Podcast #2

I do not have an ipod so I ended up doing a google search about podcasting in the classroom as originally assigned. While looking through the search results, I found a website that has many podcast links and whatnot, www.podfeed.net. So I went there and searched health education and I ended up just looking under the health category [http://podfeed.net/tags/Health#] and I found a podcast that caught my eye called Beyond Organic. [www.beyondorganic.com] I listened to about 10 minutes of a Beyond Organic podcast called "Comfort Food: Traditions & Alternatives." This podcast was more of a talkshow style, as there was a host and he had a couple of guests on his show to help discuss the topic. He chatted with the author of the book Comfort Food Makeovers, which is about the nation's top 30-50 comfort foods and how to make healthier versions of each by lowering calories, lowering fat, making substitutions, or increasing fiber and nutrients of each. With changes like that to the chosen foods, they are still comforting and wonderful, just healthier and smarter. The top 3 comfort foods in the U.S. are 1. mashed potatoes & gravy, 2. macaroni & cheese, and 3. chocolate chip cookies. Serving size is also taken into consideration in the book and it was stressed that you should eat comfort foods when hungry, enjoying and savoring the food, yet recognizing when to stop, when you are comfortable and content, not when you're completely stuffed and full.

Overall, I enjoyed this podcast a lot because it was a topic that interested me. Also, it made me realize that podcasts are so similar to the radio because it sounded just like a radio talkshow. Searching for a podcast was not tough at all because they are so popular and I discovered that there are general websites and also individual websites for popular podcasts. I am glad that I got to search for a podcast that I would be interested in, and now that I have found one, I'm going to bookmark the website and perhaps "tune in" in the future.