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Food Sleuth Radio, Jed Fahey Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the same chemical compound in broccoli, and to a greater degree, broccoli sprouts, that helps protect us against cancer, also sho...

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Paul Wotzka Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that water is our most important nutrient, and that our watersheds face risk from agricultural contaminants? Join Food Sleuth Radio h...

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  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Peter Infante, Part I Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer classified the most widely used herbicide in the worl...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Warren Porter Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup, is the most widely used herbicide in the world, and that resid...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio, Sheldon Krimsky Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that despite what you might have heard repeated in the media, genetically engineered foods have not been studied extensively, nor ind...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Carrie Balkcom Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that label terms describing meat as “free range” and “natural” have little to no legal definitions? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Re...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Laura Lengnick Interview, Part 2/2
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know the table of tomorrow will need to reflect a more regionalized food system? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Meli...

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  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Laura Lengnick Interview, Part 1/2
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that resilience is an underlying condition of sustainability? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn...

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  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Charles Benbrook Interview, Part 2
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that organic food production methods confer nutritional benefits to both plant foods and meat and dairy products? Join Food Sleuth Rad...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Lisa McDowell Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that smart sports nutrition focuses on “food first” and the “recovery” period post-exercise? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registere...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Representative Louise Slaughter Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The routine use of antibiotics in livestock contributes to the growing threat of antibiotic resistant infections in humans. Join Food Sleuth Radio ...

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  • Added: Dec 25, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
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Food Sleuth Radio, Kelay Trentham Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Medical cannabis has been approved in 23 states as of January 2017, and cancer patients are seeking information about using marijuana for relief fr...

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
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Food Sleuth Radio, Catherine Badgley Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Are you curious about the keys to sustainability – for achieving abundant foods from a healthy ecosystem? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Register...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Stacia Clinton Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Each year antibiotic-resistant infections cost more than $20 billion dollars to treat, another $35 billion in lost productivity, and lead to more t...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
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01-10: Going Locavore: Urban Food Innovation and Community Transformation, 10/7/2015
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Michael Pollan
Urban food innovators are designing vibrant new local food economies built on environmental and ecological integrity, sustainability, diversity and...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
Food Sleuth Radio, Jonathan Latham Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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What if the stories we’ve been told repeatedly about the safety and need for industrial methods and genetically-engineered crops to feed the world ...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Justin Sonnenburg Interview, Part 2/2
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Scientists have more than a “gut feeling” about the role our microbiota – specifically the microorganisms living in our digestive tract -- play in...

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
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Food Sleuth Radio, Suzanne Dixon Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food is political, and nutritional science is relatively young, which makes decifering nutrition news somewhat challenging. However, some patterns ...

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  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Lenore Arab Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Want an easy and delicious way to reduce your risk for stroke, heart disease and cancer, and boost your mental focus? Join Food Sleuth Radio host...

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  • Added: May 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Roni Neff Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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What we eat has ripple effects beyond our personal health. And for the first time, the newest (2015) version of the Dietary Guidelines for American...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Eliza Greenman Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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You’d never know it from a trip to the grocery store, but Eliza Greenman estimates that there are at least ~7,000 different named varieties of app...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Karen Collins Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Coffee, tea, meat, fat, raw, cooked ...eat this, don’t eat that. If you’re curious about the latest research on how you can tweak your diet to red...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio Klaas Martens Interview, Part II
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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When Klaas Martens transitioned to organic farming, his neighbors at the local coffee shop bet how long it would be before he went broke. But Marte...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio Klaas Martens Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Can organic farming feed the world? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with New York State...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Brain Stimulation for Eating Disorders
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A schematic of transcranial magnetic stimulation., Credit: Credit: Eric Waserman/NIH
An experimental treatment for bulimia nervosa may help restore connections within the brain that influence eating behavior in some patients.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:00