The Business of Wellness

WeightWatchers Acquisition of Sequence Takes A Bite of GLP-1 Market; Key Takeaways From & Real Life Application For the Latest Erythritol Study, & Revisiting Maligned Food Additive, MSG, to Address Public Health Concerns About Sodium

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Listeners, it’s time for a food & nutrition news update. Today I’m covering some of the biggest topics in consumer food & nutrition from the first few months of 2023 including:

  • WeightWatchers Acquires Sequence, Telemedicine Company Focused on Obesity Medicine– the pros, the cons, the media coverage, and my take as WW’s former head of nutrition & wellness.
  • Nature Medicine’s recent study findings linking erythritol to cardiovascular disease and the media fallout/aftermath that followed Plus: What you need to know about erythritol and is it safe for you to use?
  • Revisiting the topic of monosodium glutamate as a food additive/flavor enhancer: Do Americans have good (evidence-based) reasons to fear this ingredient? Is bias against MSG racially motivated? Could MSG be a savior to all public health ails? 

We’ll get into all of this and more on today’s solo episode of The Business of Wellness with Jaclyn London, RD, so please let me know what you think by leaving a 5-star rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Sources:

Dressing on the Side (and Other Diet Myths Debunked): 11 Science-Based Ways to Eat More, Stress Less & Feel Great About Your Body

  • Weight Watchers X Sequence 
    • BoW LHP Episode 
    • BoW Vanessa Episode 
    • WeightWatchers Acquires Sequence 
    • Slate
    • The Wall Street Journal
    • CNBC 

  • Erythritol
    • Nature Medicine Erythritol 2023
    • Food Insight
    • FDA Erythritol GRAS Statement 
    • FDA Acceptable Daily Intake -  High Intensity Sweeteners  

  • MSG
    • “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome” 
    • MSG to Replace Sodium in Packaged Foods (2017) 
    • MSG Safety Review (2019)
    • AHA Sodium Fact Sheet 


**Advice provided on this podcast should not replace medical advice provided by your physician. 

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