Brain Food
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Guest host David Leite talks to Dr. Drew Ramsey about the connection between food and mental health, journalist Lisa Morehouse reports on Chinese food at the Mexican border, and we dig into the freshly fermented gherkins, dill and fragrant sunflower oil of Olia Hercules' childhood in Ukraine. Her new book is Mamushka. America's Test Kitchen doubles the crunch with North Carolina Dipped Fried Chicken. Plus, why musician Kelis Rogers, author of My Life on a Plate, attended culinary school.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- March 11, 2016 (originally aired)
- April 14, 2017 (rebroadcast)
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| 0:00.0 | Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Ana Gonzalez, through this complicated country. |
| 0:08.1 | We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails to meet people, hear their stories, their poetry, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature and get closer to the things we're missing. |
| 0:24.5 | Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts. |
| 0:31.0 | It's the Splendid Table from APM American Public Media. |
| 0:35.3 | I'm David Leit, in this week for Lynn Rosetta-Casper. We've heard that the |
| 0:39.3 | link between good nutrition and brain health is significant. And having a particular interest in |
| 0:43.8 | this, I asked Dr. Drew Ramsey, which foods are crucial for maximum brain health. |
| 0:49.2 | Seafood greens, nuts, and beans, the average American eater needs to decrease their red meat and processed meat intake. |
| 0:57.1 | And one great way to do that is replace it with some seafood, wild salmon or wild shrimp, |
| 1:01.4 | or add in a little saviche. |
| 1:04.1 | Leafy greens, of course, nuts. |
| 1:06.3 | They're a wonderful way to add protein and healthy mono-insaturated fats to your diet. |
| 1:10.1 | And then they're full of all these better nutrients like all plants are. |
| 1:13.1 | And beans. |
| 1:13.7 | Again, just more plant-based proteins. |
| 1:15.7 | And people don't know this. |
| 1:16.5 | The top antioxidant containing food is not the blueberry. |
| 1:19.1 | It's the small red bean. |
| 1:21.1 | Brain food and a celebration of the flavors and heritage of Eastern Europe. |
| 1:25.4 | That's this hour on the Splendid Table. |
| 1:35.6 | This is the Splendid Table from APM, American Public Media, |
| 1:39.9 | the show for people who love to eat. |
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