Pharma, Food & the Fluent Consumer Ep.3/4

Share your thoughts How many eggs are you allowed this week? Depends what year you ask. In Episode 3 of 4 in thos series co-hosts Ashok and Meera Vasudevan take the second corner of the triangle — the food industry — and the verdicts that flip a full 180 degrees within a decade. Eggs, butter, coconut oil… and the peanut reversal whose bill was paid by children. In this episode • The egg: 47 years rationed to three a week — on a cholesterol cap with no clinical-trial evidence • Butter → margarine → trans-fat ban → “butter-style spread”: the consumer left keeping score • Coconut oil's three verdicts, red wine, and the MSG myth — same molecules, flipped opinions • Why guidelines outlive the science by a generation • Peanuts and the LEAP trial: the reversal whose cost was paid by children Thanks for tuning in to "Pay the Farmer, Not the Pharmacy"! Hosted by Meera & Ashok Vasudevan Stay Connected #PayTheFarmerNotThePharmacy #PlantBasedWellness #NaturalFood #AffordableWellness #GutHealth #ImmunityBoost #NutritionTips #CSAW (Centre for the Spread of Affordable Wellness) #Meeravasudevan #Ashokvasudevan https://umaglobalfoods.com/ https://csaw.co https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/pay-the-farmer-not-the-pharmacy/id1512934794 https://open.spotify.com/show/34nzNQQ62O8tygMaut2h8V