Our inboxes have been filled to the brim with advice from people peddling vitamins, herbs, and diets—all claiming that the product that they were hawking would help supercharge the body’s defenses to ward off the coronavirus. Is there any truth to these pitches? Can certain foods—like elderberries, garlic, and zinc—really help strengthen your immune system? How about a good night’s sleep, or getting enough exercise? We take a hard look at these claims, with help from Timothy Caulfield, a law professor at the University of Alberta and the research director of its Health Law Institute. He studies how companies and brands use and misuse medical and scientific research, and he’s the host of the TV series A User's Guide to Cheating Death, in which he debunks pseudoscientific claims.
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39 – Songs That Make Food Taste Better
38 – W. Kamau Bell and the Case of the Racist Skittles
37 – The Agony and Ecstasy of Eating 330 Hamburgers
36 – Farmers Are Living Dangerously
35 – We Watch “Game of Thrones” for the Food Porn
34 – You Are What You Eat, Donald Trump
33 – Inside Silicon Valley's Race to the Best Fake Meat
32 – As a Fat Person, "I Felt Like I Always Had to Apologize for Myself"
31 – Everything You Love About Food Means Nothing to This Guy
30 – Sex, Drugs, and Oysters: What It's Really Like to Work at a Fancy Restaurant
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27 – The Bizarre, True-Crime Story of New England’s Seafood King
26 - The Science of Why People Don’t Believe in Food Science
25 – Is Your Favorite Restaurant Standing Up for Immigrants?
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23 - Save the Chocolate
22 - You Don’t Get Fat For the Reasons You Think
21 – The Secret Lives of Chefs
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