Should You Really Eat That?

A podcast by SBS

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14 Episodes

  1. Native foods: Bush lollies, medicinal source, climate-change tool

    Published: 19/03/2025

  2. Salt: Slug repellent, history shaper, chip enhancer

    Published: 12/03/2025

  3. Olive Oil: Lamp fuel, criminal swag, pharmacy staple

    Published: 5/03/2025

  4. Butter: Bakery essential, insult inspiration, wedding gift

    Published: 26/02/2025

  5. Soy: Traditional craft, miracle crop, male threat?

    Published: 19/02/2025

  6. Chocolate: Food of the gods, romantic gesture, dog poison

    Published: 12/02/2025

  7. Season two trailer: Should You Really Eat That?

    Published: 6/02/2025

  8. Seafood: Cooking inspiration, mercury magnet, cultural storyteller

    Published: 15/11/2023

  9. Cheese: Calcium source, place marker, vegan inspiration

    Published: 8/11/2023

  10. Coffee: Caffeine hit, productivity booster, wedding custom

    Published: 1/11/2023

  11. Tea: Scandal water, life saver, yum cha essential

    Published: 25/10/2023

  12. Bread: Historic staple, riot-starter, loneliness cure

    Published: 18/10/2023

  13. Rice: Dietary staple, daily greeting, and nutritional villain?

    Published: 11/10/2023

  14. Introducing Should You Really Eat That? A new podcast that makes sense of food confusion

    Published: 27/09/2023

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Are olive oil shots a good idea? Should we dunk butter in our coffee? Is soy really “the most dangerous food for men?” and is chocolate actually a health food? (The royal pharmacist certainly thought so when he treated Marie-Antoinette’s headaches during 18th-century France with chocolate!). If health experts tell us we’re consuming too much salt, how do we balance that with cookbooks advising we season our food generously for flavour? And are we overlooking the health and cultural impacts of Indigenous ingredients? It can be tricky trying to consume the ‘right things’, and the forces that shape our diets go far beyond what’s supposedly ‘good for us’. On Should You Really Eat That?, food writer Lee Tran Lam untangles the mixed messaging about the food and drinks we consume – with the help of chefs, dietitians and other guests.
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