757 How the Food Industry Is Feeding You Lies with Vani Hari

Published: Feb. 11, 2019, 5:15 a.m.

b'STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.\\nIt\\u2019s much easier to eat whatever you\\u2019re craving without thinking much about it.\\nIt takes energy and intention to figure out what\\u2019s actually in our food.\\nBut making the effort to understand the ingredients we put in our body will help us take our life to the next level.\\nSo why is it so hard?\\nThe food industry is doing everything they can to keep chemicals in their food in order to increase shelf-life and keep you wanting more.\\nUnless you\\u2019re making the effort to eat well, you\\u2019ll be convinced by their marketing lies.\\nOn today\\u2019s episode of The School of Greatness, I talk with an amazing woman who has bravely taken the giants of the food industry: Vani Hari.\\nVani Hari aka \\u201cThe Food Babe\\u201d is a New York Times best-selling author, blogger, and activist. She investigates what is really in our food, how is it grown and what chemicals are used in its production. Companies such as Chick-fil-A and Kraft have changed their ingredients based on her campaigns.\\nVani says that we need to know all the ingredients in our food, we need to know if they\\u2019re nutritious, and we need to know where they come from.\\nSo get ready to learn about the lies the food industry tells us on Episode 757.\\nSome Questions I Ask:\\nWhy does the food industry need so many chemicals? (24:00)\\nHow do you know what\\u2019s real and what\\u2019s fake? (26:30)\\nIs all organic food good? (37:00)\\nWhat are the standards for ingredients in your company? (42:00)\\nIn This Episode You Will Learn:\\nHow Vani\\u2019s efforts helped change the ingredients used by big companies (12:00)\\nHow Vani dealt with attacks on her character (16:00)\\nThe dangers of \\u201cAstroturf Campaigns\\u201d that try to prevent change (18:00)\\nWhy the \\u201ccoconut oil is bad\\u201d headline was a lie (20:00)\\nAbout the Three Question Detox (30:00)\\nAbout the \\u201c48-hour Toxin Takedown\\u201d (36:00)'