The Game Changers 04: Is My Vegan Book a Conflict of Interest?

Welcome to In Bad Taste: Join nutritionist Pixie Turner and cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Nikki Stamp as we cast a critical eye over health documentaries. by In Bad Taste

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The Game Changers 01: Vegan Boners: We’re starting off with a bang with popular Netflix documentary ‘The Game Changers’, which was released in 2019. And of course, let’s look at the cheekiest claim first – does being vegan give you better boners? by In Bad Taste

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The Game Changers 02: Cloudy Blood Causes Heart Disease?: In this week’s episode, we’re going to sift through more of the steaming pile of poop that is the so-called science of this documentary and find out if being vegan will save your heart. by In Bad Taste

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The Gerson Miracle 03: Search for a cure: The Gerson Miracle is littered with people telling us how life changing it was, and there are some well known real-life examples of people who have tried this regimen. This week, we’re discussing some of these stories. by In Bad Taste

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The Game Changers 04: Is My Vegan Book a Conflict of Interest?: Game Changers trotted out a whole bunch of doctors, some scientists and even the Terminator. They must be telling the truth right? Well it’s not that straightforward. We’re going to show you why conflicts of interest and expertise matter. by In Bad Taste

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The Gerson Miracle 01: Who the hell is Gerson?: This month things are getting serious as we watch The Gerson Miracle (2004) and debunk some of the dangerous claims it makes about treating cancer. Trust us, we won’t be pulling any punches on this one. by In Bad Taste

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Fed Up 04: Big Sugar is Watching You: It’s the last episode of our ‘Fed Up’ before we move on to our next victim. The film loves to paint the food industry as the bad guy in all of this. But what is the real story behind how big food and big sugar shape our lives and our health? by In Bad Taste

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The Gerson Miracle 05 BONUS: Your Cancer Stories and Interview with Dr Ranjana Srivastava: For a bonus episode this month, we’re joined by a very special guest. Dr Ranjana Srivastava (@docranjana) is an oncologist, award-winning author and Fullbright Scholar who is going to give us the truth around complimentary therapies and cancer. by In Bad Taste

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The Game Changers 03: Pea Protein Athletes: Is being vegan all it takes to achieve sporting glory? Not bloody likely. This week, we’re going to talk about plant-powered athletes and why it’s not the advantage it’s made out to be. by In Bad Taste

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The Gerson Miracle 04: The Narrative of Naturalness: Natural = good right? Well no, not really despite what The Gerson Miracle would have you believe. For our second last takedown of this film, we’re exploring why they want us to believe in naturalness being our salvation and why they’d be dead wrong. by In Bad Taste

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The Gerson Miracle 02: Butt Coffee: Would you put coffee up your butt? by In Bad Taste

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Fed Up 03: It's All Your Fault: Once again, we’re delving into Fed Up and this week we’re coming to the rescue to defend us all from the blame game when it comes to our health and especially, what we eat and how we exercise. Spoiler alert: it’s not all your fault by In Bad Taste

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Fed Up 01: Sugar is not Cocaine: It’s time for a new documentary and this month, it’s the anti-sugar brigade who we will be taking a good hard look at. ‘Fed Up’ tries to tell you that sugar is the cause for everything that is wrong in the world but how accurate is that really? by In Bad Taste

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Vaxxed 04: Why do people say no to vaccines? by In Bad Taste

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Vaxxed 01: Vaccines 101: It’s a new month which means it’s a new film and we’re going to be looking at the 2016 film ‘Vaxxed’. Today’s episode is going to give you a run down of what vaccines actually are to answer some of the most common questions and misconceptions around. by In Bad Taste

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Fed Up 02: Let's Talk About Fat: We’re back with ‘Fed Up’ and this week, we’re talking about fat. Because this film has some pretty strong opinions on this - some, they have a point but some are downright daft. by In Bad Taste

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(Un)Well 02: #Gains with Breast Milk? by In Bad Taste

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(Un)Well 03: Fasting. Fad Diet or Cure All?: Bio-hacking, broscience and starving yourself all collide in this episode where we talk about (Un)Well’s look at fasting. Fasting is extremely popular at the moment, but is it the miracle cure we’re all told it is? by In Bad Taste

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(Un)well 01: Not so essential oils: This month, we’re taking a look at the new Netflix documentary series, (Un)Well. First up, essential oils. Are they actually useful, or just something that smells nice? And more importantly, can they be dangerous?Follow Pixie Turner @pixienutritio... by In Bad Taste

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Vaxxed 03: All About Autism: This month’s film, ‘Vaxxed’, talks a lot about autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To clear up some of the claims that are made in the film, we’re going to give you a run-down of autism with the latest science. by In Bad Taste

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Vaxxed 02: Wakefield and Team Conspiracy Theory: The star of the film (and) director is a bloke called Andrew Wakefield and he’s supported by a cast of other ‘experts’. We’re going to take a look at the names featured in ‘Vaxxed’ to see who they are and talk about what they have to say. by In Bad Taste

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What the Health 02: What the Eggs?: We’re back again with ‘What the Health’ and we’re still suffering from watching this film. This week, we’re taking on the film’s most famous claim - are eggs as bad for you as cigarettes. Sadly though, this isn’t even the stupidest thing they say. by In Bad Taste

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(Un)Well 04: Tripping for Health with Ayahuasca by In Bad Taste

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The Magic Pill 02: Is fat friend or foe: If we had a dollar for every time someone said ‘bUt SaTuRatED fAt AcTuAllY iSn’T tHAt bAd’, we wouldn’t need ads in our podcast episodes. by In Bad Taste

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(Un)Well 05: Bee Stings: The Bees Knees?: It’s our final episode on (Un)Well, and for our last episode, we are going to look at bee sting therapy. Yes while many (most) people avoid getting stung by bees, some people are into it for all their health and wellness needs. But is it any good? by In Bad Taste

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What the Health 04: What the F***?: Watching ‘What The Health’ was our bad place. But this film has been cited in many office lunch rooms and is still popular, despite its glaring inaccuracies. So we ask why this is the case (and whinge a lot about this film). by In Bad Taste

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What the Health 03: What the Dairy?: Is milk just cow pus? ‘What The Health’ would have you believe that. Not so fast, we say! Find out what the deal is with dairy and health from us, not from a guy who harasses receptionists. Warning: accidental VERY strong language in this episode. by In Bad Taste

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The Goop Lab 04: Energetic Goop: It’s our last episode on The Goop Lab and for the final hurrah, things get weird. Like really weird because we’re energy healing apparently. Prepare to hear about some guy who can control your body without even touching you. It’s a wild ride. by In Bad Taste

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The Goop Lab 02: Pleasurable Goop: It’s an important topic - women’s sexuality and the gender gap in orgasms. Any publicity is good publicity, right? The question is, does The Goop Lab get this right? by In Bad Taste

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The Goop Lab 01: Cold Goop: We did it, we watched The Goop Lab. And we’re sorry that we did because this week, Paltrow focusses on Wim Hof, a Dutch extreme athlete who wants everyone to breathe strangely and swim in frozen water for health. by In Bad Taste

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