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    Episode 3: The Problematic History of BMI, plus Deadly Diet Drugs of the 1930s

    Episode 3: The Problematic History of BMI, plus Deadly Diet Drugs of the 1930s

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    Episode 3: The Problematic History of BMI, plus Deadly Diet Drugs of the 1930s

    FromDirty Sexy History

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    39 minutes
    Released:
    Jun 9, 2021
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    In this double episode, Jess talks about the 19th century origins of BMI and explains how it’s still inherently flawed today. John covers Egyptian and Roman laxatives, then it’s on to the deadly diet pills of the 1930s, namely DNP and Pervitin, the once-legal meth added to chocolate that went on to fuel the Third Reich. Buckle up, minions, it’s going to get weird!

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    Going beyond the sanitized and idealized to the dirty reality of human history with Jessica Cale. There's more to history than what you learned in high school, and we're going to skip to the good stuff together.