Dr. Shawn Baker

“Well, most people don't understand that the sugar industry's hijacking of science in the 1950s, the way they paid off those scientists to literally false adver…”

Speaker claims the sugar industry paid scientists in the 1950s to falsely blame saturated fat/cholesterol for heart disease instead of sugar.

“If you look at red meat consumption in the U.S. since about 1977, so red meat has gone down about 30% to 40%. Really? Yeah. We used to eat way more in the 70s.…”

Baker claims U.S. red meat consumption has fallen 30-40% since 1977 and that population testosterone levels have dropped by roughly the same amount over the same period, implying a causal link.

“This was developed in France in the 80s, and then the FDA approved this in 2004. So 2004 was approved in the U.S.”

Baker states the reverse shoulder replacement device was developed in France in the 1980s and received FDA approval in the U.S. in 2004.

“Hong Kong right now, if you look up, if you Google Hong Kong life expectancy, they live the longest out of anybody in the world, right? They eat about 40% more…”

Baker claims Hong Kong has the world's longest life expectancy and that its residents eat about 40% more red meat than Americans, implying red meat consumption explains their longevity.

“They looked at people with chronic constipation. They were always constipated and the only thing that helped them was taking all fiber out of their diet.”

Baker cites a study claiming that people with chronic constipation were only helped by removing all fiber from their diet.

“there was, you know, the World Health Organization two years ago, last year, two years ago, declared that red meat was a class two carcinogen and processed mea…”

Baker states the WHO/IARC classified red meat as a class 2 carcinogen and processed meat as class 1, then frames this classification as based on weak epidemiology and questionable rat studies.

“So 95% of the people that sit on the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Panel today, for this next one when they're going to come up for the 2025 guidelines, all have fin…”

Baker claims 95% of the panel members writing the 2025 U.S. Dietary Guidelines have financial ties to processed food companies.

“If meat caused cancer, most people would have cancer. 95 plus percent of the population on earth eats meat.”

Baker argues that because most people eat meat and most people don't get cancer, meat cannot cause cancer.

“the FDA for new drug, for new drug approvals, it's like 65% of that budget comes from the pharmaceutical industry itself. So they're like, they're paying to re…”

Baker claims about 65% of the FDA's new-drug-approval budget comes from pharmaceutical industry user fees.

“we spend $4.3 trillion a year on health care in this country, and what do we get for it? We've got one of the sickest populations in the world. Our life expect…”

Baker states the U.S. spends $4.3 trillion annually on health care while life expectancy is currently declining.

“by the time they're eight years old the average eight-year-old has eaten more sugar than somebody would have eaten in their entire life you know and?”

Baker claims the average 8-year-old today has consumed more sugar than a person would have eaten in an entire lifetime around 150 years ago.

“The results in the ultra-processed DGA menu that was created, 91% of the kilocalories were from ultra-processed food or NOVA Category 4.”

Baker cites a study claiming a menu built to meet U.S. Dietary Guidelines can be 91% ultra-processed food by calories and still score as healthy.