In Bad Taste

By Pixie Turner and Nikki Stamp

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Join nutritionist Pixie Turner and cardiothoracic surgeon Nikki Stamp as we cast a critical eye over health documentaries, and the claims they make. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In Bad Taste episodes:

04.27.2021
That Sugar Film 04: what is an experiment anyway?
Everyone loves to do their research or do an experiment but what exactly does an experiment look like? And is Damon’s so-called experiment worth your time and energy? Follow Pixie Turner @pixienutrition on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Follow Dr Nikki...
04.20.2021
That Sugar Film 03: Sugar, sugar everywhere
Is the government and food industry sneaking into your yoghurt and piling it high with sugar cubes? Not exactly. ‘That Sugar Film’ loves a sweet conspiracy theory but we just like the science. Follow Pixie Turner @pixienutrition on Instagram | Twitter...
04.13.2021
That Sugar Film 02: is sugar poison?
Don’t panic yet - sugar may not be the best thing in the world but it’s not a controlled substance either. This week we’re discovering whether sugar is particularly good at causing weight gain, acne and hyperactivity. Follow Pixie Turner @pixienutrition...
04.06.2021
That Sugar Film 01: Sweet as - sugar 101
Another sugar documentary - That Sugar Film - that claims sugar is the root of all evil. Let's see what they get wrong... Follow Pixie Turner @pixienutrition on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Follow Dr Nikki Stamp @drnikkistamp on Instagram |...
03.30.2021
The Magic Pill 04: Conspiracy theories in food
It’s our last week of looking at Pete Evans’ documentary, ‘The Magic Pill’ (thank goodness) and for our last episode we’re exploring why some people in health or nutrition end up donning a tin foil hat. Don’t forget to listen...
03.23.2021
The Magic Pill 03: Is food medicine?
People will get mad because we’re going to spend the entire episode telling you why food is not medicine. Doesn’t mean it isn’t important but this rhetoric is getting way too much air time recently, forming the basis of ‘The...
03.16.2021
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. ‘The Magic Pill’, this month’s film, likes to get greasy and extoll the miracle nature...
03.09.2021
The Magic Pill 01: Nothing magic about keto
Hello wonderful listeners! We’re back and we’re not wasting any time getting to the bottom of Pete Evans’ ‘The Magic Pill’. This week, the ketogenic diet - is it as magical as this film wants you to believe? We had some...
12.29.2020
BONUS: 2020 Review and Awards
It’s the first annual In Bad Taste Awards for Gross Underachievement in Health Documentaries, and we have some serious categories and nominees lined up. Follow Pixie Turner @pixienutrition on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Follow Dr Nikki Stamp @drnikkistamp on Instagram...
11.24.2020
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 or...
11.17.2020
The Goop Lab 03: Old Goop
Being terrified of ageing seems to be common fodder for wellness wankers, including The Goop Lab. This week, Gwynnie tries to tell us we can reverse age or something, and botox is bad. But is it legit or is just...
11.10.2020
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? Sadly after we recorded this episode, Betty Doson passed away, so...
11.03.2020
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. And...
10.27.2020
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...
10.20.2020
What the Health 03: What the Dairy?
Is milk just cow pus? ‘What The Health’ would have you believe that, along with the fact that dairy is killing us all. Not so fast, we say! Find out what the deal is with dairy and health from us,...
10.13.2020
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...
10.06.2020
What the Health 01: What the meat?
We’re in hell. What the Health has been voted by you as the worst health documentary in existence. This week: what the meat? Does it really cause heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and every death ever recorded? No. Follow Pixie Turner @pixienutrition...
09.29.2020
(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...
09.22.2020
(Un)Well 04: Tripping for Health with Ayahuasca
Continuing on with our look at the latest Netflix health offering, (Un)Well, this week we’re getting trippy. Literally. Psychedelics like Ayahuasca have been around forever but recent interest in them has thrust them into the wellness spotlight. Can taking a...
09.15.2020
(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? Follow Pixie Turner @pixienutrition on...
09.08.2020
(Un)Well 02: #Gains with Breast Milk?
Some people do nearly anything for the #gainz - including drinking breastmilk. We all know when it comes to baby, ‘breast is best’, but what about getting shredded or overall health for adults? (Un)Well chases down these questions but of...
09.01.2020
(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 @pixienutrition on Instagram...
08.25.2020
Vaxxed 04: Why do people say no to vaccines?
It’s our final episode on ‘Vaxxed’ and today, we’re joined by a special guest. Dr David Robert Grimes is a scientist and scientific communicator. His book, ‘The Irrational Ape’ looks at how we can all protect ourselves against misinformation by...
08.18.2020
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. Visit the...
08.11.2020
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...
08.04.2020
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...
07.28.2020
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...
07.21.2020
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:...
07.14.2020
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. And of course we have some pretty...
07.07.2020
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...
06.30.2020
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. We’re also...
06.23.2020
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...
06.16.2020
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 and why they’re...
06.09.2020
The Gerson Miracle 02: Butt Coffee
Still on The Gerson Miracle, we are again having to defend our nether regions from wellness rubbish. This time we’re trying to work out why someone thought coffee enemas were a good idea. Yep, that's right. Coffee. Up your butt....
06.02.2020
The Gerson Miracle 01: Who the hell is Gerson?
This month we’re taking a turn into Serious-Town to go behind enemy lines and 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...
05.26.2020
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 when...
05.19.2020
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. Follow Pixie Turner @pixienutrition on Instagram...
05.12.2020
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. Follow Pixie Turner @pixienutrition on...
05.05.2020
The Game Changers 01: Vegan Boners
We’re starting off with a bang with popular Netflix documentary ‘The Game Changers’, which was released in 2018. And of course, let’s look at the cheekiest claim first – does being vegan give you better boners? Follow Pixie Turner...
04.29.2020
Welcome to In Bad Taste
Join nutritionist Pixie Turner and cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Nikki Stamp as we cast a critical eye over health documentaries, and the claims they make. Follow Pixie Turner @pixienutrition on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Follow Dr Nikki Stamp @drnikkistamp on Instagram...

What's In Bad Taste about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

In Bad Taste episodes:

That Sugar Film 04: what is an experiment anyway?

That Sugar Film 03: Sugar, sugar everywhere

That Sugar Film 02: is sugar poison?

That Sugar Film 01: Sweet as - sugar 101

The Magic Pill 04: Conspiracy theories in food

The Magic Pill 03: Is food medicine?

The Magic Pill 02: Is fat friend or foe

The Magic Pill 01: Nothing magic about keto

BONUS: 2020 Review and Awards

The Goop Lab 04: Energetic Goop

The Goop Lab 03: Old Goop

The Goop Lab 02: Pleasurable Goop

The Goop Lab 01: Cold Goop

What the Health 04: What the F***?

What the Health 03: What the Dairy?

What the Health 02: What the Eggs?

What the Health 01: What the meat?

(Un)Well 05: Bee Stings: The Bees Knees?

(Un)Well 04: Tripping for Health with Ayahuasca

(Un)Well 03: Fasting. Fad Diet or Cure All?

(Un)Well 02: #Gains with Breast Milk?

(Un)well 01: Not so essential oils

Vaxxed 04: Why do people say no to vaccines?

Vaxxed 03: All About Autism

Vaxxed 02: Wakefield and Team Conspiracy Theory

Vaxxed 01: Vaccines 101

Fed Up 04: Big Sugar is Watching You

Fed Up 03: It's All Your Fault

Fed Up 02: Let's Talk About Fat

Fed Up 01: Sugar is not Cocaine

The Gerson Miracle 05 BONUS: Your Cancer Stories and Interview with Dr Ranjana Srivastava

The Gerson Miracle 04: The Narrative of Naturalness

The Gerson Miracle 03: Search for a cure

The Gerson Miracle 02: Butt Coffee

The Gerson Miracle 01: Who the hell is Gerson?

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

The Game Changers 03: Pea Protein Athletes

The Game Changers 02: Cloudy Blood Causes Heart Disease?

The Game Changers 01: Vegan Boners

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