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🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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When it comes to nutrition, there are a wide range of foods that can be incorporated into a healthy diet. However, in our modern food supply, there are a few ultra-processed foods and ingredients that should be largely avoided to maintain optimal health – and that’s what you’re going to learn about today.
On this episode of The Model Health Show, you’re going to discover three specific foods that can contribute to weight gain and higher risk of chronic diseases. These three ultra-processed foods have been linked to conditions like sexual dysfunction, certain cancers, type 2 diabetes, and more.
You’re going to learn the history and science behind these three foods, including how they became so integrated into our food supply. More importantly, you’re going to learn about healthier alternatives and how to eat in a way that supports your overall health. Enjoy!
In this episode you’ll discover:
The connection between ultra-processed food consumption and health outcomes.
How highly refined vegetable oil impacts your health.
Why the name vegetable oil is a misnomer.
How vegetable oils are made.
The connection between seed oils, oxidative stress, and chronic illnesses.
Which cooking oils and fats are better for your health.
The truth about saturated fats.
How humans’ sugar consumption has changed over time.
The number of Americans that have type 2 diabetes.
How many grams of sugar are in a soda.
What the #1 beverage in the world is.
The truth about artificial sweeteners in diet sodas.
Why the grains in our food supply today are wreaking havoc on our health.
What gluten is.
Which food group is the largest source of glyphosate for humans today.
How pesticides and herbicides can impact your health.
Why organic grains are a better choice.
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0:00.0 | You are now listening to the model health show with Sean Stevenson. |
0:04.0 | For more visit the model health show. |
0:07.0 | On this episode you're going to learn about three foods that lead to excessive fat gain, |
0:16.2 | sexual dysfunction, and a whole host of chronic diseases. |
0:19.8 | Let's get right to it. |
0:21.2 | A brand new meta analysis published in the British Medical Journal found |
0:25.2 | that people who consume higher amounts of ultra processed foods have an increased risk of anxiety, |
0:30.9 | depression, obesity, metabolic syndrome, a variety of cancers, and premature death. |
0:38.7 | But what is it about these ultra-process foods that make them so damaging to human health and what are the main |
0:44.1 | ingredients in these ultra processed foods that are causing all these issues. Well there are |
0:49.5 | three primary foods used in ultra processed foods that are doing the most harm and the first one is a very |
0:57.5 | specific form of fat. A meta analysis published in the journal, BMJ Open Heart, found that these vegetable oils can be a major culprit behind organ failure, cardiac arrest, and even sudden death. |
1:13.3 | The first food on this list of the top three foods |
1:16.3 | to avoid to prevent chronic disease |
1:19.6 | is highly refined vegetable oil. |
1:23.0 | Dietary fats are absolutely critical to human health and functionality. |
1:27.0 | Fats are required as building blocks to make trillions of our cells |
1:31.0 | and they are also utilized as metabolic fuel to run processes in our |
1:36.4 | bodies. Now being that fats are used to make our tissues and fuel our metabolism, |
1:42.0 | the quality of the fats that we consume are of the utmost importance. |
1:47.0 | The fats that we've eaten as humans for thousands of years have largely been swapped out within a single century. |
1:56.0 | We've gone from the majority of our dietary fats being from minimally processed animal and |
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