{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"503: Alex Clark\u2014Don\u2019t Eat That","description":"What if some of the food we\u2019ve been told is convenient, affordable, and perfectly safe is actually making us sick? Alex Clark, host of the popular Culture Apothecary podcast and a passionate advocate for healthier food, joins Mike to discuss Breaking Big Food, a documentary in which she appears that takes a hard look at what\u2019s really behind America\u2019s processed-food problem. The conversation explores how Big Food adopted tactics pioneered by Big Tobacco, the science and marketing behind ultra-processed foods, what happens when corporate interests collide with public health, and why it\u2019s so difficult to know what\u2019s actually good for us anymore. But this isn\u2019t just a crusade for Alex\u2014it\u2019s personal. She tells Mike about her father\u2019s battle with chronic illness and death, and how it inspired her mission to figure out why so much of what we eat seems determined to kill us. Alex gets fired up. Mike gets curious. And together, they ask a simple question: What exactly are we eating? Today\u2019s episode is sponsored by PureTalk.com\/ROWE\u2014Switch your phone service today and get UNLIMITED high-speed data for just $34.99 a month and save an additional 50% off your first month. CamelCityMill.com\u2014The last work sock you\u2019ll ever need. 100% American made with a 10year warranty.  Use code ROWE for 10% off Mike\u2019s favorite work sock. NetSuite.com\/Mike\u2014The #1 Cloud ER. If your revenues are at least in the seven figures, get NetSuite\u2019sFREE business guide, Aligning for the Agentic Era: How AI Is Changing Everyday Work. ","author_name":"The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/74011","html":"