Babies Eat One Thing, So Why Is It So Hard To Feed Them?

August is breastfeeding month. And this year it hits different. We have faced a severe shortage of infant formula, with an out-of-stock rate surging to 70%. While it's easy to say ""just breastfeed!"" — not everyone can breastfeed for a variety of reason, and we don’t exactly make it easy for working mothers.

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The Founder of Impossible Foods Doesn’t Care About Food— He Just Wants To Stop Climate Change

Patrick Brown, founder of Impossible Foods, doesn’t care about food. He just wants to stop climate change. And he knows the best way to halt global warming is to ditch meat from animals. A former Stanford Professor, Patrick Brown started Impossible Foods at age 60 and has helped grow it to a multi-billion dollar company and household name. In this episode, we talk about his journey to save the planet and human health, and how food is just the vessel for that mission.

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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 mindblowing results. In this episode, Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, board-certified gastroenterologist and author of NYT best-seller, Fiber Fueled, talks about his journey from helping himself to helping others. Follow Dr. B on Instagram at @TheGutHealthMD.

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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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