Podcasts about Banza

Eduardo Battaglia dialogó con Paula Gándara sobre el panorama económico y financiero actual.

Eduardo Battaglia dialogó con Javier TImerman, Managing Partner de Adcap Grupo Financiero y Co-founder de Banza sobre la Fase 3 de la política económica y panorama global.

Eduardo Battaglia dilogó con Paula Gandara sobre la situación del dólar y el contexto económico internacional.

Eduardo Battaglia dialogó con Paula Gándara sobre la quita del cepo y el impacto de esto en los mercados.

Eduardo Battaglia dialogó con Paula Gándara sobre el contexto económico internacional y los aranceles impuestos por Trump.

Eduardo Battaglia dialogó con Paula Gándara sobre la suba del dólar, la inflación de febrero y el acuerdo con el FMI.

La FAO, l'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture, investit 4,5 millions de dollars pour aider les agriculteurs du Katanga à améliorer leur production et réduire leur dépendance aux importations. Financé par l'Allemagne dans le cadre d'un programme de restauration forestière couvrant 34 pays africains, ce projet vise à promouvoir des pratiques agricoles durables et à renforcer la sécurité alimentaire dans la région. De notre correspondante à Lubumbashi,Dix communautés paysannes, soit plus de 1 000 agriculteurs, bénéficieront d'un appui technique et financier. L'une des priorités est l'introduction de semences améliorées, comme l'explique Henri-Paul Eloma, chargé de programme à la FAO : « La première opération, c'est donner aux paysans de la bonne semence. Car la plupart des cultures que nous avons dans notre pays, les semences datent de 30, 40 ou 50 ans. Donc, la semence a dégénéré. La deuxième technique, c'est utiliser ce qu'on appelle l'agriculture de conservation. On fait très rarement le labour. Et si on doit utiliser des fertilisants, ce sont des bio fertilisants ainsi que de bio pesticides. »D'une agriculture de survie à un modèle rentableAu Katanga, en RDC, l'épuisement des sols et la pollution liée aux activités minières ont également réduit les rendements agricoles. Barthélemy Lutumba, agriculteur dans le village de Katanga, témoigne : « Là où nous pratiquons l'agriculture de conservation, le rendement est encore faible, car la terre n'est pas fertile. Sur 1 hectare, nous produisons entre 1,5 tonne et 2 tonnes de maïs, tandis que ceux qui utilisent de l'engrais chimique récoltent jusqu'à 3,5 tonnes. »Au nord-est de Lubumbashi, sur l'axe Kasenga, des paysans de cinq villages espèrent passer d'une agriculture de subsistance à une agriculture commerciale. Stéphane Banza, coordonnateur de l'ONG Action pour la protection de la nature et des peuples autochtones du Katanga, souligne l'importance du projet : « Il y aura la création de 100 micro-entreprises qui seront soutenues financièrement. Certains vont se lancer dans l'agriculture sur de grandes étendues à haut rendement. »À lire aussi RDC : dans le Katanga, les paysans souhaitent une plus grande sécurité foncièreDe la terre aux marchés : une filière à structurerLe projet ne se limite pas à l'agriculture. Il soutient également la transformation, la conservation et la commercialisation des produits forestiers. Charles Tsheye, agronome et point focal de la foresterie communautaire à Lubumbashi, précise : « Il y a ceux qui récoltent des champignons, ceux qui produisent du miel, ceux qui récoltent des fruits sauvages… On va les aider à transformer leurs produits, à les certifier et à créer des marchés. »L'initiative prévoit aussi d'accompagner des petits éleveurs et des producteurs de charbon de bois durable. Grâce à cet appui, les paysans du Katanga pourront améliorer leur production tout en adoptant des pratiques respectueuses de l'environnement.À lire aussi RDC : une loi pour sécuriser les petits agriculteurs du Haut-Katanga

Eduardo Battaglia dialogó con Paula Gándara sobre el acuerdo con el FMI, la inflación y el impacto en los mercados.

L'engagement en musiques, une spéciale proposée par Laura Mbakop. Avec les chansons de Fally Ipupa, Misié Sadik, Ti Manno, Tiken Jah Fakoly, USA for Africa, Kery James, Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe, Kendrick Lamar, Calypso Rose et Céline Banza. (Rediffusion) Pour visionner les clips, cliquez sur les titres des chansons : Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe - DégagezFally Ipupa feat Youssou Ndour - Migrants de rêveCalypso Rose - No MadamTiken Jah Fakoly feat Soprano - Le monde est chaudTi Manno - Ansam ansamUSA For Africa - We are the worldKery James - BanlieusardCéline Banza - Tere mbiSaïna Manotte & Misie Sadik - Toujou doubouKendrick Lamar - AlrightRetrouvez notre playlist sur Deezer. 

L'engagement en musiques, une spéciale proposée par Laura Mbakop. Avec les chansons de Fally Ipupa, Misié Sadik, Ti Manno, Tiken Jah Fakoly, USA for Africa, Kery James, Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe, Kendrick Lamar, Calypso Rose et Céline Banza. (Rediffusion) Pour visionner les clips, cliquez sur les titres des chansons : Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe - DégagezFally Ipupa feat Youssou Ndour - Migrants de rêveCalypso Rose - No MadamTiken Jah Fakoly feat Soprano - Le monde est chaudTi Manno - Ansam ansamUSA For Africa - We are the worldKery James - BanlieusardCéline Banza - Tere mbiSaïna Manotte & Misie Sadik - Toujou doubouKendrick Lamar - AlrightRetrouvez notre playlist sur Deezer. 

L'engagement en musiques, une spéciale proposée par Laura Mbakop. Avec les chansons de Fally Ipupa, Misié Sadik, Ti Manno, Tiken Jah Fakoly, USA for Africa, Kery James, Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe, Kendrick Lamar, Calypso Rose et Céline Banza. Pour visionner les clips, cliquez sur les titres des chansons : Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe - DégagezFally Ipupa feat Youssou Ndour - Migrants de rêveCalypso Rose - No MadamTiken Jah Fakoly feat Soprano - Le monde est chaudTi Manno - Ansam ansamUSA For Africa - We are the worldKery James - BanlieusardCéline Banza - Tere mbiSaïna Manotte & Misie Sadik - Toujou doubouKendrick Lamar - AlrightRetrouvez notre playlist sur Deezer. 

L'engagement en musiques, une spéciale proposée par Laura Mbakop. Avec les chansons de Fally Ipupa, Misié Sadik, Ti Manno, Tiken Jah Fakoly, USA for Africa, Kery James, Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe, Kendrick Lamar, Calypso Rose et Céline Banza. Pour visionner les clips, cliquez sur les titres des chansons : Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe - DégagezFally Ipupa feat Youssou Ndour - Migrants de rêveCalypso Rose - No MadamTiken Jah Fakoly feat Soprano - Le monde est chaudTi Manno - Ansam ansamUSA For Africa - We are the worldKery James - BanlieusardCéline Banza - Tere mbiSaïna Manotte & Misie Sadik - Toujou doubouKendrick Lamar - AlrightRetrouvez notre playlist sur Deezer. 

Aura Bora is acquired. Hiyo adds $19 million and a strategic partner. And Celsius drops $1.8 billion on Alani Nu. Oh, and Spindrift is back in the soda biz. Yeah, it's been a busy week, and the hosts have lots to say. We also sit down with Alex Duong, the founder & CEO of Fair & Square and Lena Zhuravsky, the founder of passionfruit centric-beverage brand Passion Joy. Show notes: 0:25: Party Gras. Skeptics & Price Points. Hiyo, Mike! Energy Cannibals. Full Circle. More Pizza? Who Eats Protein Pasta? – Jacqui is prepping for a big event, and it's not Expo West. Everyone has a take on Aura Bora's exit, including the Linkedin crowd. What makes Hiyo's positioning so attractive to consumers.. and investors? So, should we expect folks to have a can of Celsius in one hand and Alani Nu in the other? Perfect – another pizza drink. We love a couple of U.K.-based beverage brands, and a ginseng-centric one from here in the good ol' U.S.A. We finish with fish and pasta (just don't overcook it). 36:35: Interview: Alex Duong, Founder & CEO, Fair & Square – Alex is the founder and CEO of Fair and Square, an emerging brand of gut-friendly crackers inspired by childhood favorites.  At a recent networking event hosted by industry organization Naturally San Diego, Alex discussed how his experience in the CPG industry has shaped his approach to brand-building. He also talks about the importance of patience and staying true to core values as an early-stage entrepreneur. 46:17: Interview: Lena Zhuravsky, Founder, Passion Joy – Lena is the founder of Passion Joy, a new brand of sparkling beverages with passion fruit at its core. As part of our conversation, Lena shares her vision for expanding distribution of Passion Joy in the U.S. and internationally, with plans to target major retailers and eventually compete on a global scale. Brands in this episode: Aura Bora, Hiyo, Alani Nu, Celsius, Spindrift, Bubluv, Trip, Kejoy, Perfy, Something & Nothing, Quinn Snacks, Ginsa, Cowbell Hydration, OHY, Brami, Banza, Wild Planet, Fishwife, Heyday Canning, Scout Fish, Hungry Boy Hot Sauce

Take a Gander, and give it a listen! We've got Katie Levy and Mike McVicar in the house! Katie and Mike are the creative duo behind Gander, a design shop in Brooklyn that creates thoughtful experiences for humans and propels brands with soul and substance. They are the studio behind some of the hottest CPG brands like: Graza, Yellow Bird, Pop Up Grocer, Magic Spoon, Behave, Gotham Greens, Banza, June Wine Bar, and many other bangers! Katie and Mike bring the energy as they advocate for the 4 day work week, rally for studios to come together and charge the same amount for work, plead for designers to come and work on their case studies, and shock Alex and Kevin with an on-air Magic trick! Check out their new website, which conveniently coincides with the episode launch! TAKE A GANDER! WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT!

Pendant les fêtes de fin d'année, l'équipe des "Grosses Têtes" vous propose de revivre quelques unes des meilleures séquences de l'année 2024.

Eduardo Battaglia, dialogó con Javier Timerman, Managing Partner de Adcap Grupo Financiero y Co - Fundador de Banza. Tema: El balance de Javier Milei y lo que se viene

Rally de bonos y acciones, riesgo país y el debate por el dólar 1. Paula, estos últimos días estuvimos viendo que los bonos y las acciones subieron con mucha fuerza. ¿Cómo estás viendo el sentimiento inversor? ¿para quienes invierten en bonos, todavía tienen recorrido, o ya es tarde para entrar ? 2. Recientemente Adcap celebró que están número 1 en renta variable con el Fondo Adcap Acciones. ¿qué visión tienen ustedes sobre las acciones para el mediano y largo plazo?, recomiendan la bolsa local o las acciones Argentinas que cotizan afuera ? 3. ¿Cómo impacta en la economía real la baja del riesgo país que estamos viendo?, le sirve a la gente común ? 4. En los últimos días hubo un debate entre los economistas sobre el atraso o no del dólar. De hecho el mismo Caputo salió a hablar sobre el tema. ¿Qué implica para la economía un dólar atrasado y cuál es tu visión? ¿el mercado esta esperando que el dólar pegue un salto o no?

There are dangers lurking in our food that affect your health and the health of our entire society, and you should know about them. In this episode, get the highlights from two recent Congressional events featuring expert testimony about the regulation of our food supply, as well as testimony from the man who is soon likely to be the most powerful person in our national health care system. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via Support Congressional Dish via (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Background Sources Joe Rogan Episodes The Joe Rogan Experience. The Joe Rogan Experience. The Joe Rogan Experience. The Joe Rogan Experience. Ron Johnson Scott Bauer. January 3, 2023. AP News. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Daniel Cusick. October 28, 2024. Politico. Rachel Treisman. August 5, 2024. NPR. Susanne Craig. May 8, 2024. The New York Times. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. FDA “Generally Recognized as Safe” Approach Paulette M. Gaynor et al. April 2006. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Paulette Gaynor and Sebastian Cianci. December 2005/January 2006. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Glyphosate September 20, 2023. Phys.org. Lobbying and Conflicts of Interest OpenSecrets. OpenSecrets. OpenSecrets. LinkedIn. Shift from Democrats to Republicans Will Stone and Allison Aubrey. November 15, 2024. NPR. Helena Bottemiller Evich and Darren Samuelsohn. March 17, 2016. Politico. Audio Sources September 25, 2024 Roundtable discussion held by Senator Ron Johnson Participants: , Author, Good Energy; Tech entrepreneur, Levels , Co-founder, Truemed; Advocate, End Chronic Disease , aka the Food Babe, food activist Jillian Michaels, fitness expert, nutritionist, businesswoman, media personality, and author Dr. Chris Palmer, Founder and Director, Metabolic and Mental Health Program and Director, Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education, McLean Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Brigham Buhler, Founder & CEO, Ways2Well Courtney Swan, nutritionist, real food activist, and founder of the popular platform "Realfoodology" , Founder and CEO, HumanCo; co-founder, Hu Kitchen Dr. Marty Makary, Chief of Islet Transplant Surgery, Professor of Surgery, and Public Policy Researcher, Johns Hopkins University Clips Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: When discussing improvements to US healthcare policy, politicians from both parties often say we have the best healthcare system in the world. That is a lie. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: Every major pillar of the US healthcare system, as a statement of economic fact, makes money when Americans get sick. By far the most valuable asset in this country today is a sick child. The pharma industry, hospital industry, and medical school industry make more money when there are more interventions to perform on Americans, and by requiring insurance companies to take no more than 15% of premiums, Obamacare actually incentivized insurance companies to raise premiums to get 15% of a larger pie. This is why premiums have increased 100% since the passage of Obamacare, making health care the largest driver of inflation, while American life expectancy plummets. We spend four times per capita on health care than the Italians, but Italians live 7.5 years longer than us on average. And incidentally, Americans had the highest life expectancies in the world when I was growing up. Today, we've fallen an average of six years behind our European neighbors. Are we lazier and more suicidal than Italians? Or is there a problem with our system? Are there problems with our incentives? Are there problems with our food? 46:15 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: So what's causing all of this suffering? I'll name two culprits, first and worst is ultra processed foods. 47:20 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: The second culprit is toxic chemicals in our food, our medicine and our environment. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: The good news is that we can change all this, and we can change it very, very, very quickly, and it starts with taking a sledgehammer to corruption, the conflicts in our regulatory agencies and in this building. These conflicts have transformed our regulatory agencies into predators against the American people and particularly our children. 80% of NIH grants go to people who have conflicts of interest, and these scientists are allowed to collect royalties of $150,000 a year on the products that they develop at NIH and then farm out to the pharmaceutical industry. The FDA, the USDA and CDC are all controlled by giant for-profit corporations. Their function is no longer to improve and protect the health of Americans. Their function is to advance the mercantile and commercial interests of the pharmaceutical industry that has transformed them and the food industry that has transformed them into sock puppets for the industry they're supposed to regulate. 75% of FDA funding does not come from taxpayers. It comes from pharma. And pharma executives and consultants and lobbyists cycle in and out of these agencies. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: Money from the healthcare industry has compromised our regulatory agencies and this body as well. The reality is that many congressional healthcare staffers are worried about impressing their future bosses at pharmaceutical companies rather than doing the right thing for American children. Today, over 100 members of Congress support a bill to fund Ozempic with Medicare at $1,500 a month. Most of these members have taken money from the manufacturer of that product, a European company called Novo Nordisk. As everyone knows, once a drug is approved for Medicare, it goes to Medicaid, and there is a push to recommend Ozempic for Americans as young as six, over a condition, obesity, that is completely preventable and barely even existed 100 years ago. Since 74% of Americans are obese, the cost of all of them, if they take their Ozempic prescriptions, will be $3 trillion a year. This is a drug that has made Novo Nordisk the biggest company in Europe. It's a Danish company, but the Danish government does not recommend it. It recommends a change in diet to treat obesity and exercise. Virtually Novo Nordisk's entire value is based upon its projections of what Ozempic is going to sell to Americans. For half the price of Ozempic, we could purchase regeneratively raised organic agriculture, organic food for every American, three meals a day and a gym membership for every obese American. Why are members of Congress doing the bidding of this Danish company instead of standing up for American farmers and children? Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: For 19 years, solving the childhood chronic disease crisis has been the central goal of my life, and for 19 years, I have prayed to God every morning to put me in a position to end this calamity. I believe we have the opportunity for transformational, bipartisan change to transform American health, to hyper-charge our human capital, to improve our budget, and I believe, to save our spirits and our country. 1:23:10 Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): Our next presenter, Dr. Marty Makary also bears a few scars from telling the truth during COVID. Dr. Makary is a surgeon and public policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University. He writes for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, and is the author of two New York Times best selling books, Unaccountable and The Price We Pay. He's been an outspoken opponent of broad vaccine mandates and some COVID restrictions at schools. Dr. Makary holds degrees from Bucknell University, Thomas Jefferson University and Harvard University. Dr. Marty Makary: I'm trained in gastrointestinal surgery. My group at Johns Hopkins does more pancreatic cancer surgery than any hospital in the United States. But at no point in the last 20 years has anyone stopped to ask, why has pancreatic cancer doubled over those 20 years? Who's working on that? Who's looking into it? We are so busy in our health care system, billing and coding and paying each other, and every stakeholder has their gigantic lobby in Washington, DC, and everybody's making a lot of money, except for one stakeholder, the American citizen. They are financing this giant, expensive health care system through their paycheck deduction for health insurance and the Medicare excise tax as we go down this path, billing and coding and medicating. And can we be real for a second? We have poisoned our food supply, engineered highly addictive chemicals that we put into our food, we spray it with pesticides that kill pests. What do you think they do to our gut lining and our microbiome? And then they come in sick. The GI tract is reacting. It's not an acute inflammatory storm, it's a low grade chronic inflammation, and it makes people feel sick, and that inflammation permeates and drives so many of our chronic diseases that we didn't see half a century ago. Who's working on who's looking into this, who's talking about it? Our health care system is playing whack a mole on the back end, and we are not talking about the root causes of our chronic disease epidemic. We can't see the forest from the trees. Sometimes we're so busy in these short visits, billing and coding. We've done a terrible thing to doctors. We've told them, put your head down. Focus on billing and coding. We're going to measure you by your throughput and good job. You did a nice job. We have all these numbers to show for it. Well, the country is getting sicker. We cannot keep going down this path. We have the most over-medicated, sickest population in the world, and no one is talking about the root causes. Dr. Marty Makary: Somebody has got to speak up. Maybe we need to talk about school lunch programs, not just putting every kid on obesity drugs like Ozempic. Maybe we need to talk about treating diabetes with cooking classes, not just throwing insulin at everybody. Maybe we need to talk about environmental exposures that cause cancer, not just the chemo to treat it. We've got to talk about food as medicine. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): So, Dr Makary, I've got a couple questions. First of all, how many years have you been practicing medicine? Dr. Marty Makary: 22 years. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): So we've noticed a shift from decades ago when 80% of doctors are independent to now 80% are working for some hospital association. First of all, what has that meant in terms of doctors' independence and who they are really accountable too? Dr. Marty Makary: The move towards corporate medicine and mass consolidation that we've witnessed in our lifetime has meant more and more doctors are told to put their heads down, do your job: billing and coding short visits. We've not given doctors the time, research, or resources to deal with these chronic diseases. 1:32:45 Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): Dr. Casey Means is a medical doctor, New York Times Best Selling Author, tech entrepreneur at Levels, an aspiring regenerative gardener and an outdoor enthusiast. While training as a surgeon, she saw how broken and exploitative the health care system is, and led to focus on how to keep people out of the operating room. And again, I would highly recommend everybody read Good Energy. It's a personal story, and you'll be glad you did. Dr. Casey Means: Over the last 50 years in the United States, we have seen rapidly rising rates of chronic illnesses throughout the entire body. The body and the brain, infertility, obesity, type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes, Alzheimer's, dementia, cancer, heart disease, stroke, autoimmune disease, migraines, mental illness, chronic pain, fatigue, congenital abnormalities, chronic liver disease, autism, and infant and maternal mortality all going up. Americans live eight fewer years compared to people in Japan or Switzerland, and life expectancy is going down. I took an oath to do no harm, but listen to these stats. We're not only doing harm, we're flagrantly allowing harm. While it sounds grim, there is very good news. We know why all of these diseases are going up, and we know how to fix it. Every disease I mentioned is caused by or worsened by metabolic dysfunction, a word that it is thrilling to hear being used around this table. Metabolic dysfunction is a fundamental distortion of our cellular biology. It stops our cells from making energy appropriately. According to the American College of Cardiology, metabolic dysfunction now affects 93.2% of American adults. This is quite literally the cellular draining of our life force. This process is the result of three processes happening inside our cells, mitochondrial dysfunction, a process called oxidative stress, which is like a wildfire inside our cells, and chronic inflammation throughout the body and the gut, as we've heard about. Metabolic dysfunction is largely not a genetic issue. It's caused by toxic American ultra processed industrial food, toxic American chemicals, toxic American medications, and our toxic sedentary, indoor lifestyles. You would think that the American healthcare system and our government agencies would be clamoring to fix metabolic health and reduce American suffering and costs, but they're not. They are deafeningly silent about metabolic dysfunction and its known causes. It's not an overstatement to say that I learned virtually nothing at Stanford Medical School about the tens of thousands of scientific papers that elucidate these root causes of why American health is plummeting and how environmental factors are causing it. For instance, in medical school, I did not learn that for each additional serving of ultra processed food we eat, early mortality increases by 18%. This now makes up 67% of the foods our kids are eating. I took zero nutrition courses in medical school. I didn't learn that 82% of independently funded studies show harm from processed food, while 93% of industry sponsored studies reflect no harm. In medical school, I didn't learn that 95% of the people who created the recent USDA Food guidelines for America had significant conflicts of interest with the food industry. I did not learn that 1 billion pounds of synthetic pesticides are being sprayed on our food every single year. 99.99% of the farmland in the United States is sprayed with synthetic pesticides, many from China and Germany. And these invisible, tasteless chemicals are strongly linked to autism, ADHD, sex hormone disruption, thyroid disease, sperm dysfunction, Alzheimer's, dementia, birth defects, cancer, obesity, liver dysfunction, female infertility and more, all by hurting our metabolic health. I did not learn that the 8 billion tons of plastic that have been produced just in the last 100 years, plastic was only invented about 100 years ago, are being broken down into micro plastics that are now filling our food, our water, and we are now even inhaling them in our air. And that very recent research from just the past couple of months tells us that now about 0.5% of our brains by weight are now plastic. I didn't learn that there are more than 80,000 toxins that have entered our food, water, air and homes by industry, many of which are banned in Europe, and they are known to alter our gene expression, alter our microbiome composition and the lining of our gut, and disrupt our hormones. I didn't learn that heavy metals like aluminum and lead are present in our food, our baby formula, personal care products, our soil and many of the mandated medications, like vaccines and that these metals are neurotoxic and inflammatory. I didn't learn that the average American walks a paltry 3500 steps per day, even though we know based on science and top journals that walking, simply walking 7000 steps a day, slashes by 40-60% our risk of Alzheimer's, dementia, type two diabetes, cancer and obesity. I certainly did not learn that medical error and medications are the third leading cause of death in the United States. I didn't learn that just five nights of sleep deprivation can induce full blown pre-diabetes. I learned nothing about sleep, and we're getting about 20% less sleep on average than we were 100 years ago. I didn't learn that American children are getting less time outdoors now than a maximum security prisoner. And on average, adults spend 93% of their time indoors, even though we know from the science that separation from sunlight destroys our circadian biology, and circadian biology dictates our cellular biology. I didn't learn that professional organizations that we get our practice guidelines from, like the American Diabetes Association and American Academy of Pediatrics, have taken 10s of millions of dollars from Coke, Cadbury, processed food companies, and vaccine manufacturers like Moderna. I didn't learn that if we address these root causes that all lead to metabolic dysfunction and help patients change their food and lifestyle patterns with a united strong voice, we could reverse the chronic disease crisis in America, save millions of lives, and trillions of dollars in health care costs per year. Instead, doctors are learning that the body is 100 separate parts, and we learn how to drug, we learn how to cut and we learn how to bill. I'll close by saying that what we are dealing with here is so much more than a physical health crisis. This is a spiritual crisis we are choosing death over life. We are we are choosing death over life. We are choosing darkness over light for people and the planet, which are inextricably linked. We are choosing to erroneously believe that we are separate from nature and that we can continue to poison nature and then outsmart it. Our path out will be a renewed respect for the miracle of life and a renewed respect for nature. We can restore health to Americans rapidly with smart policy and courageous leadership. We need a return to courage. We need a return to common sense and intuition. We need a return to awe for the sheer miraculousness of our lives. We need all hands on deck. Thank you. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): I'm not letting you off that easy. I've got a couple questions. So you outlined some basic facts that doctors should know that truthfully, you could cover in one hour of an introductory class in medical school, yes. So why aren't we teaching doctors these things? Dr. Casey Means: The easy thing to say would be, you know, follow the money. That sounds sort of trite, but frankly, I think that is the truth, but not in the way you might think that, like doctors are out to make money, or even medical schools. The money and the core incentive problem, which is that every institution that touches our health in America, from medical schools to pharmaceutical companies to health insurance companies to hospitals offices, they make more money when we are sick and less when we are healthy. That simple, one incentive problem corrodes every aspect of the way medicine is thought about. The way we think about the body, we talked about interconnectedness. It creates a system in which we silo the body into all these separate parts and create that illusion that we all buy into because it's profitable to send people to separate specialties. So it corrodes even the foundational conception of how we think about the body. So it is about incentives and money, but I would say that's the invisible hand. It's not necessarily affecting each doctor's clinical practice or the decision making. It's corroding every lever of the basics of how we even consider what the human body is and what life is. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): In your book, you do a really good job of describing how, because of the specialization of medicine, you don't see the forest for the trees. The fact is, you do need specialized medicine. I mean, doctors can't know it all. So I think the question is, how do we get back to the reward for general practitioners that do focus on what you're writing about? Dr. Casey Means: I have huge respect for doctors, and I am incredibly grateful for the American health care system, which has produced miracles, and we absolutely need continue to have primary care doctors and specialists, and they should be rewarded highly. However, if we focused on what everyone here is talking about, I think we'd have 90% less throughput through our health care system. We would be able to have these doctors probably have a much better life to be honest. You know, because right now, doctors are working 100 hours a week seeing 50, 60, 70 patients, and could actually have more time with patients who develop these acute issues that need to be treated by a doctor. But so many of the things in the specialist office are chronic conditions that we know are fundamentally rooted in the cellular dysfunction I describe, which is metabolic dysfunction, which is created by our lifestyle. So I think that there's always going to be a place for specialists, but so so many, so much fewer. And I think if we had a different conception for the body is interconnected, they would also interact with each other in a very different way, a much more collaborative way. And then, of course, we need to incentivize doctors in the healthcare system towards outcomes, not throughput. 1:46:25 Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): Our next presenter is Dr. Chris Palmer. Dr. Palmer is a Harvard trained psychiatrist, researcher and author of Brain Energy, where he explores a groundbreaking connection between metabolic health and mental illness. He is a leader in innovative approaches to treating psychiatric conditions, advocating for the use of diet and metabolic interventions to improve mental health outcomes. Dr. Palmer's work is reshaping how the medical field views and treats mental health disorders. Dr. Chris Palmer: I want to build on what Dr. Means just shared that these chronic diseases we face today. Obesity, diabetes, fatty liver, all share something in common. They are, in fact, metabolic dysfunction. I'm going to go into a little bit of the science, just to make sure we're all on the same page. Although most people think of metabolism as burning calories, it is far more than that. Metabolism is a series of chemical reactions that convert food into energy and building blocks essential for cellular health. When we have metabolic dysfunction, it can drive numerous chronic diseases, which is a paradigm shift in the medical field. Now there is no doubt metabolism is complicated. It really is. It is influenced by biological, psychological, environmental and social factors, and the medical field says this complexity is the reason we can't solve the obesity epidemic because they're still trying to understand every molecular detail of biology. But in fact, we don't need to understand biology in order to understand the cause. The cause is coming from our environment, a toxic environment like poor diet and exposure to harmful chemicals, and these are actually quite easy to study, understand, and address. There is no doubt food plays a key role. It provides the substrate for energy and building blocks. Nutritious foods support metabolism, while ultra processed options can disrupt it. It is shocking that today, in 2024, the FDA allows food manufacturers to introduce brand new chemicals into our food supply without adequate testing. The manufacturer is allowed to determine for themselves whether this substance is safe for you and your family to eat or not. Metabolism's impact goes beyond physical health. I am a psychiatrist. Some of you are probably wondering, why are you here? It also affects mental health. Because guess what? The human brain is an organ too, and when brain metabolism is impaired, it can cause symptoms that we call mental illness. It is no coincidence that as the rates of obesity and diabetes are skyrocketing, so too are the rates of mental illness. In case you didn't know, we have a mental health crisis. We have all time prevalence highs for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, deaths of despair, drug overdoses, ADHD and autism. What does the mental health field have to say for this? Well, you know, mental illness is just chemical imbalances, or maybe trauma and stress that is wholly insufficient to explain the epidemic that we are seeing. And in fact, there is a better way to integrate the biopsychosocial factors known to play a role in mental illness. Mental Disorders at their core are often metabolic disorders impacting the brain. It's not surprising to most people that obesity and diabetes might play a role in depression or anxiety, but the rates of autism have quadrupled in just 20 years, and the rates of ADHD have tripled over that same period of time. These are neuro developmental disorders, and many people are struggling to understand, how on earth could they rise so rapidly? But it turns out that metabolism plays a profound role in neurodevelopment, and sure enough, parents with metabolic issues like obesity and diabetes are more likely to have children with autism and ADHD. This is not about fat shaming, because what I am arguing is that the same foods and chemicals and other drivers of obesity that are causing obesity in the parents are affecting the brain health of our children. There is compelling evidence that food plays a direct role in mental health. One study of nearly 300,000 people found that those who eat ultra processed foods daily are three times more likely to struggle with their mental health than people who never or rarely consume them. A systematic review found direct associations between ultra processed food exposure and 32 different health parameters, including mental mental health conditions. Now I'm not here to say that food is the only, or even primary driver of mental illness. Let's go back to something familiar. Trauma and stress do drive mental illness, but for those of you who don't know, trauma and stress are also associated with increased rates of obesity and diabetes. Trauma and stress change human metabolism. We need to put the science together. This brings me to a key point. We cannot separate physical and mental health from metabolic health. Addressing metabolic dysfunction has the potential to prevent and treat a wide range of chronic diseases. Dr. Chris Palmer: In my own work, I have seen firsthand how using metabolic therapies like the ketogenic diet and other dietary interventions can improve even severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, sometimes putting them into lasting remission. These reports are published in peer reviewed, prestigious medical journals. However, there is a larger issue at play that many have talked about, medical education and public health recommendations are really captured by industry and politics, and at best, they often rely on weak epidemiological data, resulting in conflicting or even harmful advice. We heard a reference to this, but in case you didn't know, a long time ago, we demonized saturated fat. And what was the consequence of demonizing saturated fat? We replaced it with "healthy vegetable shortening." That was the phrase we used, "healthy vegetable shortening." Guess what was in that healthy vegetable shortening? It was filled with trans fats, which are now recognized to be so harmful that they've been banned in the United States. Let's not repeat mistakes like this. Dr. Chris Palmer: So what's the problem? Number one, nutrition and mental health research are severely underfunded, with each of them getting less than 5% of the NIH budget. This is no accident. This is the concerted effort of lobbying by industry, food manufacturers, the healthcare industry, they do not want root causes discovered. We need to get back to funding research on the root causes of mental and metabolic disorders, including the effects of foods, chemicals, medications, environmental toxins, on the human brain and metabolism. Dr. Chris Palmer: The issue of micro plastics and nano plastics in the human body is actually, sadly, in its infancy. We have two publications out in the last couple of months demonstrating that micro plastics are, in fact, found in the human brain. And as Dr. Means said, and you recited, 0.5% of the body weight, or the brain's weight, appears to be composed of micro plastics. We need more research to better understand whether these micro plastics are, in fact, associated with harmful conditions, because microplastics are now ubiquitous. So some will argue, well, they're everywhere, and everybody's got them, and it's just a benign thing. Some will argue that the most compelling evidence against that is a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine a few months ago now, in which they were doing routine carotid endarterectomies, taking plaque out of people's carotid arteries. Just routinely doing that for clinical care, and then they analyzed those plaques for micro plastics. 58% of the people had detectable micro plastics in the plaques. So they compared this 58% group who had micro plastics to the ones who didn't, followed them for three years, just three years, and the ones who had micro plastics had four times the mortality. There is strong reason to believe, based on animal data and based on cell biology data, that microplastics are in fact, toxic to the human body, to mitochondrial function, to hormone dysregulation and all sorts of things. There are lots of reasons to believe that, but the scientists will say, we need more research. We need to better understand whether these micro plastics really are associated with higher rates of disease. I think people are terrified of the answer. People are terrified of the answer. And if you think about everything that you consume, and how much of it is not wrapped in plastic, all of those industries are going to oppose research. They are going to oppose research funding to figure this out ASAP, because that will be a monumental change to not just the food industry but our entire economy. Imagining just cleaning up the oceans and trying to get this plastic and then, more importantly, trying to figure out, how are we going to detox humans? How are we going to de-plasticize human beings? How are we going to get these things out? It is an enormous problem, but the reality is, putting our heads in the sand is not going to help. And I am really hopeful that by raising issues and letting people know about this health crisis, that maybe we will get answers quickly. Dr. Chris Palmer: Your question is, why are our health agencies not exploring these questions? It's because the health agencies are largely influenced by the industries they are supposed to be regulating and looking out for. The medical education community is largely controlled by pharmaceutical companies. One and a half billion dollars every year goes to support physician education. That's from pharmaceutical companies. One and a half billion from pharmaceutical companies. So physicians are getting educated with some influence, large influence, I would argue, by them, the health organizations. It's a political issue. The NIH, it's politics. Politicians are selecting people to be on the committees or people to oversee these organizations. Politicians rely on donations from companies and supporters to get re-elected, and the reality is this is not going to be easy to tackle. The challenge is that you'll get ethical politicians who say, I'm not going to take any of that money, and I'm going to try to do the right thing and right now, the way the system is set up, there's a good chance those politicians won't get re-elected, and instead, their opponents, who were more than happy to take millions of dollars in campaign contributions, will get re-elected, and then they will return the favor to their noble campaign donors. We are at a crossroads. We have to decide who are the constituents of the American government. Is it industry, or is it the American people? 2:09:35 Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): Calley Means the co-founder of Truemed, a company that enables tax free spending on food and exercise. He recently started an advocacy coalition with leading health and wellness companies called End Chronic Disease. Early in his career, he was a consultant for food and pharma companies. He is now exposing practices they used to weaponize our institutions of trust, and he's doing a great job doing interviews with his sister, Casey. Calley Means: If you think about a medical miracle, it's almost certainly a solution that was invented before 1960 for an acute condition: emergency surgical procedures to ensure a complicated childbirth wasn't a death sentence, sanitation procedures, antibiotics that insured infection was an inconvenience, not deadly, eradicating polio, regular waste management procedures that helped control outbreaks like the bubonic plague, sewage systems that replaced the cesspools and opened drains, preventing human waste from contaminating the water. The US health system is a miracle in solving acute conditions that will kill us right away. But economically, acute conditions aren't great in our modern system, because the patient is quickly cured and is no longer a customer. Start in the 1960s the medical system took the trust engendered by these acute innovations like antibiotics, which were credited with winning World War Two, and they used that trust to ask patients not to question its authority on chronic diseases, which can last a lifetime and are more profitable. But the medicalization of chronic disease in the past 50 years has been an abject failure. Today, we're in a siloed system where there's a treatment for everything. And let's just look at the stats. Heart disease has gone up as more statins are prescribed. Type 2 diabetes has gone up as more Metformin is prescribed. ADHD has gone up as more Adderall is prescribed. Depression and suicide has gone up as more SSRIs are prescribed. Pain has gone up as more opioids are prescribed. Cancer has gone up as we've spent more on cancer. And now JP Morgan literally at the conference in San Francisco, recently, they put up a graph, and they showed us more Ozempic is projected to be prescribed over the next 10 years, obesity rates are going to go up as more is prescribed. Explain that to me. There was clapping. All the bankers were clapping like seals at this graphic. Our intervention based system is by design. In the early 1900s, John D. Rockefeller using that he could use byproducts from oil production to create pharmaceuticals, heavily funded medical schools throughout the United States to teach a curriculum based on the intervention-first model of Dr. William Stewart Halsted, the founding physician of Johns Hopkins, who created the residency-based model that viewed invasive surgical procedures and medication as the highest echelon of medicine. An employee of Rockefeller's was tasked to create the Flexner Report, which outlined a vision for medical education that prioritized interventions and stigmatized nutritional and holistic remedies. Congress affirmed the Flexner Report in 1910 to establish that any credentialed medical institution in the United States had to follow the Halsted-Rockefeller intervention based model that silos disease and downplay viewing the body as an interconnected system. It later came out that Dr. Halsted's cocaine and morphine addiction fueled his day long surgical residencies and most of the medical logic underlying the Flexner Report was wrong. But that hasn't prevented the report and the Halsted-Rockefeller engine based brand of medicine from being the foundational document that Congress uses to regulate medical education today. Calley Means: Our processed food industry was created by the cigarette industry. In the 1980s, after decades of inaction, the Surgeon General and the US government finally, finally said that smoking might be harmful, and smoking rates plummeted. We listened to doctors in this country. We listened to medical leadership, and as smoking rates plummeted, cigarette companies, with their big balance sheets, strategically bought up food companies, and by 1990 the two largest food companies in the world were Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds, two cigarette companies. These cigarette companies moved two departments over from the cigarette department to the food department. They moved the scientists. Cigarette companies were the highest payers of scientists, one of the biggest employers of scientists to make the cigarettes addictive. They moved these addiction specialists, world leading addiction specialists, to the food department by the thousands. And those scientists weaponized our ultra processed food. That is the problem with ultra processed food. You have the best scientists in the world creating this food to be palatable and to be addictive. They then moved their lobbyists over. They used the same playbook, and their lobbyists co-opted the USDA and created the food pyramid. The Food Pyramid was a document created by the cigarette industry through complete corporate capture, and was an ultra processed food marketing document saying that we needed a bunch of carbs and sugar. And we listened to medical experts in this country, the American people, American parents. Many parents who had kids in the 90s thought it was a good thing to do to give their kids a bunch of ultra processed foods and carb consumption went up 20% in the American diet in the next 10 years. The Devil's bargain comes in in that this ultra processed food consumption has been one of the most profitable dynamics in American history for the health care industry. As we've all just been decimated with chronic conditions, the medical industry hasn't. Not only have they been silent on this issue, they've actually been complicit, working for the food industry. I helped funnel money from Coca Cola to the American Diabetes Association. Yeah. 2:31:40 Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): Next presenter will be Brigham Buhler. Brigham is the Founder and CEO of Ways2Well, a healthcare company that provides personalized preventive care through telemedicine, with a strong background in the pharmaceutical industry. Brigham is focused on making healthcare more accessible by harnessing the power of technology, delivering effective and tailored treatments. His vision for improving health outcomes has positioned him as a leader in modern patient centered healthcare solutions. Brigham Buhler: We hear people reference President Eisenhower's speech all the time about the military industrial complex, but rarely do we hear the second half of that speech. He also warned us about the rise of the scientific industrial complex. He warned us, if we allow the elite to control the scientific research, it could have dire consequences. 2:36:30 Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): I'm going to call an audible here as moderator, I saw that hopefully the future chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Mike Crapo from Idaho, came into the room. I asked Mike to share his story. He used to wear larger suits, let's put it that way. But he went down the path of the ketogenic diet, I believe. But Mike, why don't you tell your story? And by the way, he's somebody you want to influence. Chairman of Senate Finance Committee makes an awful lot of decisions on Medicare, Medicaid, a lot of things we talked about with Ozempic, now the lobbying group try and make that available, and how harmful, I think, most people in this room think that might be so. Senator Crapo, if you could just kind of tell us your story in terms of your diet change and what results you had. Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID): Well, first of all, let me thank you. I didn't come here to say anything. I came here to listen, but I appreciate the opportunity to just have a second to tell you my personal story. I'll say before I do that, thank you for Ron Johnson. Senator Johnson is also a member of the Finance Committee, and it is my hope that we can get that committee, which I think has the most powerful jurisdiction, particularly over these areas, of any in the United States Congress, and so I'm hopeful we can get a focus on addressing the government's part of the role in this to get us back on a better track. 2:54:35 Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): Vani Hari, known as the Food Babe -- they wrote that for me, that wasn't me, that's my not my nickname -- is a food activist, author and speaker committed to improving food quality and safety. She has built a powerful platform through her blog advocating for transparency in food labeling and the removal of harmful chemicals from processed food. Her activism has spurred significant change in the food industry, encouraging consumers to make healthier, more informed choices, while prompting companies to adopt cleaner practices. Vani Hari: Our government is letting US food companies get away with serving American citizens harmful ingredients that are banned or heavily regulated in other countries. Even worse, American food companies are selling the same exact products overseas without these chemicals, but choose to continue serving us the most toxic version here. It's un-American. One set of ingredients there, and one set of ingredients here. Let me give you some examples. This is McDonald's french fries. I would like to argue that probably nobody in this room has not had a McDonald's french fry, by the way, nobody raised their hand during the staff meeting earlier today. In the US, there's 11 ingredients. In the UK, there's three, and salt is optional. An ingredient called dimethyl polysiloxane is an ingredient preserved with formaldehyde, a neurotoxin, in the US version. This is used as a foaming agent, so they don't have to replace the oil that often, making McDonald's more money here in the United States, but they don't do that across the pond. Here we go, this is Skittles. Notice the long list of ingredient differences, 10 artificial dyes in the US version and titanium dioxide. This ingredient is banned in Europe because it can cause DNA damage. Artificial dyes are made from petroleum, and products containing these dyes require a warning label in Europe that states it may cause adverse effects on activity and attention in children, and they have been linked to cancer and disruptions in the immune system. This on the screen back here, is Gatorade. In the US, they use red 40 and caramel color. In Germany, they don't, they use carrot and sweet potatoes to color their Gatorade. This is Doritos. The US version has three different three different artificial dyes and MSG, the UK version does not and let's look at cereal. General Mills is definitely playing some tricks on us. They launched a new version of Trix just recently in Australia. It has no dyes, they even advertise that, when the US version still does. This is why I became a food activist. My name is Vani Hari, and I only want one thing. I want Americans to be treated the same way as citizens in other countries by our own American companies. Vani Hari: We use over 10,000 food additives here in the United States and in Europe, there's only 400 approved. In 2013, I discovered that Kraft was producing their famous mac and cheese in other countries without artificial dyes. They used Yellow 5 and Yellow 6 here. I was so outraged by this unethical practice that I decided to do something about it. I launched a petition asking Kraft to remove artificial dyes from their products here in the United States, and after 400,000 signatures and a trip to their headquarters, Kraft finally announced they would make the change. I also discovered Subway was selling sandwiches with a chemical called azodicarbonamide in their bread in other countries. This is the same chemical they use in yoga mats and shoe rubber. You know, when you turn a yoga mat sideways and you see the evenly dispersed air bubbles? Well, they wanted to do the same thing in bread, so it would be the same exact product every time you went to a Subway. When the chemical is heated, studies show that it turns into a carcinogen. Not only is this ingredient banned in Europe and Australia, you get fined $450,000 if you get caught using it in Singapore. What's really interesting is when this chemical is heated, studies show that it turns into a carcinogen. Not only is this ingredient banned, but we were able to get Subway to remove azodicarbonamide from their bread in the United States after another successful petition. And as a bonus, there was a ripple effect in almost every bread manufacturer in America followed suit. For years, Starbucks didn't publish their ingredients for their coffee drinks. It was a mystery until I convinced a barista to show me the ingredients on the back of the bottles they were using to make menu items like their famous pumpkin spice lattes. I found out here in the United States, Starbucks was coloring their PSLs with caramel coloring level four, an ingredient made from ammonia and linked to cancer, but using beta carotene from carrots to color their drinks in the UK. After publishing an investigation and widespread media attention, Starbucks removed caramel coloring from all of their drinks in America and started publishing the ingredients for their entire menu. I want to make an important point here. Ordinary people who rallied for safer food shared this information and signed petitions. Were able to make these changes. We did this on our own. But isn't this something that the people in Washington, our elected politicians, should be doing? Vani Hari: Asking companies to remove artificial food dye would make an immediate impact. They don't need to reinvent the wheel. They already have the formulations. As I've shown you, consumption of artificial food dyes has increased by 500% in the last 50 years, and children are the biggest consumers. Yes, those children. Perfect timing. 43% of products marketed towards children in the grocery store contain artificial dyes. Food companies have found in focus groups, children will eat more of their product with an artificial dye because it's more attractive and appealing. And the worst part, American food companies know the harms of these additives because they were forced to remove them overseas due to stricter regulations and to avoid warning labels that would hurt sales. This is one of the most hypocritical policies of food companies, and somebody needs to hold them accountable. Vani Hari: When Michael Taylor was the Deputy Commissioner of the of the FDA, he said, he admitted on NPR, we don't have the resources, we don't have the capabilities to actually regulate food chemicals, because we don't have the staff. There's no one there. We are under this assumption, and I think a lot of Americans are under this assumption, that every single food additive ingredient that you buy at the grocery store has been approved by some regulatory body. It hasn't. It's been approved by the food companies themselves. There's 1000s of chemicals where the food company creates it, submits the safety data, and then the FDA rubber stamps it, because they don't have any other option. 3:09:15 Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): So our next presenter is Jason Karp. Jason is the founder and CEO of HumanCo, a mission driven company that invests in and builds brands focused on healthier living and sustainability. In addition to HumanCo, Jason is the co-founder of Hu Kitchen, known for creating the number one premium organic chocolate in the US. My wife will appreciate that. Prior to HumanCo, Jason spent over 21 years in the hedge fund industry, where he was the founder and CEO of an investment fund that managed over $4 billion. Jason graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. 3:11:10 Jason Karp: I've been a professional investor for 26 years, dealing with big food companies, seeing what happens in their boardrooms, and why we now have so much ultra processed food. Jason Karp: Having studied the evolution of corporations, I believe the root cause of how we got here is an unintended consequence of the unchecked and misguided industrialization of agriculture and food. I believe there are two key drivers behind how we got here. First, America has much looser regulatory approach to approving new ingredients and chemicals than comparable developed countries. Europe, for example, uses a guilty until proven innocent standard for the approval of new chemicals, which mandates that if an ingredient might pose a potential health risk, it should be restricted or banned for up to 10 years until it is proven safe. In complete contrast, our FDA uses an innocent until proven guilty approach for new chemicals or ingredients that's known as GRAS, or Generally Recognized as Safe. This recklessly allows new chemicals into our food system until they are proven harmful. Shockingly, US food companies can use their own independent experts to bring forth a new chemical without the approval of the FDA. It is a travesty that the majority of Americans don't even know they are constantly exposed to 1000s of untested ingredients that are actually banned or regulated in other countries. To put it bluntly, for the last 50 years, we have been running the largest uncontrolled science experiment ever done on humanity without their consent. Jason Karp: And the proof is in the pudding. Our health differences compared to those countries who use stricter standards are overwhelmingly conclusive. When looking at millions of people over decades, on average, Europeans live around five years longer, have less than half our obesity rates, have significantly lower chronic disease, have markedly better mental health, and they spend as little as 1/3 on health care per person as we do in this country. While lobbyists and big food companies may say we cannot trust the standards of these other countries because it over regulates, it stifles innovation, and it bans new chemicals prematurely, I would like to point out that we trust many of these other countries enough to have nuclear weapons. These other countries have demonstrated it is indeed possible to not only have thriving companies, but also prioritize the health of its citizens with a clear do no harm approach towards anything that humans put in or on our bodies. Jason Karp: The second driver, how we got here, is all about incentives. US industrial food companies have been myopically incentivized to reward profit growth, yet bear none of the social costs of poisoning our people and our land. Since the 1960s, America has seen the greatest technology and innovation boom in history. As big food created some of the largest companies in the world, so too did their desire for scaled efficiency. Companies had noble goals of making the food safer, more shelf stable, cheaper and more accessible. However, they also figured out how to encourage more consumption by making food more artificially appealing with brighter colors and engineered taste and texture. This is the genesis of ultra processed food. Because of these misguided regulatory standards, American companies have been highly skilled at maximizing profits without bearing the societal costs. They have replaced natural ingredients with chemicals. They have commodified animals into industrial widgets, and they treat our God given planet as an inexhaustible, abusable resource. Sick Americans are learning the hard way that food and agriculture should not be scaled in the same ways as iPhones. 3:16:50 Jason Karp: They use more chemicals in the US version, because it is more profitable and because we allow them to do so. Jason Karp: Artificial food dyes are cheaper and they are brighter. And the reason that I chose to use artificial food dyes in my public activist letter is because there's basically no counter argument. Many of the things discussed today, I think there is a nuanced debate, but with artificial food dyes, they have shown all over the world that they can use colorants that come from fruit. This is the Canadian version. This is the brightness of the Canadian version, just for visibility, and this is the brightness of artificial food dyes. So of course, Kellogg and other food companies will argue children prefer this over this, just as they would prefer cocaine over sugar. That doesn't make it okay. Calley Means: Senator, can I just say one thing? As Jason and Vani were talking, it brought me back to working for the food industry. We used to pay conservative lobbyists to go to every office and say that it was the "nanny state" to regulate food. And I think that's, as a conservative myself, something that's resonated. I just cannot stress enough that, as we're hopefully learned today, the food industry has rigged our systems beyond recognition. And addressing a rigged market is not an attack on the free market. Is a necessity for a free market to take this corruption out. So I just want to say that. 3:21:00 Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): Our next presenter is Jillian Michaels. Ms. Michaels is a globally recognized fitness expert, entrepreneur, and best selling author. With her no nonsense approach to health, she's inspired millions through her fitness programs, books and digital platforms, best known for her role on The Biggest Loser, Michaels promotes a balanced approach to fitness and nutrition and emphasizing long term health and self improvement. Jillian Michaels: The default human condition in the 21st century is obese by design. Specific, traceable forms of what's referred to as structural violence are created by the catastrophic quartet of big farming, big food, Big Pharma, and big insurance. They systematically corrupt every institution of trust, which has led to the global spread of obesity and disease. Dysfunctional and destructive agricultural legislation like the Farm Bill, which favors high yield, genetically engineered crops like corn and soy, leading to the proliferation of empty calories, saturated with all of these toxins that we've been talking about today for three hours, it seems like we can never say enough about it, and then this glut of cheap calories provides a boon to the food industry giants. They just turn it into a bounty of ultra processed, factory-assembled foods and beverages strategically engineered to undermine your society and foster your dependence, like nicotine and cocaine, so we literally cannot eat just one. And to ensure that you don't, added measures are taken to inundate our physical surroundings. We're literally flooded with food, and we are brainwashed by ubiquitous cues to eat, whether it's the Taco Bell advertisement on the side of a bus as you drive to work with a vending machine at your kids school, there is no place we spend time that's left untouched. They're omnipresent. They commandeer the narrative, with 30 billion worth of advertising dollars, commercials marketed to kids, with mega celebrities eating McDonald's and loving it, sponsored dietitians paid to promote junk food on social media, utilizing anti-diet body positivity messaging like, "derail the shame" in relation to fast food consumption, Time Magazine brazenly issuing a defense of ultra processed foods on their cover with the title, "What if altra processed foods aren't as bad as you think?" And when people like us try to sound the alarm, they ensure that we are swiftly labeled as anti-science, fat shamers, and even racists. They launch aggressive lobbying efforts to influence you. Our politicians to shape policy, secure federal grants, tax credits, subsidy dollars, which proliferates their product and heavily pads their bottom line. They have created a perfect storm in which pharmaceuticals that cost hundreds, if not 1000s per month, like Ozempic, that are linked to stomach paralysis, pancreatitis and thyroid cancer, can actually surge. This reinforces a growing dependence on medical interventions to manage weight in a society where systemic change in food production and consumption is desperately needed and also very possible. These monster corporations have mastered the art of distorting the research, influencing the policy, buying the narrative, engineering the environment, and manipulating consumer behavior. Jillian Michaels: While I have been fortunate enough to pull many back from the edge over the course of my 30 year career, I have lost just as many, if not more, than I have saved. I have watched them slip through my fingers, mothers that orphan their children, husbands that widow their wives. I have even watched parents forced to suffer the unthinkable loss of their adult children. There are not words to express the sadness I have felt and the fury knowing that they were literally sacrificed at the altar of unchecked corporate greed. Most Americans are simply too financially strained, psychologically drained and physically addicted to break free without a systemic intervention. Attempting to combat the status quo and the powers that be is beyond swimming upstream. It is like trying to push a rampaging river that's infested with piranhas. After years of trying to turn the tide, I submit that the powers that be are simply too powerful for us to take on alone. I implore the people here that shape the policy to take a stand. The buck must stop with you, while the American people tend to the business of raising children and participating in the workforce to ensure that the wheels of our country go around. They tapped you to stand watch. They tapped you to stand guard. We must hold these bad actors accountable. And I presume the testimonials you heard today moved you. Digest them, discuss them, and act upon them, because if this current trend is allowed to persist, the stakes will be untenable. We are in the middle of an extinction level event. The American people need help. They need heroes. And people of Washington, your constituents chose you to be their champion. Please be the change. Thank you. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): There was one particular piece of legislation or one thing that we could do here in Washington, what would it be? Jillian Michaels: Get rid of Citizens United and get the money out of politics. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): Okay. 3:37:00 Calley Means: To the healthcare staffers slithering behind your bosses, working to impress your future bosses at the pharmaceutical companies, the hospitals, the insurance companies, many of them are in this building, and we are coming for you. 3:37:25 Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): Next up is Ms. Courtney Swan. Ms. Swan is a nutritionist, real food activist, and founder of the popular platform, Realfoodology. She advocates for transparency in the food industry, promoting the importance of whole foods and clean eating. Courtney is passionate about educating the public on the benefits of a nutrient dense diet, and she encourages sustainable, chemical-free farming practices to ensure better health for people and the planet. Courtney Swan: Our current agriculture system's origin story involves large chemical companies -- not farmers, chemists. 85% of the food that you are consuming started from a patented seed sold by a chemical corporation that was responsible for creating agent orange in the Vietnam War. Why are chemical companies feeding America? Corn, soy and wheat are not only the most common allergens, but are among the most heavily pesticide sprayed crops today. In 1974 the US started spraying our crops with an herbicide called glyphosate, and in the early 1990s we began to see the release of genetically modified foods into our food supply. It all seems to begin with a chemical company by the name IG Farben, the later parent company of Bayer Farben, provided the chemicals used in Nazi nerve agents and gas chambers. Years later, a second chemical company, Monsanto, joined the war industry with a production of Agent Orange, a toxin used during the Vietnam War. When the wars ended, these companies needed a market for their chemicals, so they pivoted to killing bugs and pests on American farmlands. Monsanto began marketing glyphosate with a catchy name, Roundup. They claimed that these chemicals were harmless and that they safeguarded our crops from pests. So farmers started spraying these supposedly safe chemicals on our farmland. They solved the bug problem, but they also killed the crops. Monsanto offered a solution with the creation of genetically modified, otherwise known as GMO, crops that resisted the glyphosate in the roundup that they were spraying. These Roundup Ready crops allow farmers to spray entire fields of glyphosate to kill off pests without harming the plants, but our food is left covered in toxic chemical residue that doesn't wash, dry, or cook off. Not only is it sprayed to kill pests, but in the final stages of harvest, it is sprayed on the wheat to dry it out. Grains that go into bread and cereals that are in grocery stores and homes of Americans are heavily sprayed with these toxins. It's also being sprayed on oats, chickpeas, almonds, potatoes and more. You can assume that if it's not organic, it is likely contaminated with glyphosate. In America, organic food, by law, cannot contain GMOs and glyphosate, and they are more expensive compared to conventionally grown options, Americans are being forced to pay more for food that isn't poisoned. The Environmental Working Group reported a test of popular wheat-based products and found glyphosate contamination in 80 to 90% of the products on grocery store shelves. Popular foods like Cheerios, Goldfish, chickpea pasta, like Banza, Nature Valley bars, were found have concerning levels of glyphosate. If that is not alarming enough, glyphosate is produced by and distributed from China. In 2018, Bayer bought Monsanto. They currently have patented soybeans, corn, canola and sugar beets, and they are the largest distributor of GMO corn and soybean seeds. Americans deserve a straight answer. Why does an agrochemical company own where our food comes from? Currently, 85 to 100% of corn and soy crops in the US are genetically modified. 80% of GMOs are engineered to withstand glyphosate, and a staggering 280 million pounds of glyphosate are sprayed on American crops annually. We are eating this roundup ready corn, but unlike GMO crops, humans are not Roundup Ready. We are not resistant to these toxins, and it's causing neurological damage, endocrine disruption, it's harming our reproductive health and it's affecting fetal development. Glyphosate is classified as a carcinogen by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer. It is also suspected to contribute towards the rise in celiac disease and gluten sensitivities. They're finding glyphosate in human breast milk, placentas, our organs, and even sperm. It's also being found in our rain and our drinking water. Until January of 2022, many companies made efforts to obscure the presence of GMOs and pesticides in food products from American consumers. It was only then that legislation came into effect mandating that these companies disclose such ingredients with a straightforward label stating, made with bio engineered ingredients, but it's very small on the package. Meanwhile, glyphosate still isn't labeled on our food. Parents in America are unknowingly feeding their children these toxic foods. Dr. Don Huber, a glyphosate researcher, warns that glyphosate will make the outlawed 1970s insecticide DDT look harmless in comparison to glyphosate. Why is the US government subsidizing the most pesticide sprayed crops using taxpayer dollars? These are the exact foods that are driving the epidemic of chronic disease. These crops, heavily sprayed with glyphosate, are then processed into high fructose corn syrup and refined vegetable oils, which are key ingredients for the ultra processed foods that line our supermarket shelves and fill our children's lunches in schools across the nation. Children across America are consuming foods such as Goldfish and Cheerios that are loaded with glyphosate. These crops also feed our livestock, which then produce the eggs, dairy and meat products that we consume. They are in everything. Pick up almost any ultra processed food package on the shelf, and you will see the words, contains corn, wheat and soy on the ingredients panel. Meanwhile, Bayer is doing everything it can to keep consumers in the dark, while our government protects these corporate giants. They fund educational programs at major agricultural universities, they lobby in Washington, and they collaborate with lawmakers to protect their profits over public health. Two congressmen are working with Bayer right now on the Farm Bill to protect Bayer from any liability, despite already having to pay out billions to sick Americans who got cancer from their product. They know that their product is harming people. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): Couple questions. So you really have two issues raised here. Any concern about just GMO seeds and GMO crops, and then you have the contamination, Glycosate, originally is a pre-emergent, but now it's sprayed on the actual crops and getting in the food. Can you differentiate those two problems? I mean, what concerns are the GMO seeds? Maybe other doctors on t

In this week's episode, Elizabeth sits down with Dr. Pompa to discuss navigating a toxin-filled world intelligently - from fluoride to tap water to cell phones, AirPods, Banza pasta, seed oils & more. Dr. Pompa's story starts many years ago while working as a chiropractor. He quickly went from healthy to experiencing debilitating fatigue, anxiety & brain fog. He discovered that high levels of mercury were causing his symptoms and set out to detox and heal his body, hormones & inflammation. In the process, he has becoming highly knowledgeable on all things toxicity - and in today's episode you will be shocked by some of the data, explanations & facts Dr. Pompa drops! This episode is sponsored by Omni-Biotic. Visit OmniBioticLife.com and use code "PROCESS" for 15% off your order!Dr. Pompa's IG: https://www.instagram.com/drpompaPompa Program Website: https://pompaprogram.com/For additional, weekly tea-filled episodes, join the TWP PatreonFollow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/wellnessprocesspodFollow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewellnessprocessProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is part two of our special series on building food businesses presented by Klaviyo. If you haven't heard part one from last week, go back and check it out.In that episode, three founders of three different food brands – Becca Millstein from Fishwife, Brian Rudolph from Banza, and Caue Suplicy from Barnana – shared how they got their start.Today, you'll find out how these founders have grown their brands into category-defining businesses. You'll hear about some challenging moments – and also strategic advice if you're building your own business.This episode was produced by Alex Cheng with music by Ramtin Arablouei. It was edited by John Isabella. Our audio engineer was James Willetts.Our thanks to Klaviyo for sponsoring today's episode.You can follow HIBT on X & Instagram and sign up for Guy's free newsletter at guyraz.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Innovation is a constant in the food industry. But it's incredibly difficult to go from a tasty idea to an actual spot on the grocery store shelves. So if you have an idea for a food business, how do you turn it into reality?In this special two-episode series brought to you by Klaviyo, three founders share what it took to get their products on those shelves – and what it still takes today to keep their brands growing. This episode covers the journey from ideation to production and actual sales. Guy is joined by Becca Millstein from Fishwife, Brian Rudolph from Banza, and Caue Suplicy from Barnana.This episode was produced by Alex Cheng with music by Ramtin Arablouei. It was edited by John Isabella. Our audio engineer was James Willetts.Our thanks to Klaviyo for sponsoring today's episode. You can follow HIBT on X & Instagram and sign up for Guy's free newsletter at guyraz.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Javier Timerman, Managing Partner de Adcap y Co-founder de Banza. TÍTULO: Los desafíos del Gobierno en octubre 1. ¿Cuáles son los principales desafíos del Gobierno para octubre? 2. El Gobierno se encuentra en plena negociación con el FMI, luego de no haber cumplido la meta de reservas. ¿Cuánto crees que influye en esa discusión? ¿Y qué tipo de negociación sería la mejor para la Argentina? 3. El Gobierno está llegando muy al límite con la compra de reservas y los mercados por ahora parecen perdonarlo. ¿A qué crees que se debe?, será así siempre ? 4. ¿Cómo viene el blanqueo? ¿crees que puede ayudar al gobierno en estos meses complicados en materia cambiaria, o solo sirve como maquillaje de reservas? 5. Hace poco se conoció una noticia de la Universidad Di Tella y de otras consultoras, que bajó la imagen política de Javier Milei. ¿Crees que ya impactó en la gente el ajuste que se llevó adelante?

Au programme du journal culture et médias de ce lundi : Un documentaire controversé sur la corrida couronné ce weekend au festival du film de San Sebastian. Megalopolis le nouveau film de Francis Ford Coppola signe un mauvais démarrage aux Etats-Unis. Décès du scénariste Didier Kaminka, On lui doit de nombreuses lignes de dialogue de comédies populaires comme Les Rois du Gag ou encore Banzaï. Décès de l'acteur Drake Hogestyn, visage connu de l'une des plus anciennes série télé “Des jours et des vies”. Dernier décès, dans le monde la musique cette fois, la star de la country Kris Kristofferson s'est éteint à l'âge de 88 ans. Merci pour votre écoute N'héistez pas à vous abonner également aux podcasts des séquences phares de MAtin Première: L'Invité Politique : https://audmns.com/LNCogwP L'édito politique « Les Coulisses du Pouvoir » : https://audmns.com/vXWPcqx L'humour de Matin Première : https://audmns.com/tbdbwoQ Retrouvez tous les contenus de la RTBF sur notre plateforme Auvio.be Retrouvez également notre offre info ci-dessous : Le Monde en Direct : https://audmns.com/TkxEWME Les Clés : https://audmns.com/DvbCVrH Le Tournant : https://audmns.com/moqIRoC 5 Minutes pour Comprendre : https://audmns.com/dHiHssr Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

Eduardo Battaglia, dialogó con Paula Gándara, CIO de Adcap Asset Management - Banza. TEMA- Inflación, Presupuesto y blanqueo: los temas que discute el mercado 1. ¿Qué evaluación hacés de la presentación del presupuesto 2025? 2. ¿Qué es lo que está mirando el mercado en esta última parte del año? ¿Hay salida del cepo o consideran que va a venir más en 2025? 3. ¿Cómo viene el blanqueo? ¿Qué inversiones están recomendando desde Adcap para los que quieran ingresar? 4. La semana pasada se conoció el dato de inflación. ¿Qué te pareció y cuál es el desafío del gobierno para quebrar el 4%? ¿es necesario alguna medida más? 5. Tras el dato de inflación, ¿vieron un mayor flujo por instrumentos de cobertura o todo sigue igual?

Evangelina Barone, dialogó con Javier Timerman, Managing Partner de Adcap Grupo Financiero y Co-fundador de Banza.

Eduardo Battaglia, dialogó con Javier Timerman, Managing partner de Adcap Grupo Financiero y Co-funder de Banza.

I'm thrilled you're joining us today for a crucial conversation with Zen Honeycutt from Moms Across America. Whether you're familiar with her work or not, today's episode will explore the complexities of our food systems. I've followed Zen's advocacy for years, and her insights into GMOs, government regulations (or lack thereof), and the true impact on our health are more important now than ever. Join us as we discuss everything from Bacillus thuringiensis to practical tips on affording organic foods and prioritizing real, wholesome nutrition. This is a conversation you won't want to miss! Topics Discussed 02:58 - The difference between hybridization & genetically modified foods 04:37 - What crops are genetically modified  15:04 - Zen's backstory  22:52 - Lack of government protection  23:45 - Marketing GMOs  26:14 - The issues with GMOs  28:03 - Bacillus thuringiensis  30:32 - The third type of GMO  34:01 - The health of the average American  35:20 - “GMO means less pesticides”  36:36 - Understanding the problem  42:54 - Monsanto & Bayer  43:43 - Zen's run in with Monsanto  52:45 - Most common foods to be cautious of  58:41 - Affording organic food  01:03:41 - Antibiotics  01:05:57 - GMOs and our food system  01:09:01 - Budgeting for whole real foods  01:10:51 - Zen's health non negotiables Check Out Zen Honeycutt Website Data Donate Show Links: Poisoned Foods Of North America  Sponsored By: Beekeeper's Naturals Go to beekeepersnaturals.com/REALFOODOLOGY or enter code REALFOODOLOGY to get 20% off your order.  Lumen Use code REALFOODOLOGY at  lumen.me to get $100 off  BIOptimizers MagBreakthrough Get your free bottle of magnesium breakthrough while supplies last at magbreakthrough.com/realfoodologyfree Organifi Go to www.organifi.com/realfoodology and use code REALFOODOLOGY for 20% Off ARMRA Colostrum Get 15% off your first order at tryarmra.com/realfoodology Check Out Courtney:  LEAVE US A VOICE MESSAGE Check Out My new FREE Grocery Guide! @realfoodology www.realfoodology.com My Immune Supplement by 2x4 Air Dr Air Purifier AquaTru Water Filter EWG Tap Water Database  Produced By: Drake Peterson Edited By: Mike Frey

Today we're diving into a hot topic that's been stirring up quite the conversation. Moms Across America made a discovery that really caught our attention: Banza pasta, known for its chickpea-based noodles, was found to have the highest levels of glyphosate. That's right, glyphosate, the controversial herbicide that's been debated for its health effects.   You might be wondering, how did this all come to light? Well, Moms Across America is an advocacy group focused on healthy food and communities. They decided to test various food products for glyphosate, and Banza pasta came out on top with the most. This news has sparked a lot of questions and concerns about what we're eating and the safety of our food.   In this episode, we're going to unpack the Banza pasta controversy. We'll talk about why it's such a big deal and what it means for us as consumers. Plus, we'll explore why choosing organic is more important than ever. Organic foods are grown without synthetic pesticides like glyphosate, and that can make a big difference in your health and the environment.   But that's not all – we've learned some valuable lessons from this situation that we want to share with you. From understanding food labels to knowing more about how our food is produced, there's a lot to consider when making choices at the grocery store.   So, if you're curious about the Banza pasta story, concerned about glyphosate, or just want to learn more about the benefits of organic food, tune in to this episode. We've got a lot to discuss, and we want you to be part of the conversation. Don't miss out on this important discussion! --- Ready to work with us 1:1? You know, stop the guess work? Let's go! Request a free phone call HERE with me to see how we can help you! Want to join a community where you can ask questions (uncensored, unlike Facebook?) Join our community here! Connect with us on Instagram + TikTok (@nuvitruwellness) + YouTube! If you're a power woman (aka baddie entrepreneur or climbing up the corporate ladder), find our other podcast called Power Women Wellness. We dive into successful women's health routines and habits that help them uplevel in their life!

Banza is banned! Find out why Liz prefers Barilla over Banza products and why you should probably stay away. This week, she's also joined by teammate and reigning SSC Champ Emily Nelson, to talk about all things SSC and how she finds balance between health and traveling for corporate work. Liz also covers the first episode of HOTD and other hot topics going on in pop culture. Follow Liz on IG/Tiktok/YT: @liftswithliz Follow the podcast on IG: @confessionsofagymrat

When the world's largest retailer launches a private label brand of better-for-you and affordable food and beverage staples, it stands to reason that their customers will benefit. But how will Walmart's new bettergoods brand impact its existing CPG suppliers? The Taste Radio crew weighs in. Show notes: 0:35: A Terrifying Chameleon. Tipping Protocol. BevNET Gandalf. It's Yeah. – On location at The Beverage Forum in Manhattan Beach, California, Ray and John share a few highlights from the event, including notable interviews recorded from our makeshift Taste Radio studio. Jacqui and Ray briefly recap Naturally San Diego's third annual Pitch Slam and how a costumed person scared the living daylights of the competition's host. Jacqui shares a secret about her shopping habits, the hosts collectively opine on Walmart's latest opus and Mike is urged to bathe… in lemongrass curry. Brands in this episode: Loli's, BAM, Mesa De Vida, Sipwell, Madly Hadley, Chamberlain Coffee, The Free Spirits Co., Banza, Siete Foods, Califia Farms, Honest Kids, Just Ice Tea, Red Boat, Mizu Lab

A recent Forbes article sparks the hosts' passionate discussion about the role that food and beverage conglomerates should play in the health and wellness of American consumers, both now and in the future. They also opine on whether JuneShine's acquisition of Flying Embers is good for the hard kombucha category, chat about Expo West preparation and highlight a handful of new spicy, sweet and savory snacks and libations.  Show notes: 0:35: Super Random. Unofficially Ready. A Majority Stake. What To Do About UPF. Karma, Cake. – Jacqui's thrifty sensibilities kick things off, before the hosts talk about NOSH's multi-part guide to Expo West and offer their two cents on a big ‘booch deal and why it makes sense. Errol Schweizer's opinion piece about why now is the time to reinvent processed foods has Ray once again leaping onto his soap box, stirring the pot and pointing fingers, while John, Jacqui and Mike offer their own perspectives on the subject. Ray shares a new snack and dip with John, Mike gets everyone's tongue tingling, Jacqui has a perfect snack for Coachella and a new line of “petit” and easy bake cakes gets a big thumbs up.  Brands in this episode: Oatly, Pacific Foods, Juneshine, Flying Embers, Crooked Owl, Saffron Road, Stouffer's, Hungry Man, Annie's, Simple Mills, Banza, Trix, Iggy's, Ithaca Hummus, Utz, Mike's Hot Honey, Tingly, Koko & Karma, Gateaux, C4

Depuis plus de six mois, des habitants du quartier Manomapia, de la commune de Fungurume dans la région du Katanga, dénoncent des cas de pollution de l'air, de l'eau et du sol. Ils accusent l'entreprise Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM), l'un des gros producteurs du cuivre et du cobalt en RDC, qui a construit dans ce quartier sa nouvelle usine de traitement de ces minerais. Selon la communauté, une centaine de personnes ont déjà consulté le personnel soignant, que ce soit pour des problèmes respiratoires, des éruptions cutanées ou encore des saignements de nez. Saignements de nez, vomissements de sang : depuis décembre, six enfants sont morts. L'entreprise dément toute responsabilité. De notre envoyée spéciale de Fungurume, Assise sur une natte à l'entrée de sa maison, située à moins de 10 mètres de l'usine 30 K de TFM au quartier Manomapia, Alphonsine Mwambuyi pleure encore son bébé de six mois décédé il y a plus de quatre semaines : « Les infirmiers ont dit que les poumons de mon bébé étaient attaqués par l'acide. Il toussait beaucoup. Ensuite, il a vomi beaucoup de sang. Mon bébé m'a quitté dans ces conditions. J'ai une grosse blessure au cœur... »Alors que la discussion se poursuit, d'autres habitants du quartier en colère approchent. Marie-Claire Kabulo, âgée d'une cinquantaine d'années, n'hésite pas à montrer les éruptions cutanées sur son ventre : « Ces gros boutons apparaissent sur tout mon corps. Regardez, en dessous des aisselles… Vous voyez, madame ! Et j'ai de fortes douleurs, c'est dur. »« Nous mourrons à petit feu »D'après ces habitants, l'usine refoule chaque soir du gaz dans l'air. Ce qui affecte leur santé. Hélène Banza, qui a aussi saigné du nez il y a quelques semaines, relate les symptômes : « D'abord la tête devient lourde, tu as eu mal au cœur comme si on t'avait poignardé. Et puis la gorge sèche, les yeux et le nez chatouillent. Après des grosses gouttes de sang coulent du nez... »Un peu plus loin, Héritier, jeune papa d'une trentaine d'années, prend un bain de soleil devant sa maison. Lui non plus ne cache pas sa colère : « Les autorités nous demandent de nous calmer et pourtant, ici, nous mourons à petit feu... Moi, je n'ai nulle part où aller. Là, vous me voyez, je suis malade et affaibli, je ne travaille plus. »Analyses en coursÀ plus d'un kilomètre à l'est de l'usine est construit un centre de santé public. Vêtu de sa blouse blanche, Faustin, infirmier de garde, est aussi conscient du danger : « L'odeur de l'acide arrive jusqu'ici au centre de santé. Et pour nous protéger, nous mettons les masques qui sont conservés là dans l'armoire. Nous les donnons aussi aux malades internés dans le centre. »Plus de 100 malades provenant du quartier Manomapia ont été référés à l'hôpital général de la commune de Fungurume pour des soins. L'entreprise TFM déclare qu'elle prend très au sérieux les plaintes des habitants. Elle assure par ailleurs que ses mesures de protection de l'environnement sont conçues selon les normes les plus strictes. De leur côté, les autorités attendent les résultats des analyses des échantillons de sang, de l'air, du sol et de l'eau prélevés par un toxicologue avant de se prononcer.À lire aussiNord du Niger: la société civile d'Arlit s'inquiète de la qualité des eaux

Thank you for joining us for our 2nd Cabral HouseCall of the weekend! I'm looking forward to sharing with you some of our community's questions that have come in over the past few weeks…   Lisa: Hello Again Dr. Cabral, In addition to having a Mega-stomach & colon along with LIMO, which seems to reoccur, I have IPMN branch cysts on my pancreas which have not changed in the last 6 months so will be monitored annually. I am not sure if this has attributed to my conditions, but I do take a digestive enzyme along with HCL with each meal. I am not sure if I am taking enough, but I take what I can afford. My GI doctors have been stumped by my conditions, but did offer antibiotics for my LIMO, which I am considering because my insurance will cover it and I am out of money. What would you do if you had these conditions?   Anonymous: Hello! I am currently taking the pill form of birth control. I plan to come off of the birth control in about 6 months. I plan to test my hormones at that point to start rebalancing. I also would like to do the Cbo protocol due to excessive gas and bloating I've experienced for several years now. I am wondering if it would be a good idea to do the Cbo protocol while still on the birth control or should I wait until I have come off of it. I know the birth control can have negative affects on my gut so I don't want to slow my gut healing by doing it while still on the birth control. thank you.   Lindsay: Hello,I loved today's episode on rice. I eat a lot of Banza. It's a chickpea rice. what are your thoughts on that? https://www.eatbanza.com/products/chickpea-rice-garlic-olive-oil   Luis: Hi Dr. Cabral, Do you have any thoughts on Monoatomic Gold? How about Colloidal Silver as a daily mouth wash? Thanks   Jessica: Hi Dr. Cabral, I've learned so much from you. Thank you for all you do to empower so many people! My question is on melatonin. I know you've done many episodes on melatonin and are generally a proponent of its usage in moderate amounts. I typically take 2-3 mg per night. But there are a lot of people in the health space who do not think taking melatonin is a good idea. I hear them usually say something about it being a hormone and not wanting to introduce external hormones to the body if you can help it. But I've always found their rationale to be vague. I know you've done so much research on melatonin. Could you articulate the “steel man” argument for why taking 1-5mg of melatonin every night may not be a good idea?   Jessica: One more question on melatonin - Would you advise someone stop taking melatonin when they become pregnant? That seems to be the conventional wisdom because there is little research on it. But, in theory, it seems like melatonin could be useful for calming the mother's central nervous system, improving sleep, providing antioxidants, etc. — all of which would be favorable to the baby.   Thank you for tuning into this weekend's Cabral HouseCalls and be sure to check back tomorrow for our Mindset & Motivation Monday show to get your week started off right! - - - Show Notes and Resources: StephenCabral.com/2928 - - - Get a FREE Copy of Dr. Cabral's Book: The Rain Barrel Effect - - - Join the Community & Get Your Questions Answered: CabralSupportGroup.com - - - Dr. Cabral's Most Popular At-Home Lab Tests: > Complete Minerals & Metals Test (Test for mineral imbalances & heavy metal toxicity) - - - > Complete Candida, Metabolic & Vitamins Test (Test for 75 biomarkers including yeast & bacterial gut overgrowth, as well as vitamin levels) - - - > Complete Stress, Mood & Metabolism Test (Discover your complete thyroid, adrenal, hormone, vitamin D & insulin levels) - - - > Complete Food Sensitivity Test (Find out your hidden food sensitivities) - - - > Complete Omega-3 & Inflammation Test (Discover your levels of inflammation related to your omega-6 to omega-3 levels) - - - Get Your Question Answered On An Upcoming HouseCall: StephenCabral.com/askcabral - - - Would You Take 30 Seconds To Rate & Review The Cabral Concept? The best way to help me spread our mission of true natural health is to pass on the good word, and I read and appreciate every review!  

Brian and Scott Rudolph are the co-founders of Banza, a food brand that creates chickpea-based alternatives of your favorite comfort foods. Founded in 2014 by brothers Brian and Scott, Banza entered the scene with their high protein plant-based pasta products and have now expanded into pizza, rice, and waffles. Banza is now available domestically in more than 25,000 retail locations including Target, Whole Foods, and Costco.

Brian and Scott Rudolph are the co-founders of Banza, a food brand that creates chickpea-based alternatives of your favorite comfort foods. Founded in 2014 by brothers Brian and Scott, Banza entered the scene with their high protein plant-based pasta products and have now expanded into pizza, rice, and waffles. Banza is now available domestically in more than 25,000 retail locations including Target, Whole Foods, and Costco.

Ray Goulbourne is a foodservice expert with experience at high growth CPG brands including Banza, Simulate, Mason Dixie, and Sir Kensington's. On this episode of ITS, Ray breaks the channel down for Ali: From defining objectives and choosing a segment, to execution and scale. There's even a cheat code in the last few minutes, where brands looking into foodservice can start their research.In the Sauce is Powered by Simplecast.

Banza is the chickpea pasta with the bright orange boxes that have become nothing short of a phenomenon, changing the way we think about gluten-free pasta forever. Matt is a legit fan of the rotini and the penne, as well as the brand's expansion into pizza, and he invited Banza's founder, Brian Rudolph, into the studio. They talk about the founding of the company, how Brian landed on the iconic branding, and what makes a great pasta sauce. We hope you enjoy this conversion.Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We'd love to hear from you. MORE FROM BANZA:Olive Oil and Chickpea Pasta Got Cool. You Can Blame This Agency. [TASTE]Banza's Founder Is Growing a Household Brand by Betting Big on Chickpeas [Forbes]Solving the Pasta Problem [Emory Wheel]

The girls are back!! And talking about the (sometimes) controversial topic of FEEDING. Taylor and Carly hope this episode encourages and empowers you to feel confident in how you feed your baby. Tay: 1. Butterfly kit2. Bearpaw ankle boots3. Smartplug for Alexa Car:1. Hair wax stick2. Banza pizza 3. Toddler Golden Goose dupes Hang out with us on Patreon for 2 additional episodes a month!Connect with us on Instagram || Email us at hello@spillmama.comHosts: Carly Douglas and Taylor SmithIntro & Outro created by Hudson Tankersley - tankersleyhudson@gmail.com

In this podcast, I discuss my favorite plant-based products. I mention Whole Harvest, a company that delivers delicious plant-based foods. I also recommend Truemade ketchup and barbecue sauces, as well as Robesleston and his PlantStrong products. I mention Flintstrong granola and nuts.com for purchasing beans, nuts, seeds, and more. I discuss using chickpea flour as a substitute for regular flour and recommend Banza pasta made from chickpeas. I also mention using Bob's Red Mill ground flaxseed and 365 fat-free marinara sauce for healthier pasta dishes. To work with me: https://www.drmarbas.com/ A Big Thank You To Our Sponsors: Whole Harvest is redefining the way you eat. Their meals are not only delicious but also 100% whole food, plant-based, without any compromise. Use the discount code PLANTS30 to receive $30 off your first order. Visit https://wholeharvest.com/drmarbas and place your order today! To work with the world's best plant-based coach, Maxime Sigouin visit his website: www.fitvegancoaching.com To learn plant-based cooking and get your medical questions answered join The Healing Kitchen taught by Brittany Jaroudi and me! Click here to learn more: https://www.drmarbas.com/the-healing-kitchen To be a part of a community of people living a plant-based lifestyle to improve their health and who support each other, join the Dr. Laurie Marbas Facebook Group. Click here to join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2243918745797935

Amid a spate of high-profile investments and acquisitions, the hosts assessed Brooklyn Brewery's alignment with Hoplark and what it means for the emerging segment of hop-centric beverages and also discussed the timing of Smuckers' $5.6 billion purchase of Hostess Brands. This episode also features an expansive interview with Adam Crocini, the SVP and global head for food and beverage brands at Hilton. Show notes: 0:34: Get Some Expo-sure. Rudi's Convenience. Bullish Or BS? Banza & Bevs. – As the team gears up for Expo East 2023, they sampled a handful of new products that will be featured at the annual event, and discussed growing consumer demand for hop-flavored alcohol-alternative beverages and a widening pool of brands and investors in the space. They also spoke about Banza's foray into frozen waffles and what makes for a successful brand extension, before sipping on several new products, including tea-based energy drinks, “superfruit” sodas and RTD non-alcoholic cocktails. 36:29: Adam Crocini, SVP & Global Head, Food and Beverage Brands, Hilton – Since 2018, Crocini has been at the forefront of enhancing the Hilton's food and beverage offerings across its 7,000 properties spanning 122 countries and territories. His strategy guides everything from partnerships with Michelin-starred chefs to grab-and-go pantries. Taste Radio editor Ray Latif spoke with Crocini about how Hilton has navigated a post-Covid shift in guest expectations for food and beverage, how local and artisanal brands factor into its strategy and how interest for low and no-alc beverages impact its bar menus and in-room drink options. Brands in this episode: Honey Mama's, Mike's Hot Honey, Rudi's, Uncrustables, Chubby Snacks, Hoplark, Sierra Nevada, Hop WTR, Lagunitas, Athletic Brewing, Hostess, Twinkies, Banza, Brazi Bites, Eggo, Belgian Boys, CHA, Better Booch, Alldae, RSRV Collective, Boosthe, Snickers, Toblerone

In this week's episode of Honest Retail, we chat about the topics and headlines that are capturing our attention. Cameron McCarthy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronkennethmccarthy/ Taylor Foxman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-foxman/ Carlton Fowler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlton-fowler-63069478/

Join Erica and Jules on the second episode of Season 2 of You Had Me At Eat Podcast. On this episode, Jules talks about traveling gluten-free to New York City, and highlights some new-to-us restaurants. Erica talks about her favorite carbs, and a new gluten-free vegan Banza frozen pizza, and her favorite Pizza Dust by The Spice Lab. Erica also shares the saddest restaurant salad, and new research from Beyond Celiac about a new scoring system to help determine if you need a follow-up endoscopy and biopsy after your celiac disease diagnosis. RESOURCES and LINKSgfJules grain-free nut-free NADA flour Gluten-free blueberry muffin recipe aka "travel muffins"Gluten-free pizza on the grill Banza gluten-free vegan pizza Pizza Dust by The Spice Lab PLNT Burger Le Botaniste Beatnic Risotteria Melotti nyc Seeyamañana Anita gelato Jules's NYC VideoBeyond Celiac follow-up biopsy for celiac disease scoring system research Contact/Follow Jules & Erica Tweet us @THEgfJules & @CeliacBeast Find us on IG @CeliacandTheBeast & @gfJules Follow us on FB @gfJules & @CeliacandTheBeast Email us at support@gfJules.com Find more articles, recipes & info at gfJules.com & celiacandthebeast.com Thanks for listening! Be sure to subscribe!**some links may be affiliate links; purchasing through these links will not cost you more, but will help to fund the podcast you ❤️

Friday, April 14th — In this episode we talk about: Doug's dry Thirsty Thursday Weather report: vegan shrimp to be served at Taylor Swift concert, Banza mac and cheeze, vegan brioche buns from La Brea The 7 Healthiest Fast-Food Restaurants, According to Dietitians (Eat This, Not That) And more! Tune in live every weekday at 11am to watch on YouTube or on Instagram (@plantbasedmorningshow and @nomeatathlete_official), or watch on Twitter or Twitch! Follow @plantbasedmorningshow, @realmattfrazier, and @itsdoughay for more.

Taste Radio's hosts pondered the potential of innovative, yet imaginary, concepts; examined why discontinued brands and products – including a line of high-profile energy shots – failed to make it; and riffed upon a bevy of new snacks and drinks.  This episode also features an interview with Alexandra Dempster and Isabelle Steichen, the co-founders of Lupii, an innovative platform brand that markets lupini bean-based foods.  Launched in 2020, Lupii debuted with a line of plant-based protein bars highlighted by its hero ingredient, which the brand promotes as “a high-fiber legume that has 2x more protein than chickpeas and 3x more protein than eggs.” In August 2022, Lupii expanded with a three-SKU line of high-protein and high fiber pastas that contain significantly less carbs than those made with traditional ingredients. The brand is represented in hundreds of chain and independent retailers, primarily in the Northeast, Midwest and Pacific Northwest, including Whole Foods, Safeway and Jewel-Osco. Dempster and Steichen spoke about Lupii's origins and their alignment as co-founders, how they shifted from “survival mode” amid the early months of the pandemic to a focus on thoughtful growth at retail, how they were able to attract interest and funding from angel investors and their vision and plan to develop a platform brand. Show notes: 0:37: How To Meet Top Whole Foods Executives, Scotch Spray, The Fiddy/Craven Connection – Less than a week from BevNET's Meetup at the company's Newton, MA HQ, the hosts highlighted recently announced speakers for BevNET Live Summer 2023 and wondered if some products conceptualized as April Fool's jokes should be commercialized. Ray stirred the pot with his bag of discontinued brands, including those of a cap-activated chia beverage, a blue recovery drink and 50 Cent's energy shot, along with a brain-boosting product with a rather controversial name, before chatting about a highly anticipated collaboration between two massive companies, super-premium chorizo and better-for-you refreshment drinks. 31:51: Interview: Alexandra Dempster & Isabelle Steichen, Co-Founders, Lupii – Taste Radio editor Ray Latif met with Lupii's co-founders at Expo West 2023, where Steichen spoke about how a diverse population in her native country of Luxembourg exposed her to Lupini beans and their nutritional value as compared to other sources of plant and animal-based protein, why she sought to find a co-founder to launch to the brand and how she and Alexandra formed a bond and common vision for the company. They also discussed how they applied consumer insights from early DTC sales to a brick and mortar retail strategy, identifying Lupii's core consumer, how they articulate the brand's “trifecta of benefits,” iterating amid growth, achieving a “sweet spot” within the pasta category and their perspective on venture funding for women-owned and -led brands. Brands in this episode: Laphroaig, Fly By Jing, Paqui, Sanzo, Ithaca Hummus, Hendrick's Gin, Moju, Neuro, 5-hour Energy, Coca-Cola, Jack Daniel's, Simply, Fanta, Lentiful, Funky Mello, Skippy, Justin's, Teddy's, Tip Top Cocktails, Togronis, Crafthouse Cocktails, Three Sisters Meats, Paro, Update, Phocus, Petal, Bossa Nova, Spindrift, Lemonback, Lupii, Oatly, Banza

On this week's show, Barney and Albert roundup another weekend of Primeira Liga futebol. Benfica make light work of Famalicão, Danny Namaso impresses for Porto, Paulinho and Banza score bangers for their clubs, Portimonense try out a new 6-3-1 formation, Estoril miss that elusive new manager bounce, Safira continues to step up for Vitória, and Casa Pia get a big win against Paços de Ferreira, plus much more!To contact the show you can find us on twitter @LongBallFutebol

Operations can either catapult your company to great success or derail it! Your operations and supply chain must be competitive with those of your rivals. However, if you want to stand out, it must be superior to theirs. Jackie is joined by Aaron Alpeter to explore what it takes as a founder to establish a flowing supply chain, an organized and lean organization for operations, and how to locate the proper individuals for the jobs in your firm. If you've been battling to keep your business's procedures and inner workings running smoothly, this episode will supply you with a plethora of free knowledge!Aaron is the founder of Izba (www.izba.co) and Capabl (www.capabl.co). He graduated from Unilever's famous Supply Chain Management Program, where he worked for 5 years in the planning, production, international logistics, and continuous improvement. He has personally established or rebuilt over a dozen firms. He has held C-level positions at companies such as Hubble Contacts, Sustain Natural, The Flex Company, and Mirror, as well as advising The Farmer's Dog, Grove Collaborative, Banza, Ettitude, Sunsoil, and Kind.Listen to Similar Episodes:Scale Your Business - Hiring and Scaling Tips from Sharon BondurantHow to Outsource & Build a Team Internationally with Jasmine JonteThe Most Important Hires With Ivan Alo & LaDante McMillon, Co-Founders Of New Age Capital*Check out Aaron's website for more information about his services: https://www.izba.co/* Connect with me on IG @jackie.koch_* Find more information on my website www.jackiekoch.com

This week, Dana, Julia, and Stephen start by talking about the new AppleTV+ series Shrinking. Then they discuss the Oscar-nominated film Triangle of Sadness. Finally, they chat about modern etiquette, inspired by The Cut's piece on the topic. In Slate Plus, the panel talks about the closing of the “World's Best Restaurant” Noma.    Email us at culturefest@slate.com. Endorsements:  Dana: I have great, great affection for Jason Segel. Nobody is talking about his children's books. It's this series called Nightmares! that he co-wrote with Kirsten Miller. There are also two sequels. Any kid about 10 or 11 years old can handle them.  Julia: OG food friend of the program Dan Pashman has followed up his invention of an entirely new pasta shape (Cascatelli) in 2021 with the release of two more shapes: Quattrotini and Vesuvio. These aren't inventions, they are less commonly found shapes that he is helping bring to a larger audience of eaters. Dan is continuing his partnership with Sfoglini and you can buy the shapes on their site. [Producer note: Gluten free people can enjoy a gf version that Dan made in partnership with Banza.]  Stephen: I enjoyed the Nordic crime series The Bridge. It introduced me to Kim Bodnis, a great actor Americans would get to know as the assassin handler on Killing Eve. I finally caught up with the third season and it's great.  Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Yesica Balderrama. Outro music: "If Only I Was a Poet" by Staffan Carlen _ Make an impact this Black History Month by helping Macy's on their mission to fund UNCF scholarships for HBCU students. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Dana, Julia, and Stephen start by talking about the new AppleTV+ series Shrinking. Then they discuss the Oscar-nominated film Triangle of Sadness. Finally, they chat about modern etiquette, inspired by The Cut's piece on the topic. In Slate Plus, the panel talks about the closing of the “World's Best Restaurant” Noma.    Email us at culturefest@slate.com. Endorsements:  Dana: I have great, great affection for Jason Segel. Nobody is talking about his children's books. It's this series called Nightmares! that he co-wrote with Kirsten Miller. There are also two sequels. Any kid about 10 or 11 years old can handle them.  Julia: OG food friend of the program Dan Pashman has followed up his invention of an entirely new pasta shape (Cascatelli) in 2021 with the release of two more shapes: Quattrotini and Vesuvio. These aren't inventions, they are less commonly found shapes that he is helping bring to a larger audience of eaters. Dan is continuing his partnership with Sfoglini and you can buy the shapes on their site. [Producer note: Gluten free people can enjoy a gf version that Dan made in partnership with Banza.]  Stephen: I enjoyed the Nordic crime series The Bridge. It introduced me to Kim Bodnis, a great actor Americans would get to know as the assassin handler on Killing Eve. I finally caught up with the third season and it's great.  Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Yesica Balderrama. Outro music: "If Only I Was a Poet" by Staffan Carlen _ Make an impact this Black History Month by helping Macy's on their mission to fund UNCF scholarships for HBCU students. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, you'll also hear:Why we as Christians need to speak up courageously about our beliefsJeanine's journey to become a nurse and an advocate for young womenHow Jeanine's book on feminism came about through questions from her own daughtersThe #1 principle of Jeanine's book and how it applies to your calling as a writerJeanine's advice for the writer who keeps procrastinating on the book they know they're called to writeBe sure to read all the way to the end for instructions on how to get a FREE copy of Jeanine's book!Scripture reminds us to be strong and courageous. But have you ever considered that scripture in the context of your writing? As Christian authors, we have a responsibility to be courageous in speaking out against anti-Christian views. It's not always easy to stand up for what we believe, but it's critical that we do so. Now, more than ever, we can't allow ourselves to be silenced by those who have opposing views. If we do, then darkness will win. We must courageously speak out against these views, and show the world that Christianity is about love and compassion — not hatred and intolerance. Jeanine Banza-Katungutere understands this. Her book, Feminism: Right of Reply to Our Daughters, challenges some commonly held beliefs of the feminism movement, urging those of us who identify as Christians to take a step back and assess whether we are aligning with God's Word or popular worldviews. This is important, not just so we can check ourselves, but so we can set a proper example and provide proper guidance to teen girls and young adult women at a critical juncture in their lives. So don't be afraid to mimic Jeanine's courage in your own writing — it's time to make our voices heard.Fighting for Women's Rights & IdentitiesJeanine says her passion for helping others is something she's had since childhood. From playing with dolls to her desire to become a nurse, it was always clear that she had the heart of a natural caregiver. It was a long journey that took her from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Belgium, but Jeanine was able to fulfill her dream — now, she works as a certified mother baby nurse. But in the process of achieving this goal, Jeanine discovered a deeper passion to work not just as a caregiver in general, but as an advocate specifically for women and children. “My goal is to spread awareness about the importance of fighting for women's rights,” she explains. “And at the same time, to be able to preserve our unique identities as women.” In this way, Jeanine aims to help young women and girls figure out their place in the world — not just based on what society tells them, but on what God says in His Word. Growing up in Kivu, D.R. Congo, Jeanine saw firsthand the suffering of women who had been victims of sexual violence and were abandoned by society. In 2014, she started the nonprofit Association for the Development of Kivu (A.D.K) to help these women gain education and support themselves. “These women are resilient,” Jeanine says. “They want help. They do not want to dwell on their sorrows and pain. They want to come out of all this… They want to become what God has called them to be in society.”Questions About Feminism The idea for Jeanine's book was inspired by questions from her own daughters about the subject of feminism. As her daughters and other young girls their age learned about feminism in school, they started asking questions about things like why only girls were expected to do things like housework. But what really drove Jeanine to start writing was when her daughter started asking about her own value. “I noticed that my daughter was asking me questions like, ‘Hey, Mom, you already have two girls. Did you really want to have a third girl?'” Jeanine recalls. “She wanted to make sure she was wanted. That, as a girl, she was loved.”As Jeanine pondered these questions, she suffered from anxiety, depression, and insomnia. None of her attempts to find answers in other books gave her satisfaction, so finally, she sat down and started to write her own book. “I had to let my heart speak,” she realized. “I had to go to the Holy Spirit and stand up and say, ‘Okay, today I'm writing this book.'” Once she obeyed the call and released the book, Jeanine's anxiety and depression decreased, and her sleep improved. Jeanine's story is an important reminder for us all: sometimes, when we are not obedient to what God is calling us to do, our disobedience can literally bring about sickness. Mind, body, and spirit are connected, and we've got to be sure ours are in alignment with the mission and the message that God has given us. That way we can find freedom for ourselves and allow our message to help those who need to hear it. Created in God's Image: Secular vs. Biblical Feminism Jeanine's book paints a picture of the differences between secular and biblical feminism. To explore these differences, she took into account both what the Bible says about men and women and her own experiences with her daughters and other young women. Then she outlined principles to guide young women who are struggling to find their place in the world. According to Jeanine, the #1 principle of her book is found in Genesis 1:26-28. “We, women and girls, are created in the image of God,” she explains. “There is no inferior, there's no superior here. So God created all of us in His image. And I tell girls to look at themselves in the mirror and tell themselves that they were created in the image of God, that they should not be in perpetual competition with the opposite sex to assert themselves.”Many of us have heard that we are all made in the image of God, but how often have you really taken that scripture personally? Think about now: You are made in the image of God, just as you are. You don't need to transform into somebody else or compete with others. Your #1 priority should be to focus on what God says about you and what God wants you to do, because He does have a plan for you! So ask yourself — what is God's unique mission for your life?To further explore the topic of biblical feminism, Jeanine's book covers topics ranging from gender roles and confusion to oppression and abuse. Her goal is open conversations around difficult, even taboo, subjects, to help young women find answers and to help older women talk to their daughters and granddaughters in constructive ways. If you have a teen girl or young woman in your life, this isn't a book you'll want to miss. And the best part is that Jeanine is generously offering a FREE copy of Feminism: Right of Reply to Our Daughters to anyone who registers for her upcoming masterclass to be held on October 27, 2022 at 6:30 pm PST. To register, visit Jeanine's website and click on the “Master Class Sign Up” tab on the right-hand side. Just Start!Maybe you, like Jeanine, have been sitting on a book idea that God has given you. Maybe you're struggling to find the courage to move forward and tackle difficult topics like feminism. Or maybe you're procrastinating because you have so many other things you feel you need to do instead.Whatever the case may be, Jeanine knows what it's like to be a procrastinator. So she's learned that you just have to push yourself to start anyway. “Nothing will ever come perfect for you to do what God has called you to be,” Jeanine says in closing. “Just go ahead and get started.” BIO:Jeanine Banza-Katungutere was born in Katana, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a paradisiacal place close to the rarest species of gorilla in the world. She came to the United States in 1997 and is an author, advocate, and speaker who focuses on issues affecting women and children around the world. Her non-profit, Association for the Development of Kivu (A.D.K) established in 2014 in Goma (North Kivu) and Katana (South Kivu) focuses on reintegrating underprivileged young girls who have been victims of gender-based sexual violence into society through education.  In her book, Feminism: Right of Reply to Our Daughters, she seeks to teach millennial women and girls about the true meaning of feminism and how to apply it to their lives based on Biblical principles. GET CONNECTED:Website: jeaninebanza.comInstagram: instagram.com/jeaninebanzaFacebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083317898298

Aujourd'hui, je vous propose la rediffusion de l'épisode diffusé fin 2020 avec Rachel Banza, co-fondatrice de la marque de maquillage Elikya Beauty. Rachel et sa petite soeur Sabrina se rêvaient business women dans les cosmétiques et c'est ce qu'elles sont devenues en créant plusieurs centres de beauté multi-marque à la fin des années 2000. Huit ans plus tard, au contact de leurs clientes, elles changent de cap et décident de lancer leur propre marque de maquillage, Elikya Beauty. Du maquillage naturel et bio pour coller aux exigences des fans de make up en mal de naturalité. Je vous laisse écouter le parcours inspirant d'une jeune femme qui ne venait pas du sérail de la cosmétique et qui a pourtant su en faire une force. Allez, à vos écouteurs, c'est l'heure de Beauty Toaster ! Ne manquez plus aucun nouvel épisode ! Abonnez-vous via le blog, mais également sur Apple Podcast, Spotify, Deezer ou encore Google Podcast et sur toutes les bonnes plateformes de podcasts. Et n'oubliez pas de laisser un commentaire et plein d'étoiles sur Apple Podcast, si vous avez aimé. Vous permettrez ainsi à Beauty Toaster de profiter d'une audience plus large en donnant à d'autres auditeurs la chance de le découvrir. Enfin, n'hésitez pas à en parler beaucoup autour de vous. A partager votre découverte avec votre famille, vos ami(e)s, et tous les passionné.es de beauté et de wellness que vous connaissez, même s'ils vivent loin de vous ;-). Car , finalement, Beauty Toaster peut s'écouter partout dans le monde. Merci infiniment pour votre écoute, votre fidélité et votre soutien. Ils sont tellement précieux.