How Ultra Processed Food is Slowly Killing an Entire Generation | Socioeconomic Crisis

All About Processed Food | Shawn Stevenson Interview

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Timestamps ⏱

0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Processed Food vs Ultra-Processed Food
5:36 - Join Thrive Market Today to get 30% Off Your First Order AND a Free Gift Worth up to $60!
6:51 - What is an Ultra-Processed Food?
10:54 - Why People Opt for Ultra-Processed Food
19:47 - Does the Emphasis on Calories Dilute the Importance of Diet Quality?
33:57 - Do You Absorb More Calories from Processed than Whole Food?
35:08 - The Biological Need to Eat Tasty Food
43:45 - Tips to Stop Eating Ultra-Processed Food
55:12 - Where to Find More of Shawn’s Content

[alisonforte]

In Italy anyone caught faking olive oil, i.e mixing it with other cheap oils or dying vegetable oil green and labelling in olive oil, they get thrown in jail. This is the correct approach in my opinion to people who pervert something as important as the food we put in our bodies and as the consumer has to trust that all food is correctly labelled and must be real food with severe penalties for those caught abusing this trust.

[supergirlll]

I have new-found appreciation for my mom, who strictly banned these kinds of foods in her household when me and my siblings were growing up... I used to hate the fact that my mom was so "not cool" while other moms would buy my friends Lucky Charms and Pop Tarts and so on... Now, as a mom myself, I am so grateful that she was so strict the way she was. 🙏

[JamieAnderson-ol]

baby steps, I like that, "controlling the micro culture". I started making small changes a few years ago, now I make all our bread, pasta, yogurt, fermented foods made at home, we do not even buy condiments...I make ALL of them. Also what we put on our bodies matters too. I make all my own household cleaners, laundry soaps, shampoo..Slowly getting healthier. from 400 plus lbs to 262 and still improving.

[EthanE]

I love how he began with the fact that your body will build and rebuild itself with the things you eat. If you put junk in, you get junk cells. Your body will not use heavily modified substrate well. I went whole natural foods "keto" and it was the closest thing to a miracle i will ever experience. So many things got better. I tear up just thinking about it.😢

[pretinha]

ultra processed foods is a silent killer. I've been eating clean off and on for about 6 months. A few weeks ago a popular upcoming fast food joint was giving away free chicken sandwiches, I literally felt sick afterwards. Sluggish, stomach queasy, brainfog, etc. I used to think that health nuts would exaggerate the effects of fast food but boy its true.

[winniecash]

I stopped eating plastic food (that's what I call it) a long time ago. If I ever eat a pop tart, chips, etc, it makes me so sick. I can also taste the garbage oils and other inedible ingredients.

[JennWatson]

Thankfully all this vital information is now available to all for free!
Thank you YouTube!
I'm 63 and just got off Prilosec after 30 years!!!
Alzheimer/gut connection!
I'm off all processed foods, carbs/sugar and even fruit for now while I heal my gut.
I'm walking 2 miles a day and it's the first time I've felt good since 1970!
Thank you for your valuable help!

[vaneast]

at 64 I am currently staying away from anything outside of healthy food and supplements… as any divergence from this directly affects my performance in the gym and in life. I am growing in strength and endurance still, and hope to maintain physical capacities over the next 2 or three decades

[absolutecrypto]

Its amazing the amount of poisions that are legal to put in our foods. Then we hit our 50s and we start having health issues have to keep big pharma in business.

[BornAgainCarnivore]

The bacteria in our gut can cause us to go after or want to eat certain foods and you can change that and change what you crave.
I used to struggle with sugar and ultra processed food cravings (like it controlled me), now after trying to deny myself and not have it as much or not at all over a period of 2 months.. now it is easy for me to not want anything sugary or ultra processed, (the desserts and junk foods).
I can easily say no and remain in control of myself, even with my relative enjoying it right in front of me.

[brittneyrussell]

When he said that his college nutrition professor was very overweight I was thinking the exact thing about mine! My professor had a lot of knowledge but she didn't apply it. She even asked me to give a special talk to the class about why I eat healthy bc she said they would take me seriously bc that's how I live and she obviously didn't have a healthy lifestyle.

[wgj]

Fortunately my wife has always cooked with fresh food and kept to three meals a day with very limited snacks so we have kept slim all our lives while we have seen many around us gain weight to our visual detriment. My wife may have only been a part time worker but how beneficial was the other time in feeding our family correctly so that we have stayed slim and have no health problems. That loss of earnings and not going on expensive holidays has been worth far more than any extra cash we may have earned.

[katertot]

I watched this entire thing, start to finish. Thank you Thomas for your interview style of letting people talk and deliver pertinent information without rushing to interrupt them. I stayed engaged due to the vital and interesting info, and stayed respectful that you were humble enough to let it be delivered!

[andrewbiondi]

I love debating the “eating healthy is expensive”… I personally can’t eat fast food without spending a minimum $10… meanwhile, at my grocery’s store, I can get a rotisserie chicken, potato and a veggie for less than that… just my anecdotal experience

[ediri]

This has to be one of my favorite episodes, watched the whole thing without blinking an eye. This Dude is Awesome, thanks Shawn and Thomas.

[chargermopar]

Somehow I have lived my life largely free of processed foods. Decade after decade of meats, eggs, plain yogurt, cheese and the occasional yard picked fruit. When I deep fry it is in lard or tallow. If I try and eat a fake food it makes me sick very fast. I am healthier than all my friends my age.

[mpre]

5 years ago I quit all the garbage “cold turkey”. It’s been the ultimate “cheat code/fountain of youth”. My diet today is primarily carnivore and steamed/sautéed veggies, coffee and water. 💥

[bronzefox]

This was a great discussion. I remember catching hell when my daughter was younger 15 years ago. One reason was because I did not give her cow milk. We never drank milk as a child in my family. That was weird. We didn't know people did that until we started kindergarten and got in trouble for not drinking a carton of milk. Another reason people bagged on us was because we didn't want our daughter having and man-made chemicals, junk food or junk drink. According to them, our child was suffering and abused. Our daughter is 15 now, in the gifted program, plays Varsity golf and track, and is a wonderfully kind human. I didn't use lotion, I used coconut oil. Her shampoo is my homemade soap. Hot oil treatments are her conditioner for her hair. Laundry soap is my homemade soap mixed with baking soda. We have out own garden she has helped with since she was born. She can go outside and eat all the apples, pears, grapes, berries, onions, garlic, melons, greens, etc, that her stomach can handle. She can eat garlic like grapes and onions like apples. She still goes trick or treating but has no desire for candy or chocolate other than some gum. She does like peppermint sticks and horehound candy.

EverythingvI make is homemade. If we want cookies, we make it. It we want soda, we drink water kefir or kombucha. She has free choice now at 15 to eat what she wants. She doesn't like it. She said everything is too sweet or tastes like chemicals. She is not underweight and she has only had a cold once in her life. I wanted her body to focus on growing and not detoxing junk. We made sure she stayed away from chemical toothpastes and git a whole house reverse osmosis system.

So for any parents out there, ignore people who try to pressure you into giving your child ultra processed food.

[karencarbone]

Absolutely excellent video! I am a 65 year old type 2 diabetic woman for over 2 years and am a keto, low carb eater. All the pieces of this video fits in with my lifestyle. I have zero desire for ultra processed food. Thanks so much for sharing all this pertinent information!❤😊

[gm]

I've been watching state fair food reviews in complete horror. I've been eating clean whole foods for 4 years now. watching these reviews, I noticed most of the people were obese walking around with junk food in their hands. deep fried everything these people will eat a deep-fried tennis shoe. Thank You for this great video. I know I'm doing great today. Food is medicine