What happens inside your body when you eat a fat bomb

It is Diabetes Awareness Week – so we asked nutritionist Ben Warren to explain what is the worst food in the supermarket and the impact that has on your body.

You might not be surprised at the food he chose – Tim Tams – but you will be shocked as he talks through what happens in your body when you eat them.

This sort of junk food is helping drive the obesity epidemic, and being obese makes you five times more likely to develop diabetes.

What happens inside your body when you eat a fat bomb was last modified: December 15th, 2015 by Gareth Morgan

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Gareth Morgan

Gareth Morgan is a New Zealand economist and commentator on public policy who in previous lives has been in business as an economic consultant, funds manager, and professional company director. He is also a motorcycle adventurer and philanthropist. Gareth and his wife Joanne have a charitable foundation, the Morgan Foundation, which has three main stands of philanthropic endeavour – public interest research, conservation and social investment.