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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Kind Bars and the Meaning of 'Healthy' Food

    What do you consider healthy food? How about nuts? They have protein, vitamins, and mineral, but according to the federal government, nuts have too much fat to be officially considered healthy. That’s why the F.D.A.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 8, 2015 • 1 min read

    What do you consider healthy food? How about nuts? They have protein, vitamins, and mineral, but according to the federal government, nuts have too much fat to be officially considered healthy. That’s why the F.D.A. sent a warning earlier this year to the makers of Kind nutrition bars, demanding that they take the word “healthy” off their labels. Now Kind is petitioning the government to change its definition of healthy. What’s an average eater to make of all this?

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      Madeleine Brand

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    Local Muslims React to Trump, 'Healthy' Food and Defending Selfies
    1. 0:00Local Muslims React to Trump
    2. 9:26Middle East Girls’ Schools
    3. 17:19Kind Bars and the Meaning of 'Healthy' FoodYou’re reading this
    4. 24:38In Defense of Football
    5. 40:22In Defense of Selfies
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