WE ARE WHAT W EAT— EPISODE 2 OF 4

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The Four Disorders: What Modern Food Does to Us (We Are What We Eat, Part 2 of 4)

Obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, depression — four conditions that now define modern healthcare, each with a direct line to the plate. In Part 2 of our series based on Ashok's Substack essay "We Are What We Eat," Ashok and Meera take the four disorders one at a time and follow the evidence: the NIH trial in which ultra-processed diets led people to eat 500 extra calories a day without noticing; how refined carbs wear out the insulin system; why processed food's sodium-up, potassium-down arithmetic raises blood pressure; and the emerging gut-brain science — including the SMILES trial — linking diet and depression. Plus a careful look at additives like emulsifiers, and what the research actually says.

One pattern runs through it all: overprocessing. And one reframe: every one of these conditions has a lever in the kitchen.

📖 Read the full essay: https://ashokv.substack.com/p/we-are-what-we-eat

Key studies mentioned:

• Hall et al., Cell Metabolism (2019) — NIH ultra-processed food trial

• Jacka et al., BMC Medicine (2017) — the SMILES trial

We are what we eat. Eat well — and pay the farmer, not the pharmacy.

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