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A Short Guide to a Long Life
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Dr. David Agus, one of the world's leading cancer physicians and researchers, chronicled innovative steps we can take to prevent illness and prolon...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Bruce Lanphear Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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One part per billion is equal to two tablespoons of sugar dissolved in an Olympic sized swimming pool. Drugs used to treat children for ADHD are e...

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and WRGY


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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 ...

Bought by WRGY


  • 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...

Bought by WRGY


  • Added: May 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Think twice before shopping...for anything...when you're hungry
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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We've all heard that we shouldn't shop for groceries when we're hungry because we'll buy more than we need. But now it looks like hunger might affe...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 45:27
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Jo Ann Hattner Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that our bodies are teeming with microbes? They reside throughout our body, but the majority live in our large intestine where they pl...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Which dietary supplements can you trust? Mayo Clinic dietitian weighs in
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Recently the NY Attorney General's office uncovered what seemed to be widespread fraud in the dietary supplement industry, accusing four big retail...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 16:43
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, Gary Wenk Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that everything we eat can affect how we think, feel and act? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgar...

  • Added: Feb 13, 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, Nancy Clark Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Getting into shape is one of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions. Before embarking on a fad diet or spending your hard earned cash on questiona...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Top food trends for 2015...is your fav on the list?
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Ever wonder about how food trends get started? WTIP's Bob Carter chatted recently with Kelly Hensel, senior digital editor at the Institute of Food...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 10, 2014
  • Length: 20:29
  • Purchases: 1
“Duping Delight” and Who’s Likely to Lie? (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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While lie detectors are highly accurate, they’re also expensive. An expert in cyber security has developed a way to actually predict a person's pro...

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, WLIW, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Food Sleuth Radio, Robert Kremer Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The role of soil microbes in human health is largely a mystery. The public is told that we need genetically engineered crops and their related herb...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • 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, Michael Graziano Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Can you imagine a world without functioning antibiotics? Sadly, we’re headed in that direction due to overuse and misuse of these precious drugs, ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Margaret Carrel Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Antibiotics are given to animals living in concentrated feeding operations for two reasons: disease prevention and growth promotion/feed efficiency...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Jeff Ritterman Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide has been linked to a mysterious fatal kidney disease among farmers in Central America, Sri Lanka and India. Join Food...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Jaydee Hansen Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Consumers may be surprised to learn that nanotechnology is being applied to foods and food related products without labeling, or a full safety revi...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Expanding agriculture selectively could produce more food, save more carbon
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Dr. Justin Andrew Johnson, an economist with the Natural Capital Project at the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, spoke ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 36:54
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Harold Goldstein Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The beverage industry spends billions of dollars each year convincing us that sugary beverages will make us “happy.” In reality, sugar-laden drink...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Intoxication & Civilization: Beer's Ancient Past
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Solid Comfort, 1906., Credit: Library of Congress
This show takes on the frothy subject of beer, and explores the science, culture, and history behind the suds.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:45
  • Purchases: 1
Why the Chicken Became a Nugget and Other Tales of Processed Food
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Crisco and chicken nuggets, Credit: CHF collections and Evan Amos, Wikimedia Commons.
Have you ever wondered how chicken nuggets are made? Or what propylene glycol monostearate, monocalcium phosphate, or other listed ingredients are ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WTJU, RadioFreePalmer, and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 4
Food Sleuth Radio, John Pastor Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Politicians and analysts mark progress by quarterly earnings, but scientists who study life cycles in the real world may need years to document cha...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
It's not rocket science...it's food science for rockets! Feeding people on deep space missions
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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How do you feed a six-person crew on a three-year mission to Mars? WTIP's Buck Benson spoke recently with Dr. Grace Douglas, project scientist on A...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 14:55