#55 Metabolical Part III - Book Summary

Hello Wise Wordians,Welcome back to another episode of ‘Wise Words Book Summaries’.This week we summarised the final part of “Metabolical’ by Robert Lustig which explores the relationship between processed foods and their overwhelming consequences on our health.In this episode, we touch on topics such as:The criteria for food to be considered ‘processed’Food adulterationsFood subtractionsFood additionsFood addictionsFood fraudHow food fraud is tested and regulatedPossible solutions for solving the processed food epidemicIf any of these topics sound interesting to you then make sure to give it a listen, and if you enjoy what you hear, why not leave us a like, subscribe to our channel, or even better, let us know your thoughts in the comment section below, your feedback means so much to us and helps to improve our podcast.In addition to this, if you fancy implementing any of the actionable ideas we mention in this episode, head on over to our website at wisewords.blog where the ‘Metabolical’ book summary will be waiting for you.Next week we will be summarising ‘Functional Training and Beyond’ by Adam Sinicki so make sure you stay tuned for that.We hope you enjoy it.--------------------------Chapters:00:00:00-Intro00:00:16-Overview00:01:18-Chapter 17 Food Classifications (7 Engineering Criteria for Processed Food)00:11:05-The Super Nova Brazilian Health System00:21:20-Food Adulterations00:21:50-Toxins and Heavy Metals00:25:03-Branched Chain Amino Acids00:29:01-Omega 6 Fatty Acids00:30:11-Cooking Your Goose, How Cooking Can Be Dangerous00:33:25-Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)00:35:08-Dietary Advanced Glycation00:38:22-Chapter 19 Food Subtractions00:38:50-Fibre One or Fibre Zero00:40:34-What happens when we make Juice:00:43:47-Raiding the Goodie Bag:00:50:43-Grass and Omega-3s00:52:33-Chapter 20 Food Additions00:53:00-Germ Theory00:54:24-Flavour Enhancers00:55:06-Diacetyl00:56:03-Potassium 00:56:26-Natural Flavours00:57:03-Emulsifiers00:58:50-Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) and Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT)00:59:17-Propyl Gallate00:59:34-Nitrates and Nitrites00:59:54-Trans-fats01:03:34-Chapter 21 Food Addictions01:04:04-Fast Food Nations (Salt, Fat, Caffeine, Sugar)01:08:27-The Addictive Qualities of Sugar01:11:19-What’s necessary for survival01:12:02-Sugar is a drug01:13:44-Chapter 22 Food Fraud01:15:29-Guilty of Passing Bad Food: The Six Examples of Food Fraud01:15:54-Dilution/ Adulteration01:16:11-Substitution 01:16:32-Intentional contamination/concealment01:16:48-Country of origin01:17:01-Organic01:21:42-Counterfeiting 01:26:40-The Decline of the American Hive01:28:22-Testing for Food Fraud01:30:05-What can you, the consumer, do to protect your health and your wallet from food fraud?01:31:08-Part 5: The US Regulating of Food 01:31:49-FDA and Food vs. Health Claims01:36:09-Chapter 28 The Case for Real Food01:39:07-The 7 Shopping Rules01:41:45-The Seven proposals that could be implemented immediately01:46:15-DebriefIf you enjoyed this podcast make sure to check out our other content on our other platforms:Website: https://wisewords.blog/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wisewords.blog/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wisewordsblogFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WiseWordsBlog