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Aug 2021
1h 10m

The Great Protein Fiasco

AUBREY GORDON & MICHAEL HOBBES
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How Nestlé executives, global health institutions and a very racist white lady seeded a series of nutritional misconceptions we're still living with today. Special thanks to John Nott for helping us out with this episode! Here's his papers on the history of protein and the British Empire. “No one may starve in the British Empire”: Kwashiorkor, Protein and ... Show More
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