I received this in a newsletter from Nathan Crane:
Here’s something wild:
People ate over 500 extra calories a day on an ultra-processed diet. (Hall et al., 2019 – PubMed)
When food is designed to be extra tempting, your body can end up eating a lot more without you deciding to.
Not because you’re lazy.
Not because you lack willpower.
But the food was designed to override your body’s natural signals.
So if you’ve ever felt like your cravings are out of control, it’s not always a character flaw.
It’s sometimes chemistry.