#1 Cause Of Disease & Weight Gain: You May Never Eat This Food Again | Chris Van Tulleken

Published 2023-12-20
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Chris van Tulleken is an infectious diseases doctor at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London. He trained at Oxford and has a PhD in molecular virology from University College London where he is an Associate Professor. His research focuses on how corporations affect human health especially in the context of child nutrition and he works with UNICEF and The World Health Organisation on this area. As one of the BBC's leading broadcasters for children and adults his work has won two BAFTAs. He lives in London with his wife and two children.

HIs latest book 'Ultra-Processed People' is an eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed food. In it, he travels through the world of food science and a UPF diet to discover what's really going on. Find out why exercise and willpower can't save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies, our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good).

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  • @juliehinkel608
    Changed to real foods and cut out sugars/artificial sweeteners in Feb 2023. Started intermittent fasting. I was 30 pounds overweight, pre-diabetic and always tired. ONE year later down those 30 pounds, all my labs were great. Glucose again totally normal and I have my energy back. I’m 65 so age is not a barrier. Just make ONE change every week. In two months you will have significant changes.
  • @bernadette573
    This is the first time I have heard a doctor be truthful about how doctors treat patients who are obese or overweight. Spent a skinny youth where it was never an issue. After I got dx Hashis where my weight went up no matter what I did, my treatment was disdainful and full of contempt (though not at the endocrinologists). Had a new GP who mentioned my weight suggesting I cut desserts when I hadn't eaten sweets or deserts in a decade...I quit eating, dropped 25 pounds, dr didn't mention it as he still considered me still 'overweight'. Next time I weighed in with shoes, purse, coat and he put on my chart that I had GAINED 10 pounds (when i hadn't, and he has never mentioned the previous loss of 25 by developing a great eating disorder. i completely understand why people stop seeing doctors.
  • @AndrewPawley11
    Chris van Tulleken is an excellent science communicator. His voice deserves to be heard more widely.
  • I threw out my ENTIRE sweet and snacks draw half way through this talk. You two men have successfully turned my addiction into disgust and I can't thank you enough. I have shared your video to all the people dearest to me in hopes it helps them too. Me and my husband will now turn to a whole food diet and I already know this will help us with our physical and mental health. Its heartbreaking how corrupt the mass have become more fixated on profit than health... health is wealth. Education is power. Keep up your work and stay safe, a lot of evil rich men will hate you the more traction your content gains.
  • @omg_wtf
    Lost 27kg this year. At 44 i am now in the best shape of my life. One of the biggest things with losing a large amount of fat is patience. It takes a long time to go on, but people want to try and lose it in a month. Take your time, give yourself a year, and it wont be that hard. Good luck, its the best thing you can do.
  • I’ve lost 52 pounds in 3 years. I walk 5 miles a day, weigh myself every day, intermittent fast, cook most of the time. It’s really being conscious of what I’m doing.
  • There is a "food drink" not sure If I can say the name. It is used in hospitals and prescribed by GP surgery for people who are frail, invalids Ingredients:- Water, maltodextrin, fructose, potassium citrate, sodium citrate, acidity regulator, flavour, sweeteners acesulfame K, sodium saccharine. The only healthy ingredient is the water. Mostly it is sugar and stuff for taste. I then asked for diabetics. They said yes we have food for diabetics. With difficulty I finally managed to get the ingredients. Diabetics can't process sugar Ingredients for DIABETICS. Cows milk proteins, water, MALTODEXTRIN, ISOMALTULOSE, vegetable oils, (rapeseed oil, sunflower oil) GALACTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES, flavouring, emulsifier, magnesium hydroxide, sodium L-ascorbate. Both are are supposed to be for sick frail people. They are mostly sugar, artificial sugars, acidity regulators. seed oils. It would be far healthier Using Full Fat Milk add more cream, liquidise some berries for flavour. (Not too much fruit for diabetics)
  • @etiennelouw9244
    I retired at 63, now 69. 25 Days ago I had to use my much diminished strength. I bought some weights and started exercising a lot, down by 5 kg in this short period. My strength is coming back fast and I am now stronger than my 30 year old son. I will not stop ever again even though it is tough. I am also doing intermittent fasting 16 and half hours, cutting down on carbs as well
  • @reflexxuns767
    I stopped eating any processed foods and sweets over fifteen years ago. I eat clean and cook my own food. I feel kinda like a unicorn as people constantly comment about it. It only makes me feel more committed to what I'm doing. I've studied both holistic and allopathic nutrition for over the past twenty years, and I'm skeptical about what dieticians are currently being taught and what they're teaching in turn, but I digress. At this point, I'm nearly 67 yo, I'm 5'3", weigh 106 lbs. and have no chronic illnesses or diseases. Our diets have such an impact on our health and very lives. I wish more people really understood this.
  • The longer the Ingredient list is, the more you should avoid it. Ingredient list = warning list, especially if you need to decipher what they are unless you have a PhD in chemistry. Thank you for uploading and sharing.
  • @Straycurrent
    I purchased the audiobook version of Chris' ULTRA PROCESSED PEOPLE and have listened twice now. It's loaded with a wider range of content than you would imagine, and Chris expertly explains why it's all relevant. I highly recommend the book.
  • @daydreamer1098
    I have lived in Greece and Spain for 33 years. People just eat real food, no faddy diets, just meat or fish with veg, people buy ingredients and cook. Buy fruit and veg from veg shop, eat seasonally. Great food, no out of a tin or packet. Real food is one of lifes greatest things. Enjoy!!
  • @migmogmoo
    Dr Rangan I think it would be so valuable to people if you could interview “normal” people who manage to achieve a relatively healthy life within their circumstances. I believe there are always little choices we can make, but sometimes a lot of people interviewed on podcasts seem to have quite different choices available to them compared to the general population, and that can feel a bit disempowering. It would be so cool to hear from people who do night shifts, who do manual labour all day, who have two jobs and two kids to look after, who live in one room. Working class people really. To hear how they manage their life, and help us to realise the choices that we actually do have. Some healthy food is cheaper, like in season British potato’s are cheaper than a cheap loaf of bread, the other option doesn’t have to be a £10 soardough loaf
  • @tyler5649
    I've never been asked by a Doctor about what I eat
  • When I switched to eating Organic foods, including wild caught Salmon, more expensive foods, I ate less, stopped fast foods, didn't feel like I needed to eat all the time and saved money on my food costs, besides the health benefits, helped with my finances.
  • @Suburp212
    Sadly, being honest as a doctor often results in the food thugs pressurizing the health authorities to ban them. Excellent interview.
  • @tashasgran
    This last year, I improved my diet and now eat whole foods, grains, fermented foods, less meat and lots of organic veg. However, I now find shopping incredibly hard as I try to read the blurb on the labels. I eat 3 times a day with a 12 hour fast through bedtime and feel extremely fit and healthy. Thanks to all the Doctors and podcasters for pushing this.
  • 3 months ago, we removed plastic food from our diet. His BP is now normal, and blood sugar is nearly perfect. I've treated sugar as an addiction as it's the only way I can leave it alone. This video is fascinating and informative. Thank you as it's given me the drive to keep going.