Dr. Casey Means

And a real premise that I think is so important to realize is that our cells are brilliant.

And if the cells aren't getting what they actually need to function properly, they will drive you to eat until they get their needs met.

Unfortunately, because

the ultra-processed food is designed to be highly addictive and it's devoid of what the cells actually need for good function, we end up eating ourselves into a grave.

And now almost 80% of Americans are overweight or obese.

Close to 50% of the country is obese.

We literally gloss over this as a culture.

It has become so normal in such a short amount of time.

But I always think about the fact that like

There are really no other animal species in the world that have obesity and chronic disease epidemics.

And they don't have social media.

They don't have experts.

They don't have PubMed.

They don't have the FDA.

They don't have the USDA.

They don't have any of it.

And they have somehow figured out a way to stay at a healthy weight and to not get heart disease.

And it's because they're eating real food that meets the needs of their cells.

And so...

I think to just boil that down, the root cause of the problem is that we have a toxic food supply that's no longer filled with the molecular information that our body needs to know to be satiated and to function properly.