Food as Freedom: Pete Evans fights back against processed poison with metabolic reset strategies
By finnheartley // 2025-12-16
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  • Food as Medicine or Poison: Pete Evans exposes modern industrial diets as toxic, blaming government-endorsed nutritional guidelines for promoting inflammatory grains and seed oils that fuel chronic disease while demonizing healthy animal fats.
  • Fasting for Metabolic Resilience: Todd Pittner shares how a 7-day water fast triggered autophagy, improving energy and insulin sensitivity, while Evans emphasizes fasting as ancestral wisdom for surviving food scarcity.
  • Corporate Food Fraud: Mike Adams reveals deceptive food labeling (e.g., "no high-fructose corn syrup" products still containing corn syrup), while Evans condemns processed foods as addictive, nutrient-depleted "shadow foods."
  • Decentralized Food Sovereignty: Evans advocates regenerative farming and nose-to-tail eating, rejecting lab-made foods and FDA-approved chemical-laden products, calling for a return to clean, soil-based nutrition.
  • Childhood Nutrition Crisis: Evans warns that processed kids' foods (cereals, juice boxes) drive ADHD and diabetes, urging parents to involve children in cooking real meals to foster lifelong health.
Renowned Australian chef and health advocate Pete Evans joined Decentralized TV this week to deliver a powerful message: food is either medicine or poison, and modern industrial diets are poisoning humanity under the guise of convenience and corporate profit. Evans, a former mainstream TV host turned ancestral health revolutionary, exposed the lies behind government-endorsed nutritional guidelines while championing regenerative farming, nose-to-tail eating, and metabolic flexibility as the path to true freedom.

The Great Food Deception

Evans didn’t hold back when dissecting the "healthy eating" propaganda pushed by dietitians and multinational food corporations. "They tell us to load up on grains and low-fat products, but these are the very things driving inflammation, obesity, and chronic disease," he said. His critique mirrors mounting evidence that seed oils, refined sugars, and processed grains—hallmarks of the Western diet—are engineered to addict, not nourish. Host Mike Adams underscored the point by holding up a bottle of "no high-fructose corn syrup" pancake syrup—only to reveal corn syrup as the first ingredient. "This is the fraud sold as ‘healthy’ in America," Adams scoffed. Evans nodded, adding, "The low-fat movement was one of the most destructive lies in human history. Our brains are 60–70% fat. Starving them of quality animal fats while flooding the body with sugar is a recipe for cognitive decline."

Fasting as Metabolic Rebellion

Todd Pittner, a co-host and health freedom advocate, shared his transformative experience with a 7-day water fast, detailing how autophagy (cellular self-cleaning) rebooted his energy, mental clarity, and insulin sensitivity. "By day four, my body was feeding on visceral fat—not external food. I woke up at 4:30 AM with my mind on fire," Pittner said. Evans, who has led over 120 fasting retreats, emphasized that fasting isn’t just about weight loss: "It’s about resilience. If supply chains collapse tomorrow, most people would panic without access to food. But if you’ve fasted before, you know your body can thrive without constant meals." He linked this to ancestral wisdom—humanity evolved through cycles of feast and famine, not the modern 24/7 carb overload that fuels metabolic dysfunction.

Decentralize Your Plate

The conversation took a sharp turn toward food sovereignty. Evans urged viewers to reject industrialized "shadow foods"—like seedless grapes, pesticide-laden grains, and lab-made meat substitutes—and instead embrace regenerative agriculture. "Food should come from healthy soil, not a test tube," he said, praising small-scale farmers and home growers. Adams, whose lab tests food toxins for the public, agreed: "The FDA allows over 10,000 chemicals in food while attacking raw milk and herbs. This isn’t incompetence—it’s deliberate poisoning for profit and control."

The Next Frontier: Kids’ Health

Evans’ latest book, Healthy Food for Healthy Kids, tackles the corruption behind childhood nutrition programs. "Parents are misled into feeding kids cereal, juice boxes, and processed snacks—all linked to ADHD, diabetes, and autoimmune disorders," he said. His solution? Involve children in cooking. "Let them crack eggs, pick herbs. When kids help create meals, they’re more open to eating real food."

The Bottom Line

The episode closed with a rallying cry: "Food is freedom." By rejecting processed poison, relearning ancestral eating, and mastering metabolic flexibility (like fasting), individuals can break free from Big Pharma’s sick-care model. As Evans put it: "Your body wants to heal. Give it the right tools, and it will." Watch the full episode of the "Health Ranger Report" with Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, Todd Pitner, and Pete Evans as they talk about decentralizing health, ancestral diets & the power of fasting. This video is from the Health Ranger Report channel on Brighteon.com.

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