Food myths: organic food, diet soda, red meat, eggs, and more

Today Michael is speaking with Tamar Haspel one of his favorite, no-BS thinkers about food, nutrition, and health.

Tamar is the author of To Boldly Grow (a hilarious, info-packed book I loved) and a food, nutrition, and health columnist for The Washington Post.

Tamar is also a serial killer of food myths and misconceptions—a sharp thinker who understands the science of what we eat and can put it in context of everyday life.

• Tamar and Michael cover:

  • The truth about eggs and why expensive, locally-farmed eggs taste the same as cheap, mass-produced ones.

  • Understanding obesity and the food environment

  • The realities of being overweight (particularly as a woman)

  • Why we know less about nutrition than we think, and how that should guide our food choices. Think: Hedge your bets.

  • The truth about organic food—myths about it, it’s costs and benefits.

  • Diet soda and whether it’s unhealthy.

  • How to navigate the modern food environment.

  • Whether exercise is good for weight loss.

  • Whether government subsidies around corn and soy led to the rise in obesity.

  • Food dyes and the new administration’s push to remove them. Will it matter?

  • Is red meat good or bad for you?

  • Are plant-based meats a viable alternative to real meat? What are their health effects?

  • The benefits of lentils and Tamar’s epic recipe to help you eat more lentils (which, she argues, are a food we should all be eating).

  • Ozempic and Tamar’s thoughts on it.

  • Tamar’s journey growing her own food, and what she learned from it.

  • A few quick words on hunting.

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