Microplastics in Fish, in Fruit, in Water
Microplastics are in our food from vegetables to fish, from meat to fruit. They are in the air we breathe, and we don’t know what harm they can do
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Red Meat: Is it good or bad? The answer is sometimes
Red meat is every bit as contentious as politics. In this case carnivores vs vegans – here is the latest data with references
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The Carnivore Diet and Myths
The Alaska Native peoples are often cited by the Carnivore diet proponents as an example of people who ate well and had no disease. This is incorrect.
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Fish Oil and Atrial Fibrillation
Fish oil capsules are a multi-billion dollar industry that was just hit with the reality that they may cause more harm than good.
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Breakfast Marketing Myths
Should you eat breakfast? Will it help you lose weight? Will it jumpstart your metabolism? What should you eat for breakfast – bacon and eggs, or cereal. Coffee is always on the menu. But there is more marketing for breakfast leading to more myths and bad science
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Whole Food Myths
The Elitist Food Movements: Local and Whole Foods So what gives the elitist food proponents providence over the food we eat? What are their credentials? You know, the people who tell us we should eat whole food, or local food, or whole local food. What does that mean anyway? That whole group of names that…
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Talking Canned Spam with Simon Majumdar
Canned spam has a long history in the US and is still popular in Hawaii, Guam, and Alaska. Today’s podcast I talk about the history of spam with Simon Majumdar.
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The Beer and Sausage Diet
Drink beer and eat sausages to lose weight. If you think that is the craziest diet in the world, it probably isn’t. But it was done for fun, but as we went through this we discovered that it was quite scientific and fit into the data about how people lose weight and keep it off….
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Food Fables Veganism
There is a myth that if you eat a “plant strong” or vegan diet that you will greatly reduce your risk of heart disease and cancer. Many of these fables come from the book “The China Study.” Today we dissect this book and find it is more con than conversation.
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