They lied. For 50 years, nutrition “experts” told you eggs would kill you. A University of South Australia study just proved them wrong. Eggs don’t cause heart disease. They never did.
The methodology was embarrassingly simple. Separate the effects of cholesterol from those of saturated fat. The result? When eaten without excess saturated fats, eggs actually help reduce bad cholesterol. Any halfway competent researcher could’ve figured this out in the 1970s. But they didn’t — because they didn’t want to.
The American Heart Association built its empire by peddling cholesterol-centered panic. By 2016, documents revealed the AHA had taken sizeable sums in corporate funding from companies like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. It was the public-health equivalent of Mothers Against Drunk Driving being bankrolled by Budweiser.
Big Pharma sold billions in statins. Food companies launched entire product lines around “low-cholesterol” labels. Admitting eggs were harmless would have shattered the illusion that made them all rich. So they buried the truth. Deep. (RELATED: The MAHA Movement Continues to Gain Steam)
The body count from bad dietary guidance likely exceeds most modern epidemics.
Meanwhile, people suffered. Generations avoided a cheap, complete protein. Kids missed out on nutrients critical for brain development. Seniors fell into malnutrition, faithfully following the same advice that was killing them. The body count from bad dietary guidance likely exceeds most modern epidemics.
And the establishment didn’t care. They had careers to protect. Markets to expand. Money to make.
This pattern repeats across the entire nutrition industry.
Butter was demonized for decades (and to a large degree, still is), even though it contains vital fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K. Instead, we were told to eat margarine, industrially processed sludge full of trans fats that actually caused the very heart disease they claimed to prevent. They banned the natural and pushed the toxic.
Salt was declared an enemy of the people. Never mind that it’s essential for basic cellular function, nerve conduction, blood pressure regulation, and brain performance. In its place, we got low-sodium, chemical-laced cardboard masquerading as food. Only now are medical experts admitting that extreme sodium restriction is linked to higher rates of heart failure and insulin resistance. Yet these findings rarely make headlines.
People developed serious health issues from salt deficiency. But hey, food companies made a killing on “healthier” options that tasted like drywall. Red meat was executed by a thousand junk studies that ignored context. Was it processed? Was it burnt? Was it eaten with a gallon of soda and a pile of fries? Didn’t matter. They pinned cancer on beef and moved on. Honest inquiry was never the goal. Framing the defendant was.
It gets worse.
Nutrition science relies on single-variable studies that ignore how real humans eat. They mistake correlation for causation when it fits their agenda. They churn out research bought and paid for by food conglomerates looking for favorable headlines. Credible reviews have shown that industry-funded nutrition studies are up to eight times more likely to deliver conclusions that flatter the sponsor’s products.
Health organizations take corporate funding. Researchers serve as marketers. The results are predictable. Academic groupthink only amplifies the insanity. Young researchers are trained in dishonest methodologies by older academics who built careers on them. Peer reviewers block dissenting studies to protect orthodoxy. In 2017, a group of American scholars documented how sugar industry funding in the 1960s helped suppress research linking sucrose to heart disease, redirecting the blame toward saturated fat instead. Journalists repeat government talking points without a hint of skepticism. The machine enforces conformity. Truth becomes dangerous.
And then there’s the Food Pyramid. That bureaucratic monstrosity wasn’t built on credible science; it was built on cartloads of corn. It declared carbs the foundation of a healthy diet while banishing fats and marginalizing protein. Coincidentally, this aligned perfectly with grain subsidies and Big Ag’s obsession with processed carbohydrates. Health was never the priority. Profit was.
What happened was nothing short of disastrous. Obesity exploded. Diabetes skyrocketed. Heart disease climbed. The public followed establishment-approved advice and got sicker. Authorities turned on the very people they misled, muttering about lazy lifestyles and bad genes — anything to avoid accountability.
All the while, Big Pharma cashed in. The cholesterol psyop was a goldmine. Scare people away from eggs, then sell them statins to solve the fake crisis. What a brilliant, utterly diabolical strategy.
The low-fat craze was textbook institutional capture. First, vilify natural foods. Then, manufacture synthetic “solutions” to the imaginary problems you just invented. It worked. Patients suffered, while corporations’ value skyrocketed.
The Mediterranean diet wasn’t spared scrutiny, even though it was flawless — it survived because it carried cultural prestige. Being European, it was celebrated by American academics and journalists alike, while homegrown traditions like steak-and-eggs or bacon were derided as “backward.” Geography and class bias, not stronger science, saved it from the chopping block. And that bias still lingers. Even today, Americans romanticize a postcard version of Europe — Vienna cafés, Parisian bistros, sunlit Italian markets — while ignoring the reality of cities decimated by migrant gangs, crime, and cultural decay. The myth persists because it flatters their sensibilities, not because it reflects health or truth. (RELATED: The Outbreak of Migrant-Related Crime and Rape in the EU)
This egg study should spark a nutritional revolution. It should force every health agency, university, and corporate-backed dietitian to issue a public apology. But I’m not a moron, and neither are you. We know that this won’t happen.
Too many reputations are tied to the old lies. University departments built entire curricula demonizing decent food. Government panels justified their existence with nutritional guidelines designed by lobbyists. And food giants rewired the entire supermarket around low-fat, high-sugar garbage, then paid off health organizations to slap “heart-healthy” on the label.
None of them can afford the truth. Reform means collapse. Collapse means lawsuits, investigations, ruined careers. It means finally admitting that millions suffered — needlessly — because of advice that was wrong from the start. And no one wants that. So they’ll keep the confusion alive. Keep the grants flowing. Keep the drugs selling. Keep the lie going.
Eggs never needed redemption. They needed protection from scientific corruption.
The egg lie has finally cracked. Now it’s time to smash the whole carton. The real poison was never on your plate; it came from the podium, dressed in credentials, dripping with contempt.
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