Tom Colicchio, the face of Top Chef and Craft Restaurant, is talking antibiotics in the food system on this week's What Doesn't Kill You. Katy Keiffer calls up Tom to talk about how he good involved in the politics of food and activism. Listen in to hear Tom talk about the differences between charity and direct action, and their respective impacts in the realm of food policy. Hear how Tom's experience with staph has inspired him to tackle antibiotic usage in food production. How can the restaurant industry support antibiotic-free meat besides using their purchasing power? Find out how Tom's restaurants source their meat, and how they can afford humanely-raised, antibiotic-free meat. Tune into this episode to hear more about growth promotion, the environmental effects of livestock production, and CAFO conditions. Thanks to our sponsor, Fairway Market. Thanks to Dead Stars for today's music.

"If there is a food movement, it needs to encompass everything. We need to look at hunger issues, environment, farm safety, antibiotics... we really need to make a voting block that will vote on food issues." [9:50]

-- Tom Colicchio on What Doesn't Kill You

Mitchell Davis makes sense of calories with noted food author and professor Dr. Marion Nestle on this week's episode of Taste Matters. Marion's latest book, "Why Calories Count", explores the essential measurement of energy in food and how it affects our nutrition and diets. Find out why tackling problems like obesity can be much simpler than it's made out to be and why portion size is to blame for most weight-related problems. This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"If you are gonna try to diet, you just have to eat less. There's really no other way to do it."

"Most people aren't active enough to work off the excess calories they consume."

--Marion Nestle on Taste Matters

Is it safe to eat horse meat? HRN's Sari Kamin is here to set the record straight with Vickery Eckhoff, journalist and horse meat expert. Tune into this episode to learn more about the recent horse meat controversy, and why transparency is at the core of this issue. Learn more about slaughter practices, and how methods for beef slaughter cannot be applied to horses. Vickery brings some dangerous horse drugs into the studio to explain their uses, and how they can endanger human health through the consumption of horse meat. If you were thinking about trying a horse steak, you should listen to this segment first; get the scoop from Sari and Vickery in this HRN Community Session! Thanks to our sponsor, Heritage Foods USA.

"Most people think that horses are raised organically without any drugs... there are a lot of misconceptions about the food safety aspect of horse meat." [21:30]