Ep 107: Clean Eating, Biohacking, & Metabolism Myths: Is Wellness Just a Scam?

The wellness industry loves to promise better health, longer lives, and optimized bodies—but is it really just diet culture in disguise? In this episode, we break down the ways wellness trends like clean eating, biohacking, and metabolism hacking keep us trapped in a cycle of restriction and self-blame. From fasting apps to detox teas, we uncover how diet culture keeps rebranding itself to sell us the same message: that our bodies need to be controlled and “fixed.”

🔍 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✅ How “wellness” disguises diet culture with new buzzwords
✅ The historical roots of diet culture and how it has evolved (hint: it’s nothing new!)
✅ The myths behind metabolism, clean eating, and biohacking
✅ How to spot diet culture in the wellness industry and what to do instead

Resources Mentioned:

💡 Further Reading & Expert Insights

• 📖 Never Satisfied: A Cultural History of Diets, Fantasies & Fat by Hillel Schwartz – A deep dive into the history of weight obsession and how diet culture has evolved.
• 📖 The Wellness Trap by Christy Harrison – A great resource on the dangers of the wellness industry and how it preys on our fears.
• 📖 Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison – Explores the deep connection between diet culture and so-called “health” trends.
• 📖 Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings – Explores how fatphobia is deeply rooted in racism and how modern diet culture perpetuates these harmful ideals.
  📖 You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon – Debunks common myths about weight, health, and body size, exposing the biases that fuel diet culture.

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