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First Aired - 01/10/2012 06:30PM
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If there's one thing Erica Wides wants you to know this week it's that bacon doesn't come from birds. It can't. This week Let's Get Real breaks down the food simulacra of 'turkey bacon'. Not only is the "Franken-Foodiness" of turkey bacon and other products (see: Egg Whackers) not making you healthier, it's probably going to make you more sick or kill you in the end. Tune in and find out why eating real is just better, if not tastier!
This episode is sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
"People forget that bacon isn't a product. It's part of a pig . . . and bacon was traditionally a survival cut for poor people."
--Erica Wides on Let's Get Real
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Let's Get Real: Franken-Foodiness (19:32)
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Let's Get Real, Erica Wides, birds, bacon, turkey bacon, fake meat, brisket, belly, foodiness, Frankenfoodiness, non dairy creamer, doublethink, George Orwell, Soylent green, food simulacra, processed foods, mechanically separated turkey, sodium nitrate, MSG, calories, regular bacon, imitation crab meat, salt,Birds Don't Make Bacon (12:53)
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egg whites, blood cholesterol levels, egg processing, salt, eggs, fat, obese, diabetes, Egg Whackers, industrial eggs, farmer's market,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/20/2011 06:30PM
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We are programmed to enjoy sweets from birth, but how far do we have to go before crossing the line of sugar sanity? In today's world of foodiness, white lines of refined sugar and artificial sweeteners surround us and the only way to escape is by getting clean. Eat grapes not grape fruit snacks! Drink seltzer and juice, not soda! Kick the habit and reclaim your health - most people lose weight after cutting sugar from their diets! This program was brought to you by Jones Family Farms.
"Per-capita consumption of caloric sweeteners increased 43 pounds (39%) between 1959 and 2000"
--Erica Wides on Let's Get Real
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Let's Get Real: Too Much Sugar (21:10)
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Heritage Radio Network, Erica Wides, Let's Get Real, Little House on the Prairie, bear tail, sugar soaked holidays, candy canes, Easter candy, cheap sugar, refined sugar, sweetening, candification of food, sugar junkies, sugar addiction, diabetes, foodiness, sweetener, breast milk, caloric sweeteners, soda, granola bars,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/13/2011 06:30PM
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This week on Let's Get Real, Erica is joined by legendary real food fighter, educator, writer and activist Marion Nestle. Listen in and hear Marion's thoughts on foodiness, corporate marketing and the dopplegangers we see on shelves imitating REAL food. Hear why she thinks Americans need to learn how to cook and what the future of the real food movement holds. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.
"All you can do if you want to help America eat better is get the word out and help people figure it out for themselves" - Marion Nestle on Let's Get Real
"Pets eat as much calories as 32 million people in this country" - Marion Nestle on Let's Get Real
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Let's Get Real: Marion Nestle (17:16)
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Let's Get Real, Erica Wides, Heritage Radio Network, Marion Nestle, industrialization of our food, real food vs foodiness, Middle America, food elitism, bottom up food movement, advertising budgets, Occupy Big Food, social movement, real food, food sociology, food stamps, cooking lessons, home economics,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
