Quote · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Dr. Chris Palmer: Your Diet Could Be Causing Anxiety, Depression & Brain Fog (6 Simple Changes to Make Today)
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Why Your Brain Actually Needs Certain Foods
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Jay Shetty brings personal warmth to what Palmer has just disclosed, framing the food safety scandal as a systemic betrayal of people who have been taught to blame themselves. Palmer agrees wholeheartedly, extending the argument to the US Dietary Guidelines, which to this day contain no mention of ultra-processed foods or artificial additives — because the official assumption is they simply don't matter. [1] — Dr. Chris Palmer "US Dietary Guidelines ignore ultra-processed foods: The US Dietary Guidelines do not mention ultra-processed foods or the thousands of arti…" 17:50 He traces the timeline of scientific awareness, acknowledging that 30 years ago the evidence wasn't there, but insisting that today the epidemiological, animal, and basic science data is more than sufficient to act. The systemic failure is both regulatory and nutritional: people were fed the wrong things as children, told those things were fine, and are now suffering the consequences while being asked to take personal responsibility for conditions that were imposed on them.
