Debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice. Co-hosted by @yrfatfriend and @rottenindenmark.
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ALT Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want To Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous!
ALT The Cass Review: Independent review of gender identity services for children and young people
ALT Snopes fact check: Do 4 Impossible Whoppers Daily Provide 'Enough Estrogen to Grow Boobs on a Male'?
ALT Book cover: The Virility Diet by Dr. George Belham. A famous doctor's advice on how to remain sexually active throughout your adult life.
ALT A chart showing that 85% of Maintenance Phase listeners are female, 11% are male and 3% are nonbinary.
ALT A chart showing that the vast majority of Maintenance Phase listeners are between 23 and 44.
ALT The most popular artists among Maintenance Phase listeners are Taylor Swift, Beyonce, boygenius, SZA and Miley Cyrus.
ALT Magic Spoon Cinnamon Roll cereal
ALT Four Sigmatic Mushroom Coffee Mix with Lion's Mane
ALT Athletic Greens' Ultimate Daily nutrition supplement
ALT Huel Mac and Cheeze powdered meal
ALT The 1984 "Food Wheel"
ALT The 1991 Food Pyramid
ALT The 2005 "MyPyramid" food guide
ALT The Harvard School of Public Health "Healthy Eating Pyramid"
ALT Workers stretching
ALT Screengrab text: The duo was inspired to create the camp after listening to an episode of the "Maintenance Phase" podcast
ALT Mayor of London Sadiq Khan:As a result of our junk food advertising ban on TfL, nearly 100,000 cases of obesity have been prevented since 2019. It’s expected to save the NHS over £200 million. An incredible result.
ALT Washington Post: What if the focus on calories and energy balance is simply wrong?
ALT USA Today: Inside America's Obesity Epidemic
ALT Bill Maher: New Rule on Fat Acceptance
ALT A screen grab of an email titled “Crystal Water Bottle Created to Loss Weight” reads: “Hello :-) A group of elite water scientists have been using 9 types of healing crystals to revitalize water… These crystals have high energetic properties that are subtly transmitted to the water around them... Transforming it into “slimming water”!”
ALT A clear glass mug is half-full of a murky amber liquid, with a thick layer of sediment at the bottom. In front of the mug are three open packets from Moon Juice: Beauty Dust, Dream Dust and Sex Dust.
