In Bad Taste

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 hard to tell who’s lying because of all the filler?

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This week’s suggested readings:

GP is advertising botulinum toxin (Botox) called Xeomin https://r29.co/327SE4h

A nice review of the anti-ageing Goop https://cnet.co/3exOSGJ 

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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 when you listen, give her a big thanks for all her work.

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This week’s suggested readings:

Keep in mind, these references are all about sex and may be NSFW

OMGYes is an online resource all about women’s pleasure (NSFW) https://www.omgyes.com 

The Goop Lab and women’s health https://wapo.st/38aHXBV 

Eve Appeal - #KnowYourBody - https://eveappeal.org.uk/news-awareness/know-your-body/ 

Dr Jen Gunter on jade eggs https://bit.ly/2GmXOBS 

The gender gap in orgasms https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19317611.2018.1563014

Determinants of female orgasm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087699/

Body disatisfaction and orgasm https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499.2016.1168771 

Society of Australian Sexologists https://societyaustraliansexologists.org.au 

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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 we’re obviously, a little bit skeptical. 

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This week’s suggested readings:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21357371/#:~:text=These%20data%20show%20that%20vagal,no%20water%20in%20the%20lungs.

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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).

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This week’s suggested readings:

Alan Flanagan - The Nutritional Advocate - Breaks down a lot of the research about food, nutrition and health https://www.instagram.com/thenutritional_advocate/ and you can find his website, Alinea Nutrition, here https://www.alineanutrition.com

The California Physician Nutrition training bill http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0351-0400/sb_380_cfa_20110421_125358_sen_comm.html

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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, not from a guy who harasses receptionists.

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This week’s suggested readings:

Dairy and prostate cancer https://academic.oup.com/advances/article-abstract/10/suppl_2/S212/5489442

Dairy and all cancer https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12937-016-0210-9

Dairy and diabetes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20335552/ 

Dairy and acne https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/2767075?resultClick=3

Dr Anjali Mahto (consultant dermatologist) - lots of great information on acne, including diet and acne https://www.instagram.com/anjalimahto/ 

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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.

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This week’s suggested readings:

Cholesterol and atherosclerosis https://academic.oup.com/advances/article/3/5/711/4591584?searchresult=1

Heart UK - Can I eat eggs? https://www.heartuk.org.uk/low-cholesterol-foods/can-i-eat-eggs 

Eggs and cholesterol review https://academic.oup.com/advances/article/3/5/711/4591584?searchresult=1

Correction: at around ~20 mins in Pixie says FH affects 1 in 50 people in the UK, we meant 1 in 250 people. https://www.england.nhs.uk/london/london-clinical-networks/our-networks/cardiac/familial-hypercholesterolaemia/

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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.

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This week’s suggested readings:

The WHO IARC classification of carcinogens https://www.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Monographs-QA.pdf 

Type 2 Diabetes and Meat consumption https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00125-009-1481-x 

A great overview by a vegan dietitian: https://www.vegan.com/vegan-dietitian-review-what-the-health/

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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?

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This week’s suggested readings:

Woman dies after bee sting therapy https://www.bbc.com/news/health-43513817

Unorthodox therapies to treat Lyme Disease - https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/60/12/1776/2462643 

Adverse reactions are common - PLoS One - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0126971

The science of bees in skincare by Michelle @labmuffinbeauty https://labmuffin.com/bee-venom-honey-skincare/ 

Bee venom therapy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0041010118301454 

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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 trip be beneficial for your health or is it something much more sinister?

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This week’s suggested readings:

A review of emerging therapeutic potential of of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of psychiatric illnesses https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32044687/ 

Ayahuasca https://adf.org.au/drug-facts/ayahuasca/ 

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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? 

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This week’s suggested readings:

We don’t usually link to our books, but our books are very relevant for this episode and contain lots of good science (and you get to spend more time with us)

Pixie’s books - No Need to Diet https://amzn.to/3gw74zT 

Insta-Food Diet - https://amzn.to/2NowkvB 

Nikki’s books - Pretty Unhealthy - https://amzn.to/3fP1456 

You call it starvation, I call it biohacking - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/opinion/sunday/men-extreme-diets.html

Minnesota Starvation Experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Starvation_Experiment 

Third leading cause of death: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-medical-errors-really-the-third-most-common-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s-2019-edition/

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