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Ever wonder what’s up with American food? Or why you just feel like sh*t? What’s Wrong With Food is a weekly podcast where we do the homework for you on what exactly that hard-to-pronounce ingredient on the nutrition panel is and how it impacts your body and American food culture. WWWF is hosted by Najwa Khan and Lisa Carson - two food entrepreneurs slinging brownies and talking sh*t. We’ve seen all sides of the consumer packaged food biz and are fed up to the point of “f*ck it.” We’re here ...
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Erythritol, the FDA, and f*ck boys.
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Remember in the last episode, where we said stevia is just erythritol in a trench coat? Well, now it’s erythritol’s turn in the spotlight, which is funny because it’s basically an ingredient that doesn’t exist, at least according to nutrition labels. But trust us, it’s out there and the studies have shown some… potentially alarming things. In this …
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How much of Stevia actually comes from a plant?
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Stevia has long been marketed as a natural, plant-based sugar substitute, so you’d assume that it’s made mostly from plant-based material, right? Well… we might have some upsetting news for you. In this episode, we’re talking about what’s wrong with stevia, including just how little of it actually comes from stevia leaf. We share the controversies …
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Saccharin. Or Do You Mean Paint Thinner?
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Did you know that saccharin is the third most used sweetener in the United States? That’s what is in those pink packets of Sweet’N Low, by the way. That’s probably the tamest piece of information we learned about saccharin, and hang on because it gets so much worse, friends. In this episode, we’re talking about what’s wrong with saccharin. We dive …
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Ok but first: what's wrong with us?
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We’re Lisa and Najwa, two ladies running a brownie company. But we’re not here to talk about brownies… mostly. We’re here to talk all about why we can’t get straight answers about what’s in our food and where it comes from, our complicated societal history with food, and what exactly is wrong with the American food system. But before we can do that…
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Ever wonder what’s up with American food? Or why you just feel like sh*t? What’s Wrong With Food is a weekly podcast where we do the homework for you on what exactly that hard-to-pronounce ingredient on the nutrition panel is and how it impacts your body and American food culture. WWWF is hosted by Najwa Khan and Lisa Carson (Head of - two food ent…
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