“Magic Pill” by Johann Hari

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  • GLP-1 helps us feel full
  • “Snack” and “quick” food started to appear in the mid-70’s
  • “Fresh food rots quickly”
    • Sugar and fat slows bacteria
    • Salt preserves it longer
  • “Processed” food is made to look like “real” food with coloring and agents
  • Chewing breaks our eating enough for brain signals to catch up
  • Artificial sweetener deprives your body of the energy the taste told it to expect
  • High fat and sugar only naturally occurs in breast milk
  • We have highly developed senses of taste which are totally confused in the modern world
  • Diabetes complications are medically much worse than HIV complications
  • GLP-1 stimulants are a medical solution to a societal problem
  • The biological weight set-point is acquired over time
  • “You can’t run off a bad diet.”
  • They tend to dampen all chemical addiction
  • We eat “junk food” as an antidepressant
  • Eating can be because we do not know how to self-soothe
  • “Overweight is overseen”
  • Taking away overeating will expose any underlying mental issues

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