Category: (un) health…
"As smoking rates began to decline in the 1980s, tobacco giants trained their eyes on another target - the food supply - and used their massive cash reserves to buy up major food companies. "
“When you look at the biggest deals and the biggest Wall Street transactions in the 1980s, the two largest were cigarette companies buying food companies.”
Here’s what went wrong - our health.
A Cremola interview with Calley Means, a reformed physician we’ve ‘met’ before.
Now one of RFK jr’s advisers.
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Story at-a-glance
*In my interview with Calley Means, co-author of the book “Good Energy,” we discuss how tobacco companies bought major food companies in the 1980s, applying addictive strategies to food production and influencing nutritional guidelines, leading to a surge in chronic diseases
*The 1910 Flexner Report, funded by Rockefeller, reshaped medical education, emphasizing pharmaceutical interventions and marginalizing holistic approaches, setting the stage for modern health care’s limitations
*Corruption in health institutions, including conflicts of interest in research funding and guideline committees, perpetuates misguided health advice and hinders effective chronic disease management
*Reforming the health system requires removing conflicts of interest from advisory committees, restructuring financial incentives and empowering patients through grassroots advocacy and education
*A multi-pronged approach to health care transformation is necessary, including individual empowerment, new wellness-focused business models and policy changes to address the chronic disease epidemic
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/10/13/big-tobacco-food-system.aspx