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Episode 20. Nutrition and the Myth of Thanksgiving

Episode 20. Nutrition and the Myth of Thanksgiving

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 Need a break from your family this Thanksgiving? Come celebrate Now It’s Ruined-style! Larkin busts the idyllic myth of the first Thanksgiving before giving a rundown of how nutritional standards were shaped by the military-industrial complex and horrific experiments on Indigenous Canadian children. CW: Graphic Violence, Food Trauma, Medical TraumaIf you’d like to make a difference to people who are living with food insecurity, check out https://www.feedingamerica.org/ for opportunities to give back. ReferencesHistory of nutrition sciencehttps://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/361/bmj.k2392.full.pdfCanada’s shameful history of nutrition research on residential school children: The need for strong medical ethics in Aboriginal health researchNoni E MacDonald, Richard Stanwick, Andrew Lynkhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3941673/The dark history of Canada's Food Guide: How experiments on Indigenous children shaped nutrition policy; Zoe Tennant 2021https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/how-food-in-canada-is-tied-to-land-language-community-and-colonization-1.5989764/the-dark-history-of-canada-s-food-guide-how-experiments-on-indigenous-children-shaped-nutrition-policy-1.5989785https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3787164/https://gladue.usask.ca/sites/gladue1.usask.ca/files/gladue/resource559-2d380424.pdfMilitary Influence on Modern American Nutritionhttps://news.stanford.edu/stories/2019/01/historian-traces-militarys-influence-modern-american-nutritionHannah LeBlancThe Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They ImbueClaire Bugos 2019https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/https://wampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/wampanoag-historyhttps://plimoth.org/for-students/homework-help/who-are-the-wampanoaghttps://www.history.com/articles/squanto-pilgrims-help-plymouth-thanksgivinghttps://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/resources/Cranberry-Dayhttps://www.rd.com/article/history-of-thanksgiving/King Philip’s Warhttps://www.history.com/articles/king-philips-warhttps://www.history.com/articles/turkey-thanksgiving-mealNutritionhttps://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/vitamins/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20805686/https://www.britannica.com/science/aminehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK216786/Nuremberg Codehttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nuremberg-codeHungerplanhttps://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/hitler-s-hungerplanhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34907689/ If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic!Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram.You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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