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If you're a fat person recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, chances are you'll be told to try extreme weight loss, cut out carbs, start a GLP-1, and consider bariatric surgery. According to the people in charge, these have all been shown to improve your long term health. Except they haven't. At best, they reduce your HbA1c for a spell. In this episode, we look at what the evidence says about how NOT to treat diabetes. 

If you're looking for a way to manage your blood sugar without the weight stigma and the lifestyle BS, check out my new book My Blood Sugar is High

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We're a society that has become obsessed with our numbers. Blood pressure, cholesterol, A1c – it's not just about weight anymore. It's about the perfect metabolic profile. But just how useful is having a well controlled HbA1c in type 2 diabetes? Does it actually serve a purpose beyond bragging rights? The wellness influencers will tell you that it does (that's how they earn money). Your doctors will tell you that it does (because the guidelines say so). But the evidence says otherwise. 

If you're looking for a way to manage your blood sugar without the weight stigma and the lifestyle BS, check out my new book My Blood Sugar is High.

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• BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
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Wellness culture has a lot to answer for when it comes to diabetes management. In this episode I explore what it means to be a "bad diabetic", how society ignore systemic factors that influence blood sugar, and how doctors use toxic positivity to bypass concerns about medication. Then there's all the money that the wellness influencers and the weight loss industry makes from pushing their lies. CW for disordered eating and eating disorders. 

If you're looking for a way to manage your blood sugar without the weight stigma and the lifestyle BS, check out my new book My Blood Sugar is High

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• BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
• JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
• THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. 
• BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
• EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
• FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense

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During the research I was conducting for my latest book My Blood Sugar is High, I came across the observational interpretation fallacy. First coined in December 2024, it describes how medical researchers and policymakers incorrectly infer causation from observational studies and use this to write guidelines that end up harming patients. These observations are later disproved through rigorous randomised controlled trials, but the damage is done. 

In this week's episode I demonstrate how the medical profession incorrectly decided that diabetes was caused by being fat and used that as an excuse to push weight loss onto type 2 diabetics in spite of the fact that a 2012 study showed NO improvement in diabetic outcomes after weight loss.

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• BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
• EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
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Contrary to popular belief, you don't develop diabetes because you failed to watch what you ate. Steering clear of carbohydrates and staying thin won't prevent you from developing insulin resistance. In this episode, we explore the just world fallacy and why society is so hell bent on blaming fat people for developing a medical condition. 

If you're looking for a way to manage your blood sugar without the weight stigma and the lifestyle BS, check out my new book My Blood Sugar is High.

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• BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
• JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
• THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. 
• BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
• EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
• FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense

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Do you ever find yourself apologising for what you say before you say it? We've been conditioned not to get upset or rock the boat or challenge authority so that the people in power can stay in power. They feed us a kernel of truth hidden in a bucket of sh*t and expect us to swallow it. I, for one, am done eating sh*t. Join me this week as I challenge seven widely held beliefs that are designed to keep us from learning and sharing the truth about weight and healthcare. 

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Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know!

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• BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
• JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
• THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. 
• BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
• EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
• FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense

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Should healthcare be a basic human right or a private enterprise? All my life, I worked for the National Health Service, the so-called beacon of socialist medicine. Make no mistake, the NHS is a capitalist employer that could give Amazon a run for its money. It is controlled by the private sector and big pharma, and it is rotten at its very core. The ruling class wrote the rules that operates under long before it was formed and the ruling class will be the cause of its downfall. In these week's episode, we examine what it would take for healthcare to deliver on its promise, and whether it's all just wishful thinking. 

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• BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
• JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
• THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. 
• BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
• EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
• FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense

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CW: Child abuse, death or a parent, emotional trauma

Growing up with a narcissistic father has given me some insight in how to manage people in power who have a heightened sense of self importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a profound lack of empathy. I've become an expert in managing men who are entitled and expect everyone to agree with them. If you think that sounds familiar, then maybe you grew up with a narcissistic parent. Either that, or you've been to see the doctor.

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• BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
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• THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. 
• BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
• EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
• FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense

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Success is a loaded term. It comes with expectations and targets. It's measured and tracked and is closely tied with a person's worth. Not just their self worth, either. Society isn't interested in the film that doesn't get watched or the book that doesn't get read. They get tossed to one side, relegated to the bottom of the pile, and ignored for the most part. 

It's easy to get caught up in the benchmarks of success, but what happens when we start creating for the sake of creating? What happens when we make art or create content because we feel inspired to and not worry so much about what comes after? Abandoning all hope of success doesn't mean giving up. It means letting go of the standards set by other people and finding value in yourself and what you produce. 

My Joints Hurt: A Practical Guide to Navigating Healthcare in a Fat Body is available to purchase on Amazon or read on Kindle Unlimited.

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• BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
• JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
• THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. 
• BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
• EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
• FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense

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I pride myself on being a fat person who isn't afraid to take up space. But the more you take up space, the more people will take issue with it. Especially if you're visibly different — Fat, Trans, Queer, Neurodivergent. So I suffered a few setbacks over the past few years and I learned that if I don't censor or filter myself, chances are I would be punished and my words would be used against me. I learned there is a "right way" to do social justice, and if that means hiding parts of myself, then it's worth it for the greater good. 

Turns out that faking it doesn't work out much better, and liberation can only come when people are free to be themselves. Sounds pretty obvious when you say it out loud, but this wasn't an easy lesson for me to learn. Join me this week as I start taking up space my way, in spite of the potential future backlash. 

Don't forget that My Joints Hurt: A Practical Guide to Navigating Healthcare in a Fat Body is available to purchase on Amazon or read on Kindle Unlimited. 

Got a question for the next podcast? Let me know!

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• BUY THE BOOK: Never suffer through another through another weight loss lecture from your doctor again
• JOIN THE NO WEIGH MOVEMENT: Get a free script when you sign up
• THE WEIGHTING ROOM: Community with a neurodivergent flavour. **BOOK CLUB** exclusive to Weighting Room members. 
• BOOK A CONSULTATION: For the ultimate transformation in your healthcare journey
• EXPLORE THE MASTERCLASS LIBRARY: Become an expert in your condition and the weight inclusive ways to manage it
• FREE GUIDES:Evidence-based, not diet nonsense

Find me on Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.