Let's Get Real

Episode 53: Omega 3’s Come From Fish, Not Cookies

Episode Summary

Todays Lets Get Real is all about fake food nutrition- stuff like enhanced peanut butter and low-fat dairy. Well, Erica Wides is here to tell you that these products are not food! Joining Erica in the studio is a nutrition educator Kristin Wartman, and shes on the show to debunk the mythology of foodiness nutrition. Learn about the differences between Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids, and why skim milk cannot be considered a whole food. Hear about some food products that are some of the biggest culprits of false foodiness nutrition! This episode has been sponsored by Cain Vineyard and Winery. Foodiness has robbed us of nutrition and replaced it with nutrition... because this is radio you have to imagine the air quotes Im putting over the word. [2:05] -- Erica Wides on Lets Get Real Big food corporations and advertising have done a great job convincing people that these foodiness foods are what we should be eating. [11:25] Yogurt is a live food. You cant put it in a cereal. [22:05] -- Kristin Wartman on Lets Get Real

Episode Notes

Today’s Let’s Get Real is all about fake food nutrition- stuff like enhanced peanut butter & low-fat dairy. Well, Erica Wides is here to tell you that these products are not food! Joining Erica in the studio is a nutrition educator Kristin Wartman, and she’s on the show to debunk the mythology of foodiness nutrition. Learn about the differences between Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids, and why skim milk cannot be considered a whole food. Hear about some food products that are some of the biggest culprits of false foodiness nutrition! This episode has been sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

“Foodiness has robbed us of nutrition and replaced it with nutrition… because this is radio you have to imagine the air quotes I’m putting over the word.” [2:05] — Erica Wides on Let’s Get Real

“Big food corporations and advertising have done a great job convincing people that these foodiness foods are what we should be eating.” [11:25]

“Yogurt is a live food. You can’t put it in a cereal.” [22:05] — Kristin Wartman on Let’s Get Real