Did you know that most breast cancer is the result of exposures to environmental toxins in combination with genetic susceptibility, and stage of life vulnerability? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Jeanne Rizzo, R.N., President and CEO of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, and Co-Founder of the Cancer Free Economy Network. Rizzo advocates for science, consumer education, and policies that protect public health, including better regu...
Feb 09, 2018•28 min•Ep. 450
Did you know that the biotech industry works to discredit and silence scientists who question the health and safety of genetically engineered crops and their associated herbicides? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Paul Thacker, investigative journalist and former Fellow at the Edmond J. Saffra Center for Ethics at Harvard. In his article, “Flacking for GMOs: How the Biotech Industry Cultivates Positive Media – and Discourages Critic...
Feb 02, 2018•28 min•Ep. 449
Did you know that the American Heart Association recommends eating fish that are high in omega-3 fatty acids (Salmon, mackerel, herring, sardines, albacore tuna) at least two times a week? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with William Harris, Ph.D., internationally recognized expert on omega-3 fatty acids and how they can benefit patients with heart disease. Harris is President and CEO of Omega Quant, which advances the science and use o...
Jan 26, 2018•28 min•Ep. 448
Did you know that we are all inter-connected, with each other and our environment? And that healing is a process, hope an energy source, and forgiveness key to our path to freedom? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Anita Sanchez, Ph.D., organizational development consultant, storyteller, and author of “The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times.” Sanchez shares her Native American heritage and the wisdom of elders; she...
Jan 19, 2018•28 min•Ep. 447
Did you know that both omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids are “essential” for our health? Are you confused by which fats are best and how much we need? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Martha Belury, Ph.D., R.D. professor of nutrition at The Ohio State University. Belury discusses her analysis of decades of research, and helps listeners sort through the confusing and conflicting information about dietary fat , specifically: which fats ...
Jan 12, 2018•28 min•Ep. 446
Did you know that when we eat during the day (meal timing) affects the way our bodies handle calories, and can help us lose weight, control blood sugar, and even reduce breast cancer recurrence? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Dorothy Sears, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Public health, and Director of the Center for Circadian Biology at the University of California, San Diego. Sears defines and discu...
Jan 05, 2018•28 min•Ep. 445
Did you know that more education isn’t enough to help people make better food choices? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Leslie Mikkelsen, RD, MPH, Managing Director at the Prevention Institute in Oakland, CA. Mikkelsen explains that our environment, and the public policies that affect the kinds of foods that are accessible, available and affordable, play the most critical role in supporting healthful food choices and preventing chro...
Dec 28, 2017•28 min•Ep. 444
Did you know that media (words and images) influence how we think about food, and ourselves? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Roy Fox, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Learning, Teaching & Curriculum at the University of Missouri, and author of “Harvesting Minds: How TV Commercials Control Kids.” Fox talks about his groundbreaking study which explored how kids respond to the TV commercials they wat...
Dec 22, 2017•28 min•Ep. 443
Did you know that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, is the largest expenditure in our Federal Farm Bill? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Christopher Bosso, Ph.D., professor of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University, and author of “Framing the Farm Bill: Interests, Ideology, and the Agricultural Act of 2014.” Bosso explains why food assistance is part of our Farm...
Dec 15, 2017•28 min•Ep. 442
Did you know that glyphosate is the most commonly used herbicide globally, and decades of scientific research link it to a range of diseases, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Carey Gillam, former senior correspondent for Reuters’ international news service, research director of U.S. Right to Know ( www.usrtk.org ), and author of “White Wash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Sc...
Dec 08, 2017•28 min•Ep. 441
Do you know the multiple benefits of organic food and farming systems? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Charles Benbrook, Ph.D., agricultural economist, visiting scholar at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, and member of the Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) Science Team. With CEHN, Benbrook and colleagues research the impact of pesticide use on birth outcomes. See: http://cehn-healthykids...
Dec 01, 2017•28 min•Ep. 440
Do you know the difference between “biological” and “conventional” farming? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Tom Ruggieri, M.S., engineer, farmer and fermenter. Ruggieri describes the innovative biological farming methods he uses on his Fair Share Farm and CSA outside Kansas City, MO, and the benefits to soil, climate and community health. Fair Share Farm is unique in that it is a “farm to ferment” operation. Related website: http:/...
Nov 24, 2017•28 min•Ep. 439
Did you know that our food system can help build social networks and create greater empathy? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Michael Carolan, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University and author of “No One Eats Alone: Food as a Social Enterprise.” Carolan discusses value chains, unintended consequences of “local” food, and the crucial human connections in our modern “foodscape.” Carolan explains how we have lost ou...
Nov 17, 2017•28 min•Ep. 438
Did you know that there are parallels between the microbial worlds in our gut and the soil? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with David Montgomery, Ph.D., MacArthur Fellow, professor of geomorphology at the U. of Washington, and author of “The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health.” Montgomery helps us rethink our relationship with the land and soil, connecting the root life of plants to gut health and the mechani...
Nov 10, 2017•28 min•Ep. 437
Did you know that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed with diet and exercise? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Brenda Davis, R.D., author and international expert on plant-based diets. Davis advocates for diets that are ecologically sustainable and ethically justifiable. She reveals the pitfalls of the popular Paleo diet ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUXTzbjGakg ), and explains why and how shifting to a plant-based diet has the powe...
Nov 02, 2017•28 min•Ep. 436
Are you one of approximately 170 million Americans who take dietary supplements? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Tod Cooperman, M.D., President, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ConsumerLab.com, an independent tester and evaluator of dietary supplements. He’ll discuss food and supplement safety, and validity behind claims of popular supplements, including those promoted to slow macular degeneration, boost mood, and reduce depression....
Oct 27, 2017•28 min•Ep. 435
Did you know that climate change is the most urgent challenge facing our food system and public health? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Surili Sutaria Patel, M.S., Deputy Director of the Center for Health Policy at the American Public Health Association (APHA). Patel explains that we are the first generation to feel the impacts of climate change but likely the last generation to do something about it. Join us as we discuss the food...
Oct 20, 2017•28 min•Ep. 434
Did you know that most meat animals in the United States are currently raised with the assistance of antibiotics? Eighty percent of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used in animals, not humans, and their use contributes to antibiotic resistance, which the United Nations calls “the greatest and most urgent global risk.” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Maryn McKenna, author of “Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics...
Oct 13, 2017•28 min•Ep. 433
Did you know that 2017 has been designated “The year of climate change and health” by the American Public Health Association? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Georges Benjamin, M.D., Executive Director of the American Public Health Association, who describes the importance of community action, social determinants of public health, and health effects of climate change, including mosquito born diseases, and loss of cultural food and f...
Oct 06, 2017•28 min•Ep. 432
Did you know that EPA’s “approval” of a pesticide does not equate with product safety? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Nathan Donley, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity, and author of the report, “Toxic Concoctions: How the EPA Ignores the Dangers of Pesticide Cocktails.” Donley works on issues surrounding the increasing exposure of both people and wildlife to toxins and raises awareness about our flawed...
Sep 29, 2017•28 min•Ep. 431
Did you know that what we eat shapes who we are and vice versa? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Laura Shapiro, culinary historian, James Beard award-winning food columnist and book author who looks at the world, society, and women through food. Shapiro has written on every food topic from champagne to Jell-O in her decades-long career, and recognizes cooking as a basic survival skill. Shapiro discusses her work, including her lates...
Sep 22, 2017•28 min•Ep. 430
Did you know that consumer demand for organic food continues to grow, despite the struggle of U.S. farmers to keep up with demand? Do you understand what the organic label really means, and how organic certification works? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Abby Youngblood, Executive Director of the National Organic Coalition, a national alliance of organizations working to provide a “Washington voice” for farmers, ranchers, environme...
Sep 15, 2017•28 min•Ep. 429
Guest Jim Riddle, MN-based certified organic farmer and internationally respected expert on organic farming systems and standards, policy and advocacy will discuss why farmers choose to farm organically and the hazards of pesticide spray drift. Beyond Pesticides
Sep 07, 2017•28 min•Ep. 428
Did you know that we already produce enough food to more than “feed the world?” -- we just don’t provide adequate access to all. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with John Reganold, Ph.D., Professor of Soil Science and Agroecology at WA State University in Pullman. Reganold is considered one of the founding and premier scientists in the world in sustainable and organic agricultural research. He discusses his research measuring the effect...
Sep 01, 2017•28 min•Ep. 427
Urvashi Rangan, Ph.D., environmental health scientist, Chief Science Advisor to the Grace Communications Foundation, and former executive director of the Food Safety and Sustainability Center for Consumer Reports, identifies food safety risks, trustworthy and questionable food labels, and green noise in the marketplace. Greener Choices
Aug 24, 2017•28 min•Ep. 426
Guest Maya Shetreat, M.D., integrative pediatric neurologist and author of The Dirt Cure: Healthy Food, Healthy Gut, Happy Child, explains rising rates of childhood illness, and the critical but under-valued connection between health and our natural environment Maya Shetreat-Klein, MD
Aug 17, 2017•28 min•Ep. 425
Guest Andy Sarjahani, M.S., R.D., documentary film maker discusses his film, Downstream People about the politics and public health threats of an industrial hog facility on water quality in the National Buffalo River watershed Downstream People
Aug 10, 2017•28 min•Ep. 424
Guest Mary Otto, author of Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America. Otto describes her investigation into the death of 12 year-old Deamonte Driver due to an untreated abscessed tooth, the relationship between oral health and overall well-being, the marketing of cosmetic dentistry, and the injustice of a healthcare system that denies basic access to dental care Teeth
Aug 03, 2017•28 min•Ep. 423
Guest Andy Fisher, author of Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups, discusses charity vs. policy, and the root causes (and cures) of hunger in America Big Hunger
Jul 27, 2017•28 min•Ep. 422
Guest Eve Van Cauter, Ph.D., former Director of the Sleep, Metabolism and Health Center at the University of Chicago, describes the impact of sleep disturbance/deprivation on health, including diabetes, obesity, and immunity, plus tips to improve sleep. f.lux
Jul 20, 2017•28 min•Ep. 421
