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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––– Chapters –––

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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