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The Worst Diet? || Your Food and Your Death

Almost everyone’s diet is out of whack—it’s just a question of how. Nearly every nation fails to get the right balance of nutrients, whether it’s because folks indulge in processed meats and giant sodas or because they lack basic access to nutritious legumes and grains. And according to a new report from the Global Burden…

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Almost everyone’s diet is out of whack—it’s just a question of how. Nearly every nation fails to get the right balance of nutrients, whether it’s because folks indulge in processed meats and giant sodas or because they lack basic access to nutritious legumes and grains. And according to a new report from the Global Burden of Disease Study, these bad diets are responsible for 11 million deaths worldwide. That’s more than any other individual risk factor, including smoking.

Producer/Video by: Jason Lederman, Tom McNamara

Narrator: Jess Boddy

Researchers: Sara Chodosh, Rachel Feltman

Production Assistant: Alex Schwartz

Music: APM Music

Media: Prelinger Archives (archive.org), Pond5

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  1. T York

    May 9, 2019 at 6:24 pm

    Not a single mention about sugar, the leading cause of world wide obesity.

    I’ve seen more science in flat earther videos.

    • Nicholas Ali

      May 9, 2019 at 6:32 pm

      T York I’m sure they didn’t mention it because society will say we’re fat shaming.

    • Mike Schaid

      May 9, 2019 at 11:50 pm

      Sugar is far worse than obesity. The connection to autoimmune diseases is shocking, tooth decay etc. It feeds the bad. I guarantee there’s a connection to cancer as well.

  2. myshoeisonfire

    May 9, 2019 at 6:42 pm

    Whole grains?? Fat is bad?? Really? Lol

    • Anna Liwaj

      May 9, 2019 at 7:53 pm

      that’s what I thought exactly. lol 😀

    • Anthony Butler

      May 10, 2019 at 1:08 pm

      Fat is not bad; it is essential. What is bad is too much fat and particularity too much ‘bad’ fats… But even if you are having too much ‘good’ fats it might be better for you, in the long term, than highly processed foods…

  3. Andrew Thoppil

    May 9, 2019 at 7:25 pm

    I think we can all agree to eat Whole Foods, plenty of fruits and vegetables, and limit processed foods.

  4. Kylie Putney

    May 10, 2019 at 12:49 pm

    Dont forget about legumes/beans! They are super nutritious and when combined with whole grains, make complete plant based protein.

  5. Christopher Bill

    May 10, 2019 at 3:27 pm

    Love the transparency of this. We can’t know for sure, but there’s plenty we have a really good idea about. Whether you like it or not, what you put in your body matters.

  6. Kylie Putney

    May 10, 2019 at 4:06 pm

    Sugar doesn’t cause obesity. Processed sugar is terrible for you because it feeds bad cells but whole sugars/carbs such as fruit, grains, and starches are wonderful fuel for your body which runs primarily on glucose and fat as a back up, resulting in better metabolism. Obesity is caused by the over consumption of bad fats and processed calorically dense and nutritionally void crap we eat. Bad fat is what causes our inability to metabolize sugar causing insulin resistance and eventually diabetes. Bad fat is what is clogging our arteries causing heart disease, (our #1 killer). It’s the rediculous amounts of lard and fat coming from our overconsumption of bad fats ( which are animal products and processed oils). Want to be healthy? Eat whole foods that the planet makes for you. A diet of fruits, veggies, whole grains, and beans is the optimal fuel for the human body. As long as you are eating enough calories you will have greater health. It’s the only diet proven to reverse heart disease. Check out nutritionfacts.org. it was a total life changer for me. Thanks to learning what is actually healthy I’m down 50 pounds and my cholesterol levels (heart attack indicator) are perfect. Hope this helps someone! ✌❤

  7. OlliHazard

    May 11, 2019 at 6:44 pm

    Wow! So these 11 million people wouldn’t die if they didn’t eat? That’s amazing!

  8. kz100

    May 12, 2019 at 2:19 am

    ADM and Con-Agra propaganda

  9. Michael Flynn

    May 12, 2019 at 8:01 am

    Wow she could have made the points of the video in 3 minutes.

  10. Thomas Smith

    May 14, 2019 at 1:28 pm

    Wish this was more specific, as the worst diet would normally include the absolute worst foods, rather than the vague “processed meats”.

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