In today's show, we're going to break down a fascinating new feeding study that finds that ultra-processed foods are really hard to self-regulate, and that's why they're incredibly fattening.

And so in today's show, let's break it down.

The title of this paper is, ultra-processed foods cause weight gain and increased energy intake associated with reduced chewing frequency.

A randomized open label cross-over study and what I love about this study is it really sort of conflicts with what the mainstream dietetic perspective is when it comes to to nutrition.

Many dieticians and mainstream personal trainers and even doctors say it's okay to have the pop-tarts and the

wheat-ins and the pretzels and the cheesets because it's part of a healthy

diet right just self-regulate or moderate how much of these ultra-process you can consume. But the reality here is

Kraft, Nabisco, General Mills, all these major food companies are intentionally

manufacturing these ultra processed foods so that you

over consume them. They are in the business of selling foods that are really

hyper-powable and lend themselves to over-consumption And that's exactly what this study found.

And I think it really exemplifies the point

that we've been talking about on this podcast

and interviewing over 300 experts over the past 10 years.

Is that we need to focus on real foods because in this study,

what they did is they randomize people

to either have one of two different feeding protocols.

All the foods were presented in equal calories.

Okay, so the macronutrients were identical.

The carbohydrates, fats, and proteins were identical.

The total calories presented in the three meals and the snacks were identical

in terms of their macronatrients.

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