Patt Morrison Fri, 12/12

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Friday, December 12, 2008

1-3 p.m.

 

1:00 – 1:20

OPEN

 

 

 

1:20 – 2:00

Fast Spending is Sooo Last Season: Why Thrift is In Again

With lines of credit drying up and a jobless rate on a steep climb, Americans are faced with a harsh reality: actually living within their means.  For years, spending beyond our paychecks has been the American way.  We had to spend so the economy would thrive.  Now, it seems that theory wasn’t fool-proof and people are rediscovering the art of thrift.  From coupon clipping to thrift store shopping, people are scouring for creative ways to save. How is the American lifestyle shifting with the recession?

 

Guests:

Michelle Singletary, writes "The Color of Money" column for The Washington Post.  Her latest book is "Your Money and Your Man: How You and Prince Charming Can Spend Well and Live Rich."

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Jessica Stewart Maize, Editor for the web site ThriftyFun.com, where for 10 years people have been exchanging ideas on frugal living.

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[NPR NEWS]

 

 

2:00 – 2:30

The Sweet Kiss of Death Might Not be so Deadly: High Fructose Corn Syrup Gets a Reprieve

Especially among parents of young children, there is no more universally accepted boogeyman than high fructose corn syrup, the leading cause of obesity and diabetes—or so we’ve been told.  It turns out that high fructose corn syrup might not be the kiss of death, and in fact might be no more harmful to a person’s long term health than regular sucrose, or table sugar.  A new review in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, conducted in part by critics of HFCS, finds no scientific support for the hypothesis that the sweetener is linked to obesity.  Can kids go back to drinking Kool Aid now?

 

Guests:

Dr. Peter J. Havel, researcher at UC Davis Department of Nutrition

 

Dr. James M. Rippe, practicing cardiologist; founder and director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute

 

John S. White, founder of White Technical Research

• White, a Ph.D., has researched nutritive sweeteners—including high fructose corn syrup, sugar and honey—for more than 25 years.

 

 

 

 

2:30 – 3:00

OPEN