The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum
*Witness the birth of glucose, corn syrup, & dextrose.
*Learn the challenges of the development of food ingredient & labeling regulations.
*Discover the difficulties in creating transparency in food production for those of us with food allergies beyond the top nine.

From Rachel Carson to John Oliver, see the latest additions to the Corn Allergy Library and learn more about the ubiquitousness of corn and its history.

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That 15% of US Domestic Corn statistic affects nearly all of our food and medicine.

That's the incredible challenge of living with a corn allergy or intolerance.

Thanks @lastweektonight1.bsky.social for a great episode!

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Corn derivatives are in our food system. Matt Siegel talks about some in "The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat" including baking powder, caramel, cellulose, citric acid, dextrose, inositol, malt, maltodextrin, and monosodium glutamate (MSG)."