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Podcast: The Dr. Hyman Show
Episode: How Food Subsidies Keep Ultraprocessed Food Prices Low And Chronic Disease Rates High
Description: This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Essentia. Subsidizing food has been a practice in the US government for a very long time; we’ve subsidized sugar since 1790 and wheat, corn, and soy since 1933. All four of these foods, also known as commodity crops, are mainstay ingredients found in the ultra-processed foods driving chronic disease. And we taxpayers are footing the bill. Something is wrong with this picture. In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Robert Lustig, Ken Cook, and Paulette Jordan about the impact of subsid...