Dietitians
A father & farmer on food bullying & fruitcakes: Episode 17
“When we create anxiety around food because of different arbitrary rules that are put in place by people, especially with younger kids, it makes kids scared about what they eat.” Dad Ben LaCross shares how his daughter was food bullied by a teacher in school. As a Michigan cherry farmer, he takes us through the process of growing, harvesting, and processing cherries – and many of the challenges cherry farmers face.
Read MoreIs your emotional brain being tricked by food marketers? Episode 16
“Food marketers are well aware of the kind of differences amongst these technologies in terms of which ones we like and which ones we don’t like.” Dr. Tyler Davis, a neuroscience researcher at Texas Tech, helps us understand of the high-risk food technologies that he has researched and shares tips on how we can overcome food bullying by understanding more about the brain.
Read MoreHow is your brain being tricked about food?
Neuroscience. Pretty pictures on food. Elephants and the emotional brain. How are these related? Neuromarketing is one of the biggest bullies as you make eating choices – and manipulating the way you think and feel about food & farming.
Read MoreCompromise, cortisol, & celebration – Episode 13
In this birthday episode for Michele, Eliz gifts her ideas to reduce stress. As an expert in the health arena, Eliz has new research to show WHY we’re stressed – and offers practical tips for everyone to reduce their cortisol to get stress under control for better health.
Read MoreCan the way you buy food reduce hunger?
“We are trained to think that if something is going to cost us more, there must be more value in it.”
Fear-mongering is one of the reasons why our food costs have gone up. Misleading food labels have swayed the market and have driven up food prices, points out anti-hunger advocate Diane in this podcast episode.
