Topic: Corn Flakes

Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz implemented massive subsidies for sugar, corn, and soy to mask the rising costs of meat and dairy following the end of the gold standard. This shift was supported by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which holds religious convictions against meat consumption. These combined interests incentivized corporations to produce high-profit, grain-based processed foods like Cheetos and cereal over more nutrient-dense animal products.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church, founded by Ellen G. White, promoted a grain-based diet specifically to suppress sexual urges and prevent masturbation. Her protégé, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, developed Kellogg's Corn Flakes as a biological tool for this purpose, while advocating for extreme medical procedures to curb carnal desires. This religious movement eventually birthed the American Dietetic Association, which formalized these anti-meat views into government nutrition policy.