Andrew Huberman· PhD
There's a lot of data of why different components of processed food are so bad for us, and so bad for our microbiome.
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
There's a lot of data of why different components of processed food are so bad for us, and so bad for our microbiome.
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And in the cases where they have been studied, it appears that they're problematic. This is... I guess somewhat intuitive when you consider that our body hasn't adapted to a lot of these chemicals that we're exposed to in process food. It doesn't know how to handle them, and therefore, potentially problematic to our long term health.