Hello and welcome to another episode of the Perception Podcast with me your host Caroline Partridge. In today's episode, I talk once again to Ryan Douglas founder of 'Health Wealth' and host of the 'Health Wealth' podcast. Following our first eye-opening conversation about diet and lifestyle, Ryan explains the root cause of 99% of disease and reveals the main driver of modern day obesity. We explore how food companies hack into our subconscious with the clever use of marketing to create desire for ultra processed foods. And we look at our attitudes towards sugar, proven to be more addictive than heroin and alcohol, and yet sugar laden treats are given as rewards to children. Ryan also offers actionable lifestyle tips on how to improve health and explains why good quality sleep is so crucially important for wellbeing. So please join me as we look at life through a different lens.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Food companies use sophisticated marketing techniques including sonic branding and subconscious triggers to create addiction like responses to processed foods
The shift in food industry practices began when tobacco companies acquired food manufacturers in the 1970s, applying similar addiction creating strategies
Inflammation, primarily caused by seed oils and processed foods, is the root cause of most modern lifestyle diseases rather than genetics
Quality sleep is more important than quantity, with 6 hours of deep sleep being more beneficial than 10 hours of poor sleep
Sugar is more challenging to quit than heroin or alcohol according to addiction specialists, yet it's normalised and given to children
About 30% of the population cannot moderate their sugar intake - for these people, complete avoidance may be necessary
The modern trend toward soft, easily consumed foods has led to reduced chewing, impacting oral health and proper digestion
Seed oils, originally used as engine lubricants, create harmful omega-6 to omega-3 ratios in the body, contributing significantly to obesity
BEST MOMENTS
"Genetics can load the gun, but lifestyle pulls the trigger."
"95% of what we do and the decisions we make is our subconscious and only 5% is our conscious."
"They spend millions and millions of dollars on scientists whose sole job is to make that food as addictive to you as they can do."
"If you avoid processed foods and cook food yourself, you're cutting them [seed oils] out."
"When you actually go into a supermarket, apart from in the vegetable section and the meat section, the rest of it is just manmade stuff that is masquerading as food."
ABOUT THE GUEST
Ryan is the founder of Health Wealth and host of the Health Wealth Podcast.
After becoming disillusioned with modern healthcare, and nutritional advice Ryan set out
on a personal journey of discovery into the real truths of nutrition and human health.
Over the next few years he delved deeper and researched further into the topic,
widening his knowledge and expertise in not only how to eat the right foods for health but
also the real causes of modern disease and how to reverse and prevent them using only
diet and lifestyle.
After optimising his own health Ryan decided he wanted to help others and Health
Wealth was born with the goal of not only educating as many as possible on optimal
human nutrition but also working with clients through 1-1 coaching to reverse chronic
health conditions with amazing results! Ryan continues to further his education and has
since qualified as a low carb practitioner specialising in type 1 and type 2 diabetes as
well as a qualification in the treatment of chronic illness through diet and lifestyle.
Socials & Links:
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WPCw6xCj9BgJkw9bPx0HF?
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Website: www.healthwealthuk.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan_healthwealth/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanhealthwealth/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbM6YD42nDsifaN2HxLMb4A
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