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SuperLife with Darin Olien

Grocery Store “Fresh” Produce | Fatal Conveniences™

SuperLife with Darin Olien

Darin Olien

Activism, Motivation, Environment, Education, Self-improvement, Fitness, Wellness, Health, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In this eye-opening episode, we explore the shocking truth behind grocery store fresh produce and its impact on our health and the environment. You may think you're making healthy choices by filling your basket with vibrant, fresh vegetables, but did you know that their nutrient value starts to decline seconds after harvest? With pollution from transportation and chemical treatments to maintain freshness, it's time to reconsider where we source our fruits and vegetables.
In this episode, we’ll discuss the importance of supporting local food sources and making better choices for our health and the environment. From the alarming decline in nutritional value of grocery store produce to the chemicalization of food production, this episode will leave you questioning what's really on your plate. Let's make small changes with a big impact on our health and the world around us.
What we discuss:
(0:00:03) - The Pitfalls of Grocery Store Produce
(0:04:55) - The Importance of Local Food
(0:06:58) - The history of grocery stores
(0:13:38) - The use of Pesticides
(0:18:15) - Promoting Healthy Choices
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0:00.0

So you go to the grocery store, you fill your basket full of vibrant fresh vegetables

0:09.4

that are sprayed with water and it's glistening, it's attractive, and you feel like, hey

0:14.2

man, that's a healthy choice, and on the one hand it is.

0:17.9

But if I told you that those vegetables aren't as nutrient dense as you might think, unfortunately

0:24.7

the nutrient value of those vegetables and fruits start to decline literally seconds minutes

0:32.3

after harvest, after a full and complete cycle to be harvested.

0:39.1

So the fact that they have to travel and are transported and are treated and handled

0:45.3

for several days on average.

0:48.3

And in most cases, it's like five days from the moment of harvest to its actually distribution

0:54.0

centers and then on and on.

0:56.6

But that's not all.

0:58.2

Common sense will tell you that there's a huge amount of pollution to put vegetables

1:03.7

on ships, airplanes, transport, all of that stuff around driven all over the place.

1:12.0

That adds 36% of the total food miles emissions.

1:16.8

So it's just think of emissions as pollution.

1:19.8

So that's a crazy, crazy new study in 2022.

1:23.1

So that's why we need to explore the pitfalls of this fatal convenience grocery store fresh

1:29.2

produce.

1:30.6

Thank you for listening to another fatal convenience episode before we dive into the

1:35.2

effects of grocery store fresh produce is having on your health in the environment.

1:41.7

I have a few things I want to share with you.

1:44.0

First of all, I want to remind you that these episodes are created for the purposes of

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