Episode
Bonus: Fad Diets
1:11:39
Published: Tue Mar 29 2022
Description
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! Support us:Hear bonus episodes on PatreonDonate on PayPalGet Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and moreThanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!Support the show
Chapters
The hosts talk about their own fad diets, including biking around all day and only eating what you grow, and reflect on the dangers of fad diets.
00:00 - 00:59 (00:59)
Summary
The hosts talk about their own fad diets, including biking around all day and only eating what you grow, and reflect on the dangers of fad diets.
EpisodeBonus: Fad Diets
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The hosts discuss listener responses to fad diets, including cabbage soup and the HCG diet, and note that many people have tried multiple fad diets rather than just one.
00:59 - 05:10 (04:11)
Summary
The hosts discuss listener responses to fad diets, including cabbage soup and the HCG diet, and note that many people have tried multiple fad diets rather than just one.
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The podcast hosts discuss the pros and cons of extreme caloric restriction as a form of dieting and mention their personal experiences with it, including the potentially harmful effects on one's health.
05:10 - 11:48 (06:37)
Summary
The podcast hosts discuss the pros and cons of extreme caloric restriction as a form of dieting and mention their personal experiences with it, including the potentially harmful effects on one's health.
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The founder of Quantified Self, Gary Wolf, shares the story of Seth Roberts who solved his personal health issues by using himself as a guinea pig to track his diet, weight and overall well-being and how his methodologies have helped others to optimize their health through self-tracking.
11:48 - 19:37 (07:49)
Summary
The founder of Quantified Self, Gary Wolf, shares the story of Seth Roberts who solved his personal health issues by using himself as a guinea pig to track his diet, weight and overall well-being and how his methodologies have helped others to optimize their health through self-tracking.
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The speaker expresses frustration with the overconfident and untested ideas shown in the male-coded TED Talk world.
19:37 - 27:54 (08:17)
Summary
The speaker expresses frustration with the overconfident and untested ideas shown in the male-coded TED Talk world. She also questions the effectiveness of using a "sham" food like a mixture of sugar and oil to curb hunger and weight gain.
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The podcast host discusses the conflicting character of a scientist who gained national attention even though he had strange behavior, questionable scientific methods, and a controversial diet.
27:54 - 35:36 (07:41)
Summary
The podcast host discusses the conflicting character of a scientist who gained national attention even though he had strange behavior, questionable scientific methods, and a controversial diet. The host reflects on how the scientist's death led to a sad portrait of obsession with self-experimentation.
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This podcast episode highlights how the cereal industry has used deceptive marketing tactics such as claiming their products are part of a nutritious breakfast or a diet food to sell their products to the American public including special K cereal bars.
35:36 - 40:06 (04:30)
Summary
This podcast episode highlights how the cereal industry has used deceptive marketing tactics such as claiming their products are part of a nutritious breakfast or a diet food to sell their products to the American public including special K cereal bars.
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The discourse around processed foods and clean eating can often stigmatize foods that low-income people can afford, and the idea of naturally thin people and their eating habits can perpetuate this.
40:06 - 45:17 (05:11)
Summary
The discourse around processed foods and clean eating can often stigmatize foods that low-income people can afford, and the idea of naturally thin people and their eating habits can perpetuate this. The 10 rules of naturally thin people echo intuitive eating principles, but also take a strange turn.
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The podcast hosts discuss the problem with "wellness" culture and how it still promotes fad diets and unhealthy relationships with food disguised as healthy and neutral practices.
45:17 - 51:16 (05:58)
Summary
The podcast hosts discuss the problem with "wellness" culture and how it still promotes fad diets and unhealthy relationships with food disguised as healthy and neutral practices.
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The Blood Type Diet, created by Dr. Peter D'Adamo, has been labeled as one of the "griftier" fad diets that promotes a one-size-fits-all approach for eating based on blood type.
51:16 - 55:10 (03:54)
Summary
The Blood Type Diet, created by Dr. Peter D'Adamo, has been labeled as one of the "griftier" fad diets that promotes a one-size-fits-all approach for eating based on blood type. Kelsey Miller's article on Refinery29 titled "Why the Blood Type Diet is a Dangerous Myth" provides a takedown of this diet.
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The diet is based on a pseudoscientific assessment of the impact of different blood types on health, and is organized around the idea that different blood types emerged at different times in human history.
55:10 - 1:02:35 (07:25)
Summary
The diet is based on a pseudoscientific assessment of the impact of different blood types on health, and is organized around the idea that different blood types emerged at different times in human history. The diet prescribes what to eat and avoid based on blood type, suggesting that people with certain blood types should eat a lot of meat and fish and avoid grains.
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Standards of evidence in the promotion of diets are currently flawed; experts should have higher standards and be cautious in making generic health recommendations based on small-risk differences.
1:02:35 - 1:08:34 (05:58)
Summary
Standards of evidence in the promotion of diets are currently flawed; experts should have higher standards and be cautious in making generic health recommendations based on small-risk differences.
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The speaker talks about how celebrity diets are becoming more and more absurd, like a color diet, and compares it to some arbitrary food rules that people follow, such as the Keto diet.
1:08:34 - 1:11:31 (02:56)
Summary
The speaker talks about how celebrity diets are becoming more and more absurd, like a color diet, and compares it to some arbitrary food rules that people follow, such as the Keto diet.