TMHS 821: These Foods Are ADDICTIVE! Take Back Control of Your Biology With These Tips
The Model Health Show
Shawn Stevenson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
There’s no doubt that our diet influences our mental health, body composition, and risk for developing chronic diseases. And in today’s world, as multiple health epidemics are skyrocketing, it’s more important than ever to be informed about how our food is impacting our biology.
On today’s show, you’re going to learn from four experts in their respective fields about how ultra-processed foods hijack our cravings and hunger and directly influence our health. This episode features some of the top experts like Dr. Amy Shah, Dr. Jud Brewer, and more. These conversations cover topics like how ultra-processed foods alter our neurochemistry, gut health, and mental health.
You’re going to learn about how certain foods are specifically created to get you hooked, how food addiction occurs, and why ultra-processed foods are so easy to overeat. We’re also going to talk about realistic ways to begin changing your dietary habits. So listen in, and enjoy this compilation episode!
In this episode you’ll discover:
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How ultra-processed foods are engineered to target dopamine pathways.
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The connection between diet and mental health.
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What role your gut bacteria plays in dictating your hunger and cravings.
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Why the food you eat influences your mood.
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What neuropeptide YY is, and its role in satiety.
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The difference between hunger and cravings.
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Why a diverse diet is key for gut health.
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The importance of thinking of nutrition in a more holistic way.
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Why it can be difficult to move toward a healthier diet.
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The fascinating science of how humans evolved to overeat.
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Why ultra-processed foods are so easy to overeat.
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What the scarcity loop is, and how to use it to change your habits.
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How scarcity cues influence our behaviors.
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What addiction actually is.
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The first step in changing eating habits.
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How to change the reward system in your brain.
Items mentioned in this episode include:
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How Ultra-Processed Foods Are Hijacking the Human Brain with Dr. Amy Shah -- Listen to episode 665!
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The Truth About Gut Bacteria & Parasites with Dr. Tim Spector -- Listen to episode 683!
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The Truth About Overeating & Addiction with Michael Easter -- Listen to episode 735!
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The Hunger Habit & The Surprising Truth About Willpower with Dr. Jud Brewer ß Listen to episode 754!
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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 | .com. |
| 0:08.0 | You're about to discover why certain foods are highly addictive and contributing to our |
| 0:16.4 | epidemics of health issues. You're about to hear from four incredible experts in |
| 0:21.0 | food science, food psychology, genetics, and more to help us |
| 0:24.8 | understand how these foods are hijacking our biology and how to take back control |
| 0:29.8 | of our health. Let's kick things off with double board certified medical doctor and |
| 0:34.8 | nutrition expert Amy Shaw. In this segment you're going to learn how a certain |
| 0:39.7 | category of foods are hijacking our brain and altering our neurocation. of Also I was a nutrition major undergrad before I went to medical school and there's a lab that has |
| 0:57.4 | electrodes and they sit and they look at people eating foods and they're engineering foods that create |
| 1:08.4 | brain electrical impulses that light up all different parts of our brain, |
| 1:15.0 | especially the dopamine centers, |
| 1:18.0 | because the dopamine is the craving pathway |
| 1:21.0 | and we can get into that in a little bit. But they're able to make foods |
| 1:25.3 | that are so, so good at lighting up all these pathways. No natural food could ever match that. And so if we think about that, it seems |
| 1:36.8 | innocent, right? Oh yeah, they're just trying to make foods that are more palatable. They |
| 1:40.5 | want to make more money. But when I realize 80% more mental health days |
| 1:46.8 | with the people who eat these foods, |
| 1:49.0 | I mean more depression, more anxiety, |
| 1:51.8 | more feeling down when you're eating more of these foods I mean shouldn't we look |
| 1:56.2 | at what we're doing here now what's really remarkable about this bliss point phenomenon is the fact that like you just |
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