I will say BMI is a sh!tcoin metric though especially if you have some muscle on you

America: home of the crave, land of the diseased.

The USDA introduced the food pyramid in 1992. This is what millenials were taught in school was a healthy and nutritious diet

I feel stupid but I didn't know what tallow was.

Look into high-fructose corn syrup. Lookup Robert Lustig, who gives a detailed explanation on how fructose sugars are different from glucose sugars, and how they are processed in the digestive system and its consequences.

Colorado for the win