Latest Foodscience Podcast Episodes
Grains on the Mediterranean Diet
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - April 10, 2024 07:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsThe Benefits of Whole Grains in Your Diet I want to take you back in time. While we talk about the Mediterranean diet not being a diet of culture but a pattern of eating – it still had its origins in the Mediterranean. The original Mediterranean diet was described as far back as 500 BC in the ...
Michael Hautus - The Symphony of Sensory Psychophysics
AigoraCast - March 22, 2024 15:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMichael Hautus is an internationally recognized expert in quantitative and experimental psychology. As a professor at the University of Auckland School of Psychology, he specializes in sensory and perceptual systems research, cognitive modelling, and analyzing detection and discrimination judgme...
Secrets to Cooking Fish
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - March 15, 2024 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsLearn to Cook Fish Fish is not only a healthy option but also a versatile ingredient that can be transformed into a myriad of mouthwatering dishes. Whether you're a seafood aficionado or looking to expand your culinary repertoire, mastering the art of cooking fish can elevate your cooking skill...
Health Benefits of Fish Consumption
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - March 01, 2024 07:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHealth Benefits of Fish Consumption Fish consumption has been linked to various health benefits due to its rich nutritional profile. The health benefits of fish consumption include cardiovascular health, brain function, and well-being. Because fish are a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids, vit...
Reducing Dementia with Diet
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - February 15, 2024 07:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsThree Great Diets The Mediterranean diet, the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), and the MIND diet (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) are all great eating patterns. Each diet focuses on different aspects of health. Mediterranean Diet The Mediter...
DASH, The Best Diet You've Never Heard Of
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - February 06, 2024 07:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsAbstract: The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is a widely recognized dietary pattern designed to lower blood pressure and promote cardiovascular health. I will attempt to provide an in-depth review of the DASH diet, its origins, key principles, health benefits, and potential...
Tzvi Wiesel - Blockchain Barrels: How I “Tokenize” Whiskies
AigoraCast - January 26, 2024 18:11 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsTzvi Wiesel is an experienced whisky investor and trader, focused on fine and rare bottles and casks. He is the Founder and CEO of BAXUS, a marketplace for trading high-end wine and spirits, powered by blockchain technology. Tzvi got his start in the spirits industry initially by accident, when ...
Health Benefits of Limiting Red Meat
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - January 25, 2024 07:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDid You Try the Carnivore Diet? Did you try the carnivore in January? A month of red meat, eggs, and butter? If you did, you probably lost weight. If you lost weight, you felt better. The Carnivore crowd will point to weight loss as proof of superiority. But did you worry that this might not ...
Diet Disappointment 2024 Version
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - January 16, 2024 07:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsSorry It Didn't Work This is the time of year when everyone is excited about some change in their life. My neighbors are doing a "dry January" because they want to cut down on their alcohol. Other neighbors committed to more physical activity before a hip replacement. And there is the inevitabl...
Salesmen of Supplements and Scams
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - December 29, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsThe Scams and Quacks of the Year The New Year, the point we all look for a second chance. To get healthy, lose weight, adopt a new habit. And waiting for you are the hucksters who want to sell you hydrogen in your water, expensive supplements of dubious value, and some choices that might actua...
Canola Oil is Healthy and Inexpensive
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - December 13, 2023 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsCanola Oil is Healthy and Inexpensive Did you ever notice there are those people who will tell you how everything is bad for you? Don't eat this and don't eat that? They make grand assertions about the modern food system. Often claiming we should return to the age of the caveman. Assuming that...
Nuts and Seeds, or Supplements
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - December 06, 2023 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsNuts and Seeds, or Supplements People who count calories notice nuts contain about 200 calories per ounce. Nuts are calorie-dense. However, nuts are also nutrient-dense. Moreover, nuts provide fiber, healthy oils, and essential minerals. Nuts have been shown to decrease sudden cardiac death, d...
The Beautiful Bean
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - November 29, 2023 07:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWe Love Legumes The legume is a powerhouse plant protein. The beautiful bean. Often the source of protein for vegetarians and vegans, and forgotten about in most modern diets today. Thus, we will campaign to bring back the legume. In today's gym, you will find people selling protein powders, a...
Turmeric: It Can Kill You
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - November 22, 2023 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsTurmeric: It can kill you Turmeric is from the root of a flowering plant (Curcuma longa of the ginger family Zingiberaceae), known for being anti-inflammatory. Because of its anti-inflammatory nature, turmeric is one of the most common supplements I am asked about during my TikTok live sessions...
Dr. Parvaneh Parvin - Spice it up with Tech
AigoraCast - November 01, 2023 11:59 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsParvaneh Parvin is a tech-savvy problem solver with a flair for all things culinary. She studied Digital Humanities and Computer Science at the University of Pisa in Italy, where she also earned her PhD in her research into Just-in-time health feedback systems for older adults with mild cognit...
Julia Christiane Sick - Emotions, Traits, and Tiny Taste Testers
AigoraCast - October 16, 2023 19:15 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsJulia has recently joined SAM Sensory and Consumer Research as Research Manager, Germany. Before joining SAM, Julia graduated with a doctoral degree in Food Science & Technology from the University of Florence. Her research focused on the role of emotions, personality traits, and sensory sensiti...
Gern Huijberts - Stay Curious and Be Brave
AigoraCast - October 02, 2023 15:56 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsGern Huijberts is the global innovation portfolio manager at Cargill, with responsibility for businesses in Europe, the US, Brazil, West-Africa, and Asia-Pacific. In this position, he manages the global quality organization for food safety, quality assurance and quality control as well as regu...
Vijay Pravin Maharajan - A Tradable Future
AigoraCast - September 26, 2023 18:22 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsVijay Pravin is the Founder & CEO of bitsCrunch, a Blockchain Analytics and Forensics company focusing on securing the NFT ecosystem. Living in Munich, Germany for the last 10 years, and originally from India. To date, Vijay has helped raise 6.5M USD from prominent Web3 VCs like Coinbase...
Lennox Matsinde - Don’t Miss Out Loyalty in Web3
AigoraCast - August 21, 2023 17:45 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsLennox is the CEO & Co-Founder of Satoshi’s Index, a token-gated SaaS platform that automates portfolio management for crypto investors. In addition to this, he leads product initiatives at Starbucks Corp, and is the co-founder of NFT Seattle, the region's first large scale Web3 conference. ...
Luiza Carvalho - The Future is Digital
AigoraCast - July 26, 2023 14:51 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsLuiza is the International Sensory Science Manager at L’Oréal France. She is a Food Engineer with more than 10 years of experience in Sensory and Consumer Science applied mainly in cosmetics, food, and household product categories. She has recently been assigned the Data Steward role, bein...
Weight Loss Meds: Making Sense of Madness
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - July 12, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsOzempic, Wegovy, Monjaro, and a host of other drugs – the GLP-1 agonists and near miracles weight loss drugs, and soon a more potent pill form coming. These drugs have known side effects, and there have been increased visits to the emergency rooms. Often because people were not told foods to av...
Peanut Butter - Don't Feel Guilty
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - June 06, 2023 07:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsSeed Oils, Omega 6, and Inflammation Just about everyone in the low-carb community is talking about how bad seed oils are. They claim the medical community has it wrong. The conspiracy-minded folks claim doctors want to keep people sick. Thus dependent on medicine for pills and surgery. Hence, ...
Vegetables in the Mediterranean Diet
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - May 23, 2023 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsImplementing the Mediterranean Diet: Vegetables The increase of vegetables in the diet is one way to reduce inflammation. Vegetables are an important part of the Mediterranean diet, providing essential nutrients. A diet rich in vegetables that contain antioxidants. As a result, the Med diet re...
Do You Need A Liver Cleanse?
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - April 12, 2023 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDo You Need A Liver Cleanse? Fatty liver disease is the most common reason for liver transplantation. Fatty liver disease replaced alcoholic liver disease a decade ago. The rise of obesity has contributed to fatty liver disease, and fat, like alcohol, is deadly to your liver. So can you clean...
Erythritol and Heart Attacks: Is It Hype?
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - April 05, 2023 07:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsErythritol and Heart Attacks: Is It Hype? Does the artificial sweetener erythritol increase the risk of heart attacks? In fact, some say that this is just hype. The article abstract can be found here. Erythritol is an artificial sweetener It has been used for years in food as a "non-nutritiv...
Dr. Garmt Dijksterhuis - The Science of Validity
AigoraCast - March 17, 2023 15:46 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsDr. G.B. (Garmt) Dijksterhuis studied experimental psychology and methodology at the University of Utrecht and wrote his Ph.D. dissertation at the department of Data Theory at the University of Leiden, in the Netherlands. He has written or co-authored some 150 publications in sensory and consum...
Don't Fear the Fruit, Enjoy It
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - February 28, 2023 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDon't Fear the Fruit, Enjoy It Are you afraid that eating fruit will cause your blood sugar to spike? Let us bust that myth right now. Only ten percent of adults eat enough whole fruit daily despite the clear benefits of fruit. Eating fruit and Living Longer My 98-year-old dad eats fruit wi...
Salt: Toxicity is in the Dose
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - February 18, 2023 07:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsSalt: Toxicity is in the Dose For the human body, salt is both an essential metal and toxic at a high dose. The most common form of sodium comes from sodium chloride, a salt. However, too much salt and arteries become stiff, and the risk of heart disease and cardiovascular disease increases. ...
Why You Should Ditch Your Gas Stove
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - February 03, 2023 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhy you should ditch your gas stove Did you ever wonder what the controversy is about gas stoves? There is no controversy. Gas range tops are responsible for high levels of indoor pollution. But what should we do? The answer, change to an induction cooking top Types of Indoor Cooking You can ...
Whole Grains Reduce Obesity
Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson - January 18, 2023 07:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhole Grains Reduce Obesity While the low-carb world and its extremists will tell you that grains are evil, they are wrong. There is a significant difference between refined and whole grains. The difference Whole grains contain the bran, a fiber-rich outer sheath. Further whole gains have the...
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