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Why Meat, Cheese, and Fat Belong in Your Diet

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The book by a contributor to The New Yorker magazine, The Big Fat Surprise, is rocking the nutrition/health world.

After nine years spent analyzing scientific papers and conducting thousands of interviews with researchers and health officials, the author reports that conclusions about what makes a healthy diet are frequently wrong. 

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  • Nina Teicholz – author of The Big Fat Surprise

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  • “Gne Gne,” Montefiori Cocktail
  • “Yellow Bridges,” El Ten Eleven

Lori Mack and Jonathan McNicol contributed to this show.  

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