In the 2000s, Jamie Oliver made a big splash with his work reforming kids’ meals in the UK and US. Was his work wicked slammin’, or just proper rustic?

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• BBC Profile - Jamie Oliver
• Jamie Oliver Puts America's Diet on a Diet
• All The Times Jamie Oliver Made Everyone Angry
• Unpacking School Lunch: Understanding the Hidden Politics of School Food
• A brief history of school meals in the UK
• Turkey Twizzlers: A Complete History
• Marcus Rashford Is Fighting the Government on Free School Meals. He’s Also Fighting Jamie Oliver’s Legacy
• Has Jamie Bitten off More Than He Can Chew?
• Jamie Oliver, you haven’t tasted real poverty
• Jamie Oliver’s campaign against childhood obesity has classist undertones
• Jamie’s jerk rice is a recipe for disaster

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What was missing from America's pandemic response? According to the internet, a sunshine vitamin, a malaria treatment and a whole lot of horse paste.

Thanks to Health Nerd (Substack) for helping us fact-check this episode! And thanks to Abby Mahler (Twitter, Tiktok) for help with the research on hydroxychloroquine!

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• How Musk Sold MAGA on HCQ
• Prominent Anti-Vaxxer’s Snake Oil Store Has a Propaganda Outlet
• Nine COVID-19 Myths That Just Won’t Go Away
• Disinformation and coronavirus
• COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Discussion on Twitter
• Pain in the Nation
• Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection?
• Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.
• Vaccines vs. vitamins: COVID misinformation roils the worlds of wellness and nutrition
• A Decisive Verdict on Vitamin D Supplementation
• Why were Twitter Users Obsessed with Vitamin D during the first year of the pandemic?
• Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Behind It
• The Truth about Vitamin D and COVID-19
• The Strange and Twisted Tale of Hydroxychloroquine
• Is Ivermectin for Covid-19 Based on Fraudulent Research?

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Ozempic is being hailed as “the end of the Obesity Epidemic.” This week, Mike and Aubrey dig through the sensational claims. But will they make it past the caveats?

Links:

• How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic
• The Discovery and Development of Liraglutide and Semaglutide
• Ozempic and Wegovy maker courts prominent Black leaders to get Medicare's favor
• Insurers clamping down on doctors who prescribe Ozempic for weight loss
• Ozempic prescriptions can be easy to get online. Its popularity for weight loss is hurting those who need it most
• Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in patients with type 2 diabetes: real-world evidence from a Mediterranean area
• Semaglutide in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity
• Real-world weight change, adherence, and discontinuation among patients with type 2 diabetes initiating glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in the UK
• Safety of Semaglutide
• Semaglutide for the treatment of overweight and obesity: A review
• Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adolescents with Obesity
• Semaglutide 2.4 mg for the Treatment of Obesity: Key Elements of the STEP Trials 1 to 5
• Association of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Use With Risk of Gallbladder and Biliary Diseases
• Real-World Adherence and Discontinuation of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in the United States
• Medications and conditions associated with weight loss in patients prescribed semaglutide based on real-world data

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