Paul Saladino· MD
Ingredients in ultra-processed food create "food noise" in your brain. Food noise causes you to overeat, leading to obesity.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Ingredients in ultra-processed food create "food noise" in your brain. Food noise causes you to overeat, leading to obesity.
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Obesity is not necessarily a failure of willpower. Once you realize that ultrarocessed foods are hijacking your brain, you got to kind of like completely get off because then it'll just get you back on the wagon every time you go back on.