Why Is Everyone Scared of Microplastics?
Support the show at Patreon.com/yourdietsucksThere is no plastic spoon in your brain (unless you put one there). There is no credit card in your diet. We regret to inform you that this does not mean e...
5 Aug 1h 15min
Why is Everyone Using Peptides?
BPC-157. TB-500. MOTs-C. If those sound like droids from a Star Wars spinoff, congratulations on your healthy relationship with the internet. For everyone else: peptides are the injectable wellness tr...
22 Juli 1h 9min
Are Seed Oils Actually Bad For You?
Join our Patreon!This is the most requested episode in two years, and the one strangers corner Zoë about the second they find out she hosts a nutrition podcast. Seed oils. Did they secretly poison the...
24 Juni 1h 9min
Why Am I So Hungry?
You were taught that hunger is a trick question. Before you're allowed to eat, you have to clear the suspects: you're bored, you're thirsty, you're emotional, you're just not disciplined enough. Somew...
10 Juni 1h 26min
Are Artificial Sweeteners Actually Bad For You?
In 1879, a chemist named Constantin Fahlberg sat down to dinner without washing his hands after a day spent handling coal tar. His bread tasted strangely sweet. So he went back to the lab and started ...
27 Maj 1h 25min
Should You Count Calories? The Wild History and Questionable Science Behind Calorie Counting
Should you count calories? A century ago, a Los Angeles doctor named Lulu Hunt Peters sold two million copies of a book that taught American women to count calories as a patriotic duty during WWI. She...
13 Maj 1h 29min
Food Allergies, Intolerances, and Sensitivity Tests
This week, Zoë mailed a chunk of her hair to a stranger in Florida. For science. For journalism. For your benefit, really. The $60 hair sample test came back flagging her as "highly reactive" to 210 f...
29 Apr 1h 21min
