Food additives are everywhere in ultra-processed food, and some may cause serious damage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nutritionist Dr. Deb Kennedy joins the podcast today for a chat about feeding yourself for emotional well-being. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Monitoring blood sugar for emotional well-being will be the next big conversation when over-the-counter monitors that connect with phones become available this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you can't eat a sandwich cookie without twisting it apart first, this one's for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Destination Wine phenomenon--that a drink tastes better when consumed on vacation than it does when consumed at home--may sound like a Champagne problem. But it tells us a lot about how flavor is created in the brain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pleasure, Ozempic, and new research on ultra-processed foods  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People who eat communally have better health outcomes and greater bonding with others around the table Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you a chewer or a smoosher? Your tongue print can be as important to food enjoyment as what you eat. 

Changing breakfast changes behavior, in a study showing that nutrients have a measurable effect on how we feel about inequality. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hunger is an existential pain: it evolved alongside feelings of anger, probably to make sure we eat enough to survive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The call is coming from inside the house!  Your gut microbiome is a non-human community living inside your digestive tract and what you eat--what you feed it--can determine your emotional well-being. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Forget about before and after photos--we are, at all times, in progress See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From AI-generated menu photos to Vegan Reese's to Italians defending meat (and, yes, to Ozempic), review 2023's food news in 20 minutes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three science-backed reasons that December cookies have a nostalgic pull on our taste buds and brains See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hailey Bieber Smoothie at Erewhon is flat-out delicious, a creamy and thick non-dairy milkshake. But how much deliciousness comes from the actual taste, vs. the Erewhon's gorgeous setting vs. Bieber's gorgeous face? A look at what science calls the transferred deliciousness of the elite and wealthy the "contagion effect." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New studies link ultra-processed food with poor mental health outcomes. But about 60% of americans' diet come from UPF so avoiding it altogether is nearly impossible. This episode had guidelines and what you need to know. (And what exactly are UPF anyway?) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Food ghosts, travel, and judgy relatives. It's Thanksgiving week in America--here are three things to focus on when eating for emotional well-being during a stressful week. Plus popcorn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eating for emotional well-being is the opposite of diet culture. Here's some science behind being anti-diet culture, and why you should be on our side.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is hanger real? Can food affect a negotiation? Does who I'm eating with change the flavor of my meal?  Food Journalist Mary Beth Albright presents decades of evidence showing that eating affects how you feel. She turns science into one practical action you can take this week to improve your mood through food--including focusing on what brings you pleasure. From the pages of The Washington Post and National Geographic to wherever you get podcasts, an indispensable podcast for everyone who...