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There are three simple things that you can do to dramatically affect your health... Markedly reduce fast carbs, lower LDL, and engage in moderate-intensity exercise to keep your insulin sensitivity.

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To Reduce LDL Particle Count & Heart Disease Risk, Limit Fast Carbs & Saturated Fats

By the year 2030... one in two adults are going to be obese—not just overweight, but obese.

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By 2030, Half of Adults Will Be Obese

The most effective diet to reduce LDL is a vegetarian diet—that reduces LDL by about, on average, it can reduce it 40% or so.

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To Reduce LDL Particle Count & Heart Disease Risk, Limit Fast Carbs & Saturated Fats

The best way to treat a diabetic is to put them on a low-carb diet.

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Reduce Bread Consumption If You're Trying to Lose Weight

Nuts have a significantly lower calorie burden than was previously thought. Cashews... have about 16% fewer calories; walnuts have 21% fewer; almonds have 32% fewer.

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Nuts Have a Lower Calorie Burden Than Previously Thought

Reduce fast carbs, lower your LDL, engage in moderate-intensity exercise—boy, we can become much healthier if we focus on those three takeaways.

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Exercise Helps Maintain Insulin Sensitivity & Weight Loss

If you can get LDL and LDL-C down... certainly below 100—and if you have risk factors, down to 70—that's the real goal.

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Your LDL Cholesterol Should Be <100

The vast majority of our bodies are in metabolic chaos. Only about 12% of us are metabolically healthy when you look at basic guidelines for weight, your blood lipids, or blood pressure.

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Excess Rapidly Absorbable Glucose Adversely Affects Metabolic Health

If we can get everyone's LDL down in this country, we could basically see the vast majority of atherosclerotic heart disease disappear.

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To Reduce LDL Particle Count & Heart Disease Risk, Limit Fast Carbs & Saturated Fats

The other thing that is absolutely clear... You can't maintain any weight loss without exercise.

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Exercise Helps Maintain Insulin Sensitivity & Weight Loss

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By 2030, Half of Adults Will Be Obese

0:37 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

You Can't Be Healthy at Any Size

2:03 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Reduce Bread Consumption If You're Trying to Lose Weight

2:08 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Processed Foods Are Absorbed Higher in the GI Tract, Causing Hyperinsulinemia

2:50 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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Processed Foods Cause Insulin Resistance, No Matter Your Weight

5:16 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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Max Recommends Dr. Kessler's Book, 'Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs'

2:08 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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Compared to Other Countries, US Nutrition Facts Labels Are More Practical

0:48 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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As FDA Commissioner, David Instituted the Nutrition Facts Label

2:58 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

What Does Living a Genius Life Mean to Dr. David Kessler?

1:12 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Americans Are Conditioned to Overeat Processed Foods

2:24 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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Fibrous Foods Lower LDL Cholesterol By Trapping It in the Gut

2:42 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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Vegetarian Diets Lower LDL Cholesterol

1:37 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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Your LDL Cholesterol Should Be <100

1:06 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Excess Rapidly Absorbable Glucose Adversely Affects Metabolic Health

2:17 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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Exercise Helps Maintain Insulin Sensitivity & Weight Loss

1:59 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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People Born Without LDL Particles Have No Cardiovascular Disease

0:55 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

The Lower Your LDL, the Lower Your Cardiovascular Disease Risk

2:20 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Nutrition Labels Don't Depict the Adverse Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods

1:06 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

100% of Processed Food Calories Are Absorbed

1:36 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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Nutrition Facts Labeling Laws Almost Didn't Manifest

1:49 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Nuts Have a Lower Calorie Burden Than Previously Thought

2:20 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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Cut Out Processed Foods Before Going Organic

1:13 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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Fat, Salt, & Sugar Added to Starch Make Processed Foods Hyper-Palatable

1:23 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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Americans Consume Most of Their Calories from Sugar & Starch

2:41 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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Fast Carbs: Sugar & Starch; Slow Carbs: Vegetables & Legumes

2:30 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

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To Reduce LDL Particle Count & Heart Disease Risk, Limit Fast Carbs & Saturated Fats

5:43 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

nutrition health

Nutrition Labels Don't Depict Food Processing Information

0:53 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

food

By 2030, Half of Adults Will Be Obese

0:37 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

You Can't Be Healthy at Any Size

2:03 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Reduce Bread Consumption If You're Trying to Lose Weight

2:08 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Processed Foods Are Absorbed Higher in the GI Tract, Causing Hyperinsulinemia

2:50 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Processed Foods Cause Insulin Resistance, No Matter Your Weight

5:16 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Max Recommends Dr. Kessler's Book, 'Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs'

2:08 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Compared to Other Countries, US Nutrition Facts Labels Are More Practical

0:48 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

As FDA Commissioner, David Instituted the Nutrition Facts Label

2:58 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

What Does Living a Genius Life Mean to Dr. David Kessler?

1:12 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Americans Are Conditioned to Overeat Processed Foods

2:24 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Fibrous Foods Lower LDL Cholesterol By Trapping It in the Gut

2:42 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Vegetarian Diets Lower LDL Cholesterol

1:37 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Your LDL Cholesterol Should Be <100

1:06 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Excess Rapidly Absorbable Glucose Adversely Affects Metabolic Health

2:17 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Exercise Helps Maintain Insulin Sensitivity & Weight Loss

1:59 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

People Born Without LDL Particles Have No Cardiovascular Disease

0:55 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

The Lower Your LDL, the Lower Your Cardiovascular Disease Risk

2:20 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Nutrition Labels Don't Depict the Adverse Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods

1:06 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

100% of Processed Food Calories Are Absorbed

1:36 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Nutrition Facts Labeling Laws Almost Didn't Manifest

1:49 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Nuts Have a Lower Calorie Burden Than Previously Thought

2:20 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Cut Out Processed Foods Before Going Organic

1:13 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Fat, Salt, & Sugar Added to Starch Make Processed Foods Hyper-Palatable

1:23 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Americans Consume Most of Their Calories from Sugar & Starch

2:41 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Fast Carbs: Sugar & Starch; Slow Carbs: Vegetables & Legumes

2:30 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

To Reduce LDL Particle Count & Heart Disease Risk, Limit Fast Carbs & Saturated Fats

5:43 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

Nutrition Labels Don't Depict Food Processing Information

0:53 · 109: How Processed Foods Are Destroying Your Health | David A. Kessler, MD - David A. Kessler MDview episode

By 2030, Half of Adults Will Be Obese

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