Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

They’ve Been Feeding You Poison (And Calling It Food)

Dec 23, 2025
Explore the shocking truth about food and health scams that dominate the industry. Discover how legal definitions allow unhealthy, ultra-processed foods to masquerade as nourishment. Uncover the dangers of equating all calories and the demonization of foods that are actually beneficial. Learn about the implications of treating therapeutic foods like drugs and how insurance might fund unhealthy meals. Finally, find out how shifting food subsidies could significantly improve public health.
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Legal Definition Masks Real Food

  • The legal definition of food (1938) ignores biology and allows packaged products to be labeled as food.
  • Dr. Eric Berg DC argues this loophole lets companies sell nutritionally void or harmful products as food.
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Calories Aren't Equivalent

  • Ultra-processed calories cannot create sustained health because they do not repair or nourish tissues.
  • Treating all calories as equal (sugar water vs. steak) erases food's biological responsibility.
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Definitions Drive Market Power

  • The legal definition of 'drug' captures anything intended to prevent or treat disease, enabling regulation of foods with medicinal claims.
  • Whoever controls definitions effectively controls reality and market power.
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