Your grandparents:

smoked every day.
didn't count calories.
didn't have gym memberships.

Yet, obesity was almost zero, and they lived to 100.
ONE ingredient changed...

Here's the $47 billion industry making Americans sick, anxious and obess: 🧵 Image
1/12 Before 1950, heart disease was rare.

Obesity affected less than 10% of Americans.
Then Procter & Gamble convinced the American Heart Association to promote Crisco.

We swapped butter for "vegetable" oil.
Now 1 in 3 adults has metabolic syndrome.

This isn't a coincidence.
2/ Here's what they don't tell you:

Seed oils contain up to 40% linoleic acid—an omega-6 fat that embeds in your cell membranes.

Your body can't burn it off quickly.

It stays there for 2-4 YEARS.

Literally changing how your cells function.
3/ When linoleic acid floods your cells:

• Mitochondria produce 40% less energy
• Fat cells become "hyperresponsive" to insulin
• Inflammation markers increase 3-fold
• Your metabolic rate drops 12%

You're not getting older.
You're getting poisoned.
The worst part?
4/ These oils are EVERYWHERE:

• Organic snacks
• Even baby formula
• 90% of restaurant food
• "Healthy" salad dressings
• Grass-fed beef (if grain-finished)

The average American consumes 80 grams daily.

That's 720 calories of metabolic poison. Image
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5/ I analyzed ingredient lists from so call "health foods."

What I found:
• Kind Bars: Canola oil
• Chipotle: Rice bran oil
• "Paleo" mayo: Sunflower oil
• Whole Foods hot bar: Soybean oil
• Sweetgreen dressings: Grapeseed oil

Even "clean" restaurants are dirty. Image
6/ Dr. Chris Knobbe studied this extensively.

He found that cultures consuming <2% calories from seed oils have virtually no obesity.

Once they hit 10%+ (like America), obesity explodes.

Japan: 3% seed oils = 3.5% obesity
USA: 20% seed oils = 42% obesity

The correlation is terrifying.
7/ But here's where it gets really dark:

A 2023 study found seed oils alter gene expression in fat cells.

They literally reprogram your DNA to:

• Store more fat
• Burn less energy
• Increase hunger signals

You could eat 500 calories daily and still gain weight. Image
8/ "But the media says saturated fat causes heart disease!"

The Minnesota Coronary Survey (hidden for 40 years) showed:

• Vegetable oil group: MORE deaths
• Butter group: Lived longer

They buried the results because it threatened a $47B industry:
9/ Here's what actually prevents heart disease:

The French eat 4x more butter than Americans.
60% less heart disease.

Swiss: Highest saturated fat intake in Europe.
Lowest heart disease rates.

The "French Paradox" isn't paradoxical.

We've been lied to: ↓
10/ So what should you eat instead?

Fats humans thrived on for 100,000 years:

• Coconut oil
• Grass-fed butter/ghee
• Animal fats (tallow, lard)
• Extra virgin olive oil (real, not fake)
• Avocado oil (but 80% is fake—be careful)

If it requires a factory, don't eat it.
11/ One final truth:

You're not broken.a

Your metabolism isn't slow.
You don't need another diet.
You need to stop eating industrial lubricants marketed as food.

Remove the poison.
Watch your body heal itself.
If this opened your eyes, share the first tweet and follow @prime_sapiens.

Most people have no idea they're eating metabolic poison daily.

And follow me for more uncomfortable truths about "healthy" foods that are keeping you sick
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