Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

The BIGGEST LIE You Were Never Meant to Find Out

Jun 16, 2025

Discover the shocking truth behind unhealthy foods that have remained on the market for decades. Learn how Crisco, developed from cottonseed oil, contains harmful trans fats that were never safety tested. Explore the dangers of glyphosate and other toxic substances still in our food supply. Delve into the myth that carbohydrates are essential, and uncover how reducing carbs can significantly improve health and potentially reverse chronic diseases. Challenging dietary norms, this conversation highlights the life-changing benefits of a keto lifestyle.

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ANECDOTE

Origin and Danger of Crisco

Crisco, a cooking oil made from repurposed cottonseed oil, was introduced in 1911 as an alternative to butter and lard.
Trans fats in Crisco damage the heart, brain, tissues, and cells and went unstudied for safety for over 100 years.

ANECDOTE

Toxins Persist Despite Risks

It took 90 years to remove asbestos, 30 years to ban toxic pesticide DDT, but glyphosate and fluoride remain in widespread use.
Fluoride was originally from the aluminum industry and added to water to prevent cavities, though it lowers IQ.

INSIGHT

Dangers of Dent Corn and Seed Oils

Dent corn, a GMO inedible field corn, is the base for thousands of products including high-fructose corn syrup and seed oils.
These seed oils are severely inflammatory and unhealthy, contrary to misleading PR claims.

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Today, I’m going to tell you about the biggest food lie that could be ruining your health. It can take decades for dangerous foods to be removed from the food supply.

Crisco is an alternative cooking oil developed in 1911. It's made from repurposed cottonseed oil, traditionally used for lanterns. The trans fats found in Crisco cause the most damage to the heart, brain, tissues, and cells. When first developed, there were never any safety studies on trans fats. It took over 100 years to get them banned!

Similarly, it took 90 years to get asbestos off the market. DDT, a toxic pesticide, took 30 years to be removed from the market.

Glyphosate, fluoride, sodium nitrate, and saccharin are still used in the food and water supply, despite significant health concerns. Biosolids are repurposed sewage waste used as fertilizer to grow our food.

Dent corn is an inedible, GMO field corn used to make over 4000 different products, such as animal feed, high-fructose corn syrup, maltodextrin, modified food starch, synthetic vitamin C, and seed oils. It is not heart-healthy and causes inflammation in the body.

Are carbs essential? No! This is the biggest food lie and the most damaging. Most chronic diseases in the US are caused directly by high-carbohydrate diets.

Lowering your carb intake can produce the most significant health benefits. Keto is attacked because it works! A keto diet can help reverse type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, mood disorders, cognitive dysfunction, and more.

Most Americans have at least one chronic disease. Our dietary guidelines should include a low-carb diet as an option. Although the guidelines are often ignored by the general public, doctors can be penalized for recommending diets outside of them.

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:

Dr. Berg, age 60, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.