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show first aired February 4, 2010
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Few things have saved more lives and prevented more disease than vaccines. Yet, there are many people who refuse them for themselves and their children. There seems to be a growing mistrust of science in the US. On today’s Health Show, a science and global health writer talks to us about that mistrust...what he calls Denialism. Then we’ll hear from another writer who says a full plate can help you lose weight, and we’ll get another visit from the Diabetic Chef.
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DENIALISM - MAKING THE WORLD A LESS HEALTHY PLACE
Michael Specter writes about science, technology and global public health for The New Yorker, where he’s been a staff writer since 1998. In his new book Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms The Planet and Threatens Our Lives, Specter writes that Americans have come to mistrust institutions...and especially the institution of science...more today than ever before. He says science is now viewed as a political constituency that isn’t always in our best interest. The Health Show’s Joe Donahue spoke with Specter about his book and the themes it explores.
The Full Plate Diet
If there’s one iron clad, unbreakable rule we have here on The Health Show it’s that we don’t talk about books with the word “diet” in the title. Unless of course Katie Britton does the interview and we want to hear her voice a bit. Katie recently spoke with Diana Fleming, co-author of the book The Full Plate Diet.
More With The Diabetic Chef
A few months ago we introduced you to Chris Smith, the Diabetic Chef. Chris was on his way to a career as a fine chef when, at age 27, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Chris took his new dietary limitations as a challenge and found that, with the right attitude and ingredients...there were no limitations at all.
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