The 3 Foods That are Worse Than Cocaine | Dr. Casey Means PT 1 (Fan Fave)

Casey Means (0:00)

What up, guys?

Lisa Bilyeu (0:00)

Lisa Bilyeu here. Now, do you ever experience symptoms like tiredness, even if you've had a great night's sleep, or you get anxiety and depression, and you generally feel like utter crap, no matter what you do? You feel like you're drinking the water, you're getting the sleep, you're taking your walks, and yet, you still feel like utter crap. Or, like me, you've had incredible hunger, even when you actually should know that you probably should be full after everything you've just eaten, or things like infertility, even though you're taking care of your damn health, you get joint pain or neck pain or acne, even as an adult. Also, like me, you have gut problems like IBS or SIBO or gluten intolerance or fill in the laundry list of the things that we're struggling with. Well, if you find yourself having any, even one of these symptoms, then, my homie, you gotta listen up, because it can all actually be linked to the three foods you're eating every single day and that you don't even realize. Now, we're covering them right now in today's episode of Women of Impact, so that you can start to feel better about yourself, take freaking control of your life, and then move towards the thing that you really, really want. And the expert here to drop some truly life-changing knowledge on us is my girl, Dr. Casey Means. Now, she's a medical doctor and New York Times bestselling author, and co-founder of a health technology company. And Dr. Casey is a woman on a freaking mission to educate you and me about the root causes of why we feel like we're getting so sick, even if we try to take care of ourselves and our metabolic health. Now, if you don't know what metabolic health is, no worries, guys, because we're going to go deep in this episode to break down all the medical knowledge into simple form and simple terms, so that we have actual tactics that we can use instead of trying to get a dictionary out and actually decipher what these freaking words mean. Now, let me actually share this stat with you. A whopping, massive, 93% of Americans are actually struggling with this metabolic health right now. So statistically speaking, my homie, this is probably you, and that's freaking insane. And on this episode, guys, we are going freaking deep on everything food related so that you know how to eliminate that weight gain, that headache, maybe you're getting menopause symptoms like I am. But I'm telling you, today's guest is going to give us the secrets behind the three foods that we should avoid like cocaine, plus what to eat instead, so that you can give your body that amazing, incredible energy that then leads to us actually showing up, building confidence, setting boundaries, and not letting anyone push us around, so that we can start to live the life we want. Because if you're here listening to Women of Impact, that is what this podcast is all about. Giving you the tools and the tactics for you to live the life you want. And so truly hear me when I say this guys, it doesn't freaking matter how old you are, it is never too late. If you're 20 years old, amazing. Now's the time to actually start to learn the things that we can do to help our body be healthy so that we can move towards that dream.

If you're in your 50s or your 60s or your 70s, it's never too freaking late to change your behavior, that change your life. So I'm telling you, with this episode, you will be able to dramatically improve your life, your longevity, your mindset, and all of those symptoms that are holding you back so that you can start taking ownership and start taking action. That's right. All right guys, I'm Lisa Bilyeu and welcome to Women of Impact.

You say there are three foods that we should avoid like cocaine.

What are those three foods and why on earth is it so dangerous?

Casey Means (3:55)

The three foods that I don't think are fit for human consumption are ultra-processed, industrially-fined seed oils, ultra-processed, refined grains, and ultra-processed, industrially-manufactured added sugars. These are foods that are brand new to our American food supply in the course of human history.

Industrial seed oils didn't even really exist 100 years ago. Now it's the predominant source of calories in the American diet. And these are the backbone of processed foods, which are now making up about 70% of the calories that Americans are eating today. So these three ingredients, if you look at any processed food on the shelves, you're gonna see one of the three of them. And what we know from the data is that the more processed food we're eating, which is filled with added sugars, refined grains, or refined seed oils, the sicker we're getting, for every 10% of calories that we eat from processed foods, every increasing 10%, we have a 16% higher chance of dying, based on studies looking at populations eating ultra-processed food. So we need to get rid of them from our diet. I like to say that ultra-processed foods are an experiment in human history that have totally failed, and we need to relegate them to the annals of history. So added sugars, so these are not the sugars that we're finding in fruit, which are of course surrounded by fiber and micronutrients and polyphenols and all these wonderful things and we're going to adjust them slowly and they're in a limited amount in whole foods. Those are fine. We're talking about essentially science experiments that have been created like high fructose corn syrup. So high fructose corn syrup is now ubiquitous in processed foods, children's foods, sodas, and this was created in 1970s. This is brand new, less than 55 years old, and our consumption of fructose has gone up by some measures 3,000% since high fructose corn syrup was wrought into the food supply. We actually federally subsidized the production of corn, which has turned into a sugar that we know leads to detrimental health outcomes. And it's just in so many different processed foods that are on our shelves. The reason that it is so problematic is because, unlike so many of the calories we eat which make us feel full and promote satiety, fructose is different.