Health, Woo-trition, and The Food Babe

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🗓️ 11 October 2016

⏱️ 93 minutes

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How do we separate "nutrition" from "woo-trition?" This show is about the science (and pseudoscience) of food.

We also spend time on nutrition celebrity "The Food Babe," Vani Hari, a best-selling author and activist named by Time Magazine as one of the 30 most influential people on the internet, despite the fact that she has no degree or expertise in the field of health and nutrition.

Joining our discussion are actual health and science educators:
Yvette d'Entremont (also known as SciBabe), with a B.S. in chemistry and an MSc in forensic science. Yvette is a public critic of Vani Hari and a science educator. http://www.scibabe.comMelissa Dobbins MS, CDE, RDN (Registered Dietitian Nutritionist). www.SoundBitesRD.comLeah McGrath RDN @LeahMcGrathRDDr. Steven Novella, clinical neurologist and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Novella is a proponent of scientific skepticism and a vocal critic of pseudoscientific health claims and claimants. http://theness.com/neurologicablog

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go. The step-by-three, two, one. Action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.3	Rash ball face black for me.
0:10.5	Question. Everything.
0:12.3	I find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:16.4	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.
0:32.6	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:44.6	Next Tuesday night is our annual Halloween tradition.
0:49.1	It is Ghost Stories.
0:52.5	Love this time of year. I love the month of October.
0:55.4	I love Halloween. It's my favorite holiday.
0:57.6	And I love doing the Ghost Stories show.
0:59.3	I know many of our listeners agree.
1:01.3	So next Tuesday nights make a date to join me on the radio.
1:04.9	We'll lower the lights. We'll crank up the sound
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