Posts Tagged ‘supplements’
Pharmacist talks food, drugs, & rural mental health: Episode 72
Do you know your pharmacist? Does he or she know you? If not, you may be missing out on a key player in your health care. In this episode, Michele and Eliz chat with pharmacist Jason Medows about the role he plays in his rural community and why mental health resources should be treated as…
Read MoreHow to overcome food anxiety & B.S. health claims: Episode 22
“The food and health marketing industry is out-of-control,” says Australian RDN & exercise physiologist Bill Sukala. Advertising confuses people and creates anxieties around food and health. Bill brings a voice of reason and is concerned that the “gatekeeper of information has been chloroformed.” His B.S. detector raises red flags about bad information, misinformation and quackery in food and health claims.
Read MoreRegulated foods, unregulated supplements
Whether it’s Dr. Oz suggesting “number one miracle in a bottle”, Food Babe selling chia seeds, or the burgeoning supplement aisle at your grocery store, it is hypocritical for supplements being utilized by millions to have no regulation while your food undergoes radical scrutiny.
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