Ultra-processed food
Subject in Nutrition
Ultra-processed food has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Huberman Lab. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Michael PollanJournalist and author of How to Change Your Mind
Pollan argues that corn subsidies drive diabetes, so government supports both the cause and treatment of the disease.
“we subsidize corn, which gives us high fructose corn syrup, which gives us diabetes”
Huberman Lab: What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:38:25
Pollan argues that U.S. agriculture remains centered on corn and soy, the building blocks of harmful ultra-processed food.
“we still have a agriculture that is all about growing corn and soy, which are the building blocks of ultra processed food, which is making us sick and killing us”
Huberman Lab: What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael Pollan (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:34:53
Podcasts
- Huberman Lab · 1 episode
Episodes
What Humans, Animals and Plants Tell Us About Consciousness | Michael PollanHuberman Lab · Sep 28, 2026 · 2 h 3 min
Andrew Huberman and author Michael Pollan discuss consciousness, plant intelligence, the microbiome, psychedelics, food politics and Pollan's experiment quitting caffeine.