14 DAY TRIAL // Football star Tom Brady is taking a stand against the food industry and the way big companies have brainwashed America through advertising into thinking that certain items, like Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes or Coca Cola, are not poison for our bodies.
Ironically, he’s doing this while defending good friend and “training guru” Alex Guerrero, who is accused of posing as a doctor and claiming to have found the cure for cancer and other terminable illnesses. Even more ironic is that Brady made a lot of money to endorse a Coca Cola product.
Cereal and fizzy drinks are not “food,” but poison
Speaking with the Dennis & Callahan Morning Show to defend Guerrero, Brady attacked the FDA for the way it allowed big companies to lie to its customers and ultimately kill them slowly with their products. With help from the FDA and billions in advertising, they manage to pass off said products as food, which they are not.
He namechecks Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes, but he also saves a thought or two for Coca Cola.
“I think we’ve been lied to by a lot of food companies over the years, by a lot of beverage companies over the years. But we still [believe] it. That’s just America, and that’s what we’ve been conditioned,” he said, as cited by Us Weekly. “We believe that Frosted Flakes is a food… of course they taste very good. And of course all those companies make lots of money selling those things. They have lots of money to advertise… That’s the education that we get. That’s what we get brainwashed to believe, that all these things are just normal food groups, and this is what you should eat. […] I mean, that’s poison for kids. But they keep doing it.”
Obviously, Brady makes a good point, as both these products are high in sugar and are believed to be on the list of things that have contributed largely to the obesity pandemic.
The problem isn’t with what he’s saying, but with the context in which he’s saying it.
Kellogg and Coca Cola are unsurprisingly not amused
Vanity Fair reports that both companies Brady namechecked have issued statements to undo the damage he did: cereal is actually food, Kellogg says. As for Coca Cola, the company assures that no one can get fat or have other health problems if they exercise moderation: there’s always a lower-calorie version of the beverage to drink, or you can buy a smaller size.
This was to be expected. Brady might not be at the height of his popularity right now, but such scathing criticism can do severe damage, if it’s picked up by the media (which it was).
However, Brady would have probably said nothing had he not been on a mission to defend his friend, who is now under investigation for posing as a doctor and selling lies to one of the most vulnerable groups out there: cancer sufferers.
The photo above is an ad that Brady did for SmartWater, whose spokesperson he was for years. SmartWater is actually owned by Coca Cola, and even though he never endorsed the actual Coca Cola fizzy drink, he’s still speaking out against his former employer.