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The Model Health Show

TMHS 812: The Terrifying Truth About Ultra-Processed Foods

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Motivation, Wellness, Nutrition, Health, Sex, Selfhelp

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Ultra-processed foods have become an increasingly large portion of the average American’s diet in recent decades. Should we worry about this radical shift and how it is impacting our biology? Today you’re going to learn the truth about ultra-processed foods and their effects on human health.

On this episode of The Model Health Show, you’re going to hear my interview with fitness and nutrition expert Thomas DeLauer, where I shared how ultra-processed food is destroying our health. You’re going to learn the truth about calories, and how to make healthy choices easier for you and your family. This interview is full of essential information on how your body processes calories and nutrients, the factors that influence your weight, and so much more.

We’re also going to talk about how to make healthy eating more automatic (and more fun)! Understanding this information about ultra-processed foods can help you make more informed decisions for yourself and your family. Enjoy!

In this episode you’ll discover:

  • What percentage of the average American’s diet is ultra-processed food.

  • An important distinction between processed food and ultra-processed food.

  • How your food choices affect your hormonal function.

  • What percentage of American adults have chronic diseases.

  • How many people die every year from poor diet.

  • Why cravings are impacted by culture.

  • The connection between consuming government subsidized food and obesity.

  • How the rates of children’s ultra-processed food consumption have risen.

  • The history of counting calories for weight loss.

  • What an epicaloric controller is.

  • The connection between neuroinflammation and belly fat.

  • How your microbiome can influence your digestion and your weight.

  • Why protein is such an important macronutrient for human health.

  • How your mindset can impact your hunger hormones.

  • What vanishing caloric density is.

  • How to make healthy eating fun and easy.

Items mentioned in this episode include:

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Transcript

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You are now listening to the model health show with Sean Stevenson.

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For more visit the model health show.

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com.

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Welcome to the model health show. This is fitness and nutrition expert Sean

0:16.7

Stevenson and I'm so grateful for you tuning in with me today. I've got a

0:20.9

question for you. Do we really need to eliminate ultra processed foods?

0:26.3

Now this is a complicated question because

0:28.7

ultra processed foods make up a huge part of our diet today. According to the BMJ, about 60% of the average adults

0:35.1

diet now in the United States is ultra processed foods. What are these?

0:40.7

Ultra processed foods. Are they not just processed foods with a little bit more

0:46.2

pizzazz with a little bit more superpowers maybe? Well today we're going to

0:51.3

impact all of that and you might be surprised at my answer because you're going to discover what an ultra processed food actually is.

1:00.0

Why ultra processed foods are so attractive and pervasive in our culture in the first place.

1:07.0

We're also going to talk about the connection between ultra processed foods and calories.

1:12.0

Does our nutritional emphasis on calories

1:14.9

overshadow the importance of what the food is actually made of?

1:18.9

So we're gonna address that question and we're also going to talk about how ultra-processed foods actually alter our absorption of calories.

1:29.7

This and so much more.

1:31.5

This was a very special interview that I did on one of the top

1:34.9

YouTube channels in the world. All right, it has millions of subscribers

1:40.0

and is hosted by my friend, Fitness Expert Thomas D D'Lauer who asked me some fantastic questions

1:45.2

that you're going to love to hear the answers to.

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