It's crazy how little we still know about nutrition, right? Nutrition is complicated. That idea that we could be in 2023 and still be incapable of answering these questions with any degree of accuracy is fascinating to me. This is sort of what brings us to the Minnesota starvation experiment, which I'm sure we're going to talk about. And those types of coincidences are great, right? That you hear something and it actually has such an impact.
Author, psychologist and professional poker player Maria Konnikova joins the show as Revisionist History’s first ombudsman. Maria advocates for the audience, reading letters from listeners and challenging Malcolm on matters great and small. They discuss how iodized salt is changing lives, the ethics of the Minnesota starvation experiments, and the ever-changing guidance around drinking alcohol. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts, be sure to sign up for our email list at Pushkin.fm.
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