3137: Sample Rate: How The Fast Food Industry Hooks You (And How To Reclaim Your Diet) by Tyler Tervooren of Riskology

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🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3137: Tyler Tervooren explores how applying the concept of a "sample rate" to your decisions can dramatically improve your outcomes. By testing more ideas quickly and discarding what doesn’t work, you create more opportunities for success while reducing the risk of wasting time on dead ends. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.riskology.co/sample-rate/ Quotes to ponder: "The sample rate is simply how many times you try something in a given period of time." "The more you try, the better your chances of success - assuming you learn from each attempt." "Small experiments allow you to figure out what works without risking everything on one big bet." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Health Daily.
0:03.2	Sample Rate, how the fast food industry hooks you, and how to reclaim your diet.
0:08.1	By Tyler Tervorin of Riskology.co.
0:11.5	And I'm Dr. Neal.
0:12.8	This is the podcast where I act as your very own personal narrator and read to you from some of the most popular health and fitness blogs online, and always
0:21.4	with a bit of my commentary at the end.
0:24.0	Now, I'm sure you're excited to hear today's post, so let's get right to it and start optimizing
0:28.8	your life.
0:34.0	Sample Rate, How the Fast Food Industry Hook you, and how to reclaim your diet by Tyler
0:39.8	Tervorin of Riskology.co.
0:44.0	Ah, fast food. The Great American Equalizer. Studies over the years show pretty much everyone
0:50.6	eats it. Those that are older eat it. Young people eat it. Rich people eat it. Poor people
0:57.3	eat it. Urban people eat it. Rural people eat it. Black, white, Hispanic, and Asian people eat it.
1:04.0	Everyone eats it. And here's one more thing we all have in common. We wish we didn't.
1:10.3	How did fast food become so prevalent despite our
1:13.6	wanting the opposite? Well, the same way any bad or good habit is developed. Slowly but surely.
1:20.6	Over a long time, these businesses design themselves to serve a specific need, delivering quick,
1:26.3	tasty food when life feels too hectic to devote time
1:30.0	to eating. The fast food industry is one that relies on habits. They know if they can slowly but
1:36.5	surely get you to eat their food more often, you'll be hooked, a lifelong customer,
1:41.4	despite your inner protests.
1:44.2	What's the science behind it all?
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