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Why I Don’t Use A.I. in My Writing, Research, or Illustration
Plus, the links: How to deal with a mom teaching anti-fat bias to her daughter, sleep-tracker woes, RFK Jr.'s vaccine-committee overhaul, and more
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
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Why Wellness Misinformation Is Rampant, and How to Avoid It - with Matthew Facciani
Misinformation and media-literacy researcher Matthew Facciani joins us to discuss how he defines misinformation at a time when even the term itself is…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
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Matthew Facciani
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1:14:45
Menopause Misinformation, and How to Set Boundaries on Wellness Talk
Christy answers an audience question about the diets you *don’t* need to try in (peri)menopause—and ways to get your loved ones to stop talking about…
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
15:30
Why Rigid Food Rules Sometimes Lead to Secret Binges (It's Not Just You)
Plus, the links: Ultra-processed foods, the MAHA report's fake citations, endometriosis diets, and more
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
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Casey Means's Book Is Full of Dubious Claims, Anti-Fat Bias, and Rigid Diet Rules
Plus, the links: vaccine system upended, fluoride supplements under fire, AI in pre-K, and more
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Christy Harrison, MPH, RD
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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
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
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
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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
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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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