The Diary Of A CEO with Stephen Bartlett – Episode 223

[11:50] It’s not a moral failure – we are designed to overeat these foods.

But our brains are still operating on version 1.0 of the operating system.

You are fighting against millions of years of evolution when you try to moderate against these foods.

[13:09] We live in world in US where 1 in 2 people are trending towards obesity.

1 in 2 people have some kind of glucose dis-regulation (diabetes).

Average adults eats something like 77g added sugar a day – nearly 20 teaspoons.

I try to limit consumption of ultra-processed foods.

[19:49] The food industry has lied to us so many times in the past – it’s totally reasonable to know what’s in your food.

[20:24] As a screening tool – you generally want to avoid ultra-processed foods.

As a diagnostic tool – they’re [ultra-processed foods] not bad all the time.