February Bonus: Diets for your Brain!
Added 2024-02-29 08:05:01 +0000 UTCCan someone's diet cure their schizophrenia? Of course not! But some real jerky psychologists & MDs in the '70s decided to tell people it could. This month, we're diving back into Aubrey's diet book collection—and this time, we're focusing on diets that claim to have psychological and behavioral effects. Buckle up, it's even more unhinged than you think!
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Also thanks again for bearing with us on our unexpectedly long hiatus! See you back on the main feed soon,
M&A
Comments
"Michael." "Aubrael." Got me 🤣
Nicole Lopez-Bettendorf
2025-02-23 16:53:41 +0000 UTCJust because I remember as you are speaking about a certain German dictator, liver dumplings have nothing to do with liver, they are a form of dumpling made with flour in Bavaria. I know you also talked about it in the main feed episode at so point 😁
Frangipani
2025-02-08 11:41:46 +0000 UTCI desperately need the Christian diet books episode!! What is in Bod for God?? WHY does the devil want me fat? We need answers
Nina Bee
2024-07-16 20:19:07 +0000 UTCVery late to the chat here but wanted to say that I’m happy you’re feeling better, Michael! I deal with chronic illnesses so I really empathize with the emotions and reactions you went through. It sounds like you maybe had some autoimmune stuff going on. If you’re curious about learning more about the world of autoimmune illnesses you should check out The Invisible Kingdom by Megan O’Rourke.
Sara Brandenburg
2024-07-12 13:34:42 +0000 UTCUpdate: I found out I am pre-diabetic! I thought I would bring this info to this thread just to show that being skinny doesn't equal healthy. My sugar intake got out of control because I stopped drinking. I changed my diet immediately and cut as much added sugars as I could per doctors orders. As Aubrey and Mike say all the time: just eat well so that you feel good. 🩷
Kiki
2024-06-19 10:45:26 +0000 UTCGood morning. I don’t normally post and I’m not sure where this comment belongs, but I just saw Aubrey’s documentary and want to say how much it moved me. Thank you!
Jojo 10
2024-06-15 11:49:10 +0000 UTCI'm losing my mind over my current fatigue. It also feels like it's lasting forever. Taking breaks is always necessary 💕
Kiki
2024-06-05 09:52:59 +0000 UTCI'm only 12 minutes in and I have so much to say. First of all, I got my shingles and my HPV shot on the same day as well about 3 years ago and I ended up with an autoimmune disease called ITP. I'm not an anti-vaxer and I did get all my COVID vaccines, but it's actually legit that I have ITP probably because of the vaccinations. Also, regarding psychodiatetics this is around the time when Scientology was off the ground for a little while... They came into being from a book l Ron Hubbard wrote called Dianetics...and Scientology has a program called the purif I believe, where they megadose with vitamins and I kind of wonder if there's a literal connection with these people or if L. Ron Hubbard just stole this insane idea off of them because he did a lot of that.
Bobbi
2024-05-11 11:34:51 +0000 UTCWorth a look for an episode? No moons on this road.
BinsQ
2024-04-23 13:37:26 +0000 UTCDEAR GOD! Has anyone heard of or seen this TERRIBLE JUICE FAST buddy film!? My God the premise! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1227378/plotsummary/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
BinsQ
2024-04-23 13:36:45 +0000 UTCCatching up on stuff… I said what the fuck out loud when I heard “the Irish question.” I had to explain to my roommates what the first 50 minutes of this podcast was about.
EmFlan
2024-04-08 18:33:56 +0000 UTCLoved that episode!!!! I'm so happy you're back and healthy! Never feel bad for taking time for yourselves. Are you considering an episode on Glucose Goddess? I would love to listen to a 55 min long argument against her.
Mathilde Fossard
2024-04-04 09:24:37 +0000 UTCI heard recently about a woman who gave up smoking by threatening herself to donate money to Nazis if she smoked again. It was implied though that the reason it worked was just that she started associating smoking with Nazis. Personally I just thought fuck that, Id just end up still smoking and giving money to Nazis, which would obviously suck.
Ema Corro
2024-04-03 10:42:55 +0000 UTCCan you do one about Dr. Kellogg? He is super fascinating. I very much enjoyed my random stop at Adventist Village, where many of his health inventions were on display. I think I was the only "non-believer" there when I went 10 years ago and I still think about it way too often.
Maura
2024-03-28 09:36:27 +0000 UTCCould you please, please, do an episode about Huberman Lab?? The NYMag article that was published today describes an insane amount of insane behavior. He has a fake lab now that he’s famous and I’m sure so much fantasy pseudoscience in his show. We need to know why we should run away from any man who tells us on a date that he’s a huge fan of this guy.
Amanda
2024-03-26 00:36:54 +0000 UTCWhoa, I had the same kind of illnesses at the same time and for nearly the same length… I also live in Seattle. I wonder if we got the same bugs!
Trillian Nahser-Crook
2024-03-25 17:55:14 +0000 UTCAs soon as I heard 'Linus Pauling' I knew this was going to go to some weird places
Esther Mackenzie
2024-02-29 09:06:11 +0000 UTCman, wouldn't it be nice if i could fix my depression with food...
Pris137
2024-02-29 08:59:48 +0000 UTC
