BIO
Professor at Kansas State University. Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology, PostDoc in geriatric nutrition. 15 minutes of fame for "Twinkie Diet" - with appearances on CNN, Fox News, Doctors, NPR, Sottish/British Radio, and several local TV and radio programs. Research grants and publications in areas of metabolism, body composition, sports nutrition, and diabetes.
TIMESTAMPS
9:43: Guest introduction
12:09 How did you get into food science and nutrition?
18:50 How did you conceive the “Twinkie Diet” experiment?
22:00 Concerns with a study showing processed food causes increased energy intake
24:35 How was your experience with legacy media after the “Twinkie Diet”?
30:48 The politics of being a scientist and ties with industry
36:40 Were you tracking calories when on the processed food diet to lose weight?
39:55 What did you eat during the experiment?
44:40 Processing and enhancing nutrient bioavailability
49:19 Were you consuming liquid calories during the experiment?
56:00 The gap between food science, agriculture, and health
1:00:29 What can future nutritionists and food scientists do to navigate the modern world of processed information?
1:07:24 An unpublished study and discussion about food cues
1:11:06 Why don't we have studies that show how food processing can be used to improve modern foods?
1:14:54 Do packaged foods have low-profit margins?
1:16:14 How does inflation impact food costs?
1:20:02 Mark's battle with brain cancer
1:23:57 What was your experience with being exposed to cancer?
1:27:35 The bigger picture and why processed foods are integral to the modern world
1:32:44 Final plugs
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