In this episode, I sit down with Matthew Lysiak, a nationally recognized investigative journalist and author of Fiat Food: Why Inflation Destroyed Our Health and How Bitcoin Fixes It. Together, we unpack how inflation has silently undermined our health.
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00:00 – Intro
01:24 – Matthew Lysiak Joins the Bitcoin Matrix
02:48 – From Mainstream Media to Fiat Food
05:07 – Discovering the Fiat Standard and Digging Deeper
08:26 – The Government’s Role in Shaping Our Diet
10:04 – A Personal Dedication
11:20 – Edward Bernays and Public Influence
11:44 – The Ancel Keys Cholesterol Conspiracy
17:24 – The Rise of Fake Food and Cereal Culture
23:02 – Crisco, Seed Oils, and Industrial Waste as Food
27:18 – Nixon, Inflation, and Food Supply Manipulation
30:21 – Plant-Based Diets and Fiat Economics
32:38 – John Harvey Kellogg and Cereal as Control
36:30 – The Graham Cracker Origins
37:01 – Butter-Legging and Margarine Riots
40:27 – The Phillips Curve and Keynesian Economics
45:03 – Fiat, Inflation, and the Money Printer
47:17 – Earth Day, Population Control, and Fiat Funding
50:40 – Nixon’s Philosopher’s Stone
53:35 – The Apple Economy Analogy
58:34 – Ozempic, Obesity, and the Medical Complex
01:03:16 – Nutrient Poverty and Obesity
01:04:44 – Diets, Gorillas, and Brain Size
01:06:21 – School Lunches and Metabolic Collapse
01:10:51 – How Bitcoin Changed Matthew Lysiak
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