THE REAL COST OF INFLATION ON A COUNTRY can be best seen not through government-sanctioned data points circulated throughout the corporate sponsored media, but in the financial, physical, and mental health of its citizenry. Officials point to the increase of paper wealth as evidence that their stewardship in both the economy and nutrition has led to a rise in the quality of life. In reality, the past fifty years has seen the true standard of living for most Americans plummet. Debasement of the currency has left the American people poorer, and through the resulting degradation of the nutrients of their food supply, sicker than at any time in recent history. What follows is an examination of one of the most compelling “who[1]done-its” in American history. In Fiat Food, Lysiak unravels a plot by the largest institutions of American power and the outsized ramifications it has had on modern civilization.
142 sats \ 0 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
This is a great forum. Appreciate it Ben - hope everyone has a great day! For any future questions please hit me up @matthewlysiak on Twitter
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91 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 25 Oct
Do you think that the introduction of chemicals to the diets of Americans has contributed to cancer? If so, is there a smoking gun?
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63 sats \ 1 reply \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
I do THINK this is true - but finding a smoking gun is difficult - the fiat money printer and the (captured) agencies controls the grant process that funds the studies...it would be like big tobacco funding a study that linked its own product to cancer...
I think the smoking gun exists all around us - we don't need a study - just look at the state of the country!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 25 Oct
Yeah, I don't disagree.
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140 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 25 Oct
If you could only prosecute one person for the national health crisis who would it be?
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307 sats \ 0 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
The ghost of Ancel Keys - followed by the ghost of John Maynard Keynes..
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 26 Oct
Threat information, thanks so much for stopping by. I’ve got your cliff notes from podcasts but have you book on my must read list. I’ve lost some people close to me from cancer and feel a lot of the root causes are from Fiat food!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 26 Oct
I thought this was good also.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Signal312 25 Oct
Loved the book! Thanks for writing it.
QUESTION 1 -
I used to not drink coffee. Then maybe 15 or so years ago (I had read so many stories about how healthy it was) I started drinking coffee.
Now I'm wondering - all these studies, about how great coffee is for your health - were they real? Or were they all manufactured, industry-supported studies? I'm suspicious, now that I know how bad the "science" was/is.
QUESTION 2 - This quote from your book
...intrigues me. Did you find any independent evidence of this story, about the President tell the Surgeon General to make up bad health news about eggs? Do you happen to know how the author Robert Samuelson found out about this?
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68 sats \ 1 reply \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
Appreciate the question - hope this helps ---"When egg prices rose in the spring of 1966 and Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman told him that not much could be done, Johnson had the Surgeon General issue alerts as to the hazards of cholesterol in eggs." - this is from an aide to LBJ Joseph Califino as quoted by Robert Samuelson in the Great Inflation and its aftermath
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68 sats \ 0 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
Oh - on the studies about coffee -- I haven't pulled them -- but Im skeptical. I know a lot are industry funded studies -- I think the probability is that coffee (like a lot of plants) is fantastic in medicinal settings -- but I was to the point where I drank 24 ounces a day --- not medicinal. Addictive.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 25 Oct
Hi Have you looked at Joel Salatins ideas which appear to be related?
#411868
Also how one of the large cereal producers apparently captured the US food standards and dietary narrative to promote their 7th day Adventist vegetarian ideology. Kellogs I think?
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
Not familiar with Saltins - will look into..
Kelloggs and the Seventh Day adventist occupy a great portion of my book :)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @benwehrman 27 Oct
Joel Salatin is the man - definitely check him out!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @jgbtc 25 Oct
How has your book been received. Are you receiving a lot of flack from clown world?
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
I'm a bit shocked by the books popularity. This was a passion project - but has taken off a bit - being translated into four new languages and already out in Polish.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 25 Oct
oh awesome -- welcome sir.
Your book is on the desk, so far unread (won't remain that way)
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
Thanks! Let me know what you think!
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 25 Oct
Pizza or tacos?
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87 sats \ 1 reply \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
I'm half Italian - so yeah, when I'm not strict carnivore I'll do a granny slice
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 25 Oct
Wise choice
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 25 Oct
When bitcoin fixes food, which foods do you expect to disappear fastest?
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253 sats \ 0 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
Great question - HFCS --
This is a sweetener that only exists due to fiat subsidies...
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 25 Oct
Who is the fittest person you ever met?
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211 sats \ 0 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
Stephan Marbury (I lived in Brooklyn and hooped a lot)
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 25 Oct
Who is the smartest person you ever met?
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177 sats \ 0 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
My dad -- Arthur Lysiak - he was a college professor (don't hold that against him) - he had a photographic memory but used his intellect to live in the real world and experience a life of joy.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @benwehrman 25 Oct
When are you joining Nostr??
I know you're not a big technology/social media user, but Nostr would be such a perfect place to spread your signal. Easiest way ever to earn more Bitcoin for your work as well.
Got a bunch of podcast episodes all about Nostr if you're open to learning more about it.
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71 sats \ 0 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
I know, I know...:)
I need to make this happen soon! Your not the first to get on me about it..
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @benwehrman 25 Oct
I understand you've given up coffee as part of your health journey.
What are the negative health effects you found coffee has, that prompted you to eliminate it?
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71 sats \ 4 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
This is a tough one - and I can only speak personally - without data -I was prompted by a friends experience - It hasn't been life changing for me like carnivore - but it has improved my sleep, which I think has a trickle down effect.
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71 sats \ 3 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
Have you tried giving up coffee?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @benwehrman 25 Oct
Yup, I've been testing my experience on and off of it, and so far the results have been clear that it produces more negative effects than positive
- Digestion slightly worse
- Sleep downgraded
- I've even found that I DREAM less on days where I drink coffee, which was quite an interesting discovery! That's a pretty damning point, seems like it's straight-up turning off certain parts of the brain that are more active during recovery periods
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71 sats \ 1 reply \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
All great points. The dream thing is a huge red flag - I mean, wtf?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 25 Oct
Noooo. Coffee is my only vise. I have to have one guilty pleasure in life!
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @benwehrman 25 Oct
On our podcast together, you mentioned the possibility of writing a follow-up book...looking further into the medical industrial complex if I recall correctly?
Is that still on the roadmap for you? 👀
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71 sats \ 1 reply \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
Hey Ben - yes - the corruption in the money supply/diet is intertwined with the field of medicine. I wanted to give this more coverage in Fiat Food - but decided it needed a book of its own
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @benwehrman 25 Oct
Awesome - can't wait!
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @benwehrman 25 Oct
Thoughts on the MAHA movement led by RFK and the political-right?
IMO it's great that the message is getting out there in any form, but I haven't dug into the actual political guts of it; i.e. the policy proposals themselves
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71 sats \ 4 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
Oh - I have a lot of thoughts. Most of them piss me off - because we have this moment where the attention of the nation is on how the food supply has been corrupted - but the messengers (although well intentioned) - are missing the mark. The source isn't corporate greed - that has been around long before people were sick. The primary is the degradation of the money supply - and until this is recognized - we are only treating symptoms while ignoring root causes
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @benwehrman 25 Oct
Interesting! And I see what you're saying, the explosion of Calley Means' work has really focused on the corporate side, never heard him mention money-printing as a major part of the problem. He was on Saif's podcast a while back so hopefully he keeps going down this rabbit hole and figures out that critical piece.
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71 sats \ 1 reply \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
Yeah - Calley is doing great work in exposing the issue that our food has been corrupted - but he is missing the mark. And it is disappointing.
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71 sats \ 0 replies \ @Matthewlysiak OP 25 Oct
The corporations are simply following a corrupted incentive process...punching down at them is just low-hanging fruit. They have an obligation to their share-holders - not to the public.
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