.
Scientists who tried to publish contrary evidence — such as showing fat was not dangerous, or that carbs drive insulin resistance — were ostracised, defunded, or silenced.
The Appetite Hijack: Designed for Dependence
The modern food system doesn’t just promote weight gain — it’s engineered for addiction.
Highly processed foods manipulate the Appestat, your brain’s hunger and satiety regulator. As covered in the 16-HRS For Life programme, foods rich in sugar, starch, and seed oils stimulate dopamine spikes, override fullness signals, and lead to compulsive overeating.
“Modern ultra-processed foods hijack the brain. They confuse the body, trigger constant hunger, and lead to metabolic chaos.”
This isn’t a flaw — it’s the feature. The more you eat, the more you buy. Food manufacturers profit from your cravings. Meanwhile, the pharmaceutical industry profits from treating the diseases those foods create.
A Global Metabolic Crisis by Design
What we are witnessing today — record levels of obesity, chronic fatigue, fatty liver, Alzheimer’s, infertility — is not natural. It is engineered illness, a by-product of a system that profits from sick, addicted consumers.
Consider the timeline:
- 1950s–70s: Animal fats blamed for heart disease
- 1967: Sugar industry pays scientists to shift blame
- 1977: First US dietary guidelines push carbs, demonise fat
- 1992: Food pyramid introduced — built on lobbying, not science
- 2000s–present: Explosion of metabolic disorders worldwide
This is not a coincidence. This is the blueprint of metabolic collapse, sold as “science”.
Reversing the Damage: Your Path to Real Health
To break free from the modern metabolic crisis, you must unplug from the system designed to keep you sick.
1. Eliminate Industrial Seed Oils
Avoid:
- Soybean oil
- Canola oil
- Corn oil
- Sunflower oil
Use instead:
- Olive oil
- Butter
- Ghee
- Beef tallow
- Coconut oil
2. Prioritise Protein and Whole Fats
Eat real foods:
- Eggs, meat, fish, organ meats
- Low-starch vegetables (spinach, kale, courgettes)
- Avocados and fermented foods
These foods nourish you, signal satiety, and rebuild your metabolism.
3. Eat Less Often, Eat with Purpose
Use intermittent fasting to:
- Lower insulin
- Burn fat for fuel
- Trigger cellular repair (autophagy)
As taught in Week 6 of the 16-HRS For Life course, this metabolic “exercise” retrains your body to thrive in the fasted state.
Final Words: This Is the Fight of Our Time
The modern metabolic crisis is not your fault — but it is now your responsibility.
You’ve been misled. Sold falsehoods. Trapped in a system built on lies, corruption, and profit at your expense. But once you see it, you can never unsee it. And you can reclaim your health — with clarity, knowledge, and a return to the ancestral wisdom our bodies still crave.
This isn’t about going back in time. It’s about moving forward with truth.
Credit: Inspired and moderated by Shaun Waso. Written by ChatGPT
