Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
If you don’t want to wait for each video to be released, Dr. Greger compiled all the information into a new book, Ultra-Processed Foods: Concerns, Controversies, and Exceptions (nutritionfacts.org/book/ultra-processed/), available as a softcover, ebook, and audiobook. (All proceeds Dr. Greger receives for all his books are donated directly to charity.)
The biological mechanisms our bodies use to regulate our weight likely evolved in the context of eating at least four or five pounds of food a day.
If you missed the previous videos in this series, check out:
• What Are Ultra-Processed Foods? (nutritionfacts.org/video/what-are-ultra-processed-foods)
• How Bad Are Ultra-Processed Foods? (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-bad-are-ultra-processed-foods)
• Which Ultra-Processed Foods Are the Worst in Driving the Association with Death and Disease? (nutritionfacts.org/video/which-ultra-processed-foods-are-the-worst-in-driving-the-association-with-death-and-disease)
• Do the Health Impacts of Ultra-Processed Foods Apply to Plant-Based Meat Alternatives? (nutritionfacts.org/video/do-the-health-impacts-of-ultra-processed-foods-apply-to-plant-based-meat-alternatives)
• How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Food Additives (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-food-additives)
• How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Industrial Contaminants (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-industrial-contaminants)
• How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Packaging Chemicals (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-packaging-chemicals)
• How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Loss of Phytonutrients (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-loss-of-phytonutrients)
• How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Changes in Texture (nutritionfacts.org/video/how ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-changes-in-texture)
Stay tuned for the rest of this extended video series on ultra-processed foods, coming out over the next several months.
New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/.
Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-calorie-density and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it.
Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-calorie-density. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics.
Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM
Captions for this video are available in several languages; you can find yours in the video settings. View important information about our translated resources: nutritionfacts.org/translations-info
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If you don’t want to wait for each video to be released, Dr. Greger compiled all the information into a new book, Ultra-Processed Foods: Concerns, Controversies, and Exceptions (nutritionfacts.org/book/ultra-processed/), available as a softcover, ebook, and audiobook. (All proceeds Dr. Greger receives for all his books are donated directly to charity.)
The biological mechanisms our bodies use to regulate our weight likely evolved in the context of eating at least four or five pounds of food a day.
If you missed the previous videos in this series, check out:
• What Are Ultra-Processed Foods? (nutritionfacts.org/video/what-are-ultra-processed-foods)
• How Bad Are Ultra-Processed Foods? (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-bad-are-ultra-processed-foods)
• Which Ultra-Processed Foods Are the Worst in Driving the Association with Death and Disease? (nutritionfacts.org/video/which-ultra-processed-foods-are-the-worst-in-driving-the-association-with-death-and-disease)
• Do the Health Impacts of Ultra-Processed Foods Apply to Plant-Based Meat Alternatives? (nutritionfacts.org/video/do-the-health-impacts-of-ultra-processed-foods-apply-to-plant-based-meat-alternatives)
• How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Food Additives (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-food-additives)
• How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Industrial Contaminants (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-industrial-contaminants)
• How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Packaging Chemicals (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-packaging-chemicals)
• How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Loss of Phytonutrients (nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-loss-of-phytonutrients)
• How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Changes in Texture (nutritionfacts.org/video/how ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-changes-in-texture)
Stay tuned for the rest of this extended video series on ultra-processed foods, coming out over the next several months.
New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/.
Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-calorie-density and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it.
Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at nutritionfacts.org/video/how-ultra-processed-foods-could-cause-disease-calorie-density. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics.
Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM
Captions for this video are available in several languages; you can find yours in the video settings. View important information about our translated resources: nutritionfacts.org/translations-info
NutritionFacts.org
• Subscribe: nutritionfacts.org/subscribe
• Donate: nutritionfacts.org/donate
• Podcast : nutritionfacts.org/audio
• Books: nutritionfacts.org/books
• Shop: drgreger.org
• Facebook: facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org
• Twitter: twitter.com/nutrition_facts
• Instagram: instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org
