What we eat isn't just about taste or health.

It's shaped by a powerful global system that connects farmers, supermarkets, climate and culture.

And that's exactly what you're going to hear about on today's episode.

Hi, I'm Dr. Rupi. I'm a medical doctor and nutritionist.

And when I suffered a heart condition years ago,

I was able to reverse it with diet and lifestyle. This opened up my eyes to the world of food as

medicine to improve our health. On this podcast, I discuss ways in which you can use nutrition

and lifestyle to improve your own wellbeing-being every day. I speak with

expert guests and we lean into the science, but whilst making it as practical and as easy as possible,

so you can take steps to change your life today. Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast.

Today I'm joined by the wonderful Malika Basu.

I honestly remember the first time I was connected with Malika.

She started following me on Instagram years ago when I just started posting.

She doesn't know this, but honestly, she was writing in broadsheet papers.

I'd cooked her recipes.

I'd followed her for years.

And I was just so happy and ecstatic that she'd even consider the little follow button.

For me, a lowly medic who is like sharing recipes online.

If you don't know, Malika, she is a food writer, consultant and author of the new book

In Good Taste. Now, this book unpacks how our everyday food choices linked to much

bigger issues from biodiversity loss, culture, inequality and the economy.

But this conversation about sustainable eating is not one that should be shaming. It's really

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