18 episodes

Is hanger real? Can food affect a negotiation? Does who I'm eating with change the flavor of my meal?   Food Journalist Mary Beth Albright presents decades of evidence showing that eating affects how you feel. She turns science into one practical action you can take this week to improve your mood through food--including focusing on what brings you pleasure. From the pages of The Washington Post and National Geographic to wherever you get podcasts, an indispensable podcast for everyone who eats.

Eat You'll Feel Better Mary Beth Albright

    • Health & Fitness

Is hanger real? Can food affect a negotiation? Does who I'm eating with change the flavor of my meal?   Food Journalist Mary Beth Albright presents decades of evidence showing that eating affects how you feel. She turns science into one practical action you can take this week to improve your mood through food--including focusing on what brings you pleasure. From the pages of The Washington Post and National Geographic to wherever you get podcasts, an indispensable podcast for everyone who eats.

    Culinary medicine and why Diets are great but diets are bad

    Culinary medicine and why Diets are great but diets are bad

    Nutritionist Dr. Deb Kennedy joins the podcast today for a chat about feeding yourself for emotional well-being.
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    • 19 min
    Blood sugar: the next frontier

    Blood sugar: the next frontier

    Monitoring blood sugar for emotional well-being will be the next big conversation when over-the-counter monitors that connect with phones become available this summer.
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    • 14 min
    Do little rituals increase pleasure?

    Do little rituals increase pleasure?

    If you can't eat a sandwich cookie without twisting it apart first, this one's for you.
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    • 17 min
    Why does wine taste better on vacation?

    Why does wine taste better on vacation?

    The Destination Wine phenomenon--that a drink tastes better when consumed on vacation than it does when consumed at home--may sound like a Champagne problem. But it tells us a lot about how flavor is created in the brain.
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    • 13 min
    Food pleasure at SXSW

    Food pleasure at SXSW

    Pleasure, Ozempic, and new research on ultra-processed foods 

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    • 15 min
    The Feast Paradox

    The Feast Paradox

    People who eat communally have better health outcomes and greater bonding with others around the table

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    • 17 min

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