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The School of Greatness

Why Your "Healthy" Foods Are Making You Sick | Michael Pollan

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.822K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Michael Pollan, the bestselling author who changed how we think about food, reveals why the healthiest-sounding foods on your grocery shelf are actually making you sick. You'll discover the simple seven-word mantra that transforms your relationship with eating and finally breaks free from processed food cravings.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I think nutrition and this idea of wanting to extend our life, our lifespan, living a healthier

0:10.9

life, living longer is something that people are taking note of, specifically in recent times

0:16.8

after just all the different physical ailments, stresses, diseases that people are accumulating in life.

0:23.6

And I want to start with a question that I think anyone could resonate with,

0:27.6

which is the worst foods that you think so many people are consuming that they think are healthy,

0:34.6

which are actually really, really unhealthy for us physically,

0:38.9

mentally, emotionally, spiritually.

0:41.5

If you had a list of three to five foods that you think people think are healthy, but actually

0:46.6

the research, the studies are showing, it's actually hurting you.

0:50.7

Well, yeah, I mean, I think the least healthy category of foods are what are called ultra-processed foods, sometimes UPFs.

1:00.3

These are foods that are heavily processed.

1:03.4

The reason they use the word ultra is because lots of healthy foods are processed.

1:08.6

Cheese is processed.

1:09.6

Yogurt is processed.

1:10.8

White flour has been processed.

1:13.2

So there's a degree of processing that's just kind of fine.

1:16.7

But when you get into ultra-processed foods, which often carry health claims.

1:22.8

I mean, I'll give you an example, the Impossible Burger or the Beyond Burger, right?

1:27.0

A super processed, though, right?

1:28.5

Yeah, like 21 ingredients.

1:30.9

Some of them never before in the human diet.

1:33.5

Really?

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