Best Podcasts for National Nutrition Month
National Nutrition Month® is an annual campaign created 50 years ago in 1973 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. During the month of March, everyone is invited to learn about making informed food choices and developing healthful eating and physical activity habits. This year's theme is "Fuel for the Future." Eating with sustainability in mind is a tasty way to nourish ourselves during every phase of life and protect the environment.
Here are some of our favorite episodes on nutrition:
Instacart CEO Fidji Simo Knows That Food Is Medicine
In this episode, Instacart’s CEO Fidji Simo shares her insights on scaling food as medicine programs, improving nutrition security, and making healthy choices more accessible. Nourishing the community is in Fidji's DNA. She comes from three generations of fishermen in the south of France. A first-generation high school graduate, she has become a prominent and well-respected leader in technology… and now in healthcare too. You are going to love this enlightening episode!
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How Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions
March is National Nutrition Month. In this episode, Pulitzer Prize-Winning investigative journalist Michael Moss discusses how the Big Food industry uses science and marketing schemes to get us addicted to their unhealthy food products, then turns around and sells us diet fads that don't work. Michael Moss is the author of Salt Sugar Fat and Hooked, and was formerly an investigative journalist for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
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Poop: The Fifth Vital Sign
Ten years ago, Dr. B found himself with low self esteem, anxiety, and 50 extra pounds of weight. He turned to his favorite tool from med school -- medical research -- to transform his life through gut health. Combining cutting edge microbiome science with a newfound love of plant-based foods, Dr. B saw mind-blowing results. In this episode, Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, board-certified gastroenterologist and author of NYT best-seller, Fiber Fueled, shares his journey from helping himself to helping others.
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