Back to episode — Episode 2271 Scott Adams - CWSA 10/24/23
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of science that somebody paid a lot of money to do a study, but it would have been easier just to ask me my opinion because you would have got the same answer. Let me give you an example. A study says that 14% of adults and 12% of children show signs of addiction to ultra-processed foods, which are high in sugar and carbs, and this addiction can be as strong as alcohol and tobacco. And it's all ab…
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llpower. I will eat fewer calories and boom, I'm done, I lose weight. Doesn't work. And people for hundreds of years keep being confused. Well, why isn't it working? It's so simple. Just willpower and calories. Well, it's because the reframe is this: you are fighting an addiction. You're not dealing with willpower or calories. You have an addiction. And it's because modern food has been engineere…
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