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Can Fasting Really Help Ease Chronic Fatigue?
Plus: What if your doctor recommends fasting when you have a history of disordered eating? | Christy answers an audience question about whether fasting…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
14:56
Why Are We So Attracted to One-Size-Fits-All Wellness Advice?
Plus, the links: wellness bros, a deep dive into orthorexia, letting go of perfectionism, and more
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
What You Don't Know and Why It Matters with Timothy Caulfield
Health-misinformation researcher and science communicator Timothy Caulfield returns to discuss his new book THE CERTAINTY ILLUSION, why being too…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
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1:11:22

April 2025

Why There’s No Such Thing as an “Adrenal Body Type” (Best Of)
Weight stigma and ageism meet pseudoscience in this riff on the dubious diagnosis of “adrenal fatigue"
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
16:23
Food Dyes, Fearful Doctors, and Food-Safety Fails
Plus, the links: WeightWatchers goes bankrupt, RFK's falsehoods about autism, the food-sensitivity test to MAHA Mom pipeline, and more
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
“Adrenal Fatigue” + Anti-Inflammatory Diets + Eating-Disorder Recovery with Oona Hanson
Parent coach Oona Hanson joins us to discuss how going to a physical therapist for back pain led her down a wellness-culture rabbit hole, why dietary…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
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Oona Hanson
5
1:04:20
Vitamin D and Health Outcomes, Part 3
Diabetes and Blood Sugar | Christy discusses vitamin D for blood-sugar control and preventing diabetes (part of our series on commonly used…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
1
22:20
Alternative Medicine Has a Patriarchy Problem - ft. Arianne Shahvisi
Philosopher and medical ethics professor Arianne Shavisi joins us to discuss why alternative medicine isn’t the answer to a patriarchal healthcare…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
3
1:13:38
Why is this popular public-health nutritionist so uncritical of RFK?
Plus, the links: The worst person to put in charge of a study, how to think about midlife, Dr. Oz goes to Washington, and more
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
3

March 2025

Think You Might Be in Perimenopause? Don't Fall for These Wellness Traps.
How to avoid getting duped, and what the science really says. | Christy discusses how to tell whether your symptoms are related to perimenopause or…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
8
19:59
Why Ozempic Isn't a Miracle Weight-Loss Drug with Amanda Martinez Beck
Author and activist Amanda Martinez Beck joins us to discuss her experience of taking Ozempic for diabetes while also working to accept her body and…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
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Amanda Martinez Beck
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1:03:06
How RFK’s Attack on Food Ingredients Promotes Disordered Eating
Plus, the links: Brain fog, fatphobia at the doctor's office, threats to vaccine infrastructure, and more
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
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