Let's Gut Real - Easy to Digest Nutrition Science Lab-made Food? How science literacy helps us to understand food tech with Chana Davis, PhD
Dec 1, 2020
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Food made in a lab using microbes? It's happening now! New tech can be scary and none of us are immune to being mislead or adopting a belief based on misinformation.
In this episode Chana Davis, PhD and I discuss new and exciting food technology using microbes, and how improving scientific literacy can help to shape the conversation around food technology!
We talk about:
- How Chana got involved in science communication
- What is a critical thinking mindset? How do you get one?
- How to find credible sources of information?
- What are the limitations of science?
- Why science isn't perfect
- How can we 'pressure test' the news?
- What is 'food tech'?
- How do microbes help us in making food and food ingredients?
- What's the future of our food?
- Plant based diets and the movement towards new food technology for sustainability and increasing options for different dietary patterns
- Why food technology isn't something to be afraid of
- Molecular diagnostics – what is it?
To learn more about Chana, here are her social links!
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