{"podcast":{"title":"Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson","slug":"fork-u-with-dr-terry-simpson-940256","podcast_index_feed_id":940256,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/forku/","website_url":"https://www.forku.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/788b2349-48f2-498b-af8c-3fc9e102deaa/FU-2026-1.png","author":"Terry Simpson","episode_count":135,"summary":"Fork U(niversity) Not everything you put in your mouth is good for you. There’s a lot of medical information thrown around out there. How are you to know what information you can trust, and what’s just plain old quackery? You can’t rely on your own “google fu”. You can’t count on quality medical advice from Facebook. You need a doctor in your corner. On each episode of Your Doctor’s Orders, Dr. Terry Simpson will cut through the clutter and noise that always seems to follow the latest medical news. He has the unique perspective of a surgeon who has spent years doing molecular virology research and as a skeptic with academic credentials. He’ll help you develop the critical thinking skills so you can recognize evidence-based medicine, busting myths along the way. The most common medical myths are often disguised as seemingly harmless “food as medicine”. By offering their own brand of medicine via foods, These hucksters are trying to practice medicine without a license. And though they’ll claim “nutrition is not taught in medical schools”, it turns out that’s a myth too. In fact, there’s an entire medical subspecialty called Culinary Medicine, and Dr. Simpson is certified as a Culina…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T16:19:44.473681+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fork-u-with-dr-terry-simpson-940256"},"episode":{"title":"Whole Milk Isn’t the Fix—Feeding Kids Is","slug":"whole-milk-isn-t-the-fix-feeding-kids-is","published_at":"2026-01-22T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fork-u-with-dr-terry-simpson-940256/whole-milk-isn-t-the-fix-feeding-kids-is","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fork-u-with-dr-terry-simpson-940256","url":"https://forku.com/episode/whole-milk-isnt-the-fixfeeding-kids-is","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2fe8f718-8be0-4f58-a660-c9958feeba15.mp3","summary":"Whole Milk Is Back in Schools But Hungry Kids Are Still the Real Problem Whole milk is back in school cafeterias. As a result, a lot of people are celebrating. Some are calling it a victory for nutrition. Others are calling it common sense. Meanwhile, a few are even calling it a breakthrough. However, that excitement misses the point. Because the biggest problem facing kids in school today is not milk fat. Instead, the real problem is hunger. First, Let’s Start With the Obvious Before we talk about milk, fat, or nutrients, we need to start with something very basic. Hungry kids do not learn well. In fact, hunger affects attention, memory, and behavior. As a result, students who do not eat enough struggle to focus. Over time, that struggle shows up as lower academic performance. Because of that, no change to milk will ever fix an empty stomach. Therefore, if we want better outcomes, we have to start with food access. Next, What Actually Changed With Milk Despite what many people believe, whole milk was not removed from schools in the past. Instead, schools continued to offer low-fat and fat-free milk. Importantly, those options provided the same essential nutrients: protein calcium potassium iodine vitamin B12 In addition, vitamin D was added through fortification, regardless of milk fat level. So, children did not lose vital nutrients. What they lost was milk fat. Now, Why Milk Fat Is Not Essential Milk fat is made mostly of saturated fat. That matters because saturated fat is not an essential dietary nutrient . If the human body needs saturated fat, it can make it on its own. In other words, there is no requirement to eat it for normal growth or brain development. As a result, adding more saturated fat to a child’s diet is not necessary. Then, Let’s Talk About the Bra…","meta_description":"Whole Milk Is Back in Schools But Hungry Kids Are Still the Real Problem Whole milk is back in school cafeterias. As a result, a lot of people are celebra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":608,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fork-u-with-dr-terry-simpson-940256/episodes/whole-milk-isn-t-the-fix-feeding-kids-is/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fork-u-with-dr-terry-simpson-940256/whole-milk-isn-t-the-fix-feeding-kids-is.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}