Organic Food, GMOs & The Dirty Dozen - The Unexpected Truth
Wellness: Fact vs. Fiction
Danielle Belardo
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2022
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:07.3 | So strawberries are one that's like always at the top of the list and you'd have to eat. |
| 0:12.3 | It's like 400 and some servings like a day to reach a potentially harmful level of pesticides |
| 0:21.2 | based on the highest level of pesticides ever found by the USDA on strawberry. |
| 0:27.8 | So, like, it's just ridiculous to be scaring consumers over these pesticide residues. |
| 0:42.0 | ... side residues. Welcome to wellness, fact versus fiction. |
| 0:45.0 | I'm Dr. Danielle Ballardo, and I'm a cardiologist who loves evidence-based medicine |
| 0:48.9 | and nutrition science. |
| 0:50.4 | But as a millennial, I've watched endless wellness feds take over social media. |
| 0:55.0 | It's my mission to get to the bottom of things by bringing on the top expert physicians and scientists |
| 0:59.7 | to help us determine what is fact versus fiction when it comes to your health. |
| 1:04.5 | It's time to leave the pseudoscience behind and become empowered when it comes to our wellness. |
| 1:17.4 | Thank you. and become empowered when it comes to our wellness. Hey, everyone. |
| 1:18.3 | I am so excited to bring to you today's episode featuring everyone's favorite food |
| 1:23.4 | scientist, Aaron, who's widely known on social media as food science babe. Not to be confused with |
| 1:29.6 | the food babe. And if you've heard of the food babe, you will definitely know the difference. |
| 1:34.7 | Erin has a bachelor's in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota. She's worked in the |
| 1:39.1 | food industry for 10 plus years in both conventional and natural organic sectors as an engineer |
| 1:43.9 | and food scientist. |
| 1:45.4 | Through her popular social media accounts, as the food science babe, Erin dispels myths about the food, |
| 1:51.6 | industry using a science-based approach. In this episode, we discuss all things controversial |
| 1:57.6 | regarding organic versus conventional produce, the truth about pesticides |
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