Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Gut Health 101-2 | Ultra-Processed Foods in America

7 Dec 2024 · 0 min

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Short spoken segment from a YouTube video by Aaron Hartman, MD describing high prevalence of processed foods in modern American diets (claims: ~80% processed, ~60% ultra-processed) and contrasting this with ancestral/natural practices such as bitter herbs, fermented foods, and routine fasting present in ancient religions.

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Eighty percent of what Americans are eating now is processed. Sixty percent of what we eat is ultra processed, which means it's not even, like, chemical. It didn't even physically look like real food. And we don't take the natural supports their ancestors took, whether it's bitter herbs, fermented foods. Times of fasting was actually pretty commonplace. Every ancient religion has, like, fasting built in, and now we're learning about fasting.

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