They Changed Something in Our Food and People Feel It

The video opens with a claim that imitation eggs are replacing real ones, citing a customer's video showing a yolk peeling off like paint. It states that Duncan's egg product is made without cracking any real eggs, using 12 ingredients including liquefied factory yolks stretched with soybean oil, seared at 70° in industrial pipes, then drenched in tap water and thickened with a substance used in latex paint. The slurry is frozen for weeks, shipped, and cooked a third time in a microwave. Subway, Burger King, and Starbucks are said to use similar industrial eggs thickened with a gum linked to gut damage. The narrator then demonstrates a magnet being used on a Great Value chicken, implying contamination. In the grocery store, the narrator claims that flour is changing, introducing cricket flour as a new ingredient. At least six or seven countries are said to be using crickets to make flour, with PepsiCo reportedly exploring cricket proteins for Cheetos and Quaker granola. Insect Gourmet is cited as stating that insect proteins are being used in foods, beverages, confectioneries, butters, oils, pestos, and seasonings. The video claims insect protein is expected to reach $4.6 billion in sales by 2027 and produce 1.4 million tons. ADM, in Decatur, Illinois, is said to be producing insect foods in partnership with Innova Foods, per the ADM website. Exo, a cricket flour company, claims crickets are 60% protein, but Iowa State University's entomology department states crickets are only about 12.9% protein. The NIH is said to compare cricket flour protein levels to plants, not animals. Cleveland Clinic is cited as stating that 30% of cricket farms studied had parasites that can infect humans, calling edible insects an underestimated reservoir of human and animal parasites. The NIH is also cited as saying chitin (cricket exoskeletons) is a digestible fiber, but its digestion is unknown, while also claiming chitin triggers immune responses. Science Direct is cited as showing cricket flour has high levels of detectable arsenic. The NIH is said to confirm that edible insects contain arsenic, aluminum, cadmium, chromium, mercury, and other heavy metals. The video then shifts to beef shortages, noting McDonald's sells 6–7 million burgers daily, Burger King 2 million, Wendy's 1 million, totaling 15–18 million burgers daily. Cattle herds are said to be at their lowest since the 1950s, with ranchers selling off cows and beef prices rising. Yet the burger output continues, prompting questions about sources: imports, blended beef, long-term contracts, or 3D-printed meat. The video acknowledges lab-grown and 3D-printed meat exist and are being funded. It claims 158,000 cows are slaughtered daily in the U.S., totaling 78 million pounds of beef per day, and questions how this is sustainable. The narrator expresses fear of eating supermarket food, stating they now only buy from local farmers or vegetable markets and avoid fast food. A personal anecdote follows: the narrator and their wife lost weight after eating freely in Brazil, despite consuming rice, beans, meat, fries, and sweets daily. Upon returning to the U.S. and eating home-cooked meals and frozen foods from Trader Joe’s, both experienced severe headaches, fatigue, and sluggishness within 24 hours—distinct from jet lag. The narrator claims this is due to the poor quality of American food, not just fast food, and cites that many countries reject imported American food. They attribute their own health issues to processed foods, powders, drinks, candy, and other processed items consumed since childhood. They note visible signs of inflammation and lethargy after eating certain foods and conclude that American food is fundamentally flawed.