Call Out Contaminants Podcast

How clean is mothers' milk? Is the nutritional quality of mothers' milk always the best? Join Jackie Bowen from the Clean Label Project and Oliver Amdrup-Chamby from Puori as we talk with Dr. Stephanie Canale Founder of Lactation Lab, a laboratory which analysis's mothers milk for both nutritional density as well as industrial and environmental contamination. Find out how environmental toxins impact the health of babies and how it ends up in mothers' milk as well as some simple suggestions to improve nutritional density and reduce environmental toxins.  

Get to know the mission of the Call Out Contaminants Podcast as well as the hosts Jackie Bowen and Oliver Amdrup-Chamby 

What products should you prioritize when buying organic over conventional? How do you use variation to limit your exposure to soil contaminants? How do you transition to eating a more plant-based diet?Join us as we talk with Luise & David, the founders of Green Kitchen Stories, authors of 5 books on vegetarian food, an award winning app and a food-focused studio.

Each year approx. 1-2 million people die prematurely from lead poisoning and 1 in 3 children – up to 800 million globally – have blood lead levels at or above 5 micrograms per deciliter (µg/dL), the level at which requires action to prevent lead poisoning and it's long term health impacts. *In #3 episode, we talk with Richard Fuller, founder of Pure Earth and Great Forest, co-chair of the Lancet commission on pollution and health, as well as author of the Brown Agenda, “My mission to clean up the world's most life-threatening pollution”. Through his organizations, Richard has directly impacted the health and future wellbeing of countless people around the globe.  As a staunch advocate of finding actual solutions to world problems, Richard targets less fortunate areas of the world by cleaning up the planet plagued by some the most toxic environmental contaminants.Listen to the episode to learn more about heavy metals, lead especially, understand how it enters our food chain, why it's so dangerous and what you can do to secure a healthier you and a cleaner planet. *https://www.unicefusa.org/press/releases/third-world%E2%80%99s-children-poisoned-lead-new-groundbreaking-analysis-says/37502In this episode:www.pureearth.org www.greatforest.comhttps://www.amazon.com/Brown-Agenda-Mission-Life-Threatening-Pollution/dp/1595800832https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/pollution-and-healthhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jOpNF2uc2M&t=146shttps://cleanlabelproject.org/ 

Organic, Non-GMO, Clean Label and Fairtrade certifications along with various marketing claims all provide consumer's insight about unique ingredients and details of how products were made. All in an effort to increase consumer appeal, product quality, intent to purchase, and secure price premiums. But how do you know that you can actually trust a claim? As we always say, marketing departments do an effective job at selling comfort and security. We wanted to know what's behind a label claim.In #4 episode, we talk with Joe Dickson, co-founder and head of quality standards and policies of Merryfield, a rewards app that incentives consumers to buy clean products every time they shop. Joe has over twenty years of experience in standards development and policy, including serving as the director of standards for Whole Foods Market, and serving on the Non-GMO Project board and National Organic Standards Board. Listen to the episode to learn more about the psychology behind label claims, why they are so effective, and the label claims you should and should not trust when shopping for yourself and your family.  In this episode: https://www.merryfield.com/https://www.usda.gov/topics/organichttps://www.nongmoproject.org/https://www.ewg.org/https://cleanlabelproject.org/https://wholefoodsmarket.com/ 

When it comes to clean cosmetics, product labels are awash with "free-from this" and "No to that" all in an effort to reduce consumer concern over exposure to toxic chemicals.However, some leading cosmetic brands are challenging the status quo. Rather than only talking about the absence of the bad stuff, the focus is on communicating the benefits of using certain ingredients and their ability to moisturize, correct, and hydrate the skin all while keeping public health and the environment in mind. In #5 episode, we talk with Sarah Creal, co-founder and CEO of Victoria Beckham Beauty. Sarah Creal is a long-time beauty executive with a track record of building some of the world's top luxury cosmetic brands including Prada Beauty, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, and Tom Ford.Listen to the episode to learn more about how Victoria Beckham and Sarah Creal formulates to achieve clean beauty with a luxury experience, the great lengths that Victoria Beckham Beauty goes to ensure they stay true to that promise, and the tips that you can follow now to improve the health of your skin. https://www.victoriabeckhambeauty.com/https://www.victoriabeckhambeauty.com/clean-beautyhttps://puori.com/https://puori.com/products/p3-health-essentialshttps://www.ewg.org/skindeep/https://shop.oneloveorganics.com/products/botanical-b-cleansing-oil-makeup-remover 

When it comes to life, we've all heard the quote "Quality over Quantity." But what if you can achieve both?The word "longevity" has become synonymous with life expectancy. However, life expectancy largely overlooks standards of health, comfort, and happiness. In #6 episode, we talk with Dr. Michael Murray, one of the world's leading authorities on natural medicine, iHerb Chief Scientific Advisor, and best-selling author of the book "The Longevity Matrix". Dr. Murray is a graduate, faculty member, and serves on the Board of Regents of Bastyr University. He is co-author of “A Textbook of Natural Medicine, the definitive textbook on naturopathic medicine for physicians,” as well as the consumer version – the Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, in addition to 30 other natural medicine books with more than 6 million copies sold. Listen to the episode to learn how Doctor Murray managed to go 21 years without a “common cold” and get actionable tips on how to live better, cleaner and stronger which eventually will help you live longer and happier.https://doctormurray.com/https://www.iherb.com/https://cleanlabelproject.org/transparency-project/https://puori.com/pages/cleanhttps://www.instagram.com/dr.michaelmurray/ 

How does our body detoxify from impurities? Can we support the natural processes? The Call Out Contaminants podcast consistently discusses the problems associated with exposure to industrial and environmental toxins. In this riveting episode, we talk about solutions and turning back time. Joined by world-leading authority on science-based natural medicine, co-founder of Bastyr University, Chairman of The Institute for functional medicine and best-selling author of The Toxin Solution, Dr. Joseph Pizzorno, shares with us his insights into the biomechanics of how toxins affect your health and simple tips of what you can do now to help assist your liver and kidneys in removing these contaminants from your body. You're not going to want to miss this onewww.drpizzorno.com www.amazon.com/Toxin-Solution-Products-Destroying-Health

Ever wanted nutritional inspiration from a professional athlete? How about a medical doctor? How about a medical doctor that is a professional athlete? Join the Call Out Contaminants team and Dr. Julie Foucher, medical doctor and 4-times Crossfit Games top 5 athlete as we discuss the science and strategy behind eating clean as an athlete, how to balance competing in CrossFit and studying medicine, the transition back to training for Longevity and what she is currently working on with Genomics and Personalized Medicine to optimize health and performance through Wild Health and CrossFit Health Learn tips about how to stay focused, full, and bridging the gap between fitness and medicine. In this episode: Dr. Julie Foucher https://www.instagram.com/juliefoucher/Pursuing Health PodcastPursuing Health Episode #172 on Wild Health  CrossFit Health: https://health.crossfit.com/Wild Health: https://wildhealth.com/

In episode #9 we talk with Agatha Achindu, Founder and Lead Coach of Life Unprocessed, Certified Integrative Nutrition Coach, Founder of Yummy Spoonfools, cookbook author, and community activist.You will get inspiration on how to increase your wholesome and home-cooked meals as well as adding variety to your family's diet.We also discuss how the narrative was changed to make conventional/chemical farming the normal and organic farming the extraordinary and how to use the "Dirty Dozen" and "Clean Fifteen" when organic or local farming is not available. In this episode:https://www.instagram.com/agathaachindu/https://agathaachindu.com/https://yummyspoonfuls.com/https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.phphttps://www.ewg.org/foodnews/clean-fifteen.php 

A whopping 57% of US children and teens will be obese by age 35 if current trends continue, according to a study published in the New England Journal of MedicineChildhood obesity has been increasing for years and the coronavirus pandemic is now serving as an additional catalyst. When it comes to feeding children, is it too much to ask to have products that are both nutritious and low in industrial and environmental contaminants? Join us as we speak with Saskia Sorrosa, working mom, former NBA VP of Marketing, and founder of FreshBellies, to discuss the origins of baby food and what's wrong with food marketed to children. Learn about Saskia's mission to encourage "palates in training" and change the face of children's food through a focus on diverse clean eating.  In this episode:www.freshbellies.com www.cleanlabelproject.org Inventing Baby FoodHealthy Babies Bright Futures

Ever hear the old adage "Garbage in equals garbage out"? Poor quality inputs result in poor quality outputs? This couldn't be truer in farming when talking about soil, plant health and the nutritional density and purity of the resulting harvest.Ryland Engelhart has spent more than 15 years as an entrepreneur and love-activist, working in hospitality and building a "triple bottom line" business of organic plant-based restaurants called Cafe Gratitude and Gracias Madre in Southern CA. He is also a co-creator of the award-winning, inspirational documentary film called “May I Be Frank” and the Netflix Documentary “Kiss the Ground” narrated by Woody Harrelson and featuring Gisele Bündchen, Jason Mraz & Tom Brady. He is a catalyst behind the regenerative agriculture movement with a platform for educating consumers and business on how regenerative agriculture can be the key to reversing climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity – resulting in both carbon drawdown and improving the water cycle. Join us in learning how you can personally and professionally find "hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”In this episode: https://kisstheground.com/https://kisstheground.com/donate/https://www.instagram.com/kisstheground/https://www.instagram.com/lovebeingrylandHow Puori Donate to Kiss The Groundhttps://kisstheground.com/how-to-compost-at-home/ 

New season, new focus! We heard you! This season will provide more background on what some of these industrial and environmental contaminants are, so that you can really understand their impact and risks. We will also focus on the topics that are near and dear to Jackie & Oliver's hearts, infant and maternal health and health & longevity, respectively. As always we will have some laughs despite the darker topics, while we aim to inspire cleaner and healthier living. Similar to season one there will be no shortage of guest ninjas navigating the convoluted web of global food and public health policy. www.puori.comwww.cleanlabelproject.org

PFOS and PFAS have been all the rage (and not in a good way) when it comes to industrial and environmental contaminants. PFOS (perfluorooctanesulfonic acid) is a member of the group of PFAS chemicals.  These industrial polymer "forever chemicals" are now showing up in food, water, and in people and animals and are regarded as cancer-causing agents. Join us in exploring the current state of PFAS as well as understanding the what, where and why. Cleanlabelproject.orgPuori.com/clean

Infant formula is the exclusive form of nourishment during the most critical period of brain and immune system development. With the US infant formula category seeing its fair share of headlines over the past year, ByHeart is a fresh take on this critical food. Five years in the making, ByHeart is poised to disrupt the infant formula category. Join us and the CEO and Co-Founder of ByHeart, Ron Belldegrun, as we discuss the evolution and future of infant formula.https://byheart.com/https://cluster.byheart.com/https://puori.com/

Heavy metals (like arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury) are naturally occurring in the earth's crust. They can get into the food supply through water and soil. Human causes like mining, fracking, industrial agriculture, and the use of wastewater for irrigation can make the situation worse. This is especially troublesome given the risks these known toxins have on public health. Join us as we explore this pervasive food safety issue that is gaining attention in consumer advocacy, retail, and regulatory circles.

Baby Gourmet started at a Farmer's Market in Calgary, Canada and its now the #1 brand of organic baby food in Canada. Join us along with the founder and CEO and head of quality on how Baby Gourmet develops every product and the details that go into ensuring a safe and nutritious ingredient supplyBabygourmet.comBaby Gourmet & Clean Label Project