7 Reasons Why The Modern World Is Making You Fat, Tired & Infertile

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Is it me, or does it feel like the majority are sick, tired, distracted and struggling with some form of disease? - Let's uncover the reasons why and what we can do about it.

We are the first humans in history to be drowning in calories, yet starving for nutrition.


The biology of the human race is shifting beneath our feet. Sperm counts are free-falling, and testosterone levels in young men are lower than ever. Women are facing an uphill battle with fertility, often struggling to conceive during their peak years. 


Meanwhile, we are seeing an explosion of ADHD diagnoses in teenagers and young adults who simply cannot cope with the modern environment.

Adults are exhausted by the afternoon. We are allergic, anxious, and chronically inflamed.


We are living in the most technologically advanced era in human history. Yet biologically, we are crumbling. 

It is a cruel irony that the more "advanced" we become, the sicker we get.


Since World War II, we have walked into a trap. We traded fresh, local produce for ultra-processed, hyper-palatable factory food. We swapped sunlight for artificial blue light. We replaced movement with screen time. 


The environment has shifted so radically that our biology has not had a chance to catch up.

Let’s look at the 7 reasons why the modern world is making us fragile and what it is actually doing to our health and how we can counter act it and regain our vitality. 


I call these 7 reasons the fragility stack. 

1. Nutritional Collapse & Soil Depletion

We assume that an apple today is the same as an apple from 50 years ago. It is not.

Decades ago, farming & production focused on quality. 


Today, we live in a sterilised environment that leads to nutrient-depleted fruit and vegetables. Due to aggressive industrial farming, the soil itself is often bankrupt of minerals. You can eat a "healthy diet" and still be micronutrient deficient because the food itself lacks the density it used to have.

But there is a secondary trap. Why are we eating so much ultra-processed and hyperpalatable junk food? 


It is not just laziness. It is the environment we've manufactured for ourselves.. 


We are forced to sit in synthetic, blue-lit workspaces for 45+ hours a week.


This artificial lighting and high-stress environment trick our brains. It drains our energy and drives a biological craving for fast, easy calories. We reach for packaged foods, synthetic pre-workouts, and energy drinks just to survive the workday.

A dangerous ripple effect for the next generation 


To get a sense of the cause and effect, we need to talk about epigenetics and how they affect a baby during pregnancy.


A pregnancy does not start with a clean slate. The mother carries the nutritional building blocks for the child. If the mother is depleted from years of stress and nutrient-poor food, the child is born into a deficit. We are seeing babies born "pre-polluted" and nutrient-deficient because the mother simply did not have the stores to pass on. 

2. Ultra Processed Oils and Chemical Slop

This is perhaps the single biggest change in the human diet in history.


If you want to understand what has changed, just look at a McDonalds french fry. In the 1950s and 60s, McDonald’s cooked their fries in beef tallow. It was a natural, stable, saturated fat. Today, those same fries are submerged in ultra-processed canola or vegetable oil.


We have replaced stable ancestral fats with industrial slop.


Most people do not realise that these "vegetable" oils were never designed to be food. They originally entered the market as industrial lubricants and engine fuels during the industrial revolution and World War II. When the war ended, there was a massive surplus of these oils. 


The industry needed a new place to put them, so they marketed them as "heart-healthy" and poured them into the food supply.

Note


Believe it or not McDonalds was pretty healthy back in the day. Real beef patties, minimally processed buns & single ingredient fries. Everything was cooked in beef tallow.


This will never replace a home cooked meal, but it wasn't completely synthesised and fake like fast food going into 2026.

How processed are canola & vegetable oils?


Extremely... You cannot simply "press" a canola seed to get oil like you can with an olive. 


How are processed oils made?


To extract the oil, manufacturers must use high heat, extreme pressure, and petroleum-based solvents like hexane. This process turns the oil rancid and grey. To hide this, they bleach it and deodorise it with more chemicals just to make it edible - Yikes….


The implication for your biology is disastrous.


Your body uses the fats you eat to build the walls of your cells. When you eat stable fats like butter or tallow, your cell membranes are strong and resilient. 


When you eat unstable seed oils, they get incorporated into your cells, making the membranes weak and "floppy." They oxidize easily which creates systemic inflammation. This essentially "retards" the cell. 

It slows down mitochondrial function and leaves your metabolism struggling to produce energy.


Next time you want to watch a horror movie, play the video below. It shows the process of how Canola Oil is made

Note


Next time you’re in Coles, look at the ingredient list. 99.9% will have some kind of ultra processed seed oil in it.

Look out for Canola, Vegetable, Rapeseed, Grapeseed, Sunflower, etc. .

3. Microplastics & Endocrine Disruptors

We absorb microplastics constantly.


We get them through the fish we eat, the synthetic polyester clothing we wear, and the plastic containers we heat our food in.


Most people do not understand how a plastic bottle or a frying pan can possibly change their biology. It comes down to a simple case of mistaken identity.


Many of these chemicals are what we call Endocrine Disruptors or "xenoestrogens." They are found in synthetic fragrances, parabens, aluminium deodorants, and Teflon cookware.


Think of your body's cells like a lock. Your natural hormones, such as estrogen and testosterone, are the key. When the key enters the lock, it turns on a vital function. This could be producing sperm, regulating ovulation, or building muscle. The problem is that these industrial chemicals look almost identical to your natural hormones. They fit into the lock, but they do not turn it effectively. Worse, they snap the key off inside. 


They block your real hormones from doing their job while sending a chaotic and toxic signal to the cell.


This creates a state of "Estrogen Dominance" where the body is overloaded with fake signals that the liver cannot clear fast enough. This is devastating for fertility. These chemicals literally feminise the male body and drive the global collapse in sperm counts. For women, the hormonal noise disrupts the delicate signal needed for ovulation. 


We also see young girls entering puberty far earlier than nature ever intended.

Note


Avoid the above like the plague

4. Amygdala Hijack


Many live in a perpetual state of fight or flight. 

Did you know?


According to the American Psychological Association, 77% of people experience physical symptoms caused by stress (fatigue, headache, upset stomach, muscle tension) regularly. Furthermore, Gallup's "State of the Global Workplace" report (2022) found that global stress is at an all-time high.

In the past, when you left work or school, the stimulation stopped. You were forced to be bored. That boredom was actually a biological requirement. It was the space where your brain reset and where creativity was born. Today, we are subjected to constant stimulation.


We have hijacked our own neurology. Dopamine is designed to be a reward for hard work. In nature, you received a hit of dopamine after you hunted an animal, built a shelter, or learned a difficult new skill. It was the biological fuel for pursuit. 


It drove men to conquer, to improve their status, and to find a mate. Technology has hacked this pathway.

Video games, social media scrolling, and app switching provide "synthetic dopamine." They give you the chemical reward of success without the effort. When you level up in a video game or get likes on a photo, your brain releases dopamine as if you had achieved something in the real world. 


You are building neural pathways that wire you for instant gratification rather than resilience.

This is a disaster for your motivation and your hormones.


If your brain feels like it has already "won" by scrolling TikTok for two hours, it loses the drive to do the hard things that actually matter. You lose the urge to approach a partner, to learn a trade, or to socialize in the real world. This apathy creates a vicious cycle. We see young men with tanking testosterone levels because they lack the competitive drive and "winning" signals that come from real-world achievement. 


They become socially anxious and fragile because their brains are wired for a screen, not for the complex nuance of human interaction.


The result is a brain that is exhausted yet addicted. The amygdala stays hijacked in a state of fight or flight, but you are too mentally fatigued to move.

Tip


You need to make your phone a tool, not a drug. Here are some tips to help you get your dopamine back.


  • Turn on Grayscale: Go into your settings and turn your screen black and white. This removes the "slot machine" color cues that trigger your brain.
  • The 9 PM Rule: No screens past 9 PM. Period.
  • Bedtime Mode: Automate your phone to go on Do Not Disturb an hour before sleep.


You have to starve the distraction to feed your focus..

5. The Sedentary Sloth

Movement was once required for survival. Now, we sit for long periods of time in synthetic environments.


We sit in temperature-controlled boxes to go to other boxes to sit for 8 hours, then return to our home box to sit on a sofa.


Think about the previous points. You are already eating nutrient-depleted food and inflammatory oils. You are bathing in endocrine-disrupting chemicals. You are stressed out by blue light and dopamine addiction. 


Now, add this deadly habit to the mix...


A sedentary lifestyle creates a compounding effect that locks all those other problems inside your body.


The human body has a sewage system called the lymphatic system. It is responsible for clearing out toxins, cellular waste, and inflammation. But unlike your heart, which pumps blood automatically, the lymphatic system has no pump. It relies entirely on muscle contraction to move waste.

When you sit all day, that system stagnates. You become a stagnant pond rather than a flowing river.


This means the microplastics, the excess estrogen, and the inflammatory markers from the seed oils just sit there. They accumulate.


This is why studies consistently show that sedentary behaviour is linked to a massive reduction in longevity and healthspan. It is not just about burning calories. It is about flow.


When you compare active populations to sedentary ones, the difference is not just in how long they live, but in their quality of life. Sedentary people age faster. Their metabolic machinery shuts down. By staying still, you are essentially letting the modern world rot you from the inside out.

6. The Hormonal Sabotage

Birth control pills are prescribed liberally, often without explaining the long-term costs. They shut down the female reproductive cycle with synthetic hormones for decades at a time.


We are told it's fine and just a convenient switch, but biologically, it is a major disaster.


The negative side effects of the pill


The pill is well known to deplete key nutrients, specifically B Vitamins and Magnesium. You need to understand what these actually do to see why this is dangerous.


  • B Vitamins are the fuel for your mitochondria and your liver. They help you produce energy and, crucially, help your liver detoxify used hormones. When you are low on B vitamins, you feel chronically fatigued and anxious.
  • Magnesium is the body's "relaxation mineral." It regulates your stress response, sleep quality, and muscle tension. When you deplete magnesium, your body stays stuck in a rigid, stressed state.

Tip


If you've been on the pill for a while and have symptoms of excess estrogen & endotoxins, try this simple home remedy.


The Raw Carrot Salad


It sounds too simple to work, but here is the thing: raw carrot fibre is unique. It acts like a little scrub brush for your insides. Instead of letting all that excess estrogen and toxic junk get reabsorbed back into your blood (which is what’s making you feel terrible), the carrot fibre binds to it and carries it right out of your system.


 It gives your poor, tired liver a chance to flush everything out.


Try this every day:


  • Grab one medium raw carrot. Don’t cook it! It has to be raw.
  • Peel it into long ribbons. Use your potato peeler lengthwise (it works better than grating).
  • Add a splash of Apple Cider Vinegar and a teaspoon of Coconut oil. This helps kill the bad gut bacteria and gets things moving.


Eat this once a day, before lunch. It’s cheap, it’s natural, and it helps "take out the trash" so your hormones can settle down and go back to unity.

Let’s quickly go over and look at the full picture we've got building up.


  • Imagine a woman who has been on the pill for 10 years. She is already nutrient-depleted (Reason 1).
  • Her liver is overloaded with microplastics and xenoestrogens from her water and skincare (Reason 3). She is stressed and sleep-deprived from the dopamine trap (Reason 4).


Then, she decides to come off the pill to have a baby.


She expects her cycle to just "turn back on," but her body is in crisis mode.


The pill acted as a band-aid that masked underlying issues for years. Now that the band-aid is ripped off, she is trying to jumpstart a reproductive system that has been dormant, while lacking the very minerals (Magnesium and B Vitamins) required to run it.


This is why we see so many women struggling to conceive. It is not just "bad genes." It is the result of a system that is under toxic load and deprived of nutrients.

7. The Nature Deficit

This is the final nail in the coffin.


We evolved, spending almost all our time outdoors. Now, we suffer from minimal sunlight exposure.


Majority spend 90% of their time indoors under flickering LED lights. They fear the sun and slather on creams that block Vitamin D production.


This disconnection from nature breaks your Circadian Rhythm.


Your body runs on a 24-hour clock that is set by light. Morning sunlight tells your body to wake up, produce energy, and be alert. Darkness tells your body to produce melatonin and repair cells.


But we have flipped the script. We stay inside during the day, missing the "wake up" signal. Then at night, we stare at screens and engage in late-night eating. This blasts our eyes with blue light and tells the brain it is still noon.


Think about what this does to the "fragility stack" we have built. Throughout the day, you have accumulated damage from inflammatory oils, endocrine disruptors, and stress.


Sleep is the only time your body can detoxify that waste and repair your brain.


By wrecking your sleep quality with blue light and staying disconnected from the sun, you are stealing your body’s only chance to recover. You are never cleaning the house. You wake up with yesterday’s inflammation still in your system, only to add more on top of it.


This is why we feel so fragile. We are damaging ourselves at record speeds, and we have removed the organic mechanisms we had to fix it.

Is There A Way To Wake Up From This Nightmare?

The fragility we see today is a normal biological response to an abnormal environment. The fatigue, the anxiety, and the gut issues are not defects. They are warning lights on the dashboard.


We are facing a fundamental conflict. Technology advances exponentially, but our biology evolves glacially. Every year, the gap between the world we live in and the world we were built for gets wider. As society becomes more sophisticated, our health is becoming more primitive.


This leads us to a strange paradox.


To survive in the modern world, your habits must regress.


The more advanced technology becomes, the more you must root yourself in tradition. As screens get brighter, you must seek more darkness. As food becomes more processed, you must cook naturally. As our lives become more sedentary, you must move more intentionally.


We cannot stop the world from advancing, but we can stop our biology from collapsing. The future of health does not look like more bio-hacking or better pharmaceuticals.


The future of health looks like the past...


Keep it simple, keep it organic. Eat whole foods, get outside in the sun (ideally barefoot), surround yourself with people you love that inspire you to be a better person, and keep learning.


Are you experiencing any of these symptoms?

If you found yourself nodding along to the "Fragility Stack," you are likely already feeling the physical effects. These aren't just random annoyances; they are your body's way of telling you that the modern environment is overwhelming your biology.


Do you struggle with:


  • Gut Health: Bloating, Food Sensitivities, Leaky Gut, or SIBO/SIFO?
  • Hormonal Imbalance: PMS, PCOS, Endometriosis, or difficult Menopause transitions?
  • Mental Wellbeing: Anxiety, Depression, OCD, or constant "Brain Fog"?
  • Energy & Sleep: Adrenal Fatigue, Insomnia, or waking up unrefreshed?
  • Immunity & Autoimmunity: Frequent colds, Autoimmune Diseases, or Thyroid Disorders?
  • General Vitality: Chronic Headaches/Migraines, Skin Problems (Acne/Eczema), or stubborn Weight Gain?

I'm here to help

If you are ticking off boxes on this list, it is not because you are broken. It is because you are overburdened.


The modern world has thrown your biology off balance, and no amount of caffeine or quick fixes will correct the root cause. You don't need another generic pill; you need a strategy that subtracts the interference and restores your natural rhythm.


I help you identify exactly which part of the "fragility stack" is holding you back and build a personalised protocol to fix it.

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