In this episode, Jessa and Kelly dive into the history of food safety, the efficacy of food labels, and their own dietary struggles. Tangents include conspiracy theories about a president's death, drinking too many cups of coffee, and the ways in which income inequality and other social forces hinder access to healthy food.
Small notes: The FDA action approved by the Supreme Court in 1973 originally commenced in 1962, not 1972. See the FDA website for more: https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-history/milestones-us-food-and-drug-law.
Here are the books we discussed in our podcast:
Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire
Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma
Other sources:
Aubrey, Allison. “Does Subsidizing Crops We're Told to Eat Less of Fatten Us up?” NPR, NPR, 18 July 2016, www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/18/486051480/we-subsidize-crops-we-should-eat-less-of-does-this-fatten-us-up.
Bittman, Mark, et al. “How a National Food Policy Could Save Millions of American Lives.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 7 Nov. 2014, www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-a-national-food-policy-could-save-millions-of-american-lives/2014/11/07/89c55e16-637f-11e4-836c-83bc4f26eb67_story.html.
Long, Michael W., et al. “Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Restaurant Menu CALORIE Labeling.” American Journal of Public Health, vol. 105, no. 5, 2015, doi:10.2105/ajph.2015.302570.
Petimar J, Zhang F, Cleveland L P, Simon D, Gortmaker S L, Polacsek M et al. Estimating the effect of calorie menu labeling on calories purchased in a large restaurant franchise in the southern United States: quasi-experimental study BMJ 2019; 367 :l5837 doi:10.1136/bmj.l5837
“The FDA's Menu-Labeling Rule (Updated), " Health Affairs Health Policy Brief, July 13, 2015.DOI: 10.1377/hpb20150713.56602
