Sal Di Stefano

It's more than concentrated calories. These are foods that are highly and expertly engineered to make you overeat. That's the whole point of these foods is long shelf life, high margins. And how do we make them so palatable? that you want more and more and more of this. I've used this example a million and one different times.

It's more than concentrated calories. These are foods that are highly and expertly engineered to make you overeat. That's the whole point of these foods is long shelf life, high margins. And how do we make them so palatable? that you want more and more and more of this. I've used this example a million and one different times.

I had a functional medicine practitioner on our podcast years ago who gave me this wonderful analogy. And he said, you know, imagine sitting at a table with four or five boiled plain potatoes, no salt, no butter. And imagine if I put a stopwatch in front of you for 30 minutes, would you be able to eat them all? And I went, oh, I don't know. That'd be very difficult.

I had a functional medicine practitioner on our podcast years ago who gave me this wonderful analogy. And he said, you know, imagine sitting at a table with four or five boiled plain potatoes, no salt, no butter. And imagine if I put a stopwatch in front of you for 30 minutes, would you be able to eat them all? And I went, oh, I don't know. That'd be very difficult.

I had a functional medicine practitioner on our podcast years ago who gave me this wonderful analogy. And he said, you know, imagine sitting at a table with four or five boiled plain potatoes, no salt, no butter. And imagine if I put a stopwatch in front of you for 30 minutes, would you be able to eat them all? And I went, oh, I don't know. That'd be very difficult.

I'd probably gag after the third potato. And he says, now imagine if I put a family-sized bag of Lay's potato chips in front of you, which contains about the same amount of potatoes. How much easier would it be? Significantly easier. One of them is hyperpalatable. One of them is engineered to make me overeat. The other one, my body's systems of satiety, palate fatigue will kick in.

I'd probably gag after the third potato. And he says, now imagine if I put a family-sized bag of Lay's potato chips in front of you, which contains about the same amount of potatoes. How much easier would it be? Significantly easier. One of them is hyperpalatable. One of them is engineered to make me overeat. The other one, my body's systems of satiety, palate fatigue will kick in.

I'd probably gag after the third potato. And he says, now imagine if I put a family-sized bag of Lay's potato chips in front of you, which contains about the same amount of potatoes. How much easier would it be? Significantly easier. One of them is hyperpalatable. One of them is engineered to make me overeat. The other one, my body's systems of satiety, palate fatigue will kick in.

There's this show called Man vs. Food. I don't know if you've seen this before. I haven't. This guy goes to these different restaurants and does these food challenges. And, you know, like, you know, if you can eat this five-pound burrito, you know, those types of things, right? So he goes to this restaurant. And the food challenge was to eat a kitchen sink of ice cream.

There's this show called Man vs. Food. I don't know if you've seen this before. I haven't. This guy goes to these different restaurants and does these food challenges. And, you know, like, you know, if you can eat this five-pound burrito, you know, those types of things, right? So he goes to this restaurant. And the food challenge was to eat a kitchen sink of ice cream.

There's this show called Man vs. Food. I don't know if you've seen this before. I haven't. This guy goes to these different restaurants and does these food challenges. And, you know, like, you know, if you can eat this five-pound burrito, you know, those types of things, right? So he goes to this restaurant. And the food challenge was to eat a kitchen sink of ice cream.

So they bring out a big kitchen sink full of ice cream and you have to eat it all in a particular amount of time. That's the food challenge. And so that's what he does. He travels around the country and he does these challenges. So he went, did this challenge and he's eating the ice cream and then palate fatigue starts to kick in and he starts to like, oh God, I can't finish this.

So they bring out a big kitchen sink full of ice cream and you have to eat it all in a particular amount of time. That's the food challenge. And so that's what he does. He travels around the country and he does these challenges. So he went, did this challenge and he's eating the ice cream and then palate fatigue starts to kick in and he starts to like, oh God, I can't finish this.

So they bring out a big kitchen sink full of ice cream and you have to eat it all in a particular amount of time. That's the food challenge. And so that's what he does. He travels around the country and he does these challenges. So he went, did this challenge and he's eating the ice cream and then palate fatigue starts to kick in and he starts to like, oh God, I can't finish this.

So understanding palate fatigue, understanding satiety, he, in order to win this challenge, he orders a separate plate of extra salty, extra crispy French fries. Eats those, goes back to the ice cream and is able to finish it. In other words, in order to eat more ice cream, he had to eat more food by hijacking his systems of satiety. This is why you always have room for dessert.

So understanding palate fatigue, understanding satiety, he, in order to win this challenge, he orders a separate plate of extra salty, extra crispy French fries. Eats those, goes back to the ice cream and is able to finish it. In other words, in order to eat more ice cream, he had to eat more food by hijacking his systems of satiety. This is why you always have room for dessert.

So understanding palate fatigue, understanding satiety, he, in order to win this challenge, he orders a separate plate of extra salty, extra crispy French fries. Eats those, goes back to the ice cream and is able to finish it. In other words, in order to eat more ice cream, he had to eat more food by hijacking his systems of satiety. This is why you always have room for dessert.

after a big heavy meal. So the tips that I gave protein, fiber, avoid ultra processed foods, your body will naturally make you eat less without you even realizing. In other words, you're going to be like my clients that come to me and say, I'm eating so much food. I don't know why I'm losing weight.

after a big heavy meal. So the tips that I gave protein, fiber, avoid ultra processed foods, your body will naturally make you eat less without you even realizing. In other words, you're going to be like my clients that come to me and say, I'm eating so much food. I don't know why I'm losing weight.

after a big heavy meal. So the tips that I gave protein, fiber, avoid ultra processed foods, your body will naturally make you eat less without you even realizing. In other words, you're going to be like my clients that come to me and say, I'm eating so much food. I don't know why I'm losing weight.