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EPISODE · Jul 13, 2026 · 5 MIN

Pharma, Food & the Fluent Consumer Ep.3/4

from Pay the Farmer, Not the Pharmacy · host Meera & Ashok Vasudevan

Share your thoughtsHow many eggs are you allowed this week? Depends what year you ask. In Episode 3 of 4 in thos series  co-hosts Ashok and Meera Vasudevan take the second corner of the triangle — the food industry — and the verdicts that flip a full 180 degrees within a decade. Eggs, butter, coconut oil… and the peanut reversal whose bill was paid by children. In this episode•    The egg: 47 years rationed to three a week — on a cholesterol cap with no clinical-trial evidence•    Butter → margarine → trans-fat ban → “butter-style spread”: the consumer left keeping score•    Coconut oil's three verdicts, red wine, and the MSG myth — same molecules, flipped opinions•    Why guidelines outlive the science by a generation•    Peanuts and the LEAP trial: the reversal whose cost was paid by childrenThanks for tuning in to "Pay the Farmer, Not the Pharmacy"!Hosted by Meera & Ashok VasudevanStay Connected#PayTheFarmerNotThePharmacy#PlantBasedWellness#NaturalFood#AffordableWellness#GutHealth#ImmunityBoost#NutritionTips#CSAW (Centre for the Spread of Affordable Wellness)#Meeravasudevan#Ashokvasudevanhttps://umaglobalfoods.com/https://csaw.cohttps://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/pay-the-farmer-not-the-pharmacy/id1512934794https://open.spotify.com/show/34nzNQQ62O8tygMaut2h8V

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Share your thoughts How many eggs are you allowed this week? Depends what year you ask. In Episode 3 of 4 in thos series co-hosts Ashok and Meera Vasudevan take the second corner of the triangle — the food industry — and the verdicts that flip a full 180 degrees within a decade. Eggs, butter, coconut oil… and the peanut reversal whose bill was paid by children. In this episode • The egg: 47 years rationed to three a week — on a cholesterol cap with no clinical-trial e...

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