No-knead bread, see-through mice, soda science

Good Food

KCRW

Society & Culture

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Anthropologist Susan Greenhalgh describes how soda companies have influenced the science around sugary drinks. Health and nutrition reporter Alice Callahan breaks down "ultra-processed foods," a newish term to describe the evil that lurks on supermarket shelves. National Park guide Joseph C. Ward explains how a Cheetos bag altered the ecosystem in a New Mexico cavern. Physician and journalist Bryce Y. Lee reveals how scientists are using the food dye found in Doritos to make see-through mice. Breadmaster Jim Lahey reminisces on the 15th anniversary of his revolutionary no-knead bread-making book. Chef Aric Attebery shares tips for incorporating seasonal farmers market ingredients into the bowls we make at home.

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Evan Klyman, and you're listening to Good Food.
0:05.9	I've had a bottle of Mexican Coke in my refrigerator for over a year, but I can't bring myself to drink it.
0:13.2	And once I saw the infographic in Susan Greenhall's book, Soda Science, describing in horrific detail what happens to your body in the first hour after
0:22.1	drinking a Coke, I don't think I'll ever open it. Here's Susan. The first 10 minutes, 10 teaspoons
0:30.5	of sugar hit your system. That's 100% of your recommended daily intake. You don't immediately throw up from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts
0:42.2	the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
0:45.4	20 minutes.
0:46.4	Your blood sugar spikes causing an insulin burst.
0:49.9	Your liver responds to this by turning all that extra sugar into fat.
0:55.1	There's plenty of that at this moment.
0:58.4	40 minutes.
0:59.4	Caffeine absorption is complete.
1:01.4	Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, and as a response, your liver dumps more
1:07.1	sugar into your bloodstream.
1:09.3	The adenocene receptors in your brain are now blocked, preventing drowsiness.
1:13.6	Okay, five minutes later, your body upsets dopamine production,
1:18.6	stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain.
1:22.6	By the way, this is physically the same way heroin works.
1:26.6	The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium, and zinc in your lower intestine, producing
1:33.2	a further boost in metabolism.
1:36.1	This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners, increasing the urinary
1:41.9	excretion of calcium.
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