Organic Food, GMOs & The Dirty Dozen - The Unexpected Truth

Wellness: Fact vs. Fiction

Danielle Belardo

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Join Dr. Danielle Belardo and her expert of the week, media expert and creator of @foodsciencebabe, Erin. Erin is revealing the facts behind food science and exposing the harmful myths, trends, and truths of the food industry that have been plastered throughout the media over the past years. Danielle and Erin address the impacts that the food industry has on our health, the health of those working in the field, and whether we really need to worry about consuming pesticides. With the new-found knowledge from today’s episode, you’ll be able to make more educated and healthy food choices! Danielle and Erin discuss: Is organic food better than non-organic food? The environmental impact of organic vs non-organic food Should you be scared of eating pesticides? Erin has a bachelor of science in Chemical Engineering from the University of MN, has worked in the conventional and organic food industries for over 10 years, and is the creator behind @foodsciencebabe where she challenges the beliefs of the food industry by using science based information to answer hard-hitting questions. Thank you so much for taking the time to contribute to a generation that values fact over fiction! Be sure to rate, review, and follow on your favorite podcast app and let us know which not-so-wellness trend you’d like to hear debunked. Follow your host on Instagram @daniellebelardomd and the podcast @wellnessfactvsfiction. Follow Erin @foodsciencebabe. Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you: POLICYGENIUS - Head to policygenius.com to get your free life insurance quotes HELLOFRESH - Go to hellofresh.com/drdanielle16 and use code drdanielle16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! TALKSPACE - visit talkspace.com and get $100 off your first month when you use promo code drdanielle at sign-up. DIPSEA - go to dipseastories.com/drdanielle for a free 30 day trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.4	This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation.
0:07.7	So strawberries are one that's like always at the top of the list and you'd have to eat.
0:12.4	It's like 400 and some servings like a day to reach a potentially harmful level of pesticides
0:21.8	based on the highest level of pesticides ever found by the USDA on strawberries. So like
0:28.5	it's just ridiculous to be scaring consumers over these pesticide residues.
0:42.2	Welcome to Wellness Fact versus Fiction. I'm Dr. Danielle Bullardo and I'm a cardiologist who
0:47.5	loves evidence-based medicine and nutrition science. But as a millennial, I've watched endless
0:52.5	wellness fads take over social media. It's my mission to get to the bottom of things by bringing
0:57.3	on the top expert physicians and scientists to help us determine what is fact versus fiction
1:02.7	when it comes to your health. It's time to leave the pseudoscience behind and become empowered
1:07.8	when it comes to our wellness. Hey everyone, I am so excited to bring to you today's episode
1:21.6	featuring everyone's favorite food scientist, Erin, who's widely known on social media as food science
1:27.4	babe. Not to be confused with the food babe. And if you've heard of the food babe, you will
1:32.5	definitely know the difference. Erin has a bachelor's in chemical engineering from the University of
1:37.3	Minnesota. She's worked in the food industry for 10 plus years in both conventional and natural
1:42.3	organic sectors as an engineer and food scientist. Through her popular social media accounts,
1:48.0	as the food science babe, Erin dispels myths about the food industry using a science-based
1:53.9	approach. In this episode, we discuss all things controversial regarding organic versus conventional
2:00.1	produce, the truth about pesticides in both conventional and organic farming. We explain what are
2:05.6	GMOs and a deep dive into the EWG's The Dirty Doesn't and so, so, so much more. So let's get into it.
2:13.2	Hi everyone, I am so excited to be here with Erin today. Erin, thank you so much for joining the
2:23.1	podcast to talk about this. A very hot and controversial topic of organic versus non-organic
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