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🗓️ 24 October 2024
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0:00.0 | 60% of the average American diet is made up of highly processed foods. |
0:04.7 | These foods are linked to a variety of health risk, including obesity, heart disease, |
0:09.5 | and even mental health issues. |
0:11.2 | These foods are designed to be convenient and long lasting |
0:14.4 | packaged, often brightly colored, but what's inside these is far from natural or healthy. |
0:20.0 | Ultra processed foods typically contain little if any real food. |
0:24.3 | They're made from refined ingredients like sugars, oils, and starches that have been |
0:28.4 | chemically altered. The key to their long shelf life, additives. The more processing food goes through, the more it |
0:34.4 | loses its nutritional value. A recent study found that people who consume ultra-processed foods have |
0:39.7 | 144% higher risk of developing. |
0:47.0 | Welcome back to the ultimate. Ultimate Human. |
0:56.0 | Welcome back to the Ultimate Human Podcast, guys. I'm your host Human Biologist Gary Brecka, |
0:58.0 | and today we're tackling the many dangers of ultra-processed foods. These are the foods you see everywhere. |
1:04.9 | Package, convenient, often brightly colored, but what's inside these is far |
1:10.0 | from natural or healthy. Here's a staggering fact. 60% of the average American diet is made up |
1:16.4 | of highly processed foods. These foods are linked to a variety of health risks, including |
1:21.6 | obesity, heart disease, and even mental health issues. |
1:25.0 | In today's episode we're going to dive deep into what ultra-process foods are, |
1:29.0 | why they're so dangerous to your health, and most importantly how you can reduce your intake. |
1:33.4 | Let's get started. |
1:34.8 | What exactly are ultra processed foods? |
1:36.5 | Ultra processed foods or highly processed foods are industrially manufactured and usually |
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