Dr. Mark Hyman

Massive, massive change.

Now, they define highly processed food in simple terms.

Refined carbs, added sugars, chemical additives, emulsifiers, dyes, and artificial sweeteners.

This is not so hard to understand, right?

You can read the labels.

You can know what's in there.

Why does this matter?

Well, these foods are heavily subsidized and they're profitable.

And admitting that they're harmful is both

scientifically and politically revolutionary.

Now, the evidence is pretty clear.

Higher amounts of highly processed food in your diet lead to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, early death, and the list goes on.

In fact, there was a big study published, I think over 32 different diseases that these contributed to.

And also there are smaller, shorter-term control trials, we need bigger, longer trials, show that people eat more food and gain more weight on processed diets, even when you're eating the same amount of calories and the same amount of macronutrients, like same protein, fat, and fiber.

So there's a problem here with how these foods affect us, and they're quite different qualitatively.

This finally shifts the conversation from how much you eat to what you eat.

If you focus on what you eat, you don't have to worry about how much you eat.

I never limit the amount of food I eat.

I only focus on what is good for me and my body, and my taste buds have shifted, my cravings are gone, and that's available for anybody.

The second big idea, and this is a big deal, is an emphasis on protein.