In this episode we talked in more detail about the origins of the 1990’s Food Pyramid and how the very bedrock of it’s creation was based on bad science, greed, and a disproved theory known as the LIPID HYPOTHOSIS. Here are some links for further information:
Ancel Keys
Ancel Benjamin Keys was an American physiologist who studied the influence of diet on health. In particular, he hypothesized that replacing dietary saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat reduces cardiovascular heart disease. Wikipedia
In 1949 this chart was used to support Key’s hypothesis that there is a direct correlation between diets high in saturated fat and an increase of heart disease. It was the bedrock for the Food Pyramid which the USDA released in 1992. This 70+ year-old hypothesis still dominates and shapes the average American diet. It’s dead wrong.
Here’s a great article which discusses Ancel Keys and his lifelong crusade to end heart disease by reducing saturated fats and increasing so-called “healthy” carbs. The only problem? He was DEAD wrong.
Key’s Scientific Abandon – By Crossfit | December 31, 2018
The Cat’s Out of the Bag?
Links and Resources
Here are some of the links to books and resources that we cited in this episode. Beware, doing research into this topic will challenge your ideas of what a healthy diet is. It will scare the willey out of you. It will piss you off and will definitely change your eating habits forever!
Dr. Ken D Berry – MD
This guy has changed my (Mike’s) life. I’m not exaggerating. I stumbled onto his YouTube channel while trying to find solutions to my new diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes. After watching hours of his videos I ordered his book and it gave me insight into why things are the way they are.
Dr. Jason Fung
This guy has such great information for those trying to free themselves from the bondage of out of control blood sugar, diabetes medications and insulin. Low carb diet and intermittent fasting; It works!
The Great Cholesterol Myth – Johnny Bowden – PhD | Stephen Sinatra – MD
Diabetes and Insulin Resistance cause heart disease! Believe me, I know from experience. And what is the major cause of these things? Well, you are what you eat.
Full of history, scientific studies, and hard hitting information, this book opened my eyes to the connection between my diet, diabetes, and heart disease. It gave me answers, courses of action, and it really pissed me off.
Jonny Bowden’s YouTube Channel
Stephen Sinatra’s YouTube Channel
Death by Food Pyramid – Denise Minger
More information than you could ever want to know about the origins and impact of the Food Pyramid. Denise’s writing style and levity makes this read enjoyable despite the dire information it contains.
Ivor Cummins – The Fat Emperor
It took an engineer to take a hard look at the root causes of insulin resistance, diabetes, and heart diseases to finally explain the complex process that was destroying my health. I can’t say enough good things about this man.
Here’s a link to the video that started the Fat Emperor’s rise to notoriety: