The Science of Eating Well Without Losing Your Mind | Jessica Knurick
6/1/20261 hr 10 min
Seed oils, sugars, food dyes, ultra-processed food, supplements, vaccines — a PhD nutritionist cuts through the noise on the biggest health fears online.
Dr. Jessica Knurick is a Registered Dietitian with a PhD in nutrition science, specializing in chronic disease prevention. She educates on nutrition science, food and nutrition policy, and how these factors shape public health.
In this episode we talk about:
- The root of wellness misinformation
- Vaccines and fluoride controversies
- Toxins vs. ultra-processed foods
- Decoding ingredients & food dyes
- The truth about sugar, bread, and dairy
- Fats, seed oils, and infant formula
- The science behind saturated fats
- The wild west of supplements
- The "boring" pillars of health
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First 90 secondsDan Harris· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Ten Percent Happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. We are, as many of you know, living through a, a riptide of, uh, wellness misinformation, just like a, a tsunami of bullshit, m-much of it coming from people like RFK and members of the MAHA, or Make America Healthy Again movement. Some of it, however, just coming from garden variety and even well-intentioned online influencers. Uh, stepping into the breach, uh, is my guest today, Dr. Jessica Nurick, who has a PhD in nutrition science and is a registered dietician. She's really been, um, uh, as I said, stepping into the breach and helping people sort fact from fiction online, questions like, "Should we be worried about, uh, fluoride in the water? Should we be worried about vaccines, toxins in our food, ingredients in our food that we can't pronounce?" Et cetera, et cetera. A lot to discuss here. We'll be talking to Dr. Jessica Nurick after this quick break. [whooshing] A few things before we hear from our sponsors. Uh, I don't know if you know this, but I've been, uh, writing a newsletter, uh, for the last couple of years. I would love for you to come check it out. It's free. You can sign up at danharris.com. Uh, every Monday, I drop into your inbox a little nugget of wisdom and sanity, uh, that you can operationalize in your life immediately. This is, uh, uh, an actionable practice that I'm dropping into your data stream, uh, that, uh, really can color the rest of your day.