Vani Hari

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Modern Wisdom · Exposing The Food Industry’s Dangerous Lies - Vani Hari - #867 · 21 Nov 2024 podcast

And because I was so unaware of what was going to go down taking on the industry, I became very scared because they went hardcore. I mean, death threats, rape threats, people coming by my house, every single person.

Yeah. So it was being funded by the chemical and food industry. However, they were using these front groups that you can't tell what the industry funding's happening behind the scenes because they hide it. And we weren't able to discover a lot of this until we were able to see it through FOIA documentation that this was actually happening.

And then on top of that, there was, and this just happened three weeks ago, Lighthouse reports that released a expose about a private social network that was being funded and directed by the communications director at Monsanto to hold information about critics to the chemical and food industries.

Personal data, personal information, my address, my parents' phone numbers, my parents' names, my spouse's name on my profile, a three-page dossier on how – given to people of the chemical industry and the entire chemical industry to use this information against me anytime that my name would come up. And this was just found out three weeks ago. And it's an incredible investigation.

I'm still actually comprehending it all that this even was allowed to exist. But the worst part of it all was that the government was funding this through a program called USAID. And so the government and the chemical corporations were working hand in hand against activists like myself.

And other people were in there too, notable people like Michael Pollan, Vandana Shiva, other activists who have spoken out about the food companies.

No. The New York Times coined me the public enemy number one of the food industry. And I take that badge with a lot of pride because honestly, it's something that I've had to grapple with becoming an activist because it's been very hard on me personally in terms of being able to withstand these attacks, keep going and keep sharing this information and not letting it distract me.

And for a while, I would say about 10 years ago, it was very distracting to the point where I almost stopped. And it wasn't until I really... took a moment and went inside and prayed and decided that what I was doing was bigger than myself, that what I was doing was not about Bonnie the Vessel, me as a person. This was for the health of

the world and for the right for people to know the truth about what's happened to the food industry. And I dug deep into the power and the passion that I have because I remember the little girl who I was so sick on nine prescription drugs, hitting rock bottom and wanting to change with my health. And I didn't know where to start and I didn't know what to do.

And thank goodness I found out the truth about the food industry and removed the processed foods from my diet and went to real food and now realize a level of health that I never thought was possible. I don't think I would have been here today alive had I continued the lifestyle that I was on.

And there's so many people out there that are like me and they continue to walk around completely weaponized by these food chemicals and these different ingredients that are in their body that are wreaking havoc on them. And they are very trusting of the food industry. You know, when my parents came here to the United States in the 1960s, They didn't know any of this information.

No one knew this information, that this was being done to our food supply. They were like, wow, you can get a hamburger at McDonald's for a dollar. This is fantastic. I can feed my kids. This is amazing. Very fast. I'm busy working. I'm trying to make a name for myself. My parents were both teachers, and so they were always working. And

And it was like they just wanted to feed their kids like real, you know, just any kind of food. And it wasn't they didn't know it was so fake. And now this information because of the Internet and because of social media, I feel like we have a really unique culture.

point in time right now where we can wake up the world and something that is so fabulous that is happening in the political landscape that people are listening. And now not only the Democrats who it was largely a Democrat liberal issue to talk about the environment and the health and these chemicals. The other side is now talking about it too.

And I can't think of anything better for this country than for everyone to know the truth about the food industry. And it has been the most exciting time of my career in the last two months because of this happening. I mean, I literally, when I saw on national news, political candidates talking about chemicals in the way that they describe were, my jaw was just wide open.

I just couldn't even believe it. And not only has this kind of woken up the world, but it's now a time where I really think that we might have an opportunity because of this widespread awareness to enact real change.

So let me just get this straight. You like Chick-fil-A?

Well, everyone loves the taste of Chick-fil-A. My mouth still waters when you say the words Chick-fil-A.

Oh, it's fantastic. Are you kidding me? And they've engineered it that way. The second ingredient in a Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich is monosodium glutamate. Monosodium glutamate, MSG, is added to Chick-fil-A so that you remember the flavor, your mouth starts watering, you want to have that sandwich, you love it, right?

And MSG is one of those additives that when they're studying obesity-related diseases, they give to rats to make them fat. So that they eat more than they should and they crave the flavor and they keep eating and eating and eating. And so for me, when I found out that was the second ingredient at Chick-fil-A, I lost my, you know, I was mad. I was really mad.

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