Dr. Chris Palmer

It's really about excess carbohydrates.

Exactly. Yeah. And we also, actually, I would like to share a story about this. Just during the era of COVID, since we're in it.

Exactly. Yeah. And we also, actually, I would like to share a story about this. Just during the era of COVID, since we're in it.

Exactly. Yeah. And we also, actually, I would like to share a story about this. Just during the era of COVID, since we're in it.

You know, just to give context as to, you know, why I wrote about this and why I'm working on this as well and continuing to feel, you know, motivated to continue to do my work is fascinating. The shelter-in-place order had come a couple of months back for my county, and I'm in California. I live in Menlo Park.

You know, just to give context as to, you know, why I wrote about this and why I'm working on this as well and continuing to feel, you know, motivated to continue to do my work is fascinating. The shelter-in-place order had come a couple of months back for my county, and I'm in California. I live in Menlo Park.

You know, just to give context as to, you know, why I wrote about this and why I'm working on this as well and continuing to feel, you know, motivated to continue to do my work is fascinating. The shelter-in-place order had come a couple of months back for my county, and I'm in California. I live in Menlo Park.

When it was announced, my husband, he's an infectious disease physician at Stanford, and I'm a psychiatrist and a medicine physician, as you know. mentioned, we both felt doubly invested in this pandemic. We went to our neighborhood Safeway grocery store and we saw many people loading up their carts with Pop-Tarts, Hawaiian Punch, popcorn, anything ultra processed basically.

When it was announced, my husband, he's an infectious disease physician at Stanford, and I'm a psychiatrist and a medicine physician, as you know. mentioned, we both felt doubly invested in this pandemic. We went to our neighborhood Safeway grocery store and we saw many people loading up their carts with Pop-Tarts, Hawaiian Punch, popcorn, anything ultra processed basically.

When it was announced, my husband, he's an infectious disease physician at Stanford, and I'm a psychiatrist and a medicine physician, as you know. mentioned, we both felt doubly invested in this pandemic. We went to our neighborhood Safeway grocery store and we saw many people loading up their carts with Pop-Tarts, Hawaiian Punch, popcorn, anything ultra processed basically.

And they weren't loading up their carts with fresh vegetables or, you know, they were out of cookies at the grocery store.

And they weren't loading up their carts with fresh vegetables or, you know, they were out of cookies at the grocery store.

And they weren't loading up their carts with fresh vegetables or, you know, they were out of cookies at the grocery store.

And toilet paper, exactly. And there were still, you know, produce left in the store. It wasn't like they ran out of produce.

And toilet paper, exactly. And there were still, you know, produce left in the store. It wasn't like they ran out of produce.

And toilet paper, exactly. And there were still, you know, produce left in the store. It wasn't like they ran out of produce.

No. Here I was at the checkout counter and I was thinking to myself, staring at the person's cart in front of me that was full of the recreational food, as I mentioned, the food that's not necessary for survival and detrimental to our health. I thought to myself, this is certainly not preparing them for the pandemic. or helping their immune system and if anything, weakening it.

No. Here I was at the checkout counter and I was thinking to myself, staring at the person's cart in front of me that was full of the recreational food, as I mentioned, the food that's not necessary for survival and detrimental to our health. I thought to myself, this is certainly not preparing them for the pandemic. or helping their immune system and if anything, weakening it.

No. Here I was at the checkout counter and I was thinking to myself, staring at the person's cart in front of me that was full of the recreational food, as I mentioned, the food that's not necessary for survival and detrimental to our health. I thought to myself, this is certainly not preparing them for the pandemic. or helping their immune system and if anything, weakening it.

And this is our local Safeway. This is the heart of Silicon Valley. So in this context, it wasn't about affordability or access. That is what motivated me to kind of get that public message out on this topic.