How The Food Industry Is Harming Us! | The Junk Food Doctor

Chris Van Tulleken, 'The Junk Food Doctor,' exposes the disturbing truths about the food industry & ultra-processed foods.
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[@PlanForExcellence]

Such an incredibly important, yet overlooked subject! Thanks for bringing it into the limelight! 💪

[@WrekuiemForAMeme]

After living in Europe for 17 years, coming back to the UK, I've been genuinely shocked by my home country. It's not just the food industry. it's the advertising/marketing that's driving this. For example, adverts on YT always used to show cheese or local things, etc. In the UK, without fail, all the ads were fast food or booze or gambling. The country is being brainwashed into obesity, cancers, and other illnesses. Despite it making my life harder, because it costs more, I still prepare all my own food wherever I can. It's just financially harder to eat healthy, and I can not get my head around that.

[@99technology]

Very very true

[@munkiesyeah]

Er… Isn’t the UK in Europe? If it isn’t, which continent does it belong to? Anyway, I’m guessing you weren’t in France where there is ultra processed food galore. I’m genuinely shocked at just how much crappy food (if you can call it food) is in the French diet. We used to have amazing fresh and minimally processed food here in France… Not anymore. It’s a shame. The supermarkets are jammed packed full of the shit!

[@kathleenking47]

Isn't UK, Europe as well? I'm in the US😊

[@WrekuiemForAMeme]

@@kathleenking47 if only we were

[@kathleenking47]

@@WrekuiemForAMeme I know, the UK is getting fat like the US, but so is China. They're making fat camos for Chinese kids. Japan, still seems to have a handle on weight

[@janem-if8ny]

It’s very sad and worrying that in the UK unless you cook everything you eat yourself and from scratch, you cannot avoid ultra processed food. I tried to cut it out after reading an article about ultra processed food and found it almost impossible to do

[@Manjunn]

Friendly curiosity here, what made it impossible for you?

[@trail.blazer]

I had no problems cutting out ultra-processed food. I quite simply do not buy it, therefore I cannot eat it. After a short while, I lost interest and no longer even think about it when I am in stores.

[@pgtips4240]

It's very possible to do.

[@99technology]

Very very true. UK is really bad in food.

[@whatplanetareweon2375]

​@@99technology*people in the UK are bad at making the right choices when it comes to food. It's not that it isn't there, it's that people aren't looking.

[@wendybutler5536]

I heard quite a few years ago that if the product has a commercial, dont eat it. It appears to be true and it's been a good rule of thumb for me. I read labels thoroughly and also Google the parent companies of brands/products

[@majermike]

did you know the US fda is still letting companies add trans fat as long as they call it mono and diglycerides?

[@wendybutler5536]

@majermike oh yes, the 3 letter government organizations are ALL corrupt, soulless and out to ensure our painful demise.

[@karenrogers7672]

Since reading Chris’s Ultra Processed People book a few months ago I have changed what I eat completely. It was the wake up call that I needed to fix my diet. I still have the odd ‘treat’, but it doesn’t give the ‘pleasure’ that it used to, probably because I know that it’s not good for me, and I can almost taste just how processed and ‘unreal’ that it is. He doesn’t call these ‘foods’ « industrially produced edible substances» for nothing!

[@GabrielleTollerson]

It's not even just junk food.. Our corporate country puts chemicals and other nasty crap in EVERYTHING. Even vegetables and fruit are processed in a way,but no one seems to want to talk about that at all

[@preciousmousse]

Once I cut out gluten and a few other unhealthy foods my period went a 5 day long flood with terrible pains in the first days to a few days of light bleeding. Now I've been on a type of paleo diet (AIP) for about 4 months and I have no more cramps, no moodiness before my period starts and just one day of light spotting. The box of tampons that I have might as well last me for two years. Not to mention reduced brain fog, doing way better without caffeine, and having arthritis symptoms and inner body pains reduced to only very little symptoms. Eating healthy and having healthy eating habits makes a world of difference.

[@peachesmcgee4795]

I lived below the poverty line for many years and prioritised eating healthy food for my health. I rarely bought new clothes and bought most things second-hand. It is possible, you just have to prioritise.

[@greenkitty82]

Commendable to you Peaches for living through that 💪 That couldn't have been easy. I wholeheartedly agree that if your health is your number one priority, healthy food will be the thing that you spend the money on and forgo everything else. Fortunately I'm not on the poverty line but the majority of my outgoing money goes on healthy eating with fruits and vegetables, nuts etc and anything else I need I buy second hand, get very cheaply in a sale or try and get for free. Clothes I buy second hand and borrow and I only buy a new phone or shoes when they are totally unusable. I choose the healthy food as my top priority because without good health nothing else matters.

[@compulsiverambler1352]

And you have to know how to do it, you have to know what actually is healthy. That's what missing, even most RICH people in ultra processed countries believe that "wholemeal bread" bought from a supermarket, with words like "bakery" on it, are actually good for you, are actually bread. They have been told so by dieticians for generations, that only macronutrients and "food groups" matter instead of food processing methods and therefore food quality. Most rich people think packaged breakfast cereals marketed as healthy are real food. So most people in food environments like the UK don't stand a chance, they happen not to have heard of this subject like you and I happened to. Knowing this stuff is a matter of luck right now, most people never stumble upon it even if they research healthy eating endlessly. We are all being lied to by doctors and dieticians and marketing, only now is that changing with people like Chris trying to wake professionals up to this. E.g. if they are recovering from binge eating disorder, bulimia or compulsive overeating, disorders that are mostly caused by ultra processed fake food according to the statistics and other forms of evidence, people are told by their therapists that boycotting supermarket bread for real fresh local bakery bread, and making all your own sauces and all your own desserts instead of ever touching ultra processed substitutes, is a sign of them just developing another eating disorder; they call them "orthorexic", and they would call you and I that too. They HATE the idea of "bad food" possibly existing, as if the food industry is sacred and cannot possibly make any bad products unfit for market, like toy and car companies can. Most people are trying to fix their diets but everything they do only makes it worse because they are being told to do things by their doctors that make it worse. Like buying high omega 6 Frankenfoods such as margarine, and replacing refined sugar with artificial sweeteners. And they are told that cakes and desserts are bad, instead of being told that ultra processed cakes and desserts are bad but that the ones they make themselves at home with raw sugar cane, or are made on the same day at their local bakers, are minimally processed and therefore will not contribute to their cravings and not make them overeat, and don't cause leaky gut syndrome, liver disease, autoimmunity exacerbations, cancers, neurological decline or diabetes like the ultra processed ones do. People aren't being told how to eat pizzas, cakes etc. that actually CAN be consumed in moderation, i.e. fully homemade ones, they are being told that all pizzas and cakes are the same, and that they can just keep eating the ultra processed ones and that if they find themselves overeating, it is either the sugar's fault and maybe they need to cut down further on sugar, or it's their defective mind that needs talk therapy.

[@blydnhvghn]

Believing something is possible simply because it was possible for you is the ultimate ignorance.

[@carolynellis387]

Even a boiled egg and piece of toast is better than opening up some cereals...

[@sonnymills803]

Respect to both of you, sharing very important information. Nothing is bigger than the Truth.

[@theotherway1639]

Refined Sugar, Corn Syrup, Caffeine, Alcohol, Hydrogenated Oils....what's crazy is that we get kids addicted on this stuff via example. Once I eliminated caffeine and alcohol and started eating more raw fruits and veggies, I started to feel so much better....sooooo much. There was a withdrawal period. I was able to have more clarity then and started practices like mindfulness, using a book called 30 Days to Reduce Stress by Harper Daniels. A healthy body and mind go together.

[@antb3334]

Seed and vegetable oils /PUFA

[@Ellen-85]

Great interview, as someone who has weighed food over the years following weight loss plans, I can say cereal portions vary dramatically based on the product. 30g of cereal is not always a large spoonful, 30g of granola would barely have anything in the bowl but 30g of rice krispies would nearly fill a bowl. Still, some good advice 👌🏻

[@Gunstaa]

Most cereals are much heavier than rice krispies so just let him be correct :D ..Most people will believe a bowl full of creeal is good for them in the morning!.. It's NOT

[@Ellen-85]

@@Gunstaa I'm pointing out a perfectly valid point, there are differences. Got nothing nice to say then say nothing 👍🏻

[@Gunstaa]

@@Ellen-85 I’m not saying you’re wrong btw but I’m just trying to nit pick your words just like you initially did to this DR! So yes if you don’t have anything nice to say then 🤐🤭👋🏽

[@Ellen-85]

@@SuperBro-yp6jr 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 congratulations on your sarcasm

[@tilapiadave3234]

@@Ellen-85 if your eating cereals you are hurting yourself , so maybe a bit of sarcasm will lighten up your shortened life

[@unknowng888]

The thing that I would love to see is what food items from the common supermarkets would be good for us.

[@freakdancing4144]

Hi mate a good rule of thumb is to eat the stuff around the edges/perimeter of the supermarket (exceptional - alcohol) and stay away from the centre. Not perfect but generally centrally is where all the ultrprocessed stuff is

[@unknowng888]

@@freakdancing4144 this is brilliant thank you

[@1bluegreen2]

If it grows out of the ground or you can recognize the animal that was once breathing.... you're good to eat it. If anything in your hand doesn't look like a raw fruit/ vegetable or an actual animal/ fish... walk away.

[@user-mu7vv7gb9f]

If it has a barcode don't eat it!

[@TechMyLifeVideo]

9:21 I was literally about to make this comment. I just returned to Australia from the UK and over there I could not believe that all “fully strength” soft drinks had sweeteners and a lot of bars only solo Diet Coke and Coke Zero, pretty much the same think, and it was explained to me the sugar tax has changed everything. I avoid sweetener at all cost and have soft drink as a treat as I don’t drink alcohol. The sugar tax is failing.

[@LauraB.335]

Unfortunately, the billion dollar food industry will find a way around every tax or regulation, unless there’s a processed food tax. But this will never happen, because the food industry pays politicians and researchers, so that they won’t ever make such regulations, and so the general public stays so confused about what is healthy. As long as there’s corporate money in politics and anything health related, we are pretty much on our own to figure it out.

[@mehranhassan3297]

I eat bison, eggs, bone broth, olives, squash, fermented cabbage, fermented goat milk, and loads of honey and some fruit. Never going back to eating like the people around me again

[@nickb220]

Get on that Elk

[@deerheart87]

Yawn

[@Rudimentary007]

I love my duck fat and taking Ancestral supplements.💪👍🇺🇸

[@AriusBLK]

Excellent

[@flyingpuma9729]

Sounds like an normie npc diet

[@mitchwilden4538]

The downfall off humanity can be described with one word Greed

[@Charles0li]

Its always confusing to me when people say eating healthy is more expensive but i found i was spending significantly less when i switched to a whole foods diet

[@davidortiz3094]

Whole foods is expensive af

[@tommysmith5479]

I'm going to sound a bit controversial here.... I think a large part of the problem is convenience. But why do we need convenience? Because quite typicaly these days, both spouses are out working, which leaves fewer time to make nourisihing home-made meals from base ingredients. So instead, we're buying highly processed foods which we can bung in an oven, or whatever. Yes, food companies are also playing their part, as Chris VT talked about in this video but if we made the time to cook home-made food instead of buying convenience foods, then we'd be in better shape. Think about it: in the morning, you have to get ready for work; you have to get your kids ready for school; so you give them some cereal. Wouldn't it be better if we fried them an egg (or boiled an egg) and served that along with some home-made bread? But we don't have the time because we value our leisure time over sweating over a stove. I think in order to solve this problem, 2 things must happen: societal changes that value health before leisure; and one spouse must become a stay-at-home parent. Now, I know the second one is hard because of house prices/getting a mortgage; wanting at least 2 holidays per year; wanting the latest gadgets; wanting to have enough money to have a great night out once a week; wanting to buy designer fashion; wanting that Chelsea tractor that you don't really need; etc.

[@greenkitty82]

Yeah I see your point totally. For me it's about prioritising. Do I want to eat better, abide by natures law and feel fantastic or be in average health and have the latest gadgets, clothes etc to impress peers? I make my priorities and then work my life around them because it's what's important to me. I'm happy to miss out on that kind of stuff as I'm healthier for it. I also think if people cut down their time scrolling on their phone they would have more time as well to prepare a healthy meal but again it's about prioritising what is important to you.

[@majermike]

no it doesn't sound controversial, but you didn't say anything we don't already all know, plz try again

[@tommysmith5479]

@@majermike Thank you for your gushing endorsement 😆

[@pastoral_landscape]

Read this guys book and loved it. Been eating abstinently through FA for four months and lost 40 lbs. never going back.

[@goodperson5707]

Brave people you both are! Well done speaking about the subject. Like from me👍

[@lightningfasttutorials2698]

HUEL- disappointed that you didn’t ask him about Huel…. I drink this daily (due to your recommendation) was you worried what he might have said?

[@regenerativegardeningwithpatti]

Excellent interview. You should interview Barabara O'Neill from Australia. Health and wellness educator. Thanks for the work you are doing.

[@dragonmummy1]

She has NO qualifications in anything and has been banned from broadcasting her dangerous advice in her home country of Australia. Please always check your sources.

[@leesinger3359]

Steven, any idea why you didn't give him Huel to look at?

[@Mart16g]

This stuff should be taught at school from a very early ages along with food preparation and financial budget/planning, it’s a long road ahead unfortunately……

[@tilapiadave3234]

It once was ,, called Home Economics ,,, but apparently because it was mainly targeted at females it was decided to be DEMEANING ,,,, why not have same thing but also let the boys join in

[@citedcanvas85]

Had take out food over the weekend. By sunday i was grossed out by having any more. Ended the wdekend with home cooked meal. I dont know how ppl can eat like that almost everyday.

[@gary4wood]

brilliant. in food processed spectrum, i have concluded food in its most natural form fine, versus processed poor in nearly all forms. When scientists are involved in the production of my food (sweeteners) I am very cautious.

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

The basic recipe for pizza is white bread cheese and ketchup. That should tell you just how much manipulation goes into processed food in pursuit of profits at the expense of healt. This is sometimes called 'value added' but since the retailer and suppliers pick up the value added that means the customer, healthcare and family members pick up the costs of looking after sick people.

[@AntGeezer]

What happened to the Kingsmill bread? I was waiting for the feedback and it just disappeared from the table!

[@DayuhansDiary]

Completely disagree with the opening comments about poor people have to eat processed food. It is not expensive to eat real food, you just have to learn to cook and care about it. I speak from experience on this, I’m lucky I enjoy cooking. Also, I work in the processed food industry, I rarely touch them

[@knowledgeisthepower1]

totally agree

[@Destide]

Being poor is what lead me to make my own bread and cook from scratch

[@DayuhansDiary]

@@Destide my parents were same. I’m fortunate I just love cooking

[@ChUnKySaVaGe]

Thank you so much again for sharing knowledge, this is just what society needs to see and hear! 💯💪🏼🤙🏼

[@christophercooper2208]

my wife lost 10kg because i stopped buying 3 mars bars for £1.20 daily which i used to put in the fridge. I ate one of them and she ate two

[@uptowngirlup3191]

Can someone help me out here? I have heard that human taste buds have changed over the years due to the foods that we have been eating over the generations. For example, eating natural fruits, beans, vegetables, whole grains, and anything completely natural is hard for us to eat taste wise because it doesn’t taste as appealing as the processed foods within the normal grocery store. So over time one would have to retrain their mind and taste buds to eat a certain way within a amount of time consistently again to get back to fully healthy foods. Also, keep in mind that eating healthy is based off your income, so in order to even afford a healthy lifestyle you have to figure out a way to make a better income.

[@barb4645]

Well yes I agree.. but remember this chap thinks it’s not the responsibility of poor folk to figure anything out!

[@AlisonHardisty]

If parents are allowing their young kids to have fizzy drinks every day I despair. Everyone knows they’re bad for you surely?

[@christopherwilson7497]

Everything in moderation i have a zero sugar energy drink every day ive been a bodybuilder for 13 years i also have eaa, lgluetamine it's a power to help my protein break down in my stomach also diet protein powder and low sugar protein bars but like i said everything in moderation i also have fruit, veg, and meat in my diet so if a child who is very active has on can of zero sugar pop it will more than likely burn the calories of in a day if that makes sense.

[@whatplanetareweon2375]

​@@christopherwilson7497I don't think calories are the main concern when it comes to children drinking fizzy drinks. They're poison.

[@reginafisher9919]

Oh my gosh did that man say he actually feeds his kids cereal?!!!! WOW

[@OldFArt-gx9fh]

Food industry is not about food and nutrition but more about packaging cheap chemicals and branding them as food.

[@MichaelMartindale64]

Hello to the Diary of CEO team. I’m a big fan which I why I felt the need to ask a question. Whenever I watch episodes with food experts I’m often waiting for Stephen to ask them about Huel, the product he markets to us. This never happens though and I wondered why? Can you help? Thanks

[@Irishstew6969]

Hypocrisy. Steven is in it for the money and nothing else. (Well pointed out)

[@marlonblade007]

Well the doctor said it himself in the clip. He alluded to it.

[@ISpitHotFiyaa]

I think a lot of people don't realize how bad some of those breakfast cereals are for you. They're not marketed as a snack but as "part of a complete breakfast". But they're loaded with sugar.

[@patriciasanderson2171]

I cook while listening to podcasts or music, it really helps if you don’t feel like cooking. Once you start, you won’t want to eat crap again. Home made food tastes so much better.

[@jeffrichards66]

Huel is a UFC. Ironic? Wise words from Dr Chris, great topic & interview; any product touting health benefits is always a UFC.

[@chumabanjwa4662]

Yeah, that's why he paused, folded his arms and reluctantly said 'I recognise who I am talking to here' 😂

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

Cartoons and gimmicks on food packaging should be banned. Ultra processed food should be treated like tobacco with appropriate warnings.

[@sunnysaz30]

“Financialisation of the food industry” FACTS!!

[@Airdaman1]

I would be very interested to see you interview the forks over knives doctors.

[@jackmichaelpeter]

Based on my armchair assessment, this is not true. The cheapest foods are whole plant foods like rice, beans and lentils etc. low income people WANT to eat bad food because they rarely see beyond the fact it tastes nice

[@cherub6958]

I totally agree with you, its cheaper to cook and care for food. It even expensive to get a sandwich for lunch

[@colinbrigham8253]

Thank you 😊

[@paulkazjack]

Avoid anything with a label!

[@DTOWNRW16]

I try to avoid ultra processed foods as much as I can. I do indulge here and there but as a whole i typically am reading all nutritional labels before I buy something. The economy is not helping avoid the cheap processed foods though.

[@sofiabelfelice1108]

Really interesting video, thank you. I disagree with the milk statement. Cow's milk is made for calves; not humans and if not organic, who knows what the cow is being fed. I'm not saying people shouldn't have milk, but I don't think it's as healthy as it's they want us to think.

[@nickb220]

Adults need 1000 mg of calcium which is easy from milk and next best thing is yogurt I guess but you need to eat “a lot” every day to get the DV

[@B3N0T4FR4ID]

That would make that your opinion on milk, and wouldn’t affect the statement in question. Cows are godsent 🙏

[@livinginflow333]

Agree 👍

[@ga9841]

@@nickb220calcium is almost present in every vegetable it’s the fifth abundant metal on earth’s crust

[@nickb220]

@@ga9841 ok?

[@thejudge2352]

Disagree on that first statement. I live in a rich middle east country. Everyone is rich. They eat junk. Top 5 highest obesity in the world.

[@1khtiar]

thats a lack of knowledge and awareness. not money.

[@tkspiece2310]

That is more about lack of knowledge. Those places you're talking about think eating Western food means enjoying life. You see the same issues in other parts of the world with "more recent" mass wealth and modernity. The rich are the ones that ironically buy the crap, but western' food. Western Europe is slightly ahead in terms of understanding the same ultra-processed food they created is poisoning everyone.

[@Grumbo991]

​@@1khtiarits intentional, they aren't living in a cave. Its the environment that breeds a unhealthy lifestyle.

[@thejudge2352]

​@@1khtiarit's certainly not lack of knowledge😂 they choose to eat that way.

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

The traffic light system is an oversimplification of nutrition that focuses only on macronutrients at the expense of micronutrients such as vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals. The traffic light system also disregards the need for a diversity of fibre sources for a diverse gut fauna (the target for fruit and veg should be at least 9 or 10 per day hint smaller portions make it easier) it also disregards the diversity of lipids (fats and oils) and how they produced and damaged by extraction and processing.

[@elkiton]

The traffic light system was developed for the government by consultation with food industry experts. What did you expect? It resulted in a way to sell processed food by focusing on eliminating things natural, like fat, and allowing things like excessive processed carbohydrate to be ignored. A total fraud. Unfortunately the punters don't understand the nutritional listings on the back of the packet, mainly through ignorance.

[@gene416]

The biggest concern is that we don’t have a definition by law for “food”.

[@gussysingh3643]

Nice discussion indeed

[@kathybeauchesne]

love this podcast!!!!❤

[@dynamicdickinson]

i used to love drinking fruit cordials - until i realised reduced sugar meant added sweeteners, i dont like the taste so just drink water nowadays

[@jasonw7992]

Education, education, education ... and convenience make all the difference.

[@LifeinThe70sand80s]

I was shocked when I last went to Europe (2010) compared with my first few trips (1999-2001). The amount of ultra processed food, as well as the number of fast food places was staggering. I still think the US has the western world beat when it comes to junk food. I'm still fighting a sugar addiction.

[@florenciomendoza1212]

Totally agreed. Questions are ….. why our ministry of health / government/ FDA approved all those products that as researchers found out that it’s damaging our health ? Early deaths? Obesity etc. why ? Money money money is the answer. Taxes etc. Those who owns this products etc Eats expensive real healthy foods. 😝 Cheaper products are for average & poor people. We can turn blue & black sharing excellent knowledge & truth but no way these will be corrected hence, will get worst & worst. That’s guaranteed 😝❤️

[@theAsperist]

I don't know how it's in your country, but in Poland you can buy very cheap vegetables and fruits in every store, you can even go to the marketplace and get some from people that grow them. And the healthy diet is significantly cheaper than the ultra processed foods. But the processed ones are way more convenient so they are bought a lot. The thing is, we are NOT created to work 8hrs a day. We should work max 4hrs a day. So, after so much work, we are all exhausted and we simply have no strength to cook. That's the problem.

[@florenciomendoza1212]

@@theAsperist Canada 🇨🇦 here my polish friend. Love ❤️ Poland. I have few Polish friends. You’re right. Your country is very strict & have common sense about the welfare / food & especially controlling the price. Unfortunately, Canada is different. People here should travel to Europe more but THEY CANNOT AFFORD , affordable housing / apartments for average working professional class is toooo expensive. But, Canada keep getting refugees or tourists that stay in this country but government cannot afford. Welcome here … I’m retired & back to poverty level pension. Cheers 😱🇨🇦

[@ChalupaHoopaBasketball]

I tried to eat at my best like CR7 said even tough my family live paycheck and dont make alot but working in berry farm'peach farm, and picking cucumbers and cabbages helps by alot i get to take home at the end of the day but thats only on the fall

[@martin97264]

Kombucha is a great alternative to coke

[@kahyui2486]

As a campaign for kids you should make a bowl that you can sell that is minature to fit the 30g suggested serving of cereals

[@aidanstott2348]

Wonder what his thoughts on Huel would have been.

[@barbaradelilah1098]

Great topic

[@rjflores438]

The only cans of fizzy drinks I now.biy are San Pellegrino and Cawston Press as the only fizzy drinks without artificial sweetners.

[@rjflores438]

I now dont buy supermarket bread unless it is fresh and I can see the exact ingredients in the bread, which should be water, flour, yeast and salt, and maybe some.olive oil, thats it. No vegetable oils like sunflower, rapeseed or canola oil, not E numbers and mono esters of fatty acids, no maltodextrin and other crap they throw in there. I only now get bread as a treat once every couple of weeks as it usually now costs me.close to £3.50 for a fresh good loaf. Only in the UK and the USA do we have tonpay through the nose.for good quality fresh bread, its not like this in Italy or France.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

I'm as guity as anyone for eating rubbish food. But you only have to look at old photos and films to see how much fatter and unhealthy looking people are now. I firmly believe many behavioural problems in our youngsters are diet related

[@majermike]

many close friends and family tell me humans are adaptable and we'll all be fine eating garbage once we get used to it... I never bought that argument, I think with all the fake food, big pharma, microplastics, herbicide, and other hormonal deregulators, we're all efed

[@samessa3155]

The government is to blame for allowing the food industry to mess with our food

[@alexp601]

What about ultra processed ‘healthy’ foods, like Huel and similar meal shakes or food powders where you add hot water? I know ‘processed’ means bad but could some of these kinds of products be good for you?

[@alexp601]

@@peter5.056 let’s hope I can boil a kettle in a survival situation then

[@kacyandlaura]

I stopped buying cereal for my kids and feel really good about it. Baked oatmeal muffins (with chocolate chips) are so much more filling. I make a triple batch and keep it in the fridge for 3 mornings. I have a few other fast favorites too. It’s not that hard.

[@Gazothegreat79]

Can you share some recipes?

[@nickithorn1590]

Erm…. You’ve given up cereals and switched to a carb (sugar) heavy cake with chocolate chips instead?!!***facepalm***

[@thindarella]

@@nickithorn1590I do agree that chocolate chips are not the best option and personally wouldn’t eat them everyday but oats in general (except you buy the express ones) are so good for you! There are good and bad carbs and oats are amazing for breakfast.

[@whatplanetareweon2375]

Oats are cereals...

[@tilapiadave3234]

Oats are horse food ,, give them HUMAN food

[@corinaspfx]

i love your content so much steven and i miss a lot of interviews due to the click bait tag lines and the outrageous visuals on the thumbnails they put me off and i have to force myself to watch, i end up loving it but my first impression is always aversion just wanted to let you and your team know otherwise, i love your work so much. thank you for being a gift to us all ❣

[@lolitaseraph]

I feel exactly the same!!!! I think they have to market to the lowest denominator

[@corinaspfx]

@@lolitaseraph what a bummer, hopefully the team reconsiders 🌈

[@Brenda-qe2ug]

What a brilliant video.

[@gee-fe2sq]

As someone who suffers from Crohns and is low income. It’s extremely difficult and expensive to eat healthy. This video was scary asf turns out what I thought was a relatively healthy isn’t

[@antb3334]

Crohns sooo easy to reverse and heal 100%. 3-6months on a carnivore diet and you’ll be healed. Old hat :)

[@antb3334]

@@peter5.056heal with carnivore

[@gee-fe2sq]

@@peter5.056 could you elaborate on intact starches. Do you mean just high start food like oats etc. what about meats and dairy. I’m trying to gain as much weight as possible due to a recent flare cause weight loss.

[@daisydot5441]

Bread Coke and cereal are not the foundation of my diet. If I haven’t heard of an ingredient or can’t pronounce it I avoid it. Home cooking isn’t hard.

[@Mypenleaks]

Excellent informative information. Broccoli is the bestttttt

[@SamSam-qm1li]

No bro, it's not about whether you're rich or poor. it's about being health conscience

[@cudgee7144]

You stated you have " No Interest In Personal Responsibility " , then my friend you are part of the problem. It is now engrained in us as a society to not take responsibility for any of our actions and to make excuses and blame someone else. So to say you have no interest in personal responsibility is irresponsible in itself and part of the problem.

[@barb4645]

You’ve made one of the best comments on this matter. This Doctor is utterly patronising and politically motivated. My working class, poor granny took absolute personal responsibility during and after the war for cooking from scratch with very basic but cheap, fresh ingredients. It’s a cultural thing as you say.

[@SocialStoicYouTube]

Why does this clip feel like it’s an hour long?! I’m genuinely confused

[@karlmasters3804]

3/4 through watching this i get a dominos pizza advert pop up lol

[@GLOTONADA]

Can he put a link to the sources or human randomized control trials where he is getting this info from, thank you.

[@petervlcko4858]

I eat fruit, animals organ meat, skin, bones, meat, eggs, dairy. Seafood and fish. Bread/rice very rarely hence I am in Spain now. I have zero need for toxic food. It is just plain bs to buy potatoes crisps which cost more then liver on weight or high quality chorizo. I eat also some beans here and there. Most of the time I cook with lard but I have also expensive olive oil which is considered pretty stable plant fat against oxidation. So I am fine by now. And I have had zero sunburn in this sunny country this year.

[@Manjunn]

Food is such a vital part of any living organism's life experience. On the human level, we had to hunt, gather, raise, grow, cultivate, and cook food. There are absolutely ZERO excuses for ANYONE in this day and age to not be able to do the very last step of cooking. When I say cook, heating packaged food does NOT count! Cooking is a form of alchemy in which you combine ingredients with elements to create something out of the two. People get it too twisted when they think "Oh I have to cut XYZ out of my diet", you don't need to cut anything out aside from PRE-PROCESSED foods. Wanna eat chips/fries/crisps? Grab a potato, slice it, dice it, julienne it, and add to hot oil. "Foods" are not the enemy, it's the source.

[@etops.flight]

Food is medicine if you eat the right foods

[@satusmith738]

Never seen a salad bars in Uk.They very popular here Finland.

[@smithasureshholisticnutrit6287]

I would rethink milk as well. Not everyone can tolerate it and it's not just the lactose but the proteins which are inflammatory. Milk has also been linked with poor bone health in all age groups. Secondly, the expert mentioned that nutritional supplements are not effective in the context of food fortification. Whole food supplements are very effective at boosting health versus synthetically produced versions of all the nutrients we need. The cheapest versions of the latter are what go into mass produced food. These are harmful.

[@johnmitchell2269]

We all know that sugar is bad for us. But I was hoping to hear about oils. How bad is Vegetable oil? Sunflower oil? Canola oil? Oily fish is recommended, but what about cooking using oil? Some foods taste better shallow fried than baked or grilled. What oils are used in jarred sauces? Like pasta sauce. Or curry sauce in a jar. There is an American doctor on KZbin (I forget the name) who says to not eat *anything* that contians flour. So no pasta, no bread. What is so bad about flour?

[@DayuhansDiary]

Agree. I’ve removed all vegetable oils (seed oils really) from my diet except for cold first pressed extra virgin olive oil. Otherwise I use animal fat. Maybe the dr in question is carnivore md or Shawn baker md ?

[@eilisniaisi5954]

How is sugar on its own bad for us? Doesn't every cell in the body run on the stuff?

[@DayuhansDiary]

@@eilisniaisi5954 watch some videos on becoming ‘fat adapted’. I’ve eaten zero sugar in the last 8 months and I’m thriving.

[@NamelessSmile]

​@@DayuhansDiaryCarnivore MD is a well known Charlatan

[@blydnhvghn]

There is a tool, the internet. You can visit a browser and search for information- this is called doing research. You can answer all your own questions doing this.

[@Johnnygstring]

Why would the food industry give a shit about it's customers, the long term implications of selling thier products is paid for by thier own customers via taxation. Win win

[@Yaarrr]

Saying poor people are forced to eat junk food is a load of toss. Pasta, rice, tuna, mince, vegetables etc. are all cheap as chips. Cheaper even.

[@futurez12]

Mince and tuna are 'cheap as chips'??? I'm lost for words. Even vegetables aren't cheap these days!

[@annasutton8078]

Bake your own bread, cook from fresh, it can be done if you really want to. I was taught to cook at school which helps.

[@BSimpson1998]

Saying his children eat a ton of UPF but he draws the line at fizzy juice may be beneficial to their teeth but certainly not their overall health.

[@geraldeneirisgussin5929]

I live in countryside, there is only one shop. You say what not to eat, good. I have bad stomach issues and lots of stuff i cannot eat,example, tomatoes or milk. So what can i eat that is available in a basic shop not selling for instance avocados or anything fancy.

[@paulkazjack]

Ive got pork chops tonight, cooked on my grill! With grilled tomato too. Keto is good for you.

[@freestyleliving4145]

I love my topocico sparkling water hopefully carbonation ain't bad

[@azzystyle94]

My diet consist of: Morning: coffee with collagen and creamer (no seed oils, 5g of sugar) Then either 3-4 cage free eggs and steak (usually grass fed) or thick cut bacon. I cook in animal fat or ghee. The butter I use when I use bacon grease is pure Irish butter. Doing this for a year and I've lost 50 lbs and went from a size 36 down to a size 30

[@tspencer661]

Has anyone watched the full episode of this? Does van Tulleken mention food deserts here in the US? A lot of communities don’t have grocery stores. All they have is fast food and convenience stores.

[@tspencer661]

@@peter5.056 Not everyone in the US has a bank account or credit card. They pay for everything with cash. How can these people purchase food online? Not everyone in the US has a car or access to swift transportation. Some people have to take multiple buses to go to and from the grocery store. This makes it harder to have access to healthy food.

[@larry6597]

Asking for an alternative to diet coke. There's this liquid coming out of your faucet

[@serenitylumbard1888]

OK " rich people don't eat bad food " is BULLSHIT. Lol. I've been around plenty of millionaires with their fridges full of all good food and you can find them in the McDonald's drive through.......perhaps a better way to say it is rich people have more money to afford the right food.....oh and also poor person here that eats all good. Please stop with such sweeping generalizations....you CAN be POOR ( gasp!) AND be smart .....great topic and not trying to be a brat but eating healthy is possible for everyone. What the real issue is I think is the addictive chemicals in so much food.....no matter your income level we all can fall prey to addiction

[@jesschuo]

He's not trying to offend, rather a lot of average people are unaware that how to be healthy is correlated with buying expensive raw foods that are harder to obtain. What the average person is aware of is key.

[@jesschuo]

As well as the fact that poor people are systematically targeted by location to be in range of more junk food. There's no judgement for eating anything a person wants , wealthy people also do things to their advantage often

[@ronh1850]

Do rich people eat junk food? Sometimes sure. But for most of them that's the exception not the rule. Poor people have no option but to eat poor quality food nearly all of the time. That's the difference.

[@repcek22]

I agree you can eat healthy on a budget, my family was poor and we cooked meals just from simple whole ingredients (but it really depends where you live) In general poor people tend to have bad habits, which can be related to eating unhealthy etc. They have less education and ultra-processed offer convenience which is hard to resist. This is a big problem in 3rd world countries where people are in general less educated. These big companies prey on them. I agree with the underlying message of the video.

[@tkspiece2310]

But which rich people are you talking about. Maybe in America, but in places like UK, France etc in Western Europe, anyone with disposable income and above don't live on McDonalds and junk, in fact they are looked down upon. That doesn't mean they don't eat high calorie food, but it's more likely good ingredients, lots of fats, proteins, basically the more expensive foods and those tend to be less ultra-processed and junk. Plus with more information coming out about nutrition, rich people in the Europe make the switch super quickly (a lot of them never even ate junk in the first place).

[@sainiamarjeet]

curd/yogart is better alternative to activmel

[@JaneMarshall68]

Drink milk??? Really... Why? Haven't you done research on that?

[@fourninemarketing]

I’m statistically in the top 10% of UK earners and I love a Burger King, KFC, or McDonald’s now and then. I don’t come away thinking “oh my god, I’ve ruined my life, what have I done?”. There are a lot of exaggerators and doomsday merchants out there. Enjoy everything in moderation and you’ll be fine.

[@fourninemarketing]

Just to add, I’m 5’9” and around 73kg. I exercise five times a week, have a generally good diet and regularly get 7-8 hours sleep. Stop demonising people for liking a fucking burger now and again.

[@paulkazjack]

Im in the top 5% of uk earners and i love eating burgers.

[@Streleny]

No. Veg u can buy everywhere .

[@clkb8277]

Disagree with the actimel, it won’t rot your teeth and it has many cultures that help your gut.

[@etops.flight]

A doctor that teaches us to avoid UPF’s but himself eats them and allows his kids to consume them too! Contradicts himself when talking about sugar, one minute it’s bad and then the next it’s manageable.

[@keywestfan2503]

Diet soda is low hanging fruit imo. There is no compelling evidence it is necessarily “bad”. And if it keeps people from drinking regular soda, it’s an acceptable trade off Now, I’m not suggesting one drink 14 cans a day, but an occasional diet soda doesn’t move the needle much in terms of adverse effect. There are no compelling data that diet soda BY ITSELF causes weight gain. I would argue if one ate a solid clean whole food diet AND drank some diet soda, they would lose weight…