Sal Di Stefano

Yeah, the obesity, poor health, under-muscled, this one, no one talks about this, the under-muscled epidemic. This is the silent epidemic. Just to back this up before we get on to a little bit of what you're talking about. When you look at the data on type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, a majority of the people that suffer from those things are overweight or obese.

Yeah, the obesity, poor health, under-muscled, this one, no one talks about this, the under-muscled epidemic. This is the silent epidemic. Just to back this up before we get on to a little bit of what you're talking about. When you look at the data on type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, a majority of the people that suffer from those things are overweight or obese.

Yeah, the obesity, poor health, under-muscled, this one, no one talks about this, the under-muscled epidemic. This is the silent epidemic. Just to back this up before we get on to a little bit of what you're talking about. When you look at the data on type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, a majority of the people that suffer from those things are overweight or obese.

But there's a sizable minority to the tune of tens of millions of people who are not overweight or obese, and yet they're getting type 2 diabetes or heart disease or cancers. What's going on here? They're under-muscled. They don't have healthy, strong muscle. Muscle is a metabolically active tissue. It's an organ, if you will, of the body.

But there's a sizable minority to the tune of tens of millions of people who are not overweight or obese, and yet they're getting type 2 diabetes or heart disease or cancers. What's going on here? They're under-muscled. They don't have healthy, strong muscle. Muscle is a metabolically active tissue. It's an organ, if you will, of the body.

But there's a sizable minority to the tune of tens of millions of people who are not overweight or obese, and yet they're getting type 2 diabetes or heart disease or cancers. What's going on here? They're under-muscled. They don't have healthy, strong muscle. Muscle is a metabolically active tissue. It's an organ, if you will, of the body.

And poor muscle health, weak muscles, weakness in general, is a great predictor of all-cause mortality. There's a grip strength test that you could do And there's lots of studies on this. By the way, your grip strength is just a proxy for overall body strength. If you have low strength, that's a better predictor of all-cause mortality than almost any other single metric you can test.

And poor muscle health, weak muscles, weakness in general, is a great predictor of all-cause mortality. There's a grip strength test that you could do And there's lots of studies on this. By the way, your grip strength is just a proxy for overall body strength. If you have low strength, that's a better predictor of all-cause mortality than almost any other single metric you can test.

And poor muscle health, weak muscles, weakness in general, is a great predictor of all-cause mortality. There's a grip strength test that you could do And there's lots of studies on this. By the way, your grip strength is just a proxy for overall body strength. If you have low strength, that's a better predictor of all-cause mortality than almost any other single metric you can test.

So the under-muscled epidemic is the silent epidemic that's kind of running under this obesity epidemic. But to go back to what you were saying, it's a very complex problem. But if I had to pick one thing that I could put the chronic health and obesity epidemic squarely on top of, if I had to pick one thing, it would be these engineered ultra-processed foods.

So the under-muscled epidemic is the silent epidemic that's kind of running under this obesity epidemic. But to go back to what you were saying, it's a very complex problem. But if I had to pick one thing that I could put the chronic health and obesity epidemic squarely on top of, if I had to pick one thing, it would be these engineered ultra-processed foods.

So the under-muscled epidemic is the silent epidemic that's kind of running under this obesity epidemic. But to go back to what you were saying, it's a very complex problem. But if I had to pick one thing that I could put the chronic health and obesity epidemic squarely on top of, if I had to pick one thing, it would be these engineered ultra-processed foods.

In fact, if you use the same criteria that they developed to describe the addictive properties of tobacco back when we realized how bad tobacco was for us, if you use that same criteria, ultra-processed foods fit perfectly. within that. They are addictive. They are designed and engineered in ways that make them completely irresistible. Don't believe me? Look around. Or how about this?

In fact, if you use the same criteria that they developed to describe the addictive properties of tobacco back when we realized how bad tobacco was for us, if you use that same criteria, ultra-processed foods fit perfectly. within that. They are addictive. They are designed and engineered in ways that make them completely irresistible. Don't believe me? Look around. Or how about this?

In fact, if you use the same criteria that they developed to describe the addictive properties of tobacco back when we realized how bad tobacco was for us, if you use that same criteria, ultra-processed foods fit perfectly. within that. They are addictive. They are designed and engineered in ways that make them completely irresistible. Don't believe me? Look around. Or how about this?

Put yourself in a room surrounded by these foods. See how long your willpower lasts. So not avoiding those is setting yourself up for failure. It's like being an alcoholic and working in a bar and saying, I'm never going to have a drink.

Put yourself in a room surrounded by these foods. See how long your willpower lasts. So not avoiding those is setting yourself up for failure. It's like being an alcoholic and working in a bar and saying, I'm never going to have a drink.

Put yourself in a room surrounded by these foods. See how long your willpower lasts. So not avoiding those is setting yourself up for failure. It's like being an alcoholic and working in a bar and saying, I'm never going to have a drink.

These foods, billions and billions of dollars and decades of research has gone into these foods to make them so addictive, so alluring that the only way you could eat the proper amount of calories is if you track your calories. So if you want to live like that, if you want to count every calorie that goes in your mouth and go, oh, I'm done eating for the day. then go ahead and go for it.

These foods, billions and billions of dollars and decades of research has gone into these foods to make them so addictive, so alluring that the only way you could eat the proper amount of calories is if you track your calories. So if you want to live like that, if you want to count every calorie that goes in your mouth and go, oh, I'm done eating for the day. then go ahead and go for it.