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Episode 26: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Food & Diet Myths Emily Rask 9/20/26 Food & Diet Myths Emily Rask 9/20/26

Episode 26: An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

"An apple a day" began as a 1904 marketing rescue plan for an industry that had just lost its real product: booze. What the science actually says now.

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Episode 12: Low-Fat Conspiracy
Food & Diet Myths Emily Rask 9/20/26 Food & Diet Myths Emily Rask 9/20/26

Episode 12: Low-Fat Conspiracy

How fat became public enemy number one, and how that belief moved from early nutrition research into government policy and grocery shelves.

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Episode 2: Eight Glasses a Day
Health & Wellness Emily Rask 5/28/19 Health & Wellness Emily Rask 5/28/19

Episode 2: Eight Glasses a Day

How drinking water turned from a basic need into a lifestyle, a lifestyle brand built on the eight-glasses rule that was never based on real science.

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