The Junk Food Doctor: "This Food Is Worse Than Smoking!" & "This Diet Prevents 60% Of Disease!" - Chris Van Tulleken (Ultra-Processed People Author)

Published: Oct. 23, 2023, 5 a.m.

b"What if what you were eating wasn\\u2019t really food but an industrially produced edible substance, and your diet was worse for you than smoking?\\nIn this new episode Steven sits down with doctor and New York Times bestselling author, Chris van Tulleken.\\nDr. Chris van Tulleken is an infectious diseases doctor and one of the BBC\\u2019s leading science presenters, appearing on shows such as, \\u2018The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs\\u2019, \\u2018Trust Me, I\\u2019m A Doctor\\u2019 and \\u2018Operation Ouch!\\u2019. He is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling book, \\u2018Ultra-Processed People\\u2019.\\nIn this conversation Dr. Chris and Steven discuss topics, such as:\\n\\nWhat is \\u2018Ultra-Processed Food\\u2019\\n\\nWhy 80% of the average diet is not real food\\n\\nThe ways that ultra-processed food can impact your health\\n\\nHow there is a pandemic of junk food\\n\\nDr Chris\\u2019s experiment of living of ultra-processed food\\n\\nThe ways that junk food is causing a public health emergency\\n\\nThe ways that your diet can be deadlier than smoking\\n\\nThe lies we\\u2019ve been told about 'health' food\\n\\nWhy \\u2018health\\u2019 food isn\\u2019t actually healthy\\n\\nThe ways that food guidelines are actually nonsense\\n\\nHow half the world\\u2019s population is predicted to become obese in 12 years time\\n\\nWhy exercise can't burn off fat fast enough\\n\\nHow we are tackling obesity in the wrong way\\n\\nThe impact of a Ultra-Processed diet on intelligence\\n\\nHow you can inherit obesity\\n\\nThe ways that food companies have made their food addictive\\n\\nHow food companies are like the mafia\\n\\nWays that food companies target us with ultra-processed food\\n\\nHow ultra-processed food can be more addictive that nicotine\\n\\nHow the average diet is making people not just fatter but shorter\\n\\nWhy we need to start a food revolution\\n\\n\\nYou can purchase Chris\\u2019 most recent book, \\u2018Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn\\u2019t Food \\u2026 and Why Can\\u2019t We Stop?\\u2019, here:\\xa0https://amzn.to/3sikpaZ\\n\\nFollow Chris:\\nInstagram:\\xa0https://bit.ly/491nqwz\\nTwitter:\\xa0https://bit.ly/46Ryafc\\n\\nFollow me:\\n\\ufeffhttps://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"