Master Cleanse; Michael Pollan's Manifesto; Diet Inventions

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Jan. 19, 2008 Food & Drink

We discover quirky diet inventions, declare a food manifesto, and get two perspectives on the master cleanse. We lose weight through writing, unearth the Works Progress Administration’s foodways project, and learn about the red wine hangover device.

Tom Nardone finds quirky diet inventions, while Michael Pollan declares his food manifesto. Author Peter Glickman advocates the master cleanse and Dr. Ed Zimney argues that the master cleanse is a master scam. Artist Julia Cameron sheds pounds through writing, Laura Shapiro unearths the Works Progress Administration's foodways project, and professor Richard Mathies designs a red wine hangover device. Plus, Laura Avery serves up a fresh Market Report.

From this Episode:

Master Cleanse

In his book, Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days , author Peter Glickman advocates the "master cleanse." Stanley Burroughs created this lemonade diet in...

14 min

The Writing Diet

Artist Julia Cameron recommends using creativity to lose weight in her book, The Writing Diet . She discusses examining your relationship with food through journaling and...

7 min

Das Food

Celebrated journalist Michael Pollan , Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley , declares his manifesto in his book, In Defense of Food...

7 min

Red Wine Hangover Device

Professor Richard Mathies designs the red wine hangover device. A drop of wine is placed in the prototype, currently the size of a small briefcase, which determines the...

7 min

Discovering America Eats

Writer Laura Shapiro unearths the Works Progress Administration's 1937 foodways project, America Eats , which was abandoned because of political events. She chronicles...

7 min

The Market Report

Greens are at their peak right now. Laura Avery speaks with Paul Thurston of organic McGrath Family Farm in Camarillo.

7 min

Extreme Diet Inventions

Fad Diet founder Tom Nardone discovers unusual and bizarre diet inventions that have received US patents. Nardone's also created other quirky websites, including...

7 min