March 08, 2021

Popular Sayings...Truth Or Poison Punch?

51 minutes

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only, and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Oh, and while we're here to give you the answers google won't, self-worth is sold separately, and happiness not included.

Poison punch. It's toxic. It's everywhere. And it's making us all sick. It's the diets, the weight loss teas and programs, workouts, and superfood powders that say they're selling health. Or the supplements, creams, prescriptions, makeups, treatments, and procedures that promise to make you look younger and yield you unconditional love. And it's all the apps, pop-ups, fads, people, retreats, and goop that cost a fortune but guarantee a better version of you. Poison punch is the 70+ billion dollar industry that profits off you looking in the mirror and thinking, "I'm fat, old, tired, and ugly".

Poison punch is everything you're being told and sold to fix problems that (spoiler alert!) don't actually exist.

There's no way in hell the diet and beauty industries are going anywhere. Poison punch is here to stay. And while we might not be able to rid the world of poison punch, we can change our relationship to it. Join hosts Kelly Roberts and Kayla Reynolds M.S. every week as they figure out what's poison punch, what punch has traces of poison in it, and what's actually true.

This week the Poison Punch Podcast is introducing a new series: Truth or Poison Punch.

Truth or Poison Punch is a game where Kayla and Kelly put their curiosity goggles on and unpack some of the messages we see in ads, on TV, and in real life, and answer the question: is this spiked with poison punch?!

When it comes to poison punch, we are some of the most common perpetrators. So in the first episode of its kind, Kayla and Kelly explore some of the most common they hear among their family and friends. Specifically, they're breaking down 5 messages: