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The $4 Trillion Food Lie That’s Keeping You Stuck (And What Nobody’s Telling You)

The Health Halo Hoax: How Labels Lie to Your Wallet

6 min readApr 14, 2025
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Last month, a friend told me she had dropped $300 on “superfoods” at Whole Foods. She was beaming, convinced she’d just invested in her health.

I didn’t have the heart to tell her what I’d learned after spending years investigating the food industry’s deep, dark corners.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: Everything you believe about food is probably a story someone else is profiting from.

Let me take you behind the curtain.

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Remember when eggs were the enemy? When butter was bad, and margarine was good?

When sugar companies paid scientists to blame fat for heart disease?

These weren’t scientific discoveries — they were carefully crafted narratives that made billions for the right people.

I learned this the hard way.

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Kristie Leong M.D.
Kristie Leong M.D.

Written by Kristie Leong M.D.

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