Embalmed Beef, It's What's For Dinner!

Send us a message! Click this link or email [email protected] Embalmed beef is not a metaphor, it is a warning. I dig into the gross, gut-wrenching history that shaped US food safety regulation, because if we want to question the system we should understand why it was built in the first place and what went so wrong that Americans demanded change. We start with the scandals that turned stomachs and shifted politics: soldiers complaining of foul meat during the Spanish American War, and the cultural shockwave of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. From there, we follow the trail of chemicals and shortcuts, including the era when preservatives like borax, salicylic acid, sulfites, and even formaldehyde were part of the conversation. Then we meet USDA chemist Harvey Washington Wiley and his famous Poison Squad trials, where volunteers ate measured doses of preservatives so the government could study the health effects and ask the question underneath it all: what belongs in food, and who decides what is safe? If you’ve ever looked at your dinner and thought, “What the hell is this, and who is protecting us,” hit play. Subscribe, share this with a hungry friend, and leave a review so more people keep questioning what’s on our plate. Support the show Follow your host! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/annaehover?srtk=MXRtYWx4a2MzZXU2Mg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@backwardsnforwards?_r=1&_t=ZT-9AQBZPDU3CP Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1F2chZqdbP/?mibextid=wwXIfr To purchase The Wahls Protocol - https://amzn.to/4hP6Rcn