{"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":"Why Food Became Engineered to Defeat You","slug":"why-food-became-engineered-to-defeat-you","published_at":"2026-05-14T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fork-u-with-dr-terry-simpson-940256/why-food-became-engineered-to-defeat-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fork-u-with-dr-terry-simpson-940256","url":"https://forku.com/episode/why-food-became-engineered-to-defeat-you","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/68dcecc6-59cc-47da-803a-370276502aa9.mp3","summary":"The “Real Food” Protein Bar There may be no phrase in modern nutrition more ridiculous than this: “Real food protein bar.” And yet, somehow, we are expected to nod seriously when someone says it. Recently, internet nutrition personality Paul Saladino introduced what he described as his best “real food” protein bar. While I have nothing personal against the man. I admire the confidence required to sell twelve protein bars for forty-four dollars while talking about ancestral living. Because let’s be honest for a moment. Protein bars are the modern candy bar. They simply come wrapped in better branding, cleaner fonts, and enough wellness language to make people feel virtuous while eating what is essentially an expensive Snickers bar with a podcast sponsorship. Now, before the internet declares me anti-protein-bar, let me clarify something immediately. I actually like Aloha bars. They’re expensive, but they say the right words to me. More importantly, they taste better than most compressed drywall products pretending to be nutritious. At the same time, real life exists, and sometimes convenience matters because airports happen, traffic happens, and long clinic days happen. Still, pretending industrial engineering somehow untouches these foods is a bit like pretending woodland elves handcrafted a Tesla. Breakfast Used to Be a Moral Lecture To understand how we got here, we need cereal, because cereal tells the entire story of modern food in one aisle. The first cereals in America were essentially granolas—dense grain mixtures that required chewing, preparation, and a bit of commitment. While nobody was exactly dreaming about them at night, they solved an important problem because they stored well, traveled well, and provided calories in an expanding industrial society. Then…","meta_description":"The “Real Food” Protein Bar There may be no phrase in modern nutrition more ridiculous than this: “Real food protein bar.” And yet, somehow, we are expect…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":762,"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/why-food-became-engineered-to-defeat-you/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/why-food-became-engineered-to-defeat-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}