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    The Food We Can't Stop Eating

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    15 de dez. de 2025
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    A deep dive into ultra-processed foods, flavor manipulation, and longevity science. Exploring why we're addicted to fake food and what centenarians know about eating that we don't.

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    We're consuming about two pounds per person annually of what Schatzker calls 'chemical deception,' where the taste signals don't match the nutritional content, causing our brains to keep searching for the nutrition it expects.

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    Create a podcast for me that overviews the book Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken, and then The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor by Mark Schatzker. Then dive into the books by Eric Topol including Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity and his other works. Compare and contrast these books, highlighting areas they agree and disagree. Provide practical tips for implementing the lessons using Atomic Habits by James Clear and other books.

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    Welcome and Opening: The Food We Can't Stop Eating

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    Topic Introduction and Source Material Setup

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    The Ultra-Processed Revolution: When Food Became Product

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    The Longevity Paradox: What the Science Really Says

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