{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwhat-youre-eating.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Four-love-of-sugary-drinks-JdAsPmJB","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Our Love of Sugary Drinks","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/302f2807-91cb-4bf3-80d9-ad91c3cb0482/d6315fdc-95d3-4f00-943d-bc3d95375aa4/2022-01-26-fp-foodprintpodcastlogo-finalfinal-01.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/0fd4912e-4ffe-4833-89dd-50c7e3390896\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Our Love of Sugary Drinks\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Over a hundred years ago, we started drinking soda. Today, soda is part of a larger category called sugar sweetened beverages, that includes energy drinks, Dunkin’ frozen matcha lattes, giant Boba teas and Starbucks strawberry acai refreshers. How did these companies tap into our innate cravings to sell us more drinkable calories than we are supposed to eat in a week? In this episode we explore why we are so susceptible to sugar and how soda companies influenced the way we drink today, marketing their drinks aggressively (especially to children), externalizing costs, and making the consumer and society at large responsible: for our excess calorie consumption and for the waste created by single use drink containers."}