Nature & the Environment
Food or Foe?

Food or Foe?

Blinks about what’s in your food and how it affects the world

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Nature & the Environment
Trying to stay healthy by eating plenty of fruits and vegetables or stocking up on fancy health food? Looks like you're on the right path! Well, almost. These Blinks will show you more about the hidden ingredients in your favorite foods, how the food industry works, and the impact that food has on not only your life, but also society and ecology.

Food or Foe?

Blinks about what’s in your food and how it affects the world

Feeding You Lies
Feeding You Lies
Vani Hari
How to Unravel the Food Industry's Playbook and Reclaim Your Health
17 min4.2
What The Fork Are you Eating?
What The Fork Are you Eating?
Stefanie Sacks
An Action Plan for Your Pantry and Plate
16 min4.0
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
Weston Andrew Price
A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and their Effects
17 min4.2
The Plant Paradox
The Plant Paradox
Dr. Steven Gundry M.D.
The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain
13 min3.1
How Bad Are Bananas?
How Bad Are Bananas?
Mike Berners-Lee
The Carbon Footprint of Everything
26 min4.2
Eating Animals
Eating Animals
Jonathan Safran Foer
The (a)morality of our eating habits and traditions
21 min4.3
Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
25 min4.2
The Fate of Food
The Fate of Food
Amanda Little
What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
20 min4.1

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