Casey Means on Ultra-Processed/Refined Grains: warns against

Dr. Casey Means warns against ultra-processed and refined grains — the second leg of what she calls the “Unholy Trinity” (refined sugars, ultra-processed grains, industrial seed oils). Means says they should be avoided as strongly as illicit drugs.

Means’s stated reasoning is that refined grains, stripped of fiber and nutrients, behave like sugar in the body and contribute to the glucose spikes and metabolic dysfunction she identifies as the root of chronic disease. The “Unholy Trinity” framing, as summarized in the Heroic philosopher’s notes on Good Energy, is her shorthand for the three industrial food inputs she considers most harmful.

What Means says

• Means warns against ultra-processed/refined grains as one leg of her “Unholy Trinity.”
• Means says they should be avoided as strongly as illicit drugs.

All health claims above are attributed to Means, drawn from published chapter summaries of Good Energy; they are not presented as established medical fact.

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