152. The Dorito Effect: The Origin of Food Cravings & How To End Them - Mark Schatzker
This week I'm blessed to have Mark Schatzker, author of the Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food & Flavor and The End of Craving on the show. We dive deep into how chemically altering food through "flavoring" has unfortunately altered are brain chemistry and is probably a main driver towards the obesity epidemic. Why do we have flavor in the first place? Why are Italians in Northern Italy eating pasta, pizza, pork fat, cheese, the same macronutrient profile as those in the Southern United States, yet obesity in Italy is minuscule? We talk about how enriching and fortifying your food is making you fat and the neuroscience behind food cravings and how to prevent or end it.
Definitely go out and pick up any of Mark's books to learn more and go in depth about these topics, as he goes into far greater detail in the books. Mark's first book Steak: One Man's Search For The Tastiest Beef, like all his books is sure to open your eyes to the food industry and make you question many of the things you might not be aware of.
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Timeline
2:00 - What is the Dorito Effect
5:30 - Why does food have flavor?
7:20 - Why he wrote the End of Craving
10:15 - Why Italians eat the same as American Southerners, yet aren’t obese?
17:00 - Why wine is good for you and can prevent Vitamin B deficiency
21:09 - Why are B-Vitamins making you fat?
26:30 - Why even healthy zero calorie sugar is still making you fat
33:30 - Why we have cravings in the first place?
38:00 - The brain science of obesity & how uncertainty increases obesity
43:44 - What do we do to end cravings and obesity?
51:23 - Lightning Round Questions
Other Resources Links
Mark Schmatzer Website
Books Recommended
John McPhee - Piece of the Frame
Bill Bryson - A Brief History of Everything