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Vital Conversations
by Jessica Corbin
Available on: Audio Download
Join integrated fitness specialist Jessica Corbin as she sits down with premiere experts in health & wellness to learn what it takes to create boundless energy in your body, mind, and spirit.
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Eric Schlosser on Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser
Available on: Online Video
Mr. Schlosser talked about his book Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, published by Houghton Mifflin. The book is about the industrialization of food and how it has changed American culture.
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What to Eat: Sensible Choices in an Era of Food Confusion
by Marion Nestle
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Proper nutrition is on all of our minds, but how do we make smart choices in
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Vitamin D Prevents Cancer: Is It True?
by Carole Baggerly
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
In a new study, researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center used a complex computer prediction model to determine that intake of vitamin D3 and calcium would prevent 58,000 new cases of breast cancer and 49,000 new cases of colorectal cancer annually in the US and Canada.
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Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
The UC Davis Mondavi Center presents bestselling author and UC Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan. He explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century.
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Interventions to Reduce Sugar Consumption
by Robert H. Lustig
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Dr. Robert Lustig, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, in the Division of Endocrinology at UC San Francisco, explores how and why to reduce sugar consumption.
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William Li: Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?
by William Li
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut off the supply lines and beat cancer at its own game.
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Carolyn Steel: How Food Shapes Our Cities
by Carolyn Steel
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Every day, in a city the size of London, 30 million meals are served. But where does all the food come from? Architect Carolyn Steel discusses the daily miracle of feeding a city, and shows how ancient food routes shaped the modern world.
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Peter Singer: The Ethics of What We Eat
by Peter Singer
Available on: Online Video
Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne, Peter Singer takes a hard look at the food we eat, where it comes from, and how it is produced.
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Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan
Available on: Online Video
Pollan discusses America's dilemma regarding food production and consumption and examines the ways in which Americans produce their food and make their meals, the subjects of his 2006 best selling book "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.
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