Nutrition For Mortals

For a while, the glycemic index seemed like it might change everything we thought we knew about carbohydrates. Suddenly, foods weren’t just “healthy” or “unhealthy”—they came with a number predicting how dramatically they would raise your blood sugar. What started as a tool for diabetes management soon became the foundation for bestselling diets, low-GI foods, and a whole new way of thinking about carbs. And then… we mostly stopped talking about it. So join us, two registered dietitians, as we trace the surprising rise and fall of the glycemic index, why it became such a nutrition phenomenon, and what it can—and can’t—actually tell us about the food we eat.

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Things we talked about and additional reading: 

• American Diabetes Association
• Exchange System 
• Dine Out and Lose Weight
• 1993 Time Mag Article
• The South Beach Diet
• Jenkins 1981 Glycemic Index Study
• 1997 Glycemic Load Paper
• Exchange System for Meal Planning
• Glycemic Load and Diabetes Risk
• GI/GL and Health Risks

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Long before chiropractors were selling supplements, hormone protocols and detoxes on social media, the field of chiropractic had already mastered something surprisingly familiar: convincing people that mainstream medicine was missing the real cause of their health problems. More than a century later, chiropractic has changed enormously—but some of its earliest ideas about natural healing, medical distrust, and treating the “root cause” of disease sound remarkably similar to the language of today’s wellness influencers. So join us, two registered dietitians, as we travel from magnetic healing and the first chiropractic adjustment to supplement empires and TikTok nutrition gurus—and explore how the strange history of chiropractic helps explain some of the biggest nutrition grifts on the internet today.

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Things we talked about and additional reading: 

• Historical Review of The First Spinal Adjustment
• The Science of Chiropractic by B.J. Palmer 
• Principles and Practice of Chiropractic 
• Chiropractic Origins, Controversies, and Contributions 
• The Religion of Chiropractic by Holly Folk
• Trick or Treatment by Ersnt and Singh
• Forrest Shaklee Documentary 
• Shaklee Website 
• Shaklee Corporation Sales Mgmt Doc circa 1984
• The Committee on Quackery 
• Wilk Vs AMA 
• Matt Interviews Dr Eric Berg’s Son
• Are Chiropractors Even Able to Identify Spinal Subluxations? 
• Efficacy of Manipulation for Chronic Low Back Pain 
• Chiropractors Talk About the Problems With Their Field’s History 

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According to Fast Like a Girl, women have been fasting all wrong. Written by chiropractor and wellness influencer Dr. Mindy Pelz, this bestselling book promises to teach women how to fast in a way that “works with” their hormones—by syncing fasting windows, carbs, and even specific foods to different phases of the menstrual cycle. There’s “ketobiotic” eating, “hormone feasting,” six different types of fasts, and, for the particularly ambitious, a 72-hour fast that Pelz claims can help reboot your immune system. It’s an impressively detailed roadmap. There’s just one question: does the science actually support it? So join us, two registered dietitians, as we venture into the complicated world of fasting and female hormones to find out whether your menstrual cycle really needs its own fasting schedule.

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Things we talked about and additional reading: 

• Mindy Pelz Website
• Fast Like A Girl Book
• Fasting and Fertility
• Nutrition and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• PCOS, Fasting And Fertility
• More on Phytoestrogens
• Phytoestrogens and Hormones
• Fiber and Estrogen Metabolism
• Soy and Estrogen
• Soy, Hormones, and Menopause
• Dietary Intake and the Menstrual Cycle
• Fasting and Hormone Levels
• Endocrine Adaptations to Prolonged Fasting
• IF and Female Reproductive Function

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This episode was originally released 4/29/2026
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This episode was originally released 3/18/2026
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This episode was originally released 2/18/2026
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