IT’S NOT THE CHOLESTEROL OR SATURATED FAT YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT—IT’S THE SUGAR AND SEED OILS!
Emerging research finally highlights what many of us have suspected for years: refined sugar and seed oils are the real drivers of heart disease, not dietary cholesterol or saturated fat. And honestly, if you know your history, this shouldn’t come as a surprise.
It was all a scam from the beginning.
Back in the 1960s, powerful food companies paid scientists to blame saturated fat instead of sugar for rising rates of heart disease. This allowed them to flood the market with highly profitable, ultra-processed, sugar-laden foods—all while convincing an entire generation that butter, eggs, and steak were dangerous.
And we've paid dearly for it—with skyrocketing rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
It's time to see through the lies. It’s time to return to real food. Saturated fat and dietary cholesterol are vital for health. Refined sugar and seed oils? They’re the real enemies hiding in plain sight.
It Was Sugar All Along…
For decades, Americans slashed fat from their diets, thinking they were doing the right thing. But what replaced it? Sugar—and lots of it.
When you remove fat from food, it tastes bland. So companies started pumping products full of refined sugar to make them palatable. From low-fat yogurt to “heart-healthy” cereal, sugar became the star ingredient.
The results? More diabetes. More heart disease. More obesity.
Turns out, sugar isn’t just empty calories. It’s inflammatory, damages blood vessels, and wreaks havoc on insulin regulation—setting the stage for cardiovascular disease long before cholesterol ever could.
Saturated Fat Is Not the Enemy
Graph: Saturated fat intake versus heart disease decline
The fear around saturated fat was never grounded in good science. Recent large-scale meta-analyses have shown no clear link between saturated fat intake and heart disease. In fact, some studies suggest that people who eat more saturated fat actually have better cardiovascular outcomes than those who avoid it!
Saturated fat plays critical roles in the body:
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Building robust cell membranes
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Supporting brain function
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Producing vital hormones
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Providing stable, long-lasting energy
Meanwhile, the real health disasters—diabetes, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases—have skyrocketed since saturated fat was vilified and replaced with sugar and industrial oils.
The Real Barrier
The shift away from traditional diets wasn’t gradual or natural. It was engineered.
Imagine a brick wall built between Americans and the truth—one brick for every fake study, bad headline, rigged government guideline, and bought-off scientist.
Each layer of deception separated people farther from real food and closer to metabolic disaster. The wall was built high—and it’s still standing for many today. But the good news? Once you know the truth, you can walk around it.
Low Fat = More Obesity
Graph: Obesity rates soared after low-fat guidelines
Here's the ugly irony: when Americans started eating "low-fat" everything, they got fatter and sicker.
Between 1980 and 2020, as the low-fat craze swept the nation:
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Obesity rates tripled
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Type 2 diabetes exploded
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Heart disease remained the number one killer
Low-fat foods are typically high in sugar, starch, and processed junk. They spike blood sugar, crash energy levels, and trigger insulin resistance—the perfect storm for fat gain and metabolic breakdown.
How the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists...
In the late 1960s, documents revealed that the Sugar Research Foundation (today’s Sugar Association) paid Harvard scientists to downplay sugar’s role in heart disease and instead blame saturated fat.
Their bogus findings were published in prestigious journals, influencing public health policy for decades. The result?
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Sugar escaped blame
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Fat was demonized
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Ultra-processed junk foods exploded in popularity
This was one of the biggest scandals in nutrition history—and we're still living with the consequences.
It wasn’t about health. It was about profit.
Me on My Way to Break Every Guideline Meme
Today's official food guidelines are a joke.
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“Eat vegetable oils!” (despite their high omega-6 inflammatory load)
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“Avoid red meat!” (even though it's one of the most nutrient-dense foods)
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“Choose low-fat!” (despite its proven link to more obesity and chronic disease)
Following the mainstream narrative leads straight to poor health. Period.
Breaking the guidelines isn’t rebellion—it’s survival.
Load up on real, nutrient-dense animal foods. Embrace natural saturated fats. Ditch the sugar, the seed oils, and the junk food traps they want you stuck in.
Closing Thoughts
We were sold a lie—and it cost us dearly. But it’s not too late to turn things around.
Eat the way your ancestors did:
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Real meat
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Real fat
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No seed oils
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No refined sugar
Eat like a human again—and reclaim your health, your energy, and your future.
The truth is simple. The hard part is unlearning the lies.
Citations
- Kearns, Cristin E., Laura A. Schmidt, and Stanton A. Glantz. "Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research: A Historical Analysis of Internal Industry Documents." JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 176, no. 11, 2016, pp. 1680–1685.
- Siri-Tarino, Patricia W., et al. "Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 91, no. 3, 2010, pp. 535–546.
- Te Morenga, Lisa, et al. "Dietary sugars and body weight: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials and cohort studies." BMJ, 2013, 346:e7492.
- Ludwig, David S., and Walter C. Willett. "Vicious Cycle of Obesity and Diabetes: Cross-Talk Between Insulin Resistance and Insulin Hypersecretion." Cell Metabolism, vol. 31, no. 3, 2020, pp. 517–526.
- Mozaffarian, Dariush, et al. "Changes in Diet and Lifestyle and Long-Term Weight Gain in Women and Men." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 364, no. 25, 2011, pp. 2392–2404.