The Ty Beal Show Ultra-Processed Foods and the Hidden Damage to Your Body | Marit Kolby, MS
Aug 12, 2025
Marit Kolby, a nutritional biologist and author of "What and When Should We Eat?", dives into the hidden dangers of ultra-processed foods. She reveals how our bodies react to foods like apples versus processed snacks, explaining the disruption to gut health and nutrient absorption. Marit discusses the inflammation caused by additives and the impact of plastic containers on food safety. She emphasizes the importance of whole foods for better health and advocates for a dietary shift to minimize processed items for improved well-being.
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Definition: What Makes A Product Ultra‑Processed
- Ultra-processed products are industrial formulations made by deconstructing foods into extracts and recombining them with cosmetic additives.
- This makes them evolutionarily novel and biologically different from whole foods.
Food As Information, Not Just Calories
- Foods act as information, not just fuel; extracted compounds signal directly to cells and nuclear receptors.
- Microbial metabolites from the gut also act as information and change hunger and metabolic signaling.
Importance Of Food Structure And Cells
- Eating whole food cells releases nutrients gradually and feeds beneficial colon microbes via intact plant cell walls.
- Acellular extracts overload the mouth and gut with free nutrients and favor less beneficial bacteria.