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It seems that today’s diet-based activism centers around plant-based or meat-based diets. While the vegan diet is quite popular in pop culture, certain vegan figures (thatveganteacher on tiktok) have gotten banned off platforms due to their militant activism. On the other hand, there are figures like Mikala Peterson that are championing the all-meat (carnivore diet). Both perspectives have valid points; Kaytie and Ellie decided that the core issues of diet/health centers around refined sugars and artificial additives.
Food and diet culture in different countries vary widely. The conventional “American” diet (think pop tarts, sugary cereals, and diner foods) are larger in portion size and have more processed sugar than their European and Asian counterparts. This difference in attitude towards food became more evident as Pixar Animations changed broccoli to bell peppers in their Japanese release of Inside Out. In the American version, the emotions Anger and Disgust reject broccoli; in Japan, this would not make sense since Japanese children actually enjoy broccoli.
Supermarkets and food companies have also adapted to the tastes and demands of the current consumer. Oatly stock went public earlier this year, Crossroads Kitchen has created a vegan egg yolk made from yellow tomatoes, and sugar-free, dairy-free, etc-free foods are widely available.
Some of the new diet trends center around the exact type of macronutrient that one should be consuming (think carbs vs fats) and the time periods for eating. The keto diet and intermittent fasting are two popular ways of eating that focus on lowering insulin and burning fat.
This episode is quite heavy in information, so it ends off on a light note: Katie’s review of the new BTS x McDonald’s collaboration meal.
Links to everything discussed in the podcast:
Controversy around thatveganteacher: https://plantbasednews.org/news/social-media/who-is-that-vegan-teacher-and-why-is-she-going-viral-on-tiktok/
Oatly going public: https://www.reuters.com/business/oprah-backed-oatly-seeks-10-billion-valuation-us-ipo-2021-05-11/
Egg from yellow tomatoes!!! https://www.insider.com/these-vegan-eggs-are-made-from-whipped-yellow-tomatoes-2019-12
Artificial sweeteners: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/artificial-sweeteners-sugar-free-but-at-what-cost-201207165030
Intermittent fasting: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/intermittent-fasting-surprising-update-2018062914156
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It seems that today’s diet-based activism centers around plant-based or meat-based diets. While the vegan diet is quite popular in pop culture, certain vegan figures (thatveganteacher on tiktok) have gotten banned off platforms due to their militant activism. On the other hand, there are figures like Mikala Peterson that are championing the all-meat (carnivore diet). Both perspectives have valid points; Kaytie and Ellie decided that the core issues of diet/health centers around refined sugars and artificial additives.
Food and diet culture in different countries vary widely. The conventional “American” diet (think pop tarts, sugary cereals, and diner foods) are larger in portion size and have more processed sugar than their European and Asian counterparts. This difference in attitude towards food became more evident as Pixar Animations changed broccoli to bell peppers in their Japanese release of Inside Out. In the American version, the emotions Anger and Disgust reject broccoli; in Japan, this would not make sense since Japanese children actually enjoy broccoli.
Supermarkets and food companies have also adapted to the tastes and demands of the current consumer. Oatly stock went public earlier this year, Crossroads Kitchen has created a vegan egg yolk made from yellow tomatoes, and sugar-free, dairy-free, etc-free foods are widely available.
Some of the new diet trends center around the exact type of macronutrient that one should be consuming (think carbs vs fats) and the time periods for eating. The keto diet and intermittent fasting are two popular ways of eating that focus on lowering insulin and burning fat.
This episode is quite heavy in information, so it ends off on a light note: Katie’s review of the new BTS x McDonald’s collaboration meal.
Links to everything discussed in the podcast:
Controversy around thatveganteacher: https://plantbasednews.org/news/social-media/who-is-that-vegan-teacher-and-why-is-she-going-viral-on-tiktok/
Oatly going public: https://www.reuters.com/business/oprah-backed-oatly-seeks-10-billion-valuation-us-ipo-2021-05-11/
Egg from yellow tomatoes!!! https://www.insider.com/these-vegan-eggs-are-made-from-whipped-yellow-tomatoes-2019-12
Artificial sweeteners: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/artificial-sweeteners-sugar-free-but-at-what-cost-201207165030
Intermittent fasting: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/intermittent-fasting-surprising-update-2018062914156