Re-Release! In this episode Jessica shares the results of her month of eating 80% of her diet from ultra processed foods. She was surprised to find that her experience was far different from those of Dr. Chris van Tulleken. She talks to Amy, a chemical engineer working in food processing, about lessons learned and how the narrative about UPFs fit into society. <a href= "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10260459/">NOVA classifications of food</a> You can become a podcast <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/MakingItAwkward">patron</a>! You can rate and review this show! You can email the show at <a href= "mailto:makingitawkwardpod@gmail.com">makingitawkwardpod@gmail.com</a> Follow Jessica on Instagram <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/jessicawilson.msrd/">@jessicawilson.msrd</a> and TikTok @byjessicawilson You can watch this episode on Spotify and at <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@MakingItAwkwardPod">⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MakingItAwkwardPod⁠</a> Jessica's book: <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Its-Always-Been-Ours-Rewriting/dp/0306827697"> ⁠It's Always Been Ours; Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies⁠</a>

Making it Awkward Turns 1; A look back at the first season

What's going on with health and food policy right now? Each week dietitian and author Jessica Wilson shares her conversations with experts in their field or on their farm and figures out how we got here and why. Jessica has followed the ultra-processed food hysteria to trad wife pipeline and the direct path from COVID conspiracies to RFK Jr to the current administration.
From her conversation with the Make America Healthy Again spokesperson to the Oregon beef farmer this podcast connects it all. Listen each week as she brings something new to the conversation and at times makes it awkward.