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Chris Van Tulleken: Why Your Breakfast Is More Dangerous Than Smoking

Chris Van Tulleken: Why Your Breakfast Is More Dangerous Than Smoking6. Okt.22 Min.

What if your morning cereal is slowly killing you faster than a pack of cigarettes? Adrian Wells sits down with infectious disease doctor Chris van Tulleken, who ate nothing but ultra-processed foods for 30 days and watched his body and brain literally change on the scanner.

🎯 What You'll Learn:

• Why ultra-processed foods make up 60% of American calories (and how they're engineered to hijack your hunger signals)

• The shocking brain scan results that showed physical changes after just one month of processed eating

• How people automatically eat 500 more calories per day when given ultra-processed versus whole foods

• The simple way to identify ultra-processed foods in your kitchen right now

👤 Perfect for: lifelong learners and anyone passionate about personal growth who wants to understand what's really on their plate and how it affects their body.

📍 Chapters:

[00:00] Adrian Wells introduces the processed food experiment

[01:45] What counts as ultra-processed (it's more than you think)

[03:30] The 30-day experiment: 14 pounds gained and brain changes

[06:15] Why these foods override your natural hunger signals