The Corrupt World Of Food Politics | Marion Nestle

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[darthplagueis]

A nutritionist being named Nestle is some heavy duty cosmic irony.

[LewisHemmings-cmov]

I'm astonished to learn Marion is 87 years old. Not only does she have the appearance of somebody 20 years younger, but she also has the lucidity and clarity of mind of somebody half of her age!

[NezuChan]

If anyone was wondering, she is NOT related to the Nestlés. Thankfully.

[bh]

I like that Dr. Mike will consistently ask “what evidence” or “what proof”
It’s a way to check the guests from just saying whatever they want, while also just getting more in depth detail on the topic. Well done

[GrantRobBradley]

Dr. Mike continues to do the work I expected the media to do. This is the real work. We need more of this! Real conversations, non-politicized science education. Thank you

[williamc]

It is good to see an actual nutritional researcher discussing nutrition rather than a chiropractor or orthopedic surgeon, etc.

[Mama_Pills]

I’m in ED recovery and the way she talks so joyfully about food as just FOOD and nothing more is really really refreshing and motivating.

[seriouslywtf]

she reminds me so much of my grandma: smart, logical, sweet and funny. i love her!

[MIZZCTM]

I want to be Marion's friend. She seems like such a chill no bs person and I love it. The world needs more people like her.

[mariaRD]

As a nutritionist Marion Nestle is one of my biggest inspirations, food politics is seldomly discussed while too much emphasis is put on the individual without taking into account socioeconomic factors and food lobying, which is the big elephant in the room 👏👏

[bmmbooshoot]

two minutes in and i'm already enamored with how intelligent and well spoken dr. nestle is. that's what a lifetime of research and advocacy gets you.

[laurag]

she’s 87!! wow! i’ll have what she’s having! my notepad is OUT

[charliesloan]

I enjoy how direct she is in her speech. Her points are clear and easy to understand.

[nikaylabautista]

87?! This woman is so knowledgeable and amazing. This was such a good interview!

[Damiancontursi]

I'm from Argentina and here they passed a couple of laws that some people complain but are good overall.
The one I think is more important is "Ley the etiquetado frontal" or "front labeling law" where you have to put a big logo at the front of your packaging saying when it has too much of something. For example, "excess sugars", "excess salt" "excess calories" "excess fats" etc.
At first people complain saying it was a stupid law because people "knew better" and "you can just look the nutritional facts". Then people started seeing how many products where in fact not good for you, for example lots of "light" versions of common products still had a lot of calories and sugar. In time some brands had to change their formulas to actually make them "light".
The other one is that you can't use "celebrities" on packaging, so you don't have people buying messi's lays potato chips for example. You also can't use anymore the famous rabbit from nesquick or the toucan from froot loops or any of those cartoons. This one is specially good for children since they often just want it for the branding.

[Luumus]

I love her, she's so cheerful yet knowledgeable and well informed. I would have loved to have her as a Professor, her classes must have been fantastic

[kutenno]

One thing I would recommend for your podcast notes, add in what your guest references so those of us who are more curious can do our own reading and research. I can Google the studies but it would incentive myself and others to look up the info while watching/listening. Personally, I love learning more every day and it would help.

[Julia_]

I am a person that is overweight and telling me that it's "okay" to be overweight does NOT help me in any way, so I'm so glad you guys are talking about this issue and are spreading awareness about the food industries❤

[zae]

She is such an absolute delight, she made me miss being in academia so much with this conversation!

[danperlman]

Im 64 and have been following Marion Nestle since the early 1980s ... She is a savior....the single most important thing shes taught me which ive followed the last 40 years is to read the ingredients list on all foods items.... Its surprising to see over the decades how few people read the ingredient list before putting the item in their shopping cart. I attribute alot of my exceptional health and youthful appearance to Marion Nestle. Fabulous interview...