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With so many dietary supplements to choose from, it’s hard for consumers to sort through marketing claims, assorted ingredients and whether there’s...
- Added: May 23, 2013
- Length: 28:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will ask, "Who is the top predator here?" and, "If certain endangered species do in fact con...
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 04:57
Vervet monkeys usually adopt the food preferences of whatever social group they join.
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 01:00
If you’re curious about where and how our taste preferences originate, and other mysteries about our sense of taste, then Join Food Sleuth Radio h...
- Added: Apr 21, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Where there’s fermentation, there’s culture. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Sando...
- Added: Apr 15, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Energy drinks and red meat contain carnitine, a substance that promotes heart disease with the help of gut bacteria.
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Author/researcher Al Watson explains why Statin drugs are killing us and why the low-fat, high-carb diet is making us fat.
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 58:00
A look at the trend of developing rapidly-aged whiskeys.
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 04:07
- Purchases: 2
In this episode we learn how advances in urban agriculture are providing new access to fresh food. First, how hundreds of tons of fishbones are cle...
- Added: Apr 03, 2013
- Length: 18:33
1... 2... 3... Yeah, that's still OK to eat. It's fun! It's got science! Producer Ruth Eddy's take on "the rule" deserves a listen.
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 02:09
In his well-researched “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us,” Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Moss describes “bliss point” and “mouth feel...
- Added: Mar 21, 2013
- Length: 10:00
In this interview on food security and the environment, Dave Lobell explains the global food system, the monkey-wrench of climate change, and the p...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 33:25
Biologist Peter Vitousek discusses the serious impacts humankind has had on the nitrogen cycle and how that relates to our food system. He expands ...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 26:12
WTIP's Ann Possis spoke Mar. 15 with Dr. Mark Pereira, professor of epidemiology & community health at the U of MN School of Public Health, about a...
- Added: Mar 19, 2013
- Length: 09:52
First, building on a collaborative research project conducted by the NIH and AARP, Dr. John Whyte gives several weight loss plans and advises diet ...
- Added: Mar 19, 2013
- Length: 59:54
What are the risks of introducing genetically engineered fish into our food supply? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda H...
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 28:00
A chemist turned neuroscientist maps the motivational state of hunger
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 14:48
Understanding the chemical composition of tomatoes could help manufacturers decrease the sugar content of processed foods.
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Each year, 10 billion pounds of BPA (Bisphenol A) are produced and put into consumer products, ranging from food and soda cans to cash register rec...
- Added: Feb 11, 2013
- Length: 28:00
SUSO co-host Jodie Buller talks by phone with one of the organizers behind Label It WA, Chris McManus, about ballot measure initiative I-522: "The ...
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 27:09
Michael Hansen, senior scientist at Consumers Union, will discuss Consumer Union’s latest report on antibiotic resistant bacteria found in supermar...
- Added: Jan 20, 2013
- Length: 28:00
A brain imaging study supports growing evidence linking fructose to weight gain.
- Added: Jan 05, 2013
- Length: 01:00
From rising oceans to widespread droughts, we can expect global climate changes to impact how and where we grow our food. Join Food Sleuth Radio h...
- Added: Dec 31, 2012
- Length: 28:00
Bobby speaks with, author and independent health researcher, Matt Stone about his contrarian views in regards to many fad diets and his new book, "...
- Added: Dec 21, 2012
- Length: 41:40
From: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Series: Distillations - A Day in the Life: Morning, Noon, and Night
Series: Distillations - A Day in the Life: Morning, Noon, and Night
We continue the three-part series A Day in the Life, spotlighting the common chemistry of morning, noon, and night. In this episode, a look at the ...
- Added: Dec 20, 2012
- Length: 15:38
