"Forks Over Knives": Is a Vegetarian Diet Better For You?
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A viral documentary says a "whole foods plant-based diet" will prevent heart disease and cure cancer. But once we look into the MEAT of the matter will we find factual CREAM of the crop or will we cry FOWL? (we're so sorry)
Thanks to Katherine Flegal for helping Mike with this episode!
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Mar 28, 2023 |
The Instagram Fiber Feud
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Aubrey tells Mike about the diet that took over New York City (and its bathrooms). Support us: Links! Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support the show
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Mar 14, 2023 |
Doctors Have a New Plan for Fat Kids
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Last month the American Academy of Pediatrics released a new set of guidelines for "childhood obesity." We have some comments.
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Feb 28, 2023 |
Elizabeth Taylor's "Elizabeth Takes Off"
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History should make you feel weird and so, apparently, should diet books.
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Feb 14, 2023 |
“Glorifying Obesity” And Other Myths About Fat People
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This week, we're talking about Aubrey's new book, "'You Just Need To Lose Weight' and 19 Other Myths About Fat People." And we're yelling about Piers Morgan as a little treat.
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Jan 03, 2023 |
Workplace Wellness
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Charging disabled people more for health care is illegal. But what about ... charging non-disabled people less?
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Dec 20, 2022 |
The Food Pyramid
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In the 1990s, the Food Pyramid was one of the most recognizable symbols in nutrition education. But where did it come from? Why was it created by the agriculture department? And why did it tell us to eat a whole loaf of bread every day?
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Nov 15, 2022 |
Bonus: Mike's New Podcast!
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Nov 08, 2022 |
The Daily Harvest Food Poisoning Scandal
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Nov 01, 2022 |
Mini-Sode: The Dr. Oz Campaign
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Pennsylvania listeners check your registration here!
Mike and Aubrey break down the policies and promises of Dr. Oz's Senate campaign in Pennsylvania.
Plus! A re-run of our complete Dr. Oz episode from last year.
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Oct 18, 2022 |
Paul Bragg & The Rise of Apple Cider Vinegar
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Health claims about apple cider vinegar are everywhere. But are they true? This week, we hop into the wayback machine for the story of America's first health influencer. (That's not true, but neither is anything else in this episode.)
Thanks to David Johnston for providing sources for this week’s episode!
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Oct 11, 2022 |
The French Paradox
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How an early-'90s newsmagazine show convinced a generation of Americans to start drinking red wine. For the antioxidants!
Special thanks to Susanne Stolpe and Alexander H. Sandtorv for helping us fact-check this episode!
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- Diet and alcohol in heart disease risk: the French Paradox
- Absorption of three wine-related polyphenols in three different matrices by healthy subjects
- From red wine to polyphenols and back: A journey through the history of the French Paradox
- Wine as a Biological Fluid: History, Production, and Role in Disease Prevention
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Confounders Among Nondrinking and Moderate-Drinking U.S. Adults
- Alcohol, Drinking Pattern, and Chronic Disease
- The French paradox: lessons for other countries
- Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Deaths in the World Health Organization MONICA Project
- Coronary heart disease in France and in Europe: Where are the facts?
- Wine And Juice Management And Marketing Decisions: The Case Of The French Paradox
- Decline of coronary heart disease mortality is strongly effected by changing patterns of underlying causes of death
- The Medical Autopsy: Past, Present, and Dubious Future
- New dimensions in cause of death statistics
- Should socioeconomic factors be considered as traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease, as confounders, or as risk modifiers?
- Wine, alcohol, platelets, and the French paradox for coronary heart disease
- Alcohol, Ischemic Heart Disease, and the French Paradox
- Death certificates are not reliable: revivification of the autopsy
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Sep 27, 2022 |
Goop
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Sep 13, 2022 |
BONUS: Moon Juice Taste Test
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This week's episode is running late so here's something to tide you over!
Last year, we did an episode on Gwyneth-adjacent influencer Amanda Chantal Bacon and her wellness company, Moon Juice. This year we decided to TASTE THE DUST.
This episode was originally for our Patreon supporters. Click here if you'd like to sign up!
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Sep 06, 2022 |
The Scarsdale Diet Murder feat. Sarah Marshall
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Aug 23, 2022 |
“French Women Don't Get Fat”
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A dieting book or a how-to guide for an eating disorder? Pourquoi pas les deux ?
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Aug 09, 2022 |
Pete Evans Part 2: COVID & Consequences
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"Celebrity chef Pete Evans has activated his last almond with the Seven Network."
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Jul 26, 2022 |
Pete Evans Part 1: The Paleo Way
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How a beloved TV chef became one of Australia's most polarizing public figures. Support us: Links!
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Jul 12, 2022 |
The Worm Wars
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In 1998, a researcher rolled out an innovative approach to education. And in 2015, Methodology Twitter had a big fight about it.
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Jun 28, 2022 |
Calorie Menu Labeling
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This year, the UK implemented a law requiring chain restaurants to list calorie counts on their menus. Where did these policies come from? What impact do they have? And why is a Julia Roberts quote from 1990 the best way to describe them?
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Jun 07, 2022 |
The Trouble With Calories
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Weight loss is as simple as “calories in, calories out,” right? Or — gasp — could the reply guys be wrong!? This week, we dig in on the surprisingly complex science behind a seemingly simple calculation.
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May 24, 2022 |
Diet Book Deep Dive: “How To Take 20 Pounds Off Your Man”
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This week, Mike and Aubrey take on a manual for creep behavior masquerading as a diet book. Along the way, we cover shopping guides, journalism salaries and the proper preparation of Cornish game hens. We love our curvy husbands. Support us: Links! Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support the show
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May 10, 2022 |
Zombie Statistics Spectacular!
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Apr 19, 2022 |
Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma"
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How a liberal journalist entrenched a libertarian fantasy.
Thanks to Sarah Taber for helping us with the research for this episode!
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Apr 05, 2022 |
Bonus: Fad Diets
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This week's show is still in the oven so we're releasing one of our first Patreon bonus episodes. We asked our listeners for the wildest and wackiest fad diets they've ever tried and ended up doing mini-deep dives into The Rotation Diet, The Shangri-La Diet, The Special K Diet, Bethenny Frankel's "Naturally Thin" plan and the Blood Type Diet. Enjoy, and see you next week!
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Mar 29, 2022 |
Jordan Peterson Part 2: The Moscow Diaries
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In 2019, Jordan Peterson disappeared from public life. One year later, he re-emerged with a diagnosis, a story and no self-reflection whatsoever.
Thanks to Katelyn Burns and Talia Lavin for help fact-checking this episode and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!
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Mar 15, 2022 |
Jordan Peterson Part 1: The Carnivore Diet
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Oops all meat: How a '50s bodybuilder, a Grateful Dead roadie and an unreadable professor accidentally launched one of America's wildest fad diets.
Here's Mike's "Cancel Culture" video!
Note: In our discussion of Jordan Peterson’s political correctness lecture, I made a sarcastic comment about looking “slim in this dress.” After the episode came out, we started hearing from listeners that my comment reminded them of fatphobic jokes they’d heard in the past and didn’t feel consistent with the message of the show. They were right! It was a bad joke and we've removed it from the episode. We'll be discussing this and our approach to handling feedback and editing past episodes in more detail soon. Thanks to everyone who wrote in to let us know! — Mike
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Mar 01, 2022 |
"Super Size Me"
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Aubrey thought she could swear less in this week’s episode. She was wrong.
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Feb 15, 2022 |
"Illness Influencer" Belle Gibson
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In 2015, Belle Gibson was an Australian "eco-preneur" with a vegetarian cookbook, a blockbuster wellness app and a terminal cancer diagnosis. Today, she's one of the most hated figures in the country.
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Feb 01, 2022 |
Diet Book Deep Dive: The Karl Lagerfeld Diet
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Who’s that Bond villain stroking a cat and yelling at beloved public figures? It’s Karl Lagerfeld! This week, Mike and Aubrey go in on fashion’s favorite turbo troll and his fancy, joyless diet. This episode serves four.
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Jan 18, 2022 |
Fat Camps
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How America's oldest fat camp — and the inspiration for Disney’s "Heavyweights" — became the symbol of a health intervention that enjoys worldwide popularity despite no evidence that it improves anyone's health.
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Jan 04, 2022 |
The "Sleep Loss Epidemic"
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Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" was one of the most popular and acclaimed wellness books of 2017. There's just one problem: Much of it isn't true.
Thanks to University of Ottawa Postdoctoral Fellow Dylan Smith for helping us with the research!
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Dec 14, 2021 |
Vibrators
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It's a sexual health episode! This week, Mike and Aubrey dive into the hotly debated medical history of vibrators and ask: who fact-checks the fact-checkers?
Note: A previous version of this episode included language that referred to “the female downstairs,” implying both that gender is linked to genitals (it isn’t) and that vibrators were used primarily by cis women (they weren’t). We love our trans listeners and we don’t want to do anything that makes them feel excluded, so we’ve removed the sections where that language appeared. We'll be discussing this and our approach to handling feedback in more detail soon. Thanks to everyone who wrote in to let us know! — Mike
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Nov 30, 2021 |
Is Being Fat Bad For You?
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For nearly four decades, Americans have heard a simple story about health, longevity and obesity. This week, we learn it's a little more complicated.
Thanks to Katherine Flegal, Paul Campos, Jeff Hunger and Jason Salemi for helping us research and fact-check this episode!
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Nov 16, 2021 |
Diet Book Deep Dive: Angela Lansbury's "Positive Moves"
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At the height of her "Murder She Wrote" fame, Angela Lansbury released a home workout video full of synth music, peach jumpsuits and ~sensuality~. This week, we’re exploring the anti-Goop-ness of Angela’s fitness book and video, "Positive Moves."! It gets a little heavy toward the end, but we promise: No one was canceled in the making of this episode. Support us: Links! Support the show
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Oct 26, 2021 |
Rachel Hollis Part 2: Girl, Start Apologizing
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In the sequel (sorry) to our first installment, we take a deep dive into Rachel's wildly problematic books and deeply weird downfall. Along the way we discuss allyship etiquette, MLMs and Ronald Reagan. We remain convinced that getting matching tattoos was the right decision for us.
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Oct 12, 2021 |
Rachel Hollis Part 1: Hashtag Relatable
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Sep 28, 2021 |
Marianne Williamson
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Last year, spiritual leader Marianne Williamson made headlines when she ran for president. But 10 years earlier, she wrote a bestselling book that promised to teach readers how to “surrender" their weight forever. This week, Mike and Aubrey take a deep dive into Williamson’s life story and her 2010 book, “A Course in Weight Loss." Along the way we talk nonprofit drama, Eleanor Roosevelt and gays for Marianne. Plus, Mike’s got a message for the twinks. Support us:
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Sep 14, 2021 |
The Great Protein Fiasco
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How Nestlé executives, global health institutions and a very racist white lady seeded a series of nutritional misconceptions we're still living with today.
Special thanks to John Nott for helping us out with this episode! Here's his papers on the history of protein and the British Empire. Support us: Links! Support the show
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Aug 31, 2021 |
The Obesity Epidemic
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Over the last 30 years, fatness has been defined as a risk factor for disease, then a disease in itself, then a global epidemic. What caused this rapid shift? Who’s gonna join our group of B-roll vigilantes? And did we just hear Morgan Freeman? Support us: Books! Links! Support the show
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Aug 17, 2021 |
The Body Mass Index
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The BMI is EVERYWHERE. But is it scientific or scientif-ish? While many Americans think of the body mass index as an objective measure of health, its history reveals a more complicated story. This week, Mike and Aubrey tackle the first in a two-part series about the BMI and the “Obesity Epidemic.” Along the way they visit 18th century Belgium, learn a gross new acronym and dissect Dracula's facial features.
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Aug 03, 2021 |
School Lunches, P-Hacking and the Original "Pizzagate"
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This week we're diving into one of the biggest-ever scandals in nutrition research. For nearly two decades, Brian Wansink's Food and Brand Lab told Americans that lower weights, healthier workplaces and better school lunches were just a few small tweaks away. Then, in 2015, he wrote a blog post and it all came crashing down.
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Jul 20, 2021 |
The Keto Diet
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So long, root vegetables! This week, we dive into the strange and surprising history of the 100-year-old ketogenic diet. Along the way, we encounter a Victorian bodybuilder, an infamous podcast bro and the possibility of a bad Meryl Streep performance (!). Get in, loser, we're counting macros!
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Jul 06, 2021 |
Oprah Winfrey & "John of God"
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Special guest Kimberly Springer joins us to talk about an infamous, dangerous faith healer and his two — two! — appearances on Oprah's talk show. This episode contains, we're sorry to say, detailed descriptions of sexual assault.
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Jun 22, 2021 |
Oprah Winfrey & The “Wagon of Fat”
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Do you have weird feelings about Oprah? So do we, and so does our guest! Kimberly Springer, co-editor of "Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture," joins us to talk about the rise of Oprah Winfrey and her infamous "wagon of fat" weight loss episode. Buy Kimberly's books: Support us: Clips! Links! Support the show
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Jun 08, 2021 |
Celery Juice
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Do you have viruses? Cysts? Cancer? Are you tired sometimes? According to Instagram, the problem might be a lack of liquefied vegetables! This week, Mike and Aubrey take on a troubling taste test, meet a ghost with bad intentions and encounter the longest list of problematic celebrities we've ever seen.
Plus, we start the show with an announcement: We're doing Patreon-only bonus episodes! Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase
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May 25, 2021 |
The Wellness to QAnon Pipeline
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Special guest Mike Rothschild tells us how the road to wellness can be an on-ramp to a conspiracy theory. Along the way we debunk oil pulling, explore Instagram aesthetics and bemoan anti-vaxx argumentation tactics . Mike gets the date of the January 6th insurrection wrong and he is sorry.
Mike Rothschild is on Twitter and you can pre-order his book here!
Support us: Thanks to Ashley Smith for editing assistance and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!
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May 11, 2021 |
Diet Book Deep Dive: Ed McMahon’s “Slimming Down”
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This week is our first Diet Book Deep Dive, where we dig into some of the worst and wildest weight loss advice we can find. First up: Tonight Show sidekick Ed McMahon's pun, alcohol and misogyny-fueled diet plan from the 1970s. Hope you like broiled steak and Sanka! Clips! Support us: Thanks to Lynn Barbera for editing assistance and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support the show
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Apr 27, 2021 |
Olestra
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In 1996, Proctor & Gamble launched an artificial fat substitute that promised all of the taste but none of the calories. There was just one problem.
Support us: Links! Thanks to Ashley Smith for editing assistance and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support the show
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Apr 13, 2021 |
Eating Disorders
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Fat people have them too! This week, special guest Erin Harrop tells us about one of America's most under-diagnosed and misunderstood problems. Along the way we talk about elbow bumps, Twitter etiquette and '90s sweatpants. Our content warnings are becoming increasingly threatening.
Here's Erin's faculty page and a bunch of her research!
Support us: Thanks to Mitra Kaboli for production support and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support the show
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Mar 30, 2021 |
Weight Watchers
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Get your flex point calculators and food scales! This week, Mike and Aubrey are talking about one of America's most iconic diet programs: Weight Watchers. Along the way, we encounter The Rock, the mating habits of straight people and a new James Bond villain.
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Mar 16, 2021 |
The Master Cleanse
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Are your moods too stable? Is your face free of cold sores? Get your lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper ready, because this week we're talking about celebrity favorite THE MASTER CLEANSE!
Along the way we roast New Atheism, praise Gwyneth Paltrow (!) and endorse garbanzo bean salads. Mike wishes to clarify that he adores Kate Bush and quips with the utmost affection. Support us: Links!:
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Mar 02, 2021 |
Dr. Oz
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This week we're dissecting "America's Doctor." How did a smart, hardworking surgeon become one of TV's leading purveyors of junk science? Along the way we debunk green coffee bean extract, raspberry ketones, conversion therapy (!) and a salad dressing skincare regimen.
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Feb 16, 2021 |
Snake Oil
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The world of dieting and wellness is full of so-called snake oil salesmen—but what IS snake oil? This week, we take a wild ride through the history of health scams and discover a startling twist about an everyday idiom. Along the way, Aubrey delivers fun facts about sanitation from memory and Mike roasts the state where most of his family lives.
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Feb 02, 2021 |
The Biggest Loser
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This week we dissect the content and impact of one of America's most harmful TV experiments. Support us: Links! Thanks to Ashley Smith for editing assistance and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support the show
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Jan 19, 2021 |
Halo Top Ice Cream
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WE’RE BACK! A new diet ice cream is taking your grocery store by storm. But what even is it? This week, Mike and Aubrey talk biohacking, dieting for straight dudes and the extremely ill-advised "Halo Top diet." Support us: Links! Thanks to Ashley Smith for editing assistance and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support the show
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Jan 05, 2021 |
Anti-Fat Bias
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To celebrate the release of her new book, Aubrey takes Mike on a tour through the statistics and debates surrounding weight bias. Anyone interested in body positivity, airline seats, 'skinny shaming' or the sugar content of melons is legally obligated to join us. Support us: Get Aubrey's book in the U.S.: Get Aubrey's book outside the U.S. Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support the show
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Nov 24, 2020 |
The Twinkie Defense
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The Twinkie Defense has become a shorthand for disingenuous legal defense strategies. But was it disingenuous? (Yes, but not in the way you think!)
Thanks to Ashley Smith for editing assistance and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support us: Links! Support the show
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Nov 17, 2020 |
Moon Juice
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What's that Gwyneth Paltrow's drinking? It's MOON JUICE! This week, we're talking adaptogens, brain dust, hot sex milk and the wellness company that's taken L.A. by storm. Be sure to take your quinton shots before you listen to this one. Thanks to Ashley Smith for editing assistance and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support us: Links!: Support the show
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Nov 10, 2020 |
Snackwell's Cookies
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They hit the market in 1992. Three years later, they were the best-selling cookie in America. This week, Mike and Aubrey dive into the low-fat craze of the 1990s and sample the snack that became the symbol of its rise and fall.
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Nov 03, 2020 |
Fen Phen & Redux
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Fen-Phen & Redux were "the next miracle drugs" in the '90s, claiming to help people lose dramatic amounts of weight in just three months. But within a few short years, they'd been pulled from the market. They were just too effective! (Just kidding, they killed some people.)
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Oct 27, 2020 |
The President's Physical Fitness Test
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The shuttle run! The flexed arm hang! The v-sit reach! These terms are seared into the memories of an entire generation of American schoolchildren. But did the President's Physical Fitness Test actually make us fitter? (Spoiler: lol no)
Thanks to Ashley Smith for editing assistance and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!
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Oct 20, 2020 |
What's Our Deal?
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Welcome to Maintenance Phase! In our first episode, we tell our origin stories and talk about some of the basic ideas behind the show.
Here's where to find us: Aubrey: https://www.yourfatfriend.com/ Mike: https://rottenindenmark.org/
Thanks to Ashley Smith for editing assistance and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!
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Oct 11, 2020 |