All Fired Up

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In 2018, the entire world pushed back against the notorious "Fast Track to Health" trial, a $1.2 million tax payer funded experiment in which Australian teenagers would be subjected to a year of semi starvation. More than 70 years of weight science research unequivocally demonstrates that weight loss dieting doesn't work in the long term, and causes homeostatic damage. We also know that teen dieti...

The Barbie movie has whipped the entire world into a neon pink frenzy, which is being hailed as a triumph of feminism. But is it? Join me (AKA Menopause Barbie) & feminist shero Dr Natalie Jovanovski (AKA Chin Hair Barbie) as we dissect this complex juggernaut! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don't miss the final part of our series on the dark world of food addiction cult Bright Line Eating. Join me as I review her new book "Rezoom", a masterful collection of straw man arguments, red herrings, outright lies, and utter bullsh*t. There's also a new ‘published study’, and Susan Peirce Thompson's chilling respons to criticisms of her empire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

My guest this week is a completely fired up Leah V, who shares her experience working as a fat, Black, Muslim model before the fashion industry ghosted her. Is diversity in fashion really happening, or is modeling sliding back into the dreaded 'Almond moms'/'heroin chic' era? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don't miss Part 3 of our deep dive into Bright Line Eating, where I dissect the grand claims made by Susan Peirce Thompson & compare them to the actual research. We also chat with Martina, an ex-Bright Liner, who shares her story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Part 2 of our series on Bright Line Eating, we chat with highly regarded neuroscientist Dr Sandra Aamodt about the neuroscience of body weight. The weight loss industry like to tell us that what we weigh is a matter of personal choice, when in reality, our bodies have a "defended weight range", commonly known as the set point, which resists weight loss. On diets, our bodies release a whole casc...

Welcome to our digitally remastered and updated series on Bright Line Eating. This is a super extreme diet cult which cherry picks neuroscience to convince people that they are 'food addicts', selling one of the world's most restrictive (and expensive) diet regimes to keep people hooked on the dream of achieving 'goal weight'. Bright Line Eating is the lucrative brainchild of neuroscientist Susan...

Talking about weight stigma is suddenly all the rage! But does this mean we're truly tackling the issues? True to form, diet culture is selling us a carefully crafted narrative about weight stigma IN ORDER TO SELL MORE WEIGHT LOSS PRODUCTS. Join me and anti-diet dietitian and slayer of weight science Dr Fiona Willer, who has developed a weight stigma BS detector which we can ALL USE to separate th...

A recent article in Medscape which claimed that a "self talk overhaul may help patients achieve weight loss" was fury catnip for Louise, who followed the trail and found herself knee deep in a truly unhinged research paper. Weight loss researchers are now adding what they call 'weight stigma' training to their weight loss programs and the results are nothing short of mind boggling. Spoiler alert:...

In this episode I'm speaking with Sharon Maxwell, an outraged fat activist with lived experience of a restrictive eating disorder. She's sharing an appalling story about the goings on at NEDA, an American eating disorders organisation. Not only did NEDA sack their eating disorders helpline staff after they attempted to unionise, they replaced said staff with a bot called Tessa, who immediately beg...

My guest this week is the fabulous Holly Richards from Ample Folk, and she has not one but TWO diet culture tirades to share! As someone who's always been larger bodied, Holly is well acquainted with how tough it can be to travel on planes, and on a recent flight purchased two seats to make sure she was comfortable. Jetstar's treatment of her proves that fatphobia is alive and well, but she took n...

Hellbent on protecting their careers in eradicating fat people, a group of Australian obesity researchers have snaffled $600k in government funded research money for a global research 'collaboration' to 'study' how often their ineffective weight loss programs cause eating disorders. Join me and my absolutely appalled guest Chevese Turner as we unpack this extremely dark development in the eating d...

The sparkling fantasy world of the Celebrity Weight Loss Ambassador is unmasked in this episode of All Fired Up! Jenny Craig have a long list of victims, including Magda Suzbanski, Rebel Wilson, Scary Spice, Barry Humphries, Brendan Fevola & Casey Donovan. I've dug up the dirt and reveal the the grubby underbelly of these deals with the devil! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

In Part 2 of our walk down memory lane with Janny Craig, we're time warping back to the 1990's, a period in which the weight loss industry's chickens came home to roost. We're talking class action lawsuits, scientific skewering and much needed industry wide regulation of its outrageous advertising claims. Ever wondered why all the weight loss ads have "results not typical" in tiny writing at the b...

After 40 years of peddling expensive and ineffective diet plans, Jenny Craig has finally gone broke. A behemouth of the weight loss industry during the second half of the 20th century, Jenny Craig and companies like them are responsible for mastering the art of selling a product that doesn't work, blaming its customers for their 'failure' and then raking in 'repeat business' . Do not miss this epi...

The FDA have approved Novo Nordisk's weight loss drugs, Saxenda and Wegovy, for use in teenagers. But how effective are they, and what are the potential consequences of normalising the use of injectable drugs for weight loss in kids as young as 12? Join Louise as she takes us through the Novo Nordisk funded clinical trials. Are these drugs really the magic pill they're touted to be? Or are we taki...

Part 2 of our series on weight loss drugs takes us deep into the inner workings of Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, who are hell bent on world domination of the lucrative "o*e$ity market". For years, the entire field of medicine has been professionally fluffed by Novo's "training programs" and media hype is next level. But who are Novo Nordisk, what are they selling, and can we trust th...

Big pharma are running a MASSIVE global marketing campaign, trying to convince us that weight loss drugs are A Good Idea. I'm looking at you, Novo Nordisk! Join me and my extremely outraged guests Dr Fiona Willer & Ragen Chastain, as we revisit the dastardly history of weight loss medications. Past experience has brutally demonstrated that far from improving human 'health', these drugs have pr...

Like flies at a picnic, weight loss app Noom's relentless advertising is crawling all over our online spaces. AND they're SHAMELESSLY co-opting our powerful anti-diet movement! AND they're claiming that 'psychology' is the key to 'long term weight loss!' AND they're selling a particularly shitty diet! AND they're targeting vulnerable people including those with eating disorders! HOW VERY DARE THEY...

"Just 5-10% of weight loss is all you need to improve your health" is one of those things that "everyone knows", only - it's complete and utter BS. My guest this week is the fierce and fabulous Ragen Chastain, fat activist, speaker, prolific writer, dancer, and marathon runner, and she's had a GUTFUL of health professionals hiding their fatphobia under a condescending veneer of 'health concern'. D...

In diet culture it's hard for most of us to feel comfortable in our bodies, let alone LIKE them. But what if it's possible to burst through this thin-ideal bubble and experience the joy, the light, the MAGIC of our bodies? My guest this week, artist and speaker Kathryn Max, has done just that, and you simply MUST hear their story! Kathryn's art is a powerful expression of tenderness, compassion &a...

My guest this week is the fierce and fabulous Lindley Ashline, fat-positive photographer and body liberation activist, who has literally BANNED the weight loss industry from using her stock photos. In this glorious episode, Lindley tells how she pushed back when a diet company tried to do just that! The AUDACITY of diet companies and the weight loss industry is next level, but they were no match f...

Imagine being 13 years old, standing in front of a judge, accused of the "crime" of being fat. Imagine the incredible pain you would feel as the judge announces that in the interests of your 'health', you will be removed from your family. But there's no need to imagine. During the height of the UK COVID-19 pandemic, two children were removed from their loving home and put into foster care. The ONL...

Why do internet trolls have a full-on fascination with fat women? Why do they pretend to care about 'health' when all they're really doing is abusing strangers? Why is it so upsetting for them to see fat people creating awesome online content? And how can trolls access the psychological help they clearly need? Finally, a long-overdue helpline is available for all fatphobe internet bullies! Join me...