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Your Diet Sucks

by Zoë Rom

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  • Why Is Everyone Scared of Microplastics?

    August 5, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

    Support the show at Patreon.com/yourdietsucks There 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 everything is fine. Both of those…

  • Why is Everyone Using Peptides?

    July 22, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    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 trend that jumped from bodybuilding…

  • The Keto Diet

    July 8, 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

    Support us on Patreon! Keto promised something no other diet could: cut the carbs, flip a metabolic switch, and burn fat without counting a single calorie. A magic loophole in human physiology. So does it actually work? This week we trace…

  • Are Seed Oils Actually Bad For You?

    June 24, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

    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 country, or did the internet just…

  • Why Am I So Hungry?

    June 10, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

    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. Somewhere at the bottom of that list, if it…

  • Are Artificial Sweeteners Actually Bad For You?

    May 27, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

    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 tasting everything on his bench until…

  • Should You Count Calories? The Wild History and Questionable Science Behind Calorie Counting

    May 13, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

    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 invented the 100-calorie snack pack…

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About the show

Diet culture, you've met your scientific match. Hosted by an elite ultrarunner/journalist and a registered dietitian, Your Diet Sucks dismantles the myths, trends, and pseudoscience that screw up how we think about food, health, and fitness. Subscribe to bonus episodes here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/microcosm-coaching0/subscribe