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Sarah Gonzalez

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1478 total appearances

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Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

The problem was her gallbladder.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Gallbladders like store and release bile that help you digest food.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

But her bile was building up, causing pain.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

He said, okay, well, you're going to probably have to get your gallbladder removed.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

And that was that.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Like he said that there was no option.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

There was no medication.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

There was nothing fixing it.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

But I didn't want my gallbladder removed, Sarah.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Like, I didn't want it.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Because at that point, I still didn't know what caused the issue.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

So the surgery could very well have not solved the issue in my mind, right?

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

But she scheduled her surgery.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

And then her friend Lisa, who she went to the pecan farm with, saw something online.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

So right before the gallbladder surgery, like the day before, my friend Lisa, because she's a master sleuth, was on Reddit.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

And she...

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Geez, they were like, hey, anybody have to have their gallbladder removed after they ate this like daily harvest thing?

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Okay, this daily harvest thing.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

Daily Harvest is the company that made that lentil thing that she and Lisa both ate at the pecan farm and that Carol ate again a few days later.

Planet Money
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food

It was supposed to mimic like ground beef or tofu, but it was lentils.