Marty Makary: “This study in JAMA now shows that 60% to 70% of kids are…”

“For decades we've been fed a corrupt food pyramid that has had a myopic focus on demonizing natural, healthy saturated fats, telling you not to eat eggs and steak, and ignoring a giant blind spot. Refined carbohydrates, added sugars, ultra processed food. This study in JAMA now shows that 60% to 70% of kids are getting their calories from ultra processed foods. That's an epidemic. We now have a generation of kids addicted to refined carbohydrates low in protein. They are literally nitrogen negative because we've used old flawed studies that used urine nitrogen to estimate body protein metabolism, and they missed the mark.” (22:00–22:10)

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