Dr. Paul Mason - 'The corrupt history of the food pyramid' 

I get sick just thinking of all the years that I fed my family according to the vile guidelines thrust upon us by our corrupt government.

"When we mix science with politics, we get politics not science"- brilliant quote!

The food pyramid should be considered a crime against humanity

Dr. Paul Mason is a gift to this world

"When you mix science and politics, you get politics." This describes so many things!

You neglected to mention that Ansel Keys received many large payments of money from the American Sugar Alliance. Ref: Rob Lustig MD. Best regards, David Silverman

I ate this way for six decades. I’m lucky to be alive. Never too old to learn and change. Added: which I did and feel and look good.

I keep thinking about how many of the 4-11 year old children in today’s schools are being managed due to behavioral issues that could well be related to red meat deficiency…

I was born in 1965. My older siblings pre 1957. My darling mother fervently adopted the healthy heart guidelines of the 70’s, and I received the products of her “heartfelt healthy endeavours”, since then, I have battled with my weight for 50 odd years, since I was 7. My older siblings not so much, I believe because they probably had more saturated fat in their diet. Sadly I also went on to become a coronary care nurse and in that role further purported the so called healthy NZ heart foundation food pyramid. It totally sickens me to think what I told people post heart attack in the 1990’s. 18 months ago I adopted a low carb higher protein lifestyle and hey presto my weight came down. However year of restrictions and dieting have left their mark both physically and mentally. It’s not something you just shut off after 50 years, sugar addiction is real and the offending food is everywhere. Thank you Dr Paul Mason, presentations like this reinforce to me that I’m on the right track now, so informative and enlightening, the history of these lies must be shared everywhere.

Fantastic lecture as always! Really unfortunate that this isn't common knowledge. We will just have to try and make it so.

Just do the opposite of what "government" regulators and health authorities advice the public and you won't go far wrong.

Thank you so very much! 🤩 In Sweden in the 1970s, we had a recommendation from the government about eating 6-8 slices of bread per day. Now I know where this came from. I've linked to this video on a Swedish Facebook channel dedicated to stopping false recommendations from our government, it'll sure give us more fuel. I've been on an LCHF diet for 10+ years now, and I feel like 40 again, rather than my 75.

Dr. Paul Mason is the gold standard of doctors and scientists.

As an Aussie GP, i find it sad and angering that Dr Mason's thinking is not mainstream.

I shake my head thinking back to the 80s when I was daily counting every gram of fat... while eating tons of those dry rice- and popcorn-cakes washed down by banana smoothies... all the while struggling to lose weight.

Nearly a year as a carnivore and feel much better physically, mentally, and emotionally. Lost over 15 kg, skin and gums cleared up within a week or two (nails took a little longer), liver and kidney function radically improved, and more. No cravings. This has been an extremely positive move and improvement in lifestyle.

I ate ridiculous amounts of cereal and skim milk as a kid. It's no wonder kids have so many mental and physical issues these days.

Thank you Dr Mason. Changing my diet saved me from debilitating back pain, nerve pain, joint pain, muscle pain, digestive issues, raised blood pressure, 20kg over weight. It took around 8 months for all these problems to resolve. Since 2020 I've been completely pain free and never felt and looked healthier. I'm only eating fatty meats, seafood, eggs and dairy. Prior to that I was eating the mainstream version of a healthy diet (lots of veggies, fruit, whole grains, low fat, eating the rainbow etc) for decades and watching my health slowly decline.

I started struggling with weight when i was about 7 or 8, in Primary school I learnt about the "Healthy Food Pyramid" (this is early 80s. I wanted to be thin and healthy so bad - I stopped eating lollies and chocolate and started eating most breads and cereals. Following the Healthy Eating Pyramid I had learnt for my whole childhood - I became morbidly obese by 13. I developed the idea that something was wrong and bad about me be cause I was trying to eat healthy but I was just a fat hopeless kid. It destroyed my life. I decided later to fast and just stop eating - so i only eat fruit and veggies - i lost weight but put it back on when i stopped fasting. When I was 40 I was pre diabetic and had a blood sugar of 11mmol in the morning before breakfast. I panicked and stopped eating. I had seen nutritionists , doctors and dieticians and i nearly had surgery to cut my stomach out. But with my pre diabetes i looked at how to get my blood sugar down and ran into the carnivore diet. I started only eating meat - meat meat meat, nothing but meat (Lamb, Beef, Fish, Pork, chicken with things like apple cider vinegar, salt, egg, butter and cream) in 5 weeks my blood sugar was down under 6 and i had lost about 15 kg, and i was really feeling happy and well. If only someone had bloody told me - and if only my bloody school didn't teach me the healthy eating pyramid.

The whole world should hear this. I'm surprised the US government hasn't had this removed.

As an American, now known as merica................. I am totally embarrassed. Our government is and has been totally corrupt for decades. Sickening

I've had a drive since I was very young to eat a lot of meat - to the point it became a bit of a joke in the family. I think the bigger joke is how the food pyramid resulted in white bread, margarine and cereals becoming staples in the home. It's sad. High five to all the diet rebels out there!

I was diagnosed Pre-diabetic and suffered a Heart attack six months later at 62. Having tried for 15 months to reduce my HbA1c, the only way I beat diabetes was to go on the Carnivore diet. I loved it! For years I was told to eat cereals, fruit and veg and eat less meat, especially the fat on any meat. Only to find that If I had eaten what my body was telling me to eat, I would have been far more healthy!

I always watch anything from Doctor Mason. Very informative and delivered in an entertaining way. Brilliant.

I am a 46 year old Australian woman who wouldn't be far off dead if I'd listened to the government health guidelines.

I walk round the supermarket crying loudly “oh god are they still pushing this low fat rubbish?”

let's not forgot how television shows have done their part to reinforce the fear of heart disease. Almost every beloved tv dad has run into heart trouble. it's engrained in our psyche.

Now they telling that red meat is causing an increased risk of diabetes. SMH

They are still pushing this garbage. The Death Canada food guide is a nightmare.

Dr. Robin Wilcourt had an interesting talk about Ansel Keyes and how he showed our food industry how it would make more profit from grains than meat. Ansel Keyes should have been made infamous for the destruction he helped cause.

I couldn't understand why they said hamburgers were bad , because you had your meat group your vegetable group your dairy group and bread group all in one sandwich

Sad to know how we've been so misguided by the industry

These food pyramids probably only existed in the West. I grew up in East Germany. Even years later, I never saw a food pyramid in any book or magazine. It wasn't until I moved to the western part and was overwhelmed by what was on offer in the supermarkets and fast food chains. Of course I tried everything new and felt bad. colon irritable. gallstones. underweight. It took me a long time to realize that my stomach wasn't used to processed food. but I experienced the boom in fiber. Today, when I think of my grandparents, I remember that they never ate raw vegetables and little fruit. only eat nuts at Christmas. and oats only for the horses. meat everyday and butter

thank god I did not become a dietician or nutritionist. I would be so ashamed of myself.

Thankyou Paul, this shows to me the benefits of, among other things, the importance ,of freedom of speech,Goodonya

Excellent look at this troubling history of the dietary guidelines we've been told to follow for decades.

Thank you for another engaging and informative talk!

I always thought the Food Pyramid was total crap!!! Glad to see I’m not alone 😎

Pyramid? no, Gravestone. ☹

Saifedean Ammous makes the interesting point that the Food Pyramid enabled cheap food to be substituted for expensive food just as inflation got going after the US went off the Gold Standard.

Thank you!

The field of nutrition has always been rotten to the core.

I remember even as far back as early elementary school I felt something was strange about the food pyramid because it felt like it was all the wrong portions of the food groups

Interesting side note. The “K” ration issued in WWII was developed by Ansel Keyes as a hi energy food source in concentrated form. It consisted of a large amount of animal fat and all kinds of meats ground into a thick paste that was then heated and dehydrated to clear out the moisture and packed into sealed wax cartons for soldiers i the field. The “K” ration was named for Ansel Keys. (Also had loads of sugar and some grains un it). It’s also been reported that Ancel keys actually altered the data from the Minnesota study and alter data from several European studies that debunked. The fat is bad theory, and actually pointed to carbohydrates being the greater problem.

Five heart restarts age 45 to 54 for A fib. as a high standard athlete. Went high saturated fat and now 13 yeara perfect heart health, as well as EVERY other facet of my health.

John Yudkin a British scientist wrote a book called PURE WHITE AND DEADLY, warning us of the dangers of sugar but his claims were crushed by Ancil Keys this was as early as 1970 , Yudkin was right all along.

Thank you Paul, keep up the work. You're looking better and better.

Dr Mason is an international treasure. I trust him completely.

this goes to show, we must question everything from our government.. smh... because of wonderful videos like this I am now on an elimination diet, aka lions diet or more commonly the carnivore diet. try flushing out the carbs and sugars and you will be surprised by weight loss and mind clarity. God bless you all..

The corrupt history of medicine, or the corrupt history of doctors would be good subjects too...

And now in my country the gov is thinking about a health tax that would tax saturated fat, salt and sugar. Politics in health again, what could go wrong.

The food pyramid is at best upside down.

Now the same powers will take our meat and give us bugs.

Well done sir. We just need to share this stuff to the wider population. Govt putting money before people. Who knew?

It was a privilege to attend this lecture in person. Great message and a brilliant doc

It started even earlier. During WW2 there was extremely heavy focus on producing grains in bulk to feed the troops and hungry freed populaces in the warzones with cheap food. This had started massive subsidising of farms to grow these products and purchase the necessary equipment. After the war, there was now a sudden massive excess production of grains, grain prices were going to plummet, and those farmers, who were a strong voting block, were going to go bankrupt, and what would that do to their votes? So politicians decided that "something had to be done" to create more demand for grains. What better way than to promote grain consumption by having the health authorities manufacture a campaign telling people that grain consumption is good for your health? And after all, the US army and marines had won WW2 on a grain based diet, so now was the time! The food pyramid was born, and it's been used for its intended purpose to control consumption in order to create artificial demand ever since.

It’s only since I stopped following these guidelines and started to listen to Gary Taubes, Dr Paul Mason, and all the great speakers here on Low Carb DownUnder that my health and weight have improved. Thank you for speaking out.

I hope CSIRO diet researchers sit to the table for Australian dietary guidelines. Specially now that they are using low-carb and protein-adequate diets in their own research with success.

Thank you Dr. Mason. You are amazing.

Government, govern=control, ment=mind and pharmaceutical should both be ignored.

On a mission to make this common knowledge. Thank you Paul.

The woman student that came up with the food pyramid, said herself (para phrasing it) that she did not put in much thought to it and did not think her project would get any recognition.

I followed the pyramid and almost ended up with a colostomy bag when my intestine exploded. I've been grain free for 5 years, and now I'm on the carnivore diet...

This is such an important review it should be on main stream TV in every country. Only public demand will change public guidelines.

Gifted speaker - plus he's easy on the eyes ;o)

Dr Paul is getting slicker in his presentations: another fine potent commentary.

Fact Checked: TRUE!! Well done Dr. Mason. Much of that I knew to be true. You added a great deal of additional facts and insight. Thank you!

Absolutely 💕it! Thank you Dr Paul for the great info!

Keep up the great work!

Hopefully he doesn’t get Clintoned for this type of info. Thank you Mason!!!

Well it's beef roast at my place tonight.... not a vege in sight....

Amazing the amount of ‘planted seeds’ there are. Thank you for sharing the truth❤️

I can’t go to supermarkets anymore without feeling angry when I see what is being consumed by the population. Is it part of the depopulation agenda?????

I would love Paul to talk about this all on a show like a current affair. Might reccomend they get in touch!

I've heard this presentation, or a variation thereof, dozens of times. Personally, I enjoy the Nina Teicholz, Zoe Harcombe and Gary Taubes versions first and foremost. Paul Mason is a good speaker however and thus ensures this story gets to a wider audience.

Thanks for spreading the truth about this very important subject!

My Mom died of Diabetes induced vascular Dementia She followed the Food Pyramid guidelines.

Looking back I am really a lucky one. Always was eating butter, meat, fish, eggs, cheese and vegetables. Hardly any fruits because I didn‘t like it. On parties I took the fried meat instead of cakes. I was always thinking I should switch to a healthier diet according to the guidelines. And now here I am in my late 50s. BMI about 21 while most of my fellow students have put on weight and got metabolic issues. As I said it was just luck. In fact it was more or less a lack of willpower to switch to the „healthy“ diet.

Love this man and how he is speaking out. Thank you !!

Good job Dr. Mason -- A study was just released yesterday (Dec 8, 2023) on lean mass hyper responders (LMHR) that further puts a nail in the coffin of the accepted dietary guidelines ... it is becoming more and more clear that dietary saturated fat and cholesterol have been vilified, when it is prolonged too high carbs that is likely the real issue.

Beef tallow is the best fat! I bought a bucket of it and I cook my meats in it.

Thank you, Paul.

Excellent presentation. Thank you!!

Great presentation! Thank you.

Dr. Mason is one of my heroes!

I've been low carb for a few years now. Weight and BP both normalised. OA pain gone. Even my Gfr has normalised. 72 year old female, on no meds (despite GP wanted me to take statins). I think my LDL chol is 6.2 mmol/. How could they get it so wrong?

Oh so true!!! Thanks for your brilliance🎉

Kellogg's marketing department also had a (lobbyist) role in Government at this time.

Looking forward to seeing change in the guidelines 🙏 go Dr Mueke 👏

Once again thank you Dr Mason - excellent and informative as usual.

I love the way Dr. Paul Mason dug up those historical cutaway shots to accompany his talk.

Diabesity,

This presentation displays how the compounding of errors works in every situation. And they wonder why we doubt experts!

Good lecture Paul!

The implementation of the US Nutritional Guidelines is an early example of what we can expect from the new WHO treaty because it occurred through their efforts due to the US being the main funder and the consequent input of the US Food Industry and its links to the UN Food Program. We have seen the same link between WHO and the US Pharmaceutical Industry via the control Gates GAVI organization has over the vaccine program.

This is horrifying. It's sad how corporations will prioritise profits over the health of the people.

Brilliant, should be the first course taught in entry level nutrition and medicine.

Once again- thank you Paul ❤

Has anyone had a look at Ancel Keys qualifications, he had a BA in Political Science and Economics and also a Masters Degree in Marine Biology. What expertise did he have to comment on human nutrition?

Thank you yet again Dr Mason. You are a glimmer of hope.