What Wade Lightheart has said about Ultra-processed food
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 11, 2026
Wade Lightheart, Co-founder of BiOptimizers, plant-based former natural bodybuilding champion and personal trainer, has been quoted on Ultra-processed food once in 1 episode of On Purpose with Jay Shetty, most recently on November 11, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lightheart claims food companies in the 1970s hired food chemists to engineer hyperpalatable foods with chemicals that mimic nutrients to drive consumption.
“so they hired food chemists to start creating these hyper palatable foods and using chemicals that mimicked nutrients”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Matt Gallant & Wade Lightheart: How to Hack Your Sleep and Digestion to Live an Optimized Life (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 2:47
Episodes
Matt Gallant & Wade Lightheart: How to Hack Your Sleep and Digestion to Live an Optimized LifeOn Purpose with Jay Shetty · Nov 11, 2026 · 1 h 22 min
BiOptimizers co-founders Matt Gallant and Wade Lightheart talk with Jay Shetty about processed food, sleep, digestive enzymes, gut health, supplements and age-specific health priorities.
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- Matt Gallant · 1 quote
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