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Chemicals and doctors and food, oh my! Episode 77
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Michele Payn and Nicole Rodriguez에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 Michele Payn and Nicole Rodriguez 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.
Did you know soldiers used to carry flowers into battle to keep them healthy? Dr. Liza Dunn joins Michele and Eliz for a fascinating conversation about pesticides, nutrition, herbicides, and why doctors need to stay in their lane.
Liza Dunn is a mom of 3 boys and a hockey fan who loves her pets - a pug, a horse and a snake. She's also an emergency physician and a medical toxicologist who has done relief work in Haiti and Kenya. Her work there opened her eyes to the importance of food security and vector control for public health. She is now the Medical Affairs Lead for Bayer Crop Sciences.
Key points:
Why should medical doctors “stay in their lane”?
- Medical school educates about disease not nutrition or agriculture
- Without a background in nutrition of ag, doctors have less information than they think
- Registered dietitians are a good place to start for high quality nutrition information
- Gastroenterologist have specific training that general medical doctors and other specialist do not.
As a medical doctor, why have you focused on agriculture?
- Participating in humanitarian missions changed Liza’s focus
- She identified malnutrition and insect born illness were the leading issues
- If you can address those issues, real progress can be made
- The vast majority of the world lives on rice, corn, and wheat - and miss out on vital micronutrients
- Golden rice was modified to contain Vitamin A - and could have a significant impact to end blindness caused by malnutrition
- Golden rice was donated, but has been blocked by activists against GMOs
Why are pesticides important?
- Insect born illness has been a problem for centuries
- War wounds in the past didn’t kill the majority of soldiers, insects did
- For centuries soldiers used to carry chrysanthemums into battle, because the flowers produce natural pesticides
Three tips to overcome Food Bullying:
- Try to look for healthy nutrition information
- Ignore labels about what’s NOT there
- Get good advice: Liza suggests: PesticideFacts.org and GeneticLiteracyProject.org
Links:
Liza Dunn on Twitter
Food Bullying: How to Avoid Buying BS by Michele Payn
Stress-Proof Your Life with Eliz Greene
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