Big Technology Podcast · Friday, August 14, 2026
Author Yuval Hari states that the obesity crisis is directly linked to the widespread consumption of processed and ultra-processed foods. He explains that these factory-made foods affect the brain differently than natural foods, undermining the body's ability to feel full and signal satiety, leading to overeating.
“And one of the ways it affects us, and one of the most important ways, is processed and ultra-processed food undermines our ability to ever feel full, our ability to ever feel we've had enough and then want to stop eating.”
“We're living in an environment from when we were very young, where we're fed foods that physically change us and undermine our ability to ever feel full, and know when to stop eating.”