V is for Vitamin

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

They’re added to breakfast cereal, bread, and even Pop-Tarts, giving the sweetest, most processed treats a halo of health. Most people pop an extra dose for good measure, perhaps washing it down with fortified milk. But what are vitamins—and how did their discovery make America’s processed food revolution possible? On this episode of Gastropod, author Catherine Price helps us tell the story of vitamins, from Indonesian chickens to Gwyneth Paltrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We, with our eyes and our mouths, obviously, but also our brains.
0:06.4	NUME can help you learn more about that psychological component to healthy eating.
0:10.6	NUME uses science and personalization so you can manage your weight for the long term.
0:15.2	Start taking control of your weight management and join the millions who have lost weight
0:18.6	with NUME.
0:19.8	You can sign up for your trial today at num.com.
0:22.6	That's n-o-o-m dot com.
0:25.1	Sign up for your trial today.
0:27.1	We have Flintstones kids.
0:30.1	Ten million strong and growing.
0:33.1	It's a big world and nobody knows more about helping kids grow into it than Flintstones.
0:38.1	Ten million strong and growing.
0:43.1	Once I get that jingle stuck in my head, I can never get it out.
0:47.1	Those of you who grew up in the US will probably recognize it.
0:50.1	That song is trying to make sure parents bought and gave us our daily vitamins.
0:54.1	And I'm sorry, folks. I'm going to say it that way throughout.
0:58.1	Even if our guests this week did make fun of me for it.
1:01.1	Because that's what we're going to be talking about this episode.
1:04.1	Vitamins.
1:05.1	Or vitamins.
1:06.1	We'll forgive you, Nikki, for your British pronunciation.
1:08.1	Either way, we both need them. We all need them.
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