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Science Talk

Man from Mars: Health and Nutrition Research at Mars, Inc., and Beyond

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2012

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Hagen Schroeter, the director of fundamental health and nutrition research at Mars, Inc., talks about research on bio-active food compounds and the search for why a healthful diet is good for you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.1

2012.

0:39.0

I'm Steve Merski.

0:40.4

This week on the podcast,

0:45.8

when we talk about diets that are rich in plant foods or diets that are rich in fruit and vegetables are good for you,

0:47.2

the question then is why?

0:48.6

That's Hagen Schroeder.

0:53.3

He's the Director of Fundamental Health and Nutrition Research at Maras Incorporated.

0:57.9

We met at the Lindown Nobel Oriates conference in Germany this past summer.

1:00.5

Mars is one of the sponsors of that event.

1:05.7

On the last day of the conference, all the participants took a cruise on Lake Constance over to Manow Island.

1:08.3

It rained if that makes you feel better.

1:10.5

Anyway, Schroeder and I found a quiet,

1:12.5

relatively dry place to talk in a park on the island. Well, it was mostly quiet. Any birders

1:18.5

who can identify European species by ear will also enjoy our conversation.

1:24.6

Hagen, usually I talk to academic researchers.

1:28.3

You are at University of California Davis.

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