Podcast appearances and mentions of Jessica Wilson

Before we start the show today…Have you donated to the Me Little Me Virtual Food Pantry? No, it won't prevent any of the MAHA shenanigans we're about to discuss. But it will get low-income folks (many of whom are in eating disorder recovery) fed — and with the food of their choosing. Meaning yes, ultra processed foods that bring comfort and convenience, and yes to beloved cultural foods…and yes to trusting folks in need to know what they need.We're trying to raise $12,000 and add 50 recurring donors to their rosters by June 1. And we can only do that with your help! Thank you!You are listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Jessica Wilson, MS, RD.Jessica is a clinical dietitian and host of the podcast Making It Awkward. Her critiques of American food hysteria have been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, and other outlets, and Jessica's ultra processed food experiment received coverage in Time Magazine last fall. Jessica was last on the podcast to celebrate the release of her book, It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies, which explores how marginalized bodies, especially black women's bodies, are policed by society in ways that impact body autonomy and health.Jessica is one of the most incisive thinkers I know about wellness and diet culture, as well as food policy and nutrition. So I asked her to come back on the podcast today just to help us make sense of what is happening right now in public health. We're going to get into RFK. We're going to get into MAHA, we're going to get into processed foods. I know you will find this conversation both hilarious and helpful.Today's episode is free but if you value this conversation, please consider supporting our work with a paid subscription. Burnt Toast is 100% reader- and listener-supported. We literally can't do this without you.And don't forget, you can take 10 percent off It's Always Been Ours, or any book we talk about on the podcast, if you order it from the Burnt Toast Bookshop, along with a copy of Fat Talk! (This also applies if you've previously bought Fat Talk from them. Just use the code FATTALK at checkout.)The Burnt Toast Podcast is produced and hosted by Virginia Sole-Smith (follow me on Instagram) and Corinne Fay, who runs @SellTradePlus, and Big Undies.The Burnt Toast logo is by Deanna Lowe.Our theme music is by Farideh.Tommy Harron is our audio engineer.Thanks for listening and for supporting anti-diet, body liberation journalism! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of The Aging Well Podcast, we dive into the controversial topic of ultra-processed foods and their impact on health and aging. Inspired by Jessica Wilson's article, 'Ultra-Processed Foods Have a Terrible Reputation. They Don't Deserve It,' we explore what it means for a food to be labeled as ultra processed and discuss their role in a balanced diet. We debunk common myths, examine the NOVA food classification system, and provide practical tips for incorporating convenience foods without sacrificing health goals. Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on navigating the world of processed foods while staying on track with health goals and... aging well.Link to article by Jessica Wilson:https://slate.com/life/2025/01/ultraprocessed-foods-healthy-energy-fear-trader-joes.html?via=rss_socialflow_facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3FElal7mkQMzk5jVo32NJRTiDwAl3vY_JANTFYYCnBTVS9JMyTffmnQJg_aem_ZpR-FMAoc-G4N_lWDA8HnA#b9ayrtv9vzwva2sgyltubqbrop7676z2

In this episode, we sit down with Jessica Wilson, a seasoned expert in scheduling and project management within the aerospace and defense industry. With extensive experience at leading companies like Northrop Grumman and Honeywell, Jessica specializes in Department of Defense contracts, earned value management, and integrated master schedules. Over the course of her career, she's tackled complex scheduling issues, compliance demands, and reporting challenges in the aerospace and defense space. Jessica shares how she got started in the industry and offers her perspective on how technology is transforming scheduling and earned value management. She also discusses why IPMDAR is such a hot topic and how tools and processes have changed over the past decade. Tune in to hear valuable lessons she's learned and gain insights into overcoming the unique challenges faced in this highly regulated and demanding industry. Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn Thanks for listening to the Project Management Paradise Podcast. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review our podcast on your favorite platform. Stay tuned for more episodes where we bring you the latest insights from industry leaders. Bonus Learn how software can combat 8 headaches keeping PMOs in the aerospace & defense sector awake at night by accessing a complimentary copy at corasystems.com/defensesoft

Get access to our clinical podcast series with our ⁠30% off IVECCS Special.⁠ I have a love-hate relationship with in-house pleural effusion analysis. Love, because it's really quite interesting, and the results can be tremendously useful for your very sick effusion patient. Hate because it can be REALLY challenging! But not anymore... This episode highlights some key takeaways from a very informative IVECCS session on how to get maximum information from your in-house effusion analysis to help you make quick and logical treatment decisions, including a real McGyver hack for doing advanced diagnostics on the cheap. ⁠Dr Holly Brown⁠ is a board certified clinical pathologist who works in a bustling general, referral, and emergency practice where she sees a wide variety of diagnostic submissions and enjoys playing an important role at the interface of diagnostics and patient care. Dr. Brown has always been passionate about delivering continuing education to doctors and technicians around maximizing laboratory testing, and she serves an important role as Chief Veterinary Educator for Antech Diagnostics.  ⁠Jessica Wilson-Hess⁠ is a certified veterinary technician and veterinary technician specialist in small animal internal medicine who nerds out on all things clinical pathology, including teaching other techs and nurses how to get really good at it. Sign up for our ⁠free weekly newsletter⁠ to hear about my favourite 3 lessons I learnt in that week from making the podcasts. Get case support from our team at specialists in our ⁠⁠Specialist Support Space⁠⁠. Topics and Time Stamps 02:18 Importance of In-House Analysis 02:48 Understanding Pleural Effusion in Cats and Dogs 05:20 Classifying Effusions: Transudate, Exudate, and More 09:59 Sample Handling and Common Mistakes12:09 Using Analyzers for Fluid Analysis 17:04 Cytology and Concentration Techniques 24:24 Understanding Centrifugation in Cytology 25:33 In-House CSF Analysis Techniques 26:59 DIY Cyto-centrifuge Using a Salad Spinner! 30:43 Manual Cell Counting Methods 33:14 Chemistry and Effusion Analysis 38:15 Identifying Neoplastic Cells 41:46 Empowering Technicians in Veterinary Practice

“Speaking directly to Black women and wanting Black women to know that their bodies are not the problem. The way that our bodies are treated and problematized and pathologized, we're often taught that it's our fault, that it's our problem to fix or we just need to love our bodies out of societal oppression.”  This week on the show a conversation with dietitian and author Jessica Wilson about her book, It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's BodiesShe's challenging us to rethink the politics of body positivity by centering the bodies of Black women in our discussions about food, weight, health and wellness. 

“Speaking directly to Black women and wanting Black women to know that their bodies are not the problem. The way that our bodies are treated and problematized and pathologized, we're often taught that it's our fault, that it's our problem to fix or we just need to love our bodies out of societal oppression.”  This week on the show a conversation with dietitian and author Jessica Wilson about her book, It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's BodiesShe's challenging us to rethink the politics of body positivity by centering the bodies of Black women in our discussions about food, weight, health and wellness. 

Today I speak with IFBB Bikini Pro Dr. Jessica Wilson, a returning guest who was actually on the 7th episode! Since then, Jessica won the tittle of 2023 Ms Bikini Olympia Masters. She is 42 years old and works as a lifestyle and posing coach, and is also a doctor of veterinary medicine. Jessica and I go deep on this conversation, so get ready!   TOPICS COVERED -identity outside of competing -finding your “It” factor -opening up in her faith -being free of labels -health aspects of bodybuilding -handling burnout -letting loose -living in the moment -recover like a Pro -too much emphasis on the end result -taking time off to grow   CONNECT WITH CELESTE: Website: http://www.celestial.fit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celestial_fit/ All Links: http://www.celestial.fit/links.html CONNECT WITH JESSICA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessfitvet/   TIME STAMPS 1:00 introduction 8:50 her relationship with Christ 21:20 idolizing the “best” version 31:02 How do you know you love it? 39:10 vanity versus health  43:50 evolving to progress 52:00 going with the flow 1:05:32 being able to pivot 1:12:16 continuing to learn  1:19:45 ins and outs of Masters Olympia 1:22:03 living like a Pro 1:33:15 changing your strategy 1:55:19 self-sabotage 2:05:20 advice for balancing life 2:09:45 relationship with her husband 2:19:30 learning to accept criticism 2:25:40 don't take your body for granted 2:30:00 when to have kids 2:36:04 advice for competitors       CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE FOOD RELATIONSHIP COACHING SERIES   CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE POST SHOW BLUES COACHING SERIES   LEARN MORE AND APPLY FOR MY 5 WEEK FOOD RELATIONSHIP HEALING & DISCOVERY COACHING PROGRAM   FOR OTHER FREE RESOURCES, LIVE EVENTS, AND WAYS TO WORK WITH CELESTE CLICK HERE

This is Jessica's experience of Turner Syndrome Relationship with Turner Syndrome [00:35] The Biggest Challenge of having Turner Syndrome [02:00] The Most Positive Experience of Having Turner Syndrome [03:05] How has the Turners Society helped Jessica? [06:00] Whats Jessica's involvement in the Turners Society? [05:00] Most important message on Turner Syndrome [09:12] My instagram is https://instagram.com/turnersyndrometalkandtea?utm_medium=copy_linkn My facebook is https://www.facebook.com/EmilySeymour24a My twitter is https://twitter.com/es_eymour?fbclid=IwAR2_PIoSVi47yeab3xnQFdPv0ae3NSEWwQahTHMIvloXbf_qetPOQPumQ1w If you want to be a guest on my podcast then message me on any of my socials Want to know more about Turner Syndrome? Go to https://tss.org.uk/ and get more information.

We're diving into the intersection of body liberation, white supremacy, and dating with the incredible Jessica Wilson, MS. RD. As the author of "It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies," Jessica brings her expertise as a dietitian, storyteller, and community organizer to the forefront. Together, Lily and Jessica explore the interplay between shrinking our bodies in response to white supremacy and shrinking our desires, unpacking how Black and Brown women can reclaim their body liberation and prioritize care in the dating world. We get into: The interplay between shrinking our bodies in response to white supremacy and shrinking our desires Jessica's view on how Black and Brown women can reclaim their body liberation and prioritize care in the process of putting themselves out there in dating “Your body is not the problem,”  Spaces to seek out body liberation support and community How do we set boundaries for those, not on the same page or path with body liberation?  Jessica's favorite moment of Black Joy since writing her book Links: Pre-order Lily's upcoming book, Thank You, More Please! Jessica's website Jessica's book, It's Always Been Ours Show notes: http://datebrazen.com/blog/body-liberation-dating-and-black-joy-with-jessica-wilson  

In today's episode, Taylor and guest Jessica Wilson, MS, RD,  go deep into the heart of diet culture. We talk about body shame, “healthy” eating, the difference between dietitians and nutritionists, and the importance of finding the right expert depending on your individual needs.  This episode is packed with eye-opening discussion and powerful insights that will leave you questioning the rules you've been taught.Show NotesFree Self-Care AssessmentSelf-Care Sundays NewsletterInstagram: @innerworkout | @taylorelysemorrisonConnect with Jessica Wilson:Instagram: @jessicawilson.msrdTikTok: @byjessicawilsonPodcast: Making it Awkward Free Take Care AssessmentGet on the App Waitlist

Melina Palmer invites Jessica Wilson of Imotions to discuss the fascinating world of neuroscience tools for consumer research. Jessica's in research and neuroscience led them to Imotions, a software company that offers a platform integrating various neuroscience tools. The platform includes a study builder, analysis tools, and export options, catering to both commercial and academic clients. Jessica emphasizes the importance of matching the research question with the appropriate technology, rather than being swayed by the allure of shiny gadgets.  She highlights the value of using eye tracking, facial expression analysis, and skin conductance as a powerful combination of tools, known as the "Holy Trinity." However, she also mentions the availability of other tools, such as EEG and heart rate monitoring, depending on the specific research needs. Jessica shares examples of video testing and usability studies, showcasing how these tools can provide insights into consumer behavior, attention, and emotional responses. She emphasizes the importance of using the gathered data to inform design decisions and improve consumer experiences. The conversation concludes with a discussion of real-world applications, including collaborations with universities and healthcare organizations. In this episode: Discover how neuroscience tools can revolutionize consumer research and unlock deep insights into consumer behavior. Uncover the hidden motivations behind consumer decisions using cutting-edge eye tracking and facial expression analysis techniques. Optimize your website design with confidence by leveraging user testing to identify usability issues and improve user experiences. Learn the importance of crafting clear research questions to drive effective user testing and obtain actionable insights. Boost user engagement and trust with shorter, impactful testimonials that capture attention and increase conversion rates. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Introduction, Melina Palmer introduces the podcast and shares her excitement about conducting research and experiments with Imotions to optimize her website pages. 00:02:36 - Introduction to Imotions Jessica Wilson, the director at Imotions, shares information about the company and their platform. She discusses the wide range of applications for their neuroscience tools, including consumer insights, product testing, ad testing, and more. 00:07:43 - Types of Testing with Imotions Jessica explains the different types of testing that can be done with Imotions, including eye tracking, facial expression analysis, and skin conductance. She emphasizes the importance of using the right tools based on research questions and not getting caught up in the excitement of technology. 00:08:31 - The Holy Trinity of Eye Tracking, Facial Expression Analysis, and Skin Conductance Jessica discusses the Holy Trinity of eye tracking, facial expression analysis, and skin conductance. These three tools work well together to provide information on attention, valence, and physiological arousal. She mentions that there are additional tools available, but it's important to choose the right ones based on research questions. 00:10:42 - Consultation and Planning with Imotions Jessica highlights the importance of consultation and planning with Imotions. They offer guidance on choosing the right tools and metrics for specific research questions. The research question should dictate the technology used, rather than the other 00:15:12 - Video Testing with Biosensor Data Jessica discusses how video testing can be used with biosensor data to assess consumer preferences and improve communication. They share an example of a collaboration between the University of South Florida and BayCare Health Systems to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 infomercials on consumers. 00:16:46 - Usability and Sensory Testing Jessica explains how biosensor research can be utilized in usability and sensory testing. They mention using biosensors to assess people's reactions to different food samples and how the most effective testing methods have distinct research questions and variables. 00:18:14 - Free Scrolling and Task-Based Testing Melina and Jessica discuss the different approaches to testing, including free scrolling to observe natural behavior and task-based testing to compare prototypes. They emphasize the importance of incorporating specific tasks into usability studies for websites. 00:21:08 - Redesigning a Website Melina shares her experience of redesigning her website in preparation for her book launch. They discuss the process of testing mockups of the new site against the existing site to determine if design changes were effective and if any adjustments were needed. 00:24:46 - Testing for Different Personas Jessica explains how they incorporated different personas into the testing process. They discuss the two personas targeted by the host's business, entrepreneurial types, and corporate members, and how the testing aimed to direct each persona to the most relevant products and services. 00:29:38 - Importance of Clear Tasks in Website Testing Narrowing down tasks and evaluating if they are working is crucial in website testing. Asking vague questions about users' interests and actions can reveal where they get stuck. It's important to avoid priming users and instead focus on finding potential obstacles. 00:31:13 - The Power of Focusing on One Thing in Research Research should focus on one or two variables to obtain clear answers. Avoiding distractions and confounding variables leads to stronger insights. Rushing research can result in missed opportunities for valuable insights. 00:33:20 - Effective Design Elements for Website Success Salient design elements like big buttons with clear choices greatly improve the success rate of website interactions. Eye tracking and behavioral metrics demonstrate the impact of design clarity on user engagement. 00:34:57 - Challenges with Corporate Persona Landing Page The corporate landing page proved challenging for users, leading to confusion and distributed attention. Brow furrow and lower success rates indicated a need for clearer design elements and more effective funneling of actions. 00:37:16 - Applying Insights from Testing to Website Redesign Insights from the previous tests informed the redesign of the entire website. Big buttons, clear choices, and reducing cognitive load were integrated into other areas of the site, improving user experience. 00:43:23 - Eye Tracking Results: Less is More The study found that participants spent more time looking at the short testimonials compared to the long ones. They also showed less brow furrow and had a better overall experience with the shorter testimonials. This suggests that less text is more effective in capturing attention and providing a positive user experience. 00:45:37 - Importance of Short Testimonials The research showed that shorter testimonials are more effective in capturing attention and creating anticipation for the product. Participants were able to absorb the positive feedback more easily and had a better overall experience. Short testimonials provide social proof without overwhelming the users with excessive text. 00:46:56 - Evolution of Data Collection Technology The pandemic and the shift towards collecting data in naturalistic environments have led to the development of online data collection platforms. These platforms allow researchers to record facial expression analysis and eye-tracking data using webcams, eliminating the need for specialized equipment. This opens up new possibilities for remote data collection and collaboration. 00:49:20 - Tips for Conducting Experiments When conducting experiments, it's important to keep them small, be thoughtful about what to test, and test often. Focus on the most important aspects, avoid testing too many variables at once, and have a clear understanding of what you want to achieve. Testing helps understand and predict human behavior. 00:52:22 -  Conclusion, Melina's top insights from the conversation. What stuck with you while listening to the episode? What are you going to try? Come share it with Melina on social media -- you'll find her as @thebrainybiz everywhere and as Melina Palmer on LinkedIn. Thanks for listening. Don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Android. If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.  I hope you love everything recommended via The Brainy Business! Everything was independently reviewed and selected by me, Melina Palmer. So you know, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. That means if you decide to shop from the links on this page (via Amazon or others), The Brainy Business may collect a share of sales or other compensation. Let's connect: Melina@TheBrainyBusiness.com The Brainy Business® on Facebook The Brainy Business on Twitter The Brainy Business on Instagram The Brainy Business on LinkedIn Melina on LinkedIn The Brainy Business on Youtube Connect with Imotions: IMOTIONS WEBSITE IMOTIONS ON TWITTER IMOTIONS ON LINKEDIN Learn and Support The Brainy Business: Check out and get your copies of Melina's Books.  Get the Books Mentioned on (or related to) this Episode: The Truth About Pricing, Melina Palmer What Your Customer Want and Can't Tell You, Melina Palmer Marketing to Mindstates, Will Leach Designing for Behavior Change, Stephen Wendel Engaged, Amy Bucher Top Recommended Next Episode: Understanding the Problem (ep 126) Already Heard That One? Try These:  Inside the Texas A&M Human Behavior Lab (ep 33) Social Proof (ep 87) The Power of Metaphors with Olson Zaltman's Malcolm & Hannibal Brooks (ep 181) Cloud Army (ep 183) How To Set Up Your Own Experiments (ep 63) Priming (ep 18) What Your Customer Wants and Can't Tell You: All About Melina's First Book (ep 147) What is Behavioral Baking? (ep 155) How Businesses Can Design for Behavior Change, with Dr. Amy Bucher (ep 164) Designing for Behavior Change, Interview with Dr. Steve Wendel (ep 116) Planning Fallacy (ep 114) Time Discounting (ep 51) Framing (ep 16) Other Important Links:  Brainy Bites - Melina's LinkedIn Newsletter

This is the CIIS Public Programs Podcast, featuring talks and conversations recorded live by the Public Programs department of California Institute of Integral Studies, a non-profit university located in San Francisco on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone Land. The contemporary definition of a “good” or “healthy” body has been centuries in the making, but as eating disorder specialist and storyteller Jessica Wilson writes in her recent book It's Always Been Ours, “the pure, moral, rule-abiding body has never, ever, been a Black woman's.” Every day, Jessica sees how the pressure to conform to white supremacist ideals of health and beauty constrict and harm women of color. As a registered dietitian specializing in eating disorders, as a social justice activist, and as a woman with multiple marginalized identities, Jessica's goal is to end this harm. In this episode, CIIS Dean of Faculty Development, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at CIIS Danielle Drake has a conversation with Jessica that challenges us to rethink the politics of body liberation by centering the bodies of Black women in our cultural discussions of self-image, food, health, and wellness. This episode was recorded during an in-person and live streamed event at California Institute of Integral Studies on March 8th, 2023. You can also watch it on the CIIS Public Programs YouTube channel. A transcript is available at ciispod.com. To find out more about CIIS and public programs like this one, visit our website ciis.edu and connect with us on social media @ciispubprograms. We hope that each episode of our podcast provides opportunities for growth, and that our listeners will use them as a starting point for further introspection. Many of the topics discussed on our podcast have the potential to bring up feelings and emotional responses. If you or someone you know is in need of mental health care and support, here are some resources to find immediate help and future healing: -Visit 988lifeline.org or text, call, or chat with The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988 from anywhere in the U.S. to be connected immediately with a trained counselor. Please note that 988 staff are required to take all action necessary to secure the safety of a caller and initiate emergency response with or without the caller's consent if they are unwilling or unable to take action on their own behalf. -Visit thrivelifeline.org or text “THRIVE” to begin a conversation with a THRIVE Lifeline crisis responder 24/7/365, from anywhere: +1.313.662.8209. This confidential text line is available for individuals 18+ and is staffed by people in STEMM with marginalized identities. -Visit translifeline.org or call (877) 565-8860 in the U.S. or (877) 330-6366 in Canada to learn more and contact Trans Lifeline, who provides trans peer support divested from police. -Visit ciis.edu/ciis-in-the-world/counseling-clinics to learn more and schedule counseling sessions at one of our centers. -Find information about additional global helplines at befrienders.org. LINKS Podcast Transcripts: https://www.ciispod.com/ California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) Website: https://www.ciis.edu/ CIIS Public Programs YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ciispublicprograms CIIS Public Programs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ciispubprograms/ Mental Healthcare and Support Resources: https://988lifeline.org/ https://thrivelifeline.org/ https://translifeline.org/ https://www.ciis.edu/ciis-in-the-world/counseling-clinics https://befrienders.org/

With Halloween — and all the related chatter about kids, candy, and sugar — coming up, we decided to reheat an episode with pediatric dietician Jill Castle from the very beginning of Didn't I Just Feed You. While the interview is the same, our take on sugar has changed a bit, so we recorded a whole new intro. You'll want to listen to this one even if you did way back when. LINKS Our episode with Jessica Wilson, What Anti-Diet Gets Wrong with Jessica Wilson, MS, RDJessica Wilson on Instagram, where she shared her experiment on eating ultra processed foods (UPFs), @jessicawilson.msrdNaureen Hunani from RDs for NeurodiversityResponsive FeedingThe Correlation Between Neurodivergence and Eating DisordersWhat If We Just Let Our Kids Eat What They Want?Does Sugar Really Cause “Bad” Behavior In Children?The Trouble With Sugar on The Maintenance PhaseOur Sponsors:* Check out Armoire and use my code DIJFY for a great deal: http://www.armoire.style* Check out BetterHelp and use my code DIJFY for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On Thursday's Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Jessica Wilson an Australian artist to discuss Glór's children's portrait workshop. Jessica is internationally recognised for her concepts, with 'I See You Like This' touring Australia and Europe and amassing a collection of over 2000 portraits. The workshop will run at the Ennis venue from Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th October.

“Speaking directly to Black women and wanting Black women to know that their bodies are not the problem. The way that our bodies are treated and problematized and pathologized, we're often taught that it's our fault, that it's our problem to fix or we just need to love our bodies out of societal oppression.”   This week on the show a conversation with dietitian and author Jessica Wilson about her book, It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies She's challenging us to rethink the politics of body positivity by centering the bodies of Black women in our discussions about food, weight, health and wellness.

“Speaking directly to Black women and wanting Black women to know that their bodies are not the problem. The way that our bodies are treated and problematized and pathologized, we're often taught that it's our fault, that it's our problem to fix or we just need to love our bodies out of societal oppression.”   This week on the show a conversation with dietitian and author Jessica Wilson about her book, It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies She's challenging us to rethink the politics of body positivity by centering the bodies of Black women in our discussions about food, weight, health and wellness.

It's comfortable and increasingly normalised to criticise and speak to dismantling diet culture. Yet without interrogating what upholds diet culture  we harm everyone and leave actual liberation behind. In this episode I am joined by queer, disabled Dietitian, Author and Community Organiser Jessica Wilson for a deeply thought provoking and insightful exploration of Health and all that gets lumped in with it including intuitive eating and diet culture. Including:the loud messages that a body is supposed to be healthy at all times and there's set ways to do that with the messages coming from powerful placeshow this is inherently political and always has beenwho is left out of consideration when it comes to eating disorder treatment, dietetic practice and both wellness and healthcare generally who is intuitive eating for?when we swap dieting for intuitive eating - what is missing ?why just dismantling "diet culture" isn't enough and what we do need insteadEpisode links and notes here Find daily non-diet nourishment on Instagram @nadiafelsch Join the (free) Food and Body Freedom Community Share your lightbulb moments from this episode with me Leave a review for the podcast to help others find it Book a session with me

In this episode of Clinician's Brief Partner Podcast, clinical pathologist Dr. Holly Brown and veterinary technician Jessica Wilson-Hess share adventures from their busy laboratory, which just so happens to be situated within the walls of a booming veterinary practice. As they walk us through the curious case of Salli the beagle, they share diagnostic tips and insights into how they make their work environment fun despite the chaos of life in the laboratory. Resource:https://www.antechdiagnostics.com/keyscreen2/Contact us:Podcast@briefmedia.com Where to find us:Cliniciansbrief.com/podcastsFacebook.com/clinciansbriefTwitter: @cliniciansbriefInstagram: @clinicians.brief The Team:Beth Molleson, DVM - HostSarah Pate - Producer & Project Manager, Marketing ServicesRandall Stupka - Podcast Production & Sound Editing

Polling suggests that Americans are reading fewer books than in the past, and fewer kids are reading for fun. We need more readers. Not just because reading enlightens the mind and makes us smarter, but Jessica Hooten Wilson, author and professor, says it can shape our souls and deepen our faith. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey Team and welcome back to the Can I Have Another Snack? podcast. We've been on hiatus but we're back with a new fortnightly pod. Today I'm talking to Dr. Asher Larmie, AKA The Fat Doctor. Asher is a transgender, non-binary GP who uses they/them pronouns. They are a fat activist and founder of the #NoWeigh campaign. Asher joined me on the Don't Salt My Game Podcast back in May last year, and we had such a great conversation that I just had to have them back for the CIHAS pod.This episode is in response to the news that the NHS/NICE in the UK are contemplating offering weight-loss injectables to kids. These drugs have already been approved in the US (which I discuss here) - it was only a matter of time before we started talking about it here too. In this episode, we talk about the evidence behind semaglutide, or lack thereof, potential side effects and unintended consequences, and of course, we talk about the company behind this drug, Novo Nordisk, who are set to make bank off of fat kids. So yeah, the first episode back is kind of a bummer - but I wanted to make sure we had a good grasp of the science before the media shitstorm kicks off. We also have a new podcast editor - the lovely from - welcome Lucy! (see if you can find the Avery Easter eggs she planted in the new episode format).Can I Have Another Snack? is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Find out more about Asher's work here.Follow their work on Instagram here and Twitter here. Listen to The Fat Doctor Podcast here.Follow Laura on Instagram here.Subscribe to my newsletter here.Sign up to my upcoming webinar with - ‘Substack for Nutrition Professionals: Launching & Growing Your Email Newsletter'. Here's the transcript in full:Asher Larmie: We had 180 teenagers for a year, and that's it. It's not enough time to understand what is going to happen to that teenager long term. We need studies that have looked back after 20 years. We need to know what's gonna happen to these kids when they become adults, when they become older adults, but not the first year. It's so dangerous. These drugs haven't existed for long enough. We've never used them in children before. It's terrifying to me. Absolutely terrifying.Laura Thomas: Hey, welcome to the Can I Have Another Snack? podcast where we talk about food, bodies and identity, especially through the lens of parenting. I'm Laura Thomas. I'm an anti-diet registered nutritionist, and I also write the Can I Have Another Snack? newsletter. Today I'm talking to Dr. Asher Larmie. Asher, who uses they/them pronouns, is a transgender non-binary GP and fat activist who is campaigning for an end to medical weight stigma.They're the founder of the #NoWeigh campaign and they have over 20 years of medical experience and have been fat for even longer than thatLaura Thomas: As the self-styled Fat Doctor, Asher started a blog in June 2020. They now also host a successful podcast and run a number of training courses, as well as monthly webinars for people who are interested in learning about weight inclusivity.Today I'm gonna be talking to Asher about the news that came out of the UK that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, or NICE, is considering approving the weight loss injectable Semaglutide for kids. Asher is here to explain to us why this is catastrophic for kids' sense of safety in their bodies and their wellbeing.We talk about the evidence behind Semaglutide, or I suppose the lack thereof, the potential side effects and unintended consequences. And of course, we talk about the company behind this drug, Novo Nordisk, who are set to make bank off of fat kids.Just before we get to Asher though, I wanna tell you real quick about the benefits of becoming a paid subscriber to the, Can I Have Another Snack newsletter community, whole universe.Now, I know we're not used to having to pay for content on the internet, and why would you pay for something where 85% of the content is free? Well, that's a great question. I'd love to answer it for you. Well, because without paying supporters, this work just wouldn't be possible. 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Which stands for the National Institute of Clinical Excellence to review the so-called benefits of using weight loss injectables for kids aged between 12 and 17 years old. Specifically, they're looking at the drug Semaglutide. Which has been in the news a lot recently, which I'm sure we'll get to. But I wondered if we could start by talking about what exactly Semaglutide is, how it works and what the evidence says about it. Asher Larmie: You sort of put it in air quotations, or you said so-called benefits, didn't you? I like that, yeah. Cause that, that was a really good way to start. Yeah. So Semaglutide, it's a incretin mimetic. It mimics a hormone called inncretin or one of the hormones, GLP1, which is an incretin, and, and these hormones are released by the gut in everybody's body and in response to eating. So look, you have a meal, your gut releases these hormones and they impact several parts of the body. The main thing they do is they impact the insulin pathway. So they impact the pancreas, but they also have various other effects. And one of them is they sort of decrease appetite and increase a feeling of satiety, of fullness, which makes sense, right? Because when you start eating, after a while, your body sort of wants to tell you, okay, you've been eating now like it's time to stop eating cos you can't eat forever. And when we talk about intuitive eating, we're always talking about, like, picking up our hunger cues and picking up our fullness cues. Well, there's a reason we have hunger cues and fullness cues. It's nothing to do with the size of your stomach or anything like that. It's because of these hormones acting on the appetite sensors in the brain. So this drug Semaglutide was designed for diabetics because of the way that it works on the pancreas and the insulin pathway. But they found very quickly that it causes suppression. And so people were losing weight on this drug. Their diabetics were losing weight.Laura Thomas: And to this point, just to clarify, you are talking about in adults, right?Asher Larmie: Absolutely. Laura Thomas: This research was initially done in diabetic adults?Asher Larmie: In diabetic adults. And we're talking…when they probably started working on this drug, this would've been early 2000s, I think the first one of its…the first drug in this group - and it wasn't Semaglutide, by the way, it was a completely different drug - would've come out in the sort of early 2000s. Semaglutide for diabetics, which is Ozempic, Ozempic is the brand name for the drug. Semaglutide one milligram weekly subcutaneous injection. So it comes like a little pen and you inject it into your stomach, usually. One milligram is the maximum dose for diabetics and the brand is Ozempic. I can't remember, I don't wanna say for sure, but it was definitely after 2010, somewhere around that time that we started using it in diabetics or it was approved, and more recently we've been using it in diabetics more and more and more. It's a very expensive drug, it's the most expensive diabetic drug…I dunno how it compares to insulin, but certainly compared to all the other diabetic drugs.Laura Thomas: Yeah, I saw that for like a month's supply of Wegovy, which is the, the weight loss version of Ozempic, that it costs something like $1,300 a month in the US. I don't know what it is in the UK, but in the US, $1,300 a month, that is an astounding amount of money.Asher Larmie: Sure. And that's the private prescription. But when you look in the NHS, it's how much it costs the NHS per month, right? So that's always like then.. sale price, it's, you know, it's…Laura Thomas: That's the wholesale. Asher Larmie: The wholesale, the Costco price. Laura Thomas: The Costco price! Asher Larmie: And I can't remember what it is, but it's at least twice as much. Laura Thomas: It's expensive. Asher Larmie: It's expensive. Compared to Metformin, which is probably like £1 a month. You know, in terms of diabetic drugs, it's much more expensive. Anyway, so Novo Nordisk creates Semaglutide. It's a once weekly injection. Ozempic, people like it. And then, quickly they realized it was kind of like the Viagra story. I mean, if you know the story of Viagra, Sildenafil was supposed to be for blood pressure, was anti-hypertensive for blood pressure. But they soon realised it's not so much what it does to blood pressure - in fact, it wasn't very good with blood pressure. But look at the side effects. You think something was happening to men. And so they realised, well, we could definitely corner the market here because there's no other sort of medicine that has quite the same effects. And so Viagra was born. This is very similar. Ozempic was being used on diabetics. Diabetics were losing weight, and they thought, right, let's push this through. Let's, let's turn this into a weight loss drug. And so they started studies in 2017, 2018, they started the actual study. The results came out late 2020, maybe early 2021, depending on the studies. There's been eight. And then the teenage one, so we're talking still adults only. Right. Literally within like six months, the FDA had approved it and NICE took a little bit longer. They sort of semi approved it in 2022 and fully approved it in 2023. With very, very little data. All we know is that this drug suppresses your appetite and therefore makes you lose weight. And it also does all the other things, like sort of acts on the insulin pathway and all the other things that it's known to do, but we have no idea how that impacts non-diabetics and how that will impact children, certainly. We have a zero idea. Laura Thomas: Okay, so just to summarise, cuz you're a doctor. And not everybody else is! This drug is a GLP1 analog. So it mimics a hormone in the gut that is produced naturally in response to, in response to eating a meal. Our bodies, our guts pump out this hormone. And that is one of the ways, one of the pathways, one of the signals that tells our brain, okay, we can slow down now. We've, we've got enough here, we'll be good for a little while. Right. Asher Larmie: That's it. Laura Thomas: And so we have a fall in our appetite basically. What this drug is doing, it's an external version of that hormone that you are injecting into your stomach, that artificially suppresses your appetite. Right. Asher Larmie: That's it. Laura Thomas: So it's not…it's essentially tricking your body into thinking that you've had more food than you actually have. Now this might be helpful when you have a chronic condition such as Type 2 Diabetes, it might help manage blood glucose. However, what you're saying is that we don't know what the impacts are on people who have just been prescribed this for weight loss. And we also don't know the impact of this on children who are growing.Asher Larmie: Mm-hmm. Laura Thomas: Which is…I mean, all of it is a mess. All of it is concerning and upsetting to me, but it feels particularly upsetting and concerning to me when we're talking about children, when we don't know the full scale of the impact. So what evidence do we have on children? You know, why are we at a…I mean, this is a separate conversation, but if we could get into the minds of the DoH and the NICE people, why do they think that we should start prescribing this to children? Asher Larmie: Well, first of all, we've been lied to about this drug, although I think the Department of Health and the National Institute of Clinical Excellence should be smart enough to figure out that they've been lied to about this drug. I can understand why the average person doesn't, but if you've read studies, which I have in detail, all eight of them, well, seven of them, one wasn't published, and the one on teens, it's very obvious. Because the first thing is, in order for them to achieve weight loss, the participants in this trial had to go on a diet 500 calories deficit, plus exercising for 150 minutes a week, plus an hour of counselling every month. Laura Thomas: Right, We don't know if the impact is coming from the diet and lifestyle modifications versus the drug in and of itself.Asher Larmie: We do to a degree because everybody was on the diet. Only some people were on the Wegovy. And others were on placebo, just a water injection. And so what we saw was a) that diets don't work. Which you've been saying this whole time! The diet-only group only lost about 2.5% of their body weights over a period of a year, and then regained it all. So diets don't work. What a surprise. The people who took the Wegovy definitely lost much more weight. There was a significant difference. So in the first 16 weeks, that's when you lose the most amount of weight. We know this. This is the physiological response to calorie deficits or energy deficits. It then slows down and between sort of week 16, week 20 until about month 10, it sort of slowed down, but was still going. And then at month 10 in the first study, we reached the nadir, which is the peak, and then people started regaining weight. If you look at the study over two years, people regained something like 15% of the weight that they lost within eight months. You carry that forwards….I mean, it's not particularly scientific to carry it forwards, but if you were to assume that every eight months you'd gain about 15% of the weight that you'd lost. Within five years, you've regained the weight. And that's if you are on the medication. If you stop the medication, which in the UK you only are entitled to have it for two years, the moment you stop that medication, you will start regaining the weight.There is absolutely no way you can maintain it because nobody could. Nobody could maintain it, even when they stayed on the diet. They could not maintain that weight loss. They immediately start gaining the weight back and at a rate that is almost unprecedented. We've never seen such dramatic weight loss followed by weight regain with any other weight loss drug.Laura Thomas: Well, shit, you're gonna be hungry! As soon as you stop taking that drug, like, you're gonna be fucking hungry!Asher Larmie: Sure. Although I think it's more than that. Like I don't even think that explains it. There's something else that's happening in the body and we just don't know what it is, right, to know how it's workingLaura Thomas: And this is it, like, when you go in and you start messing with hormone pathways. It's not just gonna be one individual pathway in isolation, there are gonna be knock on effects and that is what we've seen in historic weight loss medications, right? We're, we're giving people something for weight loss, but it turns out, oh, actually we're burning them alive from the inside. Right? That's what has happened with other, with other drugs…or where we've, we've tried to suppress people's appetites, but we've also suppressed their libido because again, you can't isolate out individual pathways within the human body cos everything is interconnected.Asher Larmie: That's exactly right. And actually what we know is that this drug primarily works on the insulin pathway. And the insulin pathway is extremely important for so many different reasons. We know that the insulin pathway, insulin sensitivity, insulin resistance, for example, leads to weight gains. So we could, you know, make an argument that actually once you stop messing with the insulin pathway, perhaps there is a weight regain and perhaps you are making permanent changes to the body because you are messing with the pathway you shouldn't be messing with.I, you know, I often say don't play about with a healthy organ if you can avoid it. And so in a diabetic, the pancreas is already exhausted. The pancreas is already struggling, so okay, you're gonna mess with pancreas, but it needs help anyway. Benefits outweigh the risks, but in this case, this people with a healthy pancreas, especially children, The last thing you wanna do is mess with organs that are still growing. You know that that's massively worrying. So the first thing I will say is that we have been lied to about this medication. We have been told that this medication will help you to lose weight and keep it off. Wrong. Even NICE said with the adults' guidelines, you will not be able to maintain the weight loss.So that's one thing…Laura Thomas: And can I ask you…sorry, cos I know you're like desperate to tell me your second point! But I'm just curious, like, what is the reason that NICE are giving for people only being able to stay on the drug for two years? Asher Larmie: Because that's all the evidence we have. We don't have anything beyond two years. If we had evidence for five years, they probably would've said five, but they've said, look, all you've got is two years, so that's all we can allow. Now, remember with NICE, it's the UK, this is a Nationalised Health Services, there's only a certain amount of money, so when NICE is approving a drug, they're not just worried about the drug safety, efficacy, you know, and all of that stuff. They're also worried about…is this a cost effective…yeah, it's money. Is it cost effective? So Novo Nordisk had to prove to NICE that there was a cost benefit. So helping people lose weight for two years and then regain it, which they admitted would happen because that's what their studies show. And so that's the problem if you look into that calculation, that calculation is materially flawed. The fact that NICE accepted it makes me very sceptical of the whole thing, but we can cross that bridge later. The point is that in the UK you can only have it for two years. But even if you continued it for five years, you will have regained most of the weight back by that point in time. And then they talk about maintenance doses. What maintenance dose? If the treatment dose doesn't work, then what's the maintenance dose gonna do? What does that say to me? They can only keep going up, up and up, right? At what point in time are we gonna accept that we really shouldn't be messing around with the body like that? Just for temporary weight loss. That's all it's doing. It's not improving your health. There's no evidence that it does anything for your health. It just makes you lose weight. They didn't even bother to measure the impact on your health, even your like, blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol. They didn't even bother to do like a statistical analysis of that, I think because they knew that they wouldn't be able to find anything. Laura Thomas: It's just so transparent, isn't it? When you say that? Like it's just, we don't actually give a shit about your health. We don't care about any other parameter of your wellbeing. We just wanna make money off of you.Asher Larmie: And so you asked, you said, well, why? Why are we trying to get this available for children? And the answer is simple: for more money. Novo Nordisk is a, you know, a traded company. They have a, a group of shareholders and they're constantly trying to improve their, you know, profit margin.And, and the thing is, when you look at all of the, if the last 15 years or so, there's been this huge push, hasn't there to -quote unquote- tackle the -quote unquote- ob*sity epidemic. And, you know, we have a -quote unquote- war on ob*sity and all these, you know, like really kind of like highly charged words.Novo Nordisk has had their hands in all of this. Novo Nordisk has fingerprints on every single article that you read in the paper. Every single PR campaign for the last 10 years. Whenever you hear the word childhood ob*sity in the, in the papers…whenever you hear that word, if you look carefully enough, you will find Novo Nordisk.They have wanted to sell this drug to teenagers for a really long time. So much so that the American Academy of Pediatrics, when they brought out their guidelines, they actually held off and waited for Novo Nordisk to be able to put their study into the, into the guidelines. Literally they were like, this is the cutoff date. And then they went, oh, hang on, hang on, hang on. Novo's not ready. Alright, let's just wait. Let's just wait. Let's just wait. Novo's ready now. Okay. We can proceed. That's how much influence Novo Nordisk has. And so it's simply about making money. The risk, the potential risk to children is really mind boggling.Laura Thomas: Yeah. So let's talk about this because there's, as far as I know, there's one study in adolescence. Is that right? Asher Larmie: That's it, yeah. Laura Thomas: Should we talk about that single study that they are basing this recommendation or this, you know, it hasn't gone through yet, but this, I mean, I mean, come on. The writing is on the wall, right. They're gonna do everything that they can to push this through. Asher Larmie: They will. Laura Thomas: First of all, let's talk about the study, and then let's talk about the implication for children, for adolescentsAsher Larmie: 180 12-17 year olds are involved in the study. There's only 180. Bearing in mind that the one for adults, the first one was 2000. 180 is actually a very low number of people. And basically it was your typical randomised controlled trials. Some got placebo, some got Wegovy. You know, they did it for 68 weeks. And then they were interested in change in body mass index. That's all they were interested in. They didn't look at anything else, and they found exactly what all of the other studies found: that in the first year, children lost weight and they lost much more when they took this drug than they did when they had placebo, just water.It's not surprising. That is what always happens. You know, when you have a drug that's going to suppress appetite, it's going to be more effective than just, you know, trying to suppress your own appetite, if that makes sense. Right. So of course it was effective, but it was only effective for the first year. That's all we've got and that's all the data. We had 180 teenagers for a year, and that's it. It's not enough time to understand what is going to happen to that teenager long term. We need studies that have looked back after 20 years. We need to know what's gonna happen to these kids when they become adults, when they become older adults, but not the first year. It's so dangerous. These drugs haven't existed for long enough. We've never used them in children before. It's terrifying to me. Absolutely terrifying.Laura Thomas: Something that I found really interesting…so shout out to Reagan Chastain, who did a really great deep dive on this, on her, Weight and Healthcare Substack, I'll link to it. But one of the things that, that she pointed out were all of the side effects that were reported in this study. A lot of them were related to gastrointestinal side effects, so a lot of nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain. And so again, of course if you've got a kid who is nauseous, who has diarrhoea, if they've got that for an entire year, they're going to lose weight. But at what cost to that child? To their quality of life? To like think about if you feel sick, like even for a couple of hours during the day, let alone for an entire year. And these are kids who are presumably going to school, trying to learn, trying to have a social life, trying to navigate the headfuck that is puberty, right? All of that stuff. And we think it's a good idea to subject them to this kind of…like for why? Why?Asher Larmie: Yeah. So for me, weight loss and children is absolutely unacceptable. Always. Okay. If I see a child who is accidentally losing weight…Laura Thomas: Huge red flag, huge red flag.Asher Larmie: Massive red flag like that, that's like panic stations. Figure it out immediately. The second thing that I will say about children is that we know that dieting of any kind is going to predispose them to eating disorders, especially at that stage in life, especially at this…Laura Thomas: It is the most vulnerable point in a child's development... Asher Larmie: Absolutely. Laura Thomas: For, yeah. Yeah. The onset of an eating disorder.Asher Larmie: And we know that the more extreme their sort of dieting behaviour is, the more likely they are to develop an eating disorder. So that's the second thing. It's not just that dieting creates eating, but the more extreme…now, taking drugs is one of the most extreme form of dieting out there.So what we are doing is we are essentially prescribing eating disorders to adolescents. It is no wonder that over the last 20 years, certainly over the last few years, where we've become more and more obsessed with weight in children, where we keep sending them to these -quote unquote- weight management clinics, and we keep singling them out at school and policing what they eat and all this stuff. If you're a fat kid nowadays, like, you know, you can't even bring in a packet of crisps in your lunchbox without getting told off by your teachers. Laura Thomas: You can't even have a snack that's over a hundred calories. It's something I'm writing about at the moment and it's fucking horrendous, because we're literally policing the amount of food that a child, a growing child can have.Asher Larmie: Yeah, it's despicable. But what are we doing? More importantly, we are literally prescribing an eating disorder to them. We are saying to them, this is what's gonna happen. And are we surprised that nowadays eating disorder rates have gone up dramatically? Laura Thomas: Escalated. Asher Larmie: They're escalating in boys, they're escalating in people with like, you know, multiple marginalised identities. You know, it's not just a really thin, sort of, like, fragile teenage girl anymore that we need to be worried about. We have to be really concerned about all of these young. boys, for example, who were trying to build up muscle. It's actually quite terrifying what's happening to young people.Their mental health is really poor anyway at the moment, and what we're adding to, with this weight management, is just awful. So this isn't even about the drug. This is just about the fact that you should never mess with weights in a child. You should never, ever mess with growing organs, just let the child grow up.Laura Thomas: I wanted to ask you about, like, what are the implications of putting a child on a calorie restricted diet? Messing with their energy intake while they are growing and developing, like, what are the implications there for…around their physical development, around puberty, around sexual development, all of those things? Do we know or do we just not know?Asher Larmie: I was gonna say, first of all, it's amazing how much we don't know. No one is interested in researching this. No one ever says, what are the risks of putting a child on this medication? You know, they look at the side effects of the medication, but no one's actually said, what happens to children if you put them on diet after diet, after diet when they're young?We know the answer to this question because we are, and we are of the generation. I'm 43 years old. I was on a diet when I was a kid. I know exactly what that did to me. I weight cycled and weight cycled and weight cycled and weight cycled. It messed with me mentally. It messed with my self-esteem, my self-worth, my confidence. Instead of helping me to trust my body, it did the opposite, it took away my relationship with my body, my relationship with food, all of these things, like, it completely messed with that. So that's from a kind of like psychological point of view. But from a, from a physical point of view with these particular drugs, we don't know. We're not just worried about malabsorption. You're not getting enough nutrients if you're not eating enough food. That's, that's hugely problematic. Right? Laura Thomas: Yeah. And I know you, you say we don't know, but I think. We have a good sense, right? Like we can infer. What we would imagine would probably happen, like you say, if, if you don't have enough nutrition, if you have deficiencies. What I'm thinking about in particular is bone health and how can, you know, while you're still trying to achieve peak bone mass? You are then putting people at risk, children at risk for falls and fractures and you know, osteoporosis as they get older.Asher Larmie: Osteoporosis, anemia, you know, all sorts of things. Also gastrointestinal problems. So we are looking at things like, you know, irritable bowel syndrome and stuff that, you know, you, you mess around with the gut cos this drug, like I said…Laura Thomas: That's what you're doing. Asher Larmie: This drug impacts your appetite centres, but it also impacts your gut itself. So you're gonna mess, you know, we're talking sort of gut function and motility issues. And this is the thing that like, you know, most concerns me out of everything is, you are messing with a healthy pancreas. Now if you understand the insulin pathway, what happens with insulin is that when we ate food, sugar, insulin is released because of this incretin, right? The incretin from the gut, the GLP1 comes along, tells the pancreas: Hey, there's food here. Laura Thomas: You need to process it. Asher Larmie: And, and it goes, woo, I'm gonna release lots of insulin. So that's the pancreas and insulin. Insulin is like a key. If you put the key into the lock and you turn the lock that you open the door. Sugar can go from the blood where it's, you know, currently sitting, into the cell, which can then be used as energy for the cell, or can be stored to be used later. So you need the sugar to go from the blood, where it's useless, into the cell, where it's needed and insulin is the key. Now over time some people develop something called insulin resistance. Because you're overproducing insulin, and that's one of the first things that happen is we start overproducing insulin. Nobody knows why. It's probably genetic. You start overproducing insulin. So now there's lots and lots and lots of keys, constantly trying to turn locks and eventually the, the locks become a bit faulty, right? You keep messing around with the locks after a while, locks, you know, stop working as well. So now you can't open the door to get into the cell so there's more sugar in the blood. And eventually when you have enough sugar in the blood, you develop a condition called Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes. At the same time, because of all this stuff that's happening, the pancreas is panicking. I keep releasing insulin, but there's still loads of sugar in the blood. What's going on? So the pancreas does what, like, you know, like what Jewish mothers do, you know? It's like, let's just keep going. It doesn't stop to think. Mm. I wonder what's going on. No, no, no. Just,  let's just keep doing the same thing and let's just… Laura Thomas: It overworks itself.Asher Larmie: Yeah. It becomes exhausted. As any organ would. After a while it becomes knackered. We call it pancreatic exhaustion. At that point in time, you are also going to, it's also gonna have implications and you'll develop Type 2 Diabetes. So here's my thing. This drug is making you secrete lots and lots of insulin. Because like you said, it's fake incretin, so you're injecting it into your skin. All of a sudden you have lots more of this, you know, a mimic of this hormone in your blood at all times. So your body starts producing more and more insulin. Now as it produces more and more insulin. If you're a diabetic, this is great cos you need the insulin. But if you are not a diabetic, you're producing all of this insulin. Keep producing it, keep producing, keep producing. Isn't it possible, theoretically, that you could actually be speeding up the process of insulin resistance? And so what you could be doing is you could be speeding up the process of developing Type 2 Diabetes. So isn't it possible - and it's just the theory cos there's no evidence. But isn't it possible that, if we give a 12 year old this drug and they take it for say, five years, because by that point in time they'll be allowed to take for five years, they've taken it five years and then they start to develop insulin resistance, and maybe by the time they're in their twenties they've got quite profound insulin resistance and then they get diabetes at 26 say, and people think, gosh, diabetes at 26, that's quite young, but you know, they are fat, so it's their fault they've been fat, so they were kids, so it's their fault.This would be…it wouldn't surprise me and we wouldn't be able to do anything about it by then. So I'm not saying that this drug is going to cause diabetes. I'm just saying that it is theoretically possible that it could cause diabetes because excess of insulin is the first step of insulin resistance and diabetes progression.So this is really worrying and nobody is addressing this. It also interferes with the cholesterol pathway and all sorts of other things. So my worry is that it's actually making things worse rather than better. Laura Thomas: And it sounds as though Novo Nordisk are not asking those questions.Asher Larmie: There's no mention of this anywhere in their literature, I have to say. Nobody's asking, and this is what I can't understand. right. I'm a GP. I am not an expert. There must be people out there who understand the process of insulin resistance and they're thinking, Hmm, logically this makes sense. I wonder if we need to look into it. But I never hear anyone talk about it.And I remember the first time. I brought it up with Greg Dodell, who is an endocrinologist. I remember the first time I said, are we not worried about this? And he was like, no, of course not. Because you know it, it reduces insulin resistance. And I was like, no, no, no. It, it reduces insulin resistance in diabetics, but what about in healthy people long term? Shouldn't we be worried about this? And I remember at one point in time Greg going, oh. No one, no one said this before. I was like, why is no one talking about this? But nobody is, and that's just one of my many concerns. It also causes pancreatitis, acute pancreatitis. Which is a life-threatening condition.There's no evidence that causes pancreatic cancer. I just wanna point out, but we also don't have enough long-term data to say whether it does or it doesn't. So that is an absolute, we couldn't say, you know, we couldn't possibly comment. Laura Thomas: Even, you know, regardless of what the long term implications are, which..obviously there is not enough research going on to establish that, but even the short term impacts on children, you know, again, some of those side effects that were reported in the study we were talking about were gallbladder problems, gallstones, low blood pressure, itching, rash, like all kinds of side effects on top of the nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, headache, abdominal pain, all these other things. And I just… there is no rationale that I think you could convince me of where that is a good idea, to subject children to that. And you know, and that's without knowing the answers to…what about their growth? What impact is this gonna have on their development? Without knowing any of that. Asher Larmie: When we are making a recommendation, right, there's two things we look at. Number one is the quality of the evidence. The quality of the evidence here is shit. The second thing we have to understand is, are the benefits, do the benefits far outweigh the risks?If the benefits don't outweigh the risks, or if the benefits are sort of similar to the risks then we shouldn't be recommending this, this, any medication. Not only is the evidence shit, but there are no proven benefits apart from temporary weight loss. And there are so many risks. Some of them hypothetical, but as you say, some of them very real and very immediate.So if that's the case, there is never a reason to give this drug to a child, never, ever, ever, especially because, yes, they are able to consent, but only if they're given all of the information and aren't being pressured into it by external, external people and, and unfortunately they just won't have that ability. They won't have the agency over their body to say, no, I know I'm fat, but I'm not taking this medication. Most of them won't feel that way. So no, I don't think…we have a consent issue here. We have all sorts of issues. Laura Thomas: I think it's an important point is that kids are gonna feel pressured into it, both from medical anti-fat bias, as well as just anti-fat bias that is everywhere, that they're gonna feel from their peers, that they're gonna feel from their parents, that they're gonna feel from teachers. Yeah. Like, I can also understand why this drug is so attractive to so many people if it reduces the stigma that they're experiencing. Even if it is temporary and even if it has a really high price tag associated with it.Speaking of price tags, The Guardian reported earlier this month that Novo Nordisk, so the company that makes Wegovy, paid more than £21.7 million to UK health experts and organisations in just three years, according to Disclosure UK records. And then several of those experts and organizations went on to make submissions to NICE, supporting the drug's approval for use in adults. It just, again, shows you that enormous conflict of interest within Novo Nordisk. But like we said before, the, the writing's kind of on the wall in terms of this getting pushed through NICE. And, you know, being incorporated into NICE guidelines.What does that process look like from here? Like what happens between now and then? And you know, how can we intercept, you know, where do we submit evidence and submit concerns and ask these questions? Can we even do that? Or is this just gonna go through? Asher Larmie: The can we is tricky actually. It's not the kind of process where you can get involved as as easy as you'd like to.Laura Thomas: It's not like a public consultation, basically. Asher Larmie: It's not. What will happen is that NICE has to make a decision about whether they're going to look into it first. And then they will form a guidelines committee. NICE will have a group of…it doesn't have to be doctors. It'll be, uh, experts. And some of them will be more interested in data and some of them will be interested in finances and some of them will be doctors and not necessarily pediatricians or endocrinologists. They could be psychiatrists, they could be anything. And they're just members of the panel. So you get this little guideline committee and then you've got your stakeholders. And so there will be certain groups that will be invited to partake. Obviously Novo Nordisk is gonna be… Laura Thomas: At the table.Asher Larmie: …doing the big presentation. In the adult one we had Ob*sity UK, a charity that is funded by Novo Nordisk. We had another ob*sity charity, whose name I can't quite remember, but again, is funded by Novo Nordisk. We had Professor John Wilding, who is the lead author of the Step 1 trial, the Wegovy Trial who has been paid countless times… Laura Thomas: Handsomely. Asher Larmie: Handsomely by Novo Nordisk. And that was basically it. There was nobody not representing, Novo Nordisk. And so they go through like you know, the beginning and people were asked to submit evidence and then you know, there are questions and then they have to submit more evidence and then they have the draft guidelines.And there is probably a time when you can get involved and register your concerns. But I don't think it's open to the public. I don't believe, to my knowledge, that it's open to the public. I think that if this does happen, we are going to have to consciously, and by we, I mean the kind of people who are, you know, advocating against this drug being used in children are going to have to consciously get together and find a way to get involved in this process.I wasn't with it enough when NICE was looking at Wegovy, it was too early on. It wasn't far enough into my sort of, I guess, deliverance… Laura Thomas: Activism. Asher Larmie: Deliverance, I would say more! From, from diet culture and weight stigma, but certainly this time around we're gonna have to do something about it. It's absolutely unacceptable, but to be honest, I would like it not to get that far.The Guardian, the Observer, have been writing a few political pieces about the politics of Novo Nordisk. And they have in the UK had a bit of a slap on the wrist. I don't think they're taking it very seriously. I don't think they're worried about it, but they have been caught doing some very unethical things. We're not surprised. They are very aggressive in their marketing campaign. And you know the, how much did you say it was? 20 million.Laura Thomas: Yeah, 21.7 million.Asher Larmie: It's nothing compared to how much they spent in America. That was 150 million or something. Like, it's nothing. I'm not going to, for one second defend my colleagues cos I don't have time for that. But I do think a lot of them will have been going to weight management courses, conferences, and conferences, whatever. And not realised that because, because Novo Nordisk was not outspoken. They weren't like, we are Novo Nordisk and we are presenting this data to you. They ran these courses without telling them yeah, that they were running these courses.And so a lot of my colleagues are fanatical about this drug and also, again, most of my colleagues learn a lot of medicine from reading the Sun and the Daily Mail, and maybe not the Sun or the Daily Mail. Maybe my colleagues are too high brow for that. You know? They're far too snobby to read the Sun or the Daily Mail. But they're reading it in the paper. They're reading their stuff in the paper. They're not reading.Laura Thomas:  They're reading, like, Henry Dimbleby talk about ultra processed food. Like yeah, he knows what the fuck he's talking about. Asher Larmie: How many, how many fat people have gone to see a doctor and they've been recommended, oh, you should try keto because, you know, that worked for my uncle, or something stupid like that.Like, you know, doctors really have no clue when it comes to nutrition, when it comes to -quote unquote- weight. Um, what do they call it? Laura Thomas: Weight management. Asher Larmie: Weight Management, right? So they just say stuff, they repeat stuff they've read in the papers. So they've all got it in this head that this is a miracle drug because of this beautiful PR campaign.Now, if I worked in public relations, I would be massively impressed. But as a doctor who is conscious of the fact that this drug is going to massively harm children and is already massively harming adults, I am horrified that this is the society that we live in. So we have to do something about this. We really do. But all we can do is educate at the moment, because I don't know how much more political power we have.Laura Thomas: I'm counting on you, basically Asher, to send up the bat signal and when it's time for us to fuck shit up, just let me knowAsher Larmie: We're keeping a close eye. Again, shout out to Reagan. She's amazing and she has been keeping on top of what's happening in the UK, and the politics with no, because obviously, Reagan, I, I learn a lot of, I learned most of my stuff from Reagan, but there are a group of us around the world that are doing whatever we can to, to shed some light on the very dark, underhanded dealings of this company.And because she's keeping abreast of what's happening in the UK, the one good thing I can say about it's the UK is that it's a lot more out in the open. Yes. You know, the FDA, it's all done behind closed doors and there's, there's no legislation, there's no, there's no legal requirements to do things a certain way.But if you've noticed the ABPI, which stands for something to do with pharmaceutical industry and their main organisation, has kicked Novo Nordisk out and given them a really, you know, has given them a telling off because of the ethics, because of what they've done and how unethical it's been.So this is my point. I think we also need to be exposing them for the fraudsters that they are. And anyone and everyone can do that. My friend Jeanette, who is The Mindset Nutritionist, she just wrote a Substack newsletter where there was an article, uh, that was in the papers last week about how, how much fat people are costing the NHS.Laura Thomas: I saw this.. Asher Larmie: Yeah And Jeanette basically is like, she talked about it and at the end she was like, oh, by the way, this person's funded by Novo Nordisk. And it's like, oh, there you go. You can find Novo's name anytime you try and look into it. So, you know, if you're sitting at home thinking, what can I do about this? Feel free to do a little bit of sleuthing, like Googling by yourself and try, just try and find the name, Novo Nordisk. Google the name of the doctor that's quoted in the article, and then Google Novo Nordisk  and see where you can find the connections. Cause I think the more we bring attention to this, the, the more we expose these fraudsters for who they are.Laura Thomas: Right? Any investigative journalists listening. You know, hit Asher up. Asher Larmie: Yeah. I'm totally on board. That's it. I'll give you my number.Laura Thomas: What you're saying is that we, we need to kind of make a noise about how unethical and dubious all of this is. And, and how devastating this could be if it, if it goes through, so yes.Okay, well, we'll see how this all plays out. If you haven't signed up to Reagan's newsletter and Jeanette's newsletter, I'll make sure that I've linked to both of those in the show notes so that you, you know, we can watch out for developments. And of course I'll link to Asher's social media and everything so you can, you can follow his work as well.Asher Larmie: I am in the process of bringing out a book about this. So if you're interested in finding out a little bit more, it's a little ebook, everything that we've talked about, but in much more detail. So, yeah, keep your eye out.Laura Thomas: All right, Asher, to wrap up at the end of every episode, we share what we have been snacking on.So it can be an actual, literal snack if you want, or just something that you've been really vibing on, something you're really interested in and you wanna share with the audience, a book, a podcast, whatever. What do you have for us? Asher Larmie: Mine's a book. It's called, It Was Always Ours by Jessica Wilson.Laura Thomas: Oh, yeah. We had Jessica on the podcast talking about her book.Asher Larmie: Oh, oh. Well then I'm not bringing any new revelation. I dunno what she said, but I absolutely love this book.Laura Thomas: You can give it a plug and I'll link, I'll link to the episode as well.Asher Larmie: It's such a good book. It's great. I found it a very easy book to read. You know like sometimes when you read non-fiction books, it feels heavyLaura Thomas: There's so many like pop culture references, that I think it just make it feel really like relatable and understandable. She digs into Goop. That's brilliant. Asher Larmie: And it's funny! Really funny. Really funny. Like it keep, it keeps you laughing until the end.There was like one chapter at the end where she's talking about goop, where I was literally rolling around giggling. It's a really insightful book when it comes to just how anti-fatness has played out, especially within the black community. Cause it's a, it's a book written by a black woman for black people, for black women.But I think there's so much to learn from reading this book, so cannot plug this book enough. Love it, love it, love it, love it, love it. And I think I've read it three times now. .Laura Thomas: Oh wow. Okay. So you're a Stan.Asher Larmie: Re-snacking. Re-snacking on it.Laura Thomas: I love it. Yeah, no, Jessica is great. And I'll link to the episode that we had her on cos it was a really good conversation. All right, so my thing, little less high brow than Jessica's book. I was telling you before we started recording that tomorrow is my kid's third birthday. And so over the weekend we put up his birthday tree. A birthday tree - for people who have not been following my Instagram stories over the past couple of years - is a Christmas tree. Except it's pink and covered in fake snow that I put up for my birthday, my husband's birthday and Avery's birthday. And I just think it's the most fun tradition, we have, like all his little birthday presents underneath it, and it kind of gets you in like the birthday spirit. And I'll put probably some like little lights and stuff on it. So yeah, I have this giant fucking pink Christmas tree in my living room and it's so festive and cheery. Do you wanna see it? Should I show?Asher Larmie: Yeah. No, but is it like a…oh my gosh. It's like a full size. I was thinking like a little mini one.Laura Thomas: No, no, it's like…yeahAsher Larmie: And look at all those presents. Laura Thomas: I know. Asher Larmie: How did you manage to keep those unwrapped, like, you know, they're sitting under the tree not being messed with, I don't think my kids would've been that sensible.Laura Thomas: Well…Yeah. I don't know. Actually, I think that next year we'll probably have a bigger problem. He's like, he's pretty chill. Like he'll..I think.. he does ask can we open them? And, and we're like, no. Well, it's your, it's, it's not quite your birthday yet, but yeah. If it was me, I'd be in, I'd be like pushing… like, what's this? What's this?Asher Larmie: Little tear in the wrapping.Laura Thomas: Peeking in between the wrapping paper. My snack, what I'm snacking on is birthday trees and I think everyone should get involved in this tradition. Asher, can you let everybody know where they can find you and your work online?Asher Larmie: Yes, head to fatdoctor.co.uk and there you will find not only my socials, but all of the classes that I'm running, all of the courses that I'm running. I do one-to-one consulting. If and when the book…the book will come out and when it comes out, you'll be able to see it all on my website. So I think that's probably the central place. I'm also on Instagram, but like I said, if you go to fatdoctor.co.uk, you'll be able to find me on all my socials as well.Laura Thomas: We are gonna link to all of your places on the internet in the show notes anyway, so people will be able to, to find you. Thank you so much for coming and having what I think is a really important conversation.You know, I think the media are presenting one side of the story. Like you said, there's a couple of journalists who are doing some sleuthing and that's really good work, but it's not going far enough. And I think we need to alert parents, teachers, other doctors, medical people to the really concerning dark underbelly of, you know, the Novo Nordisk, Wegovy Industrial complex, whatever you wanna call it.Asher Larmie: Yeah. Well said. Laura Thomas: So thank you. Thank you so much, Asher. Asher Larmie: Thank you.Laura Thomas: Thanks so much for listening to the Can I Have Another Snack? podcast. 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Jessica Wilson, MS., RD, is a dietitian, accomplished author, and dedicated community organizer. As a Black, queer woman, she championed much-needed conversations about racial inequities in the Health At Every Size® and Intuitive Eating communities. Join us as Jessica takes a stand against the American Academy of Pediatrics new guidelines on kids' weight and engages in a compelling discussion about the intricate connections between racism and diet culture.

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Media often tends to focus on and center emaciated, thin, young white adolescents who are hospitalized due to medical complications of malnourishment when speaking on the topic of eating disorders. We don't often hear stories of Black girls with anorexia, Black men struggling with body image, Black families and the impact of these narrow stereotypes on limiting care and life-saving access to care. Today's episode was recorded almost half a year ago, but it still rings so important. Mimi talks with Dr. Erikka Dzirasa, MD about messages we received around mental health growing up and our work as Black healthcare providers in the eating disorder field. *The title was tricky for me to think about, I wanted to capture how Black children experience eating disorders because the narrative is lacking. I also wanted to capture that little Black girls and Black men and non-binary and trans Black people experience eating disorders. Blackness and eating disorders aren't mutually exclusive. I landed on Black Young Girls because that is the experience I can speak to the most and we need more voices. And also, one podcast episode doesn't capture the whole Black experience of eating disorders, there is so much complexity. So just narrowing in on some aspects here. I've also since read the book, It's Always Been Ours by Jessica Wilson, MS, RD, which has been absolutely incredible, I highly recommend reading! We talk about.. Black families and eating disorder care Messages prominent in many Black families around mental health The need for more representation within the field of eating disorder care How stereotypes lead to lack of early diagnosis and are life-threatening Dr. Dzirasa's leadership positions within Arise and Project HEAL, and the importance of diversity within organizations providing care Erikka Dzirasa, MD, MPH, DFAACAP is a double-board certified Child and Adult Psychiatrist who brings more than 10 years of deep expertise in eating disorders and mental health since first seeking out specialized training while in Duke University's residency and fellowship programs. She previously served as the Medical Director of an Eating Disorders specialty hospital system, leading policy and program development to deliver high-quality, effective care in their intensive outpatient (IOP) and partial hospitalization programs (PHP), residential and inpatient units for people living with eating disorders. Erikka is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of Project HEAL, a leading eating disorder nonprofit breaking down systemic barriers and providing education and supportive resources to people of all identities and background experiencing eating disorders. She is a partner in Catalyst Therapeutic Services, a private practice in Durham, NC and a Consulting Associate at Duke University Medical Center. As a mental health advocate, she also serves on the Race, Ethnicity and Equity committee for the North Carolina Psychiatric Association, and is the immediate Past President of the North Carolina Council of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Dzirasa earned her Bachelor of Science at Spelman College, Master of Public Health in Health Care and Leadership at UNC Chapel Hill, and her Doctor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. She is also a certified yoga instructor.  Find Dr. Dzirasa at: IG: @dr.erikka Arise: www.wearearise.com/about Find Mimi at: Main IG: @the.lovelybecoming Podcast IG: @lovelybecomingpodcast Website: www.mimi-cole.com

I'm joined by Jessica Wilson, MS, RD, and Author of It's Always Been Ours. We're talking about why “dismantling diet culture” isn't enough, how ideas like “intuitive eating” can cause harm, and the conversations we really need to be having to make systemic change. We also talk about the relationship between anti-fatness and anti-Blackness and why perhaps GOOP isn't the worst thing. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/264 In this episode, we talk about: - How Jessica got into this work and how it led to her book, - The need to address the functions of disordered eating as a societal and structural problem, - How she sees intuitive eating causing harm, - How Black women are hyper-visible yet invisible, - That Black women are underrepresented in eating disorder research, - Her experience at the Goop summit versus Harvard Public Health, - Plus so much more! Get the shownotes: summerinnanen.com/264 Get the free 10-Day Body Confidence Makeover with 10 steps to feel better in your body at summerinnanen.com/freebies If you're a professional who has clients or students that struggle with body image, get the Body Image Coaching Roadmap for professionals at summerinnanen.com/roadmap

You've heard us grapple with how diet culture has impacted us and shaped how we feed our families, but is talk of diet culture, body positivity, and intuitive eating a distraction from understanding the structures and systems of oppression (or worse: a tool that reinforces those structures and systems)? We talk to Jessica Wilson, MS, RD, and author It's Always Been Ours, to start unpacking this question — and more.Links from this episodeAll about Jessica WilsonJessica's book, It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's BodiesJessica on Instagram, @jessicawilson.msrdBelly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun L. Harrison The AAP childhood obesity guidelines, “Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity”Find out how to become a supporting member to also get access to our recipes + bonus episodes: https://didntijustfeedyou.com/communityAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this thought-provoking and illuminating episode of Black Health 365, Britt and Jackie explore food insecurity and body image. The duo welcomes clinical dietitian Jessica Wilson as they candidly discuss eating disorders, food deserts, and public health information that have historically and intentionally affected black communities. Jessica Wilson is a clinical dietitian, consultant, and author. Jessica's work has been featured on public radio shows and in print media, including the New York Times, Bustle, and Cronkite News. She is the co-creator of the Amplify Melanated Voices challenge that went viral in 2020.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to This Is Not About Your Body! This week I talked with Jessica Wilson, who is a dietician, community organizer, and the author of the book "It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies". We discuss Jessica's unique approach to being a dietitian and have a conversation about culture and what things can impact our health and wellbeing. Find more from Jessica on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and her website: https://www.instagram.com/jessicawilson.msrd/ https://twitter.com/jessicawilsonRD https://www.tiktok.com/@byjessicawilson https://www.jessicawilsonmsrd.com/ My e-book is out! Grab a copy of Sustainable Movement here: https://www.jessikneeland.com/product-page/sustainable-movement-a-body-neutral-guide-to-health-fitness Intro to the 4 Body Image Avatars: https://youtu.be/SsxQ9qO0-a4 Get my full Body Image Avatar Guide here: https://www.jessikneeland.com/product-page/the-avatar-guide Find more resources here: https://jessikneeland.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessikneeland/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jessikneeland Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dgrRFaBYO

We talk with Jessica Wilson, MS, RDN (she/her), a clinical dietitian, consultant and author, whose experiences navigating the dietetic fields as a Black, queer dietitian have been featured on public radio shows and in print media, including the New York Times, Bustle, and Cronkite News. Jessica has worked as a clinical dietitian since 2007 and is acutely aware of how both the public health and medical framing of “healthy eating” and “obesity” has contributed to disordered eating and self blame. She speaks openly and candidly about the harm caused to people by designating individual identities and bodies as risk factors, rather than targeting the structural inequities and violence that marginalized individuals must endure and which contribute to whether we fall into the social construction of Health. In this episode we talk about the unique experiences of black, fat, queer women in wellness, the racist origins of diet culture, and Jessica's take on intuitive eating.   This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/FORK and get on your way to being your best self.    If you want to take ownership of your health, today is a good time to start. Athletic Greens is giving you a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Go to athleticgreens.com/FORK. That's athleticgreens.com/FORK.  

DeRay, De'Ara, Kaya, and Myles cover the underreported news of the week — including , a handgun that fires itself, a study that finds Black people live longer with access to Black doctors, big potential for the upcoming Freaknik documentary, and a Black man that fought for liberation in Australia. Kaya interviews clinical dietician Jessica Wilson, MS, RD about her new book It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies.NewsClarence Thomas has for years claimed income from a defunct real estate firmDeRay Popular handgun fires without anyone pulling the trigger, victims sayDe'Ara A Black Man Went to Australia for Gold, Then Stood Up for Democracy Myles Here's Why Hulu's Upcoming Freaknik Documentary Is Making Some Black Folks NervousKaya In counties with more Black doctors, Black people live longer, ‘astonishing' study finds

Jessica Wilson, is a co-creator of the Amplify Melanated Voices challenge that went viral in 2020. She is a clinical dietitian, consultant and author, whose experiences navigating the dietetic fields as a Black, queer dietitian have been featured on public radio shows and in print media, including the New York Times, Bustle, and Cronkite News. Jessica has worked as a clinical dietitian since 2007 and is acutely aware of how both the public health and medical framing of “healthy eating” and “obesity” has contributed to disordered eating and self-blame. Jessica co-hosted My Black Body Podcast, which changed the conversation about who has eating disorders and how treatment fails so many people. Her book, It's Always Been Ours; Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies was published on February 7, 2023, and we can't wait to talk all about it today on CTN with JD Fuller. What You Will Hear:Who decides what size you are and what is healthy for you?Questioning her educationIntegrating therapy and nutrition. Identity developmentWhite Supremacy, redlining and accessWhat we can do to help. NormingVeganism and what is truly considered best for individualsIndividuality in collective culturesQuotes:“I really want people to have different perspectives on what it means to be be healthy.”“It's challenging to have people embrace their culture when it has turned on them.”“Only eating when you're hungry for physiological needs is the same concept as having sex only for procreation.“Food is the source of happiness.“MentionedInstagramTiktokJessicaWilsonMSRD.comTwitter

A conversation with dietician Jessica Wilson about what we get wrong when we focus on weight.

Jessica Wilson, is a co-creator of the Amplify Melanated Voices challenge that went viral in 2020. She is a clinical dietitian, consultant and author, whose experiences navigating the dietetic fields as a Black, queer dietitian have been featured on public radio shows and in print media, including the New York Times, Bustle, and Cronkite News. Jessica has worked as a clinical dietitian since 2007 and is acutely aware of how both the public health and medical framing of “healthy eating” and “obesity” has contributed to disordered eating and self-blame. Jessica co-hosted My Black Body Podcast, which changed the conversation about who has eating disorders and how treatment fails so many people. Her book, It's Always Been Ours; Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies was published on February 7, 2023, and we can't wait to talk all about it today on CTN with JD Fuller. What You Will Hear:Jessica's background and what helped develop her self imageDietetics and therapyNeurodivergenceRegionality and intersectionalityPassion and purpose behind her bookPlastic surgery and black women's bodiesThe term obeseRacismQuotes:.”My blackness was by far my most salient identity in a lot of the work that I was doing,”“Black women's body stories have been written by whiteness.”“You're telling us from a very young age that we need to be worried about our eminent demise. But that's not because of me, it's because of medical racism. It's about white supremacy, it's about trauma and toxic stress.”MentionedInstagramTiktokJessicaWilsonMSRD.comTwitter

In our weekly “Producers' Picks” episode we bring you highlights of recent important interviews with: Dietitian and consultant Jessica Wilson, Black Boys Read Too co-founders Jelicia Jimenez and Ruqayyah Simmons and local Buffalo artist and entrepreneur Aitina Fareed-Cooke.

Jessica Wilson, dietician and author of "It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies" joins us to discuss food apartheid, how eating disorder frameworks fail BIPOC, why her version of vulnerability has nothing to do with Brene Brown's, and how white supremacy deeply impacts what we eat and how we see our bodies. If you eat food and have a body, this is a must-listen!   Order Jessica's book here.   Follow her on IG here.    This episode is brought to you by Magic Mind, the "World's first productivity drink."    Go to www.magicmind.co/kinswomen to get 56% off a subscription, or 20% off a single purchase with code KINSWOMEN20.

Today Virginia is chatting with Jessica Wilson, MS, RD. Jessica is a dietitian and community organizer who co-created the #amplifymelanatedvoices challenge which went viral in 2020. She is also the author of It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies which came out in February. If you are someone who has been in the anti-diet, intuitive eating, Health at Every Size spaces for a while, this conversation may give you some really big questions to sit with—it definitely did for me. If you're newer to these spaces, I hope that this work helps you feel more welcome and more seen. And remember, if you order It's Always Been Ours from the Burnt Toast Bookshop, you can get 10 percent off that purchase if you also preorder (or have already preordered!) Fat Talk! (Just use the code FATTALK at checkout.)If you want more conversations like this one, please rate and review us in your podcast player! And become a paid Burnt Toast subscriber to get all of Virginia's reporting and bonus subscriber-only episodes. And don't forget to preorder! Fat Talk: Parenting In the Age of Diet Culture comes out April 25, 2023 from Henry Holt. You can preorder your signed copy from Virginia's favorite independent bookstore, Split Rock Books (they ship anywhere in the US!). Or order it from your independent bookstore, or from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Target, or Kobo or anywhere else you like to buy books. And! You can now preorder the audio book from Libro.fm or Audible.Disclaimer: Virginia is a journalist and human with a lot of informed opinions. Virginia is not a nutritionist, therapist, doctor, or any kind of health care provider. The conversation you're about to hear and all of the advice and opinions she gives are just for entertainment, information, and education purposes only. None of this is a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice.BUTTER & OTHER LINKSJessica's Instagram: @Jessicawilson.msrd. Jessica's TikTok: byJessicaWilson.Critiquing the Health at Every Size communitySabrina StringsDa'Shaun Harrisonyet another women's magazine story about Ozempicintuitive eating and chocolate cakethe kid who can enjoy Oreosnecklace extenders for fat necks! CREDITSThe Burnt Toast Podcast is produced and hosted by Virginia Sole-Smith. Follow Virginia on Instagram or Twitter.Burnt Toast transcripts and essays are edited and formatted by Corinne Fay, who runs @SellTradePlus, an Instagram account where you can buy and sell plus size clothing.The Burnt Toast logo is by Deanna Lowe.Our theme music is by Jeff Bailey and Chris Maxwell.Tommy Harron is our audio engineer.Thanks for listening and for supporting independent anti-diet journalism. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com/subscribe

How do you maintain a healthy self image when almost all of the media you consume feeds a narrative that leaves you out of what is centered as good for you and the “ideal”? Felicia and Ivy chat with clinical dietitian, author, and activist Jessica Wilson to discuss body image and the harsh effects mainstream diet culture has on people of color in particular. Guest Infojessicawilsonmsrd.com@jessicawilson.msrdOn sale now!!It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting The Stories Of Black Women's Bodies  "Chile, Please", an NAACP Image Award nominated podcast, is brought to you by HONEY CHILE Entertainment, an independent, boutique media & entertainment company run by Black women. We speak with love to an underserved audience: Black women 40 and over; or "Honeys", as we like to call them. We're not just bringing our own seats; we're building our own damn table too. Follow us at @itshoneychile on IG and Twitter. Keep up with new episodes and exclusive content by signing up for our newsletter at www.honey-chile.com.If you want more exclusive access to all that we're building at HONEY CHILE, consider becoming a HONEY Insider at www.honey-chile.com/honey-insider.

Episode 8 features yet another one of Asher's amazing friends (yes, they are starting to boast a little, and it is getting annoying).  This time it's Ross Anderson Doherty, who is a performer, teacher and director of the Cabaret Supper Club in the heart of Belfast.  You may know them from their instagram account @craicwithrossy, which is where Asher first fell in love with them.  Together they share their love of Jessica Wilson's book "IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OURS: REWRITING THE HISTORY OF BLACK WOMEN'S BODIES" (as much as any two fat white non binary Wilson fans can) as well as a host of other important issues. Together Ross and Asher discuss some of the complexities of navigating the world in FAT TRANS bodies, proving that the best kind of fat has always been the trans fat (it's just got a bit of a bad reputation is all). If you enjoy this podcast and would like to support Asher so that they can continue making them, you can join them on Patreon. If you fancy connecting with other like-minded people in a safe and non judgmental environment, then why not join their Facebook group the ‘Friends of The Fat Doctor'? You can also check out their webiste or find them on all the usual social media channels including Instagram, Twitter and Tik Tok.

In It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies (Hachette Go, 2023) eating disorder specialist and storyteller Jessica Wilson challenges us to rethink what having a "good" body means in contemporary society. By centering the bodies of Black women in her cultural discussions of body image, food, health, and wellness, Wilson argues that we can interrogate white supremacy's hold on us and reimagine the ways we think about, discuss, and tend to our bodies. A narrative that spans the year of racial reckoning (that wasn't), It's Always Been Ours is an incisive blend of historical documents, contemporary writing, and narratives of clients, friends, and celebrities that examines the politics of body liberation. Wilson argues that our culture's fixation on thin, white women reinscribes racist ideas about Black women's bodies and ways of being in the world as "too much." For Wilson, this white supremacist, capitalist undergirding in wellness movements perpetuates a culture of respectability and restriction that force Black women to perform unhealthy forms of resilience and strength at the expense of their physical and psychological needs. With just the right mix of wit, levity, and wisdom, Wilson shows us how a radical reimagining of body narratives is a prerequisite to well-being. It's Always Been Ours is a love letter that celebrates Black women's bodies and shows us a radical and essential path forward to rediscovering their vulnerability and joy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

In It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies (Hachette Go, 2023) eating disorder specialist and storyteller Jessica Wilson challenges us to rethink what having a "good" body means in contemporary society. By centering the bodies of Black women in her cultural discussions of body image, food, health, and wellness, Wilson argues that we can interrogate white supremacy's hold on us and reimagine the ways we think about, discuss, and tend to our bodies. A narrative that spans the year of racial reckoning (that wasn't), It's Always Been Ours is an incisive blend of historical documents, contemporary writing, and narratives of clients, friends, and celebrities that examines the politics of body liberation. Wilson argues that our culture's fixation on thin, white women reinscribes racist ideas about Black women's bodies and ways of being in the world as "too much." For Wilson, this white supremacist, capitalist undergirding in wellness movements perpetuates a culture of respectability and restriction that force Black women to perform unhealthy forms of resilience and strength at the expense of their physical and psychological needs. With just the right mix of wit, levity, and wisdom, Wilson shows us how a radical reimagining of body narratives is a prerequisite to well-being. It's Always Been Ours is a love letter that celebrates Black women's bodies and shows us a radical and essential path forward to rediscovering their vulnerability and joy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies (Hachette Go, 2023) eating disorder specialist and storyteller Jessica Wilson challenges us to rethink what having a "good" body means in contemporary society. By centering the bodies of Black women in her cultural discussions of body image, food, health, and wellness, Wilson argues that we can interrogate white supremacy's hold on us and reimagine the ways we think about, discuss, and tend to our bodies. A narrative that spans the year of racial reckoning (that wasn't), It's Always Been Ours is an incisive blend of historical documents, contemporary writing, and narratives of clients, friends, and celebrities that examines the politics of body liberation. Wilson argues that our culture's fixation on thin, white women reinscribes racist ideas about Black women's bodies and ways of being in the world as "too much." For Wilson, this white supremacist, capitalist undergirding in wellness movements perpetuates a culture of respectability and restriction that force Black women to perform unhealthy forms of resilience and strength at the expense of their physical and psychological needs. With just the right mix of wit, levity, and wisdom, Wilson shows us how a radical reimagining of body narratives is a prerequisite to well-being. It's Always Been Ours is a love letter that celebrates Black women's bodies and shows us a radical and essential path forward to rediscovering their vulnerability and joy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

In It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies (Hachette Go, 2023) eating disorder specialist and storyteller Jessica Wilson challenges us to rethink what having a "good" body means in contemporary society. By centering the bodies of Black women in her cultural discussions of body image, food, health, and wellness, Wilson argues that we can interrogate white supremacy's hold on us and reimagine the ways we think about, discuss, and tend to our bodies. A narrative that spans the year of racial reckoning (that wasn't), It's Always Been Ours is an incisive blend of historical documents, contemporary writing, and narratives of clients, friends, and celebrities that examines the politics of body liberation. Wilson argues that our culture's fixation on thin, white women reinscribes racist ideas about Black women's bodies and ways of being in the world as "too much." For Wilson, this white supremacist, capitalist undergirding in wellness movements perpetuates a culture of respectability and restriction that force Black women to perform unhealthy forms of resilience and strength at the expense of their physical and psychological needs. With just the right mix of wit, levity, and wisdom, Wilson shows us how a radical reimagining of body narratives is a prerequisite to well-being. It's Always Been Ours is a love letter that celebrates Black women's bodies and shows us a radical and essential path forward to rediscovering their vulnerability and joy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

  In this week's episode, Bonnie is joined by Registered Dietitian, Jessica Wilson. Jessica is a clinical dietitian, consultant and author, whose experiences navigating the dietetic fields as a Black, queer dietitian have been featured on public radio shows and in print media, including the New York Times, Bustle, and Cronkite News. In today's episode Bonnie & Jessica will discuss:  How dismantling diet culture isn't enough; we need fat liberation  Use of the word fat & why there is a reclaiming of it Where the body positive movement falls short Benefits of moving towards fat liberation  Risks of not moving towards fat liberation  What's at the root of many weight gain fears  and so much more!  Connect with Jessica:  Website: jessicawilsonmsrd.com  Book: It's Always Been Ours; Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies Instagram: @jessicawilsonmsrd Instagram accounts mentioned in podcast:  @rds_for_neurodiversity  @whitneytrotter.rd @antiracistrd  Have you been listening to the podcast for a while & have found benefit from it? Leave an honest rating & review on Apple podcasts here.  Have a question you want answered on the podcast? Submit your questions at dietculturerebel.com/podcast. 

In this Episode Asher catches up with their Best. Friend. Kiesha (it's a private joke) in what was meant to be a review of Jessica Wilson's amazing debut book "IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OURS: REWRITING THE HISTORY OF BLACK WOMEN'S BODIES". Not quite the intellectual analysis that they had planned, this is essentially a conversation between two good friends, one of whom has to navigate the world as a Black Fat Woman. Kiesha shares her own experience of her body and adds to the already rich conversation that Wilson shares in her book. If you enjoy this podcast and would like to support Asher so that they can continue making them, you can join them on Patreon. If you fancy connecting with other like-minded people in a safe and non judgmental environment, then why not join their Facebook group the ‘Friends of The Fat Doctor'? You can also check out their webiste or find them on all the usual social media channels including Instagram, Twitter and Tik Tok.

Our current venue is completely sold out three weeks in advance... yes due to the starfall... thank you so much for understanding!   Thank you to all our wonderful patrons who help us to grow the show and keep us on the air!   Tianna Wimberley, Zella Rose, Silence Isn't Golden, Хацкелева Елена, Sony, Puckboum, Jamil Cook-Manns, Cold, Thomas Lucien, Shannon Mcguire, Elliot the Newt, Monty, Kylie, Romeo, Courtney (Kiki), Jessica Wilson, Kaleviv, Emily W, Lucky M, Mary S., Ankhefenra, Cait, Al, Molly Eldred, Kim Van de Putte, Sheki, Bren, Tegan, Marifa, KPratt, Camila Flores, Esra, Avery, Jordan Thuman, Cedar, Marland, Shahla, Melissa, Remy, Devon, Rhett, Lykoi, Essek, Melanie, Ally, Kayla Bella,The Beetle Bard, Oliver, Adjnor, Crayfish, Dskaia, Courtney, Orion Arthur, Eli, Valentina, Astrid, Artemis, Eskil Oakenshield, Tamara, Starlight, Auda, Cupid, Clover, Leon, Orpheus, Sparrow, Rowan Ash, Kenzie, Neerja, Max, Jay, Obsolete Goat, Cat, Nocturne, Ryn, Toby, Percy, Andy, Jordyn, Jasper, Karissa, Isela, Rayna, Keri, Potter, Max McNamara, Chelle, Monique, Paddy, Ennie, Eli, Pepper, Jacq, Acute Castle, Jessica, Fay, ItsOnlyTalea, Rowenoake, Jacqui, Eriol, Elliot C., Kaity, ItsOnlyTalea, starryspells, Leon, Mareike, Hannah, Ana, and Amy!!   Thank you all for your support and thank you for being a patron! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thestringsoffate We are an actual play, Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition party that upload our episodes weekly on podcasting platforms and YouTube on Fridays at 5pm EST! Check out our linktree to see our official social media! https://linktr.ee/TheStringsofFate​​ Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/RBZpcss5cv    Follow our cast and crew! Mikayla: https://twitter.com/supermikayla  Michelle: https://twitter.com/mushynacho  Chris: https://twitter.com/arcanegold Christian: https://twitter.com/xbowlcutdm   Daea: https://mobile.twitter.com/daezeeez  Karissa: https://twitter.com/k2_cosplay  Check out our stickers and Dice Vaults! SOFPOD MERCH AT THE LINK BELOW: https://www.shopdungeondepths.com/sofpod    Check out Dungeon Depths for quality gaming supplies, including apparel, stickers, handmade dice, and their BRAND NEW, handmade dice trays and dice coffins! Use the code SOFPOD at checkout for 10% off your purchase or in the comments of a commission for 10% off commissioned dice or dice trays! https://www.shopdungeondepths.com/shop​    This Episode is sponsored by Roll20 as a part of the Roll20 Spotlight program! Roll20 is a virtual tabletop that allows you to connect with your party on one easy to use website. Check them out at https://roll20.net/    ​Azzurum is played by Mikayla (@supermikayla) Lidara is played by Michelle (@mushynacho) Vincent is played by Chris (@arcanegold) Our Dungeon Master is Christian (@xbowlcutdm)   Content Warning: Due to the nature of the improvisation, the content displayed within may be considered uncomfortable or triggering to some viewers. This includes: gore, body horror, themes of depression, dissociation, and anxiety.   Music Credits: Mikayla Thompson Hunter Rogerson Kevin Macleod Derek and Brandon Fiechter Epidemic Sound Michaël Ghelfi YASUpochiGuitar Takashi Manuya   More detailed music credits can be found at the link below:  http://bit.ly/3aPK0MP​  https://bit.ly/3aWilZL    ADHD Supplement by the Dnd Disability Project: https://www.dnddisability.com/​ TWT: @dnddisability  

Jessica Wilson, author of the forthcoming book It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting The Story Of Black Women's Bodies, joins the pod to explore the ways in which white supremacy has influenced anti-fatness, the thin beauty ideal, and our current understanding of health and wellness.  This is SUCH an important conversation and imperative to truly understanding the body shame that permeates our society. In order to heal, we must be able to see clearly the social injustice that underpins the diet industry, the pursuit of weight-loss, and the ever-increasing prevalence of eating disorders. Jessica is fantastic, brilliant, and a much-needed voice in this space. Go order her book! Some of the topics we discuss: What's on Jessica's plate right now as an author(!!) and clinician Jessica's body story, her experience of medical weight stigma growing up, and how that impacted her relationship with food Disordered eating and diet culture in her dietetics education How Jessica found HAES and anti-diet work Intersectionality and centering black women in weight-inclusive work The history of how anti-blackness informs anti-fatness and diet culture Where and why intuitive eating can miss the mark when it comes to hunger, whiteness, and privilege Full Plate is listener-supported (no ads!) so please support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/fullplate Patreon is also home to the episode transcripts (which are publicly available to everyone, not just our patrons!). If you're looking for those, head over to Patreon.  Find the show on Instagram: @fullplate.podcast  Find Abbie on Instagram: @abbieattwoodwellness  Abbie's website: www.abbieattwoodwellness.com Apply for April group coaching: https://www.abbieattwoodwellness.com/group-coaching  Connect with Jessica on Instagram: @jessicawilson.msrd  Learn more about Jessica: https://www.jessicawilsonmsrd.com/  Order the book: https://www.jessicawilsonmsrd.com/itsalwaysbeenours 

In November 2012, a remarkable movement began. Indigenous people across Canada pledged that they'd be Idle No More. It was in response to proposed legislation that many believed would take the relationship between Indigenous people and Canada backwards. Bill C-45 would affect the Indian Act, the Navigable Waters Protection Act and the Environmental Protection Act. Thousands of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people took action. They used teach-ins, flash mob round dances and rallies to try and stop the bill. It was a resistance movement that shook a nation. And this year Idle No More is 10 years old. This week on Unreserved, we talk to those who were part of the movement to find out how the drum beat of Idle No More continues to reverberate in our hearts, our communities and around the world. Sylvia McAdam and Sheelah McLean are two of the founders of Idle No More. Along with Nina Wilson and Jessica Wilson, the four Saskatchewan women began to spread the word through social media and used teach-ins to educate people about the 400-page omnibus bill. Soon, the movement spread across the country and eventually around the world. Idle No More called out to Indigenous people to rise and Widia Larivière answered that call. In the early days, the enthusiasm she saw sweeping the country hadn't quite reached Quebec. So Widia set out to organize the first rally in that province and it lit a fire in her that continues in her work today with Mikana, an organization that educates the public about Indigenous realities and experiences. On December 22, 2012, bustling Christmas shoppers at Winnipeg's Polo Park Mall were met with a 4000-strong Idle No More round dance. People wearing ribbon shirts, skirts and regalia replaced the winter clad crowd. Drum beats overtook the carols being played over the intercom and soon both levels were lined with dancing people. Aiden Todd brought her then 6-year-old daughter Ryleigh to the round dance that day to make sure her daughter felt the strength and resistance of her community.

This One-Shot uses a modified adventure from Candlekeep Mysteries:  "The Joy of Extradimensional Spaces" by Michael Polkinghorn The Strings of Fate take a trip home to celebrate Azzurum's favorite holiday! But Azzurum's prepared a surprise for the unsuspecting party... What scares await them? Thank you to all our wonderful patrons who help us to grow the show and keep us on the air! Puckboum, Jamil Cook-Manns, Cold, Thomas Lucien, Shannon Mcguire, Elliot the Newt, Monty, Kylie, Romeo, Courtney (Kiki), Jessica Wilson, Kaleviv, Emily W, Lucky M, Mary S., Ankhefenra, Cait, Al, Molly Eldred, Kim Van de Putte, Sheki, Bren, Tegan, Marifa, KPratt, Camila Flores, Esra, Avery, Jordan Thuman, Cedar, Marland, Shahla, Melissa, Remy, Devon, Rhett, Lykoi, Essek, Melanie, Ally, Kayla Bella,The Beetle Bard, Oliver, Adjnor, Crayfish, Dskaia, Courtney, Orion Arthur, Eli, Valentina, Astrid, Artemis, Eskil Oakenshield, Tamara, Starlight, Auda, Cupid, Clover, Leon, Orpheus, Sparrow, Rowan Ash, Kenzie, Neerja, Max, Jay, Obsolete Goat, Cat, Nocturne, Ryn, Toby, Percy, Andy, Jordyn, Jasper, Karissa, Isela, Rayna, Keri, Potter, Max McNamara, Chelle, Monique, Paddy, Ennie, Eli, Pepper, Jacq, Acute Castle, Jessica, Fay, ItsOnlyTalea, Rowenoake, Jacqui, Eriol, Elliot C., Kaity, ItsOnlyTalea, starryspells, Leon, Mareike, Hannah, Ana, and Amy!!   Thank you all for your support and thank you for being a patron! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thestringsoffate We are an actual play, Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition party that upload our episodes weekly on podcasting platforms and YouTube on Fridays at 5pm EST! Check out our linktree to see our official social media! https://linktr.ee/TheStringsofFate​​ Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/RBZpcss5cv    Follow our cast and crew! Mikayla: https://twitter.com/supermikayla  Michelle: https://twitter.com/mushynacho  Chris: https://twitter.com/arcanegold Christian: https://twitter.com/xbowlcutdm   Daea: https://mobile.twitter.com/daezeeez  Karissa: https://twitter.com/k2_cosplay  Check out our stickers and Dice Vaults! SOFPOD MERCH AT THE LINK BELOW: https://www.shopdungeondepths.com/sofpod    Check out Dungeon Depths for quality gaming supplies, including apparel, stickers, handmade dice, and their BRAND NEW, handmade dice trays and dice coffins! Use the code SOFPOD at checkout for 10% off your purchase or in the comments of a commission for 10% off commissioned dice or dice trays! https://www.shopdungeondepths.com/shop​    This Episode is sponsored by Roll20 as a part of the Roll20 Spotlight program! Roll20 is a virtual tabletop that allows you to connect with your party on one easy to use website. Check them out at https://roll20.net/    ​Azzurum is played by Mikayla (@supermikayla) Lidara is played by Michelle (@mushynacho) Vincent is played by Chris (@arcanegold) Our Dungeon Master is Christian (@xbowlcutdm)   Content Warning: Due to the nature of the improvisation, the content displayed within may be considered uncomfortable or triggering to some viewers. This includes: gore, body horror, themes of depression, dissociation, and anxiety.   Music Credits: Mikayla Thompson Hunter Rogerson Kevin Macleod Derek and Brandon Fiechter Epidemic Sound Michaël Ghelfi YASUpochiGuitar Takashi Manuya   More detailed music credits can be found at the link below:  http://bit.ly/3aPK0MP​  https://bit.ly/3aWilZL    ADHD Supplement by the Dnd Disability Project: https://www.dnddisability.com/​ TWT: @dnddisability

From foe to friend, join us as we recount the tumultuous life of the newest member of the Strings of Fate.  Thank you to all our wonderful patrons who help us to grow the show and keep us on the air! Shannon Mcguire, Elliot the Newt, Monty, Kylie, Romeo, Courtney (Kiki), Jessica Wilson, Kaleviv, Emily W, Lucky M, Mary S., Ankhefenra, Cait, Al, Molly Eldred, Kim Van de Putte, Sheki, Bren, Tegan, Marifa, KPratt, Camila Flores, Esra, Avery, Jordan Thuman, Cedar, Marland, Shahla, Melissa, Remy, Devon, Rhett, Lykoi, Essek, Melanie, Ally, Kayla Bella,The Beetle Bard, Oliver, Adjnor, Crayfish, Dskaia, Courtney, Orion Arthur, Eli, Valentina, Astrid, Artemis, Eskil Oakenshield, Tamara, Starlight, Auda, Cupid, Clover, Leon, Orpheus, Sparrow, Rowan Ash, Kenzie, Neerja, Max, Jay, Obsolete Goat, Cat, Nocturne, Ryn, Toby, Percy, Andy, Jordyn, Jasper, Karissa, Isela, Rayna, Keri, Potter, Max McNamara, Chelle, Monique, Paddy, Ennie, Eli, Pepper, Jacq, Acute Castle, Jessica, Fay, ItsOnlyTalea, Rowenoake, Jacqui, Eriol, Elliot C., Kaity, ItsOnlyTalea, starryspells, Leon, Mareike, Hannah, Ana, and Amy!!   Thank you all for your support and thank you for being a patron! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thestringsoffate   We are an actual play, Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition party that uploads our episodes weekly on Fridays at 5pm EST! Check out our linktree to see our official social media! https://linktr.ee/TheStringsofFate  Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/RBZpcss5cv  Follow our cast and crew! Mikayla: https://twitter.com/supermikayla  Michelle: https://twitter.com/mushynacho  Chris: https://twitter.com/arcanegold Christian: https://twitter.com/xbowlcutdm   Daea: https://mobile.twitter.com/daezeeez  Karissa: https://twitter.com/k2_cosplay  You can find a playlist of all uploaded episodes in chronological order here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK_RrxsNp5J5QYiELnAavAWFbVy4V0m_W  Check out our stickers and Dice Vaults! MERCH LINK BELOW: https://www.shopdungeondepths.com/sofpod  Check out Dungeon Depths for quality gaming supplies, including apparel, stickers, handmade dice, and their BRAND NEW, handmade dice trays and dice coffins! Use the code SOFPOD at checkout for 10% off your purchase or in the comments of a commission for 10% off commissioned dice or dice trays! https://www.shopdungeondepths.com  This Episode is sponsored by Roll20 as a part of the Roll20 Spotlight program! Roll20 is a virtual tabletop that allows you to connect with your party on one easy to use website. Check them out at https://roll20.net/  Azzurum is played by Mikayla Lidara is played by Michelle Vincent is played by Chris Our Dungeon Master is Christian Content Warning: Due to the nature of the improvisation, the content displayed within may be considered uncomfortable or triggering to some viewers. This includes: gore, body horror, themes of depression, dissociation, and anxiety.  Music Credits: Mikayla Thompson Hunter Rogerson Kevin Macleod Derek and Brandon Fiechter Michaël Ghelfi Epidemic Sound YASUpochiGuitar Takashi Manuya ADHD Supplement by the Dnd Disability Project:  https://www.dnddisability.com/ https://twitter.com/dnddisability?lang=en  More detailed music credits can be found at the link below:  http://bit.ly/3aPK0MP https://bit.ly/3aWilZL  For details on the homebrew rules we use, check out this page: http://bit.ly/3dM4eZA

CW: This episode has themes of mass panic and sound effects of panicking crowds. Rest ye well in her shade, be it a moment, an hour. You're far, so far from home, my dearest sunflower. Thank you to all our wonderful patrons who help us to grow the show and keep us on the air! Kylie, Romeo, Courtney (Kiki), Jessica Wilson, Kaleviv, Emily W, Lucky M, Mary S., Ankhefenra, Cait, Al, Molly Eldred, Kim Van de Putte, Sheki, Bren, Tegan, Marifa, KPratt, Camila Flores, Esra, Avery, Jordan Thuman, Cedar, Marland, Shahla, Melissa, Remy, Devon, Rhett, Lykoi, Essek, Melanie, Ally, Kayla Bella,The Beetle Bard, Oliver, Adjnor, Crayfish, Dskaia, Courtney, Orion Arthur, Eli, Valentina, Astrid, Artemis, Eskil Oakenshield, Tamara, Starlight, Auda, Cupid, Clover, Leon, Orpheus, Sparrow, Rowan Ash, Kenzie, Neerja, Max, Jay, Obsolete Goat, Cat, Nocturne, Ryn, Toby, Percy, Andy, Jordyn, Jasper, Karissa, Isela, Rayna, Keri, Potter, Max McNamara, Chelle, Monique, Paddy, Ennie, Eli, Pepper, Jacq, Acute Castle, Jessica, Fay, ItsOnlyTalea, Rowenoake, Jacqui, Eriol, Elliot C., Kaity, ItsOnlyTalea, starryspells, Leon, Mareike, Hannah, Ana, and Amy!!   Thank you all for your support and thank you for being a patron! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/thestringsoffate We are an actual play, Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition party that upload our episodes weekly on podcasting platforms and YouTube on Fridays at 5pm EST! Check out our linktree to see our official social media! https://linktr.ee/TheStringsofFate​​ Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/RBZpcss5cv    Follow our cast and crew! Mikayla: https://twitter.com/supermikayla  Michelle: https://twitter.com/mushynacho  Chris: https://twitter.com/arcanegold Christian: https://twitter.com/xbowlcutdm   Daea: https://mobile.twitter.com/daezeeez  Karissa: https://twitter.com/k2_cosplay  Check out our stickers and Dice Vaults! SOFPOD MERCH AT THE LINK BELOW: https://www.shopdungeondepths.com/sofpod    Check out Dungeon Depths for quality gaming supplies, including apparel, stickers, handmade dice, and their BRAND NEW, handmade dice trays and dice coffins! Use the code SOFPOD at checkout for 10% off your purchase or in the comments of a commission for 10% off commissioned dice or dice trays! https://www.shopdungeondepths.com/shop​    This Episode is sponsored by Roll20 as a part of the Roll20 Spotlight program! Roll20 is a virtual tabletop that allows you to connect with your party on one easy to use website. Check them out at https://roll20.net/    ​Azzurum is played by Mikayla (@supermikayla) Lidara is played by Michelle (@mushynacho) Vincent is played by Chris (@arcanegold) Our Dungeon Master is Christian (@xbowlcutdm)   Content Warning: Due to the nature of the improvisation, the content displayed within may be considered uncomfortable or triggering to some viewers. This includes: gore, body horror, themes of depression, dissociation, and anxiety.   Music Credits: Mikayla Thompson Hunter Rogerson Kevin Macleod Derek and Brandon Fiechter Epidemic Sound Michaël Ghelfi YASUpochiGuitar Takashi Manuya   More detailed music credits can be found at the link below:  http://bit.ly/3aPK0MP​  https://bit.ly/3aWilZL    ADHD Supplement by the Dnd Disability Project: https://www.dnddisability.com/​ TWT: @dnddisability  

Today I am very excited to introduce you to Dr. Chuck Howard, an Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. In his research, Chuck asks questions like, “Why do consumers so often underpredict their future expenses?” and “Why do people who work in the gig economy over-predict their future income?” He then designs simple solutions for these problems that help people improve their financial well-being. Chuck's research has earned awards from the Society for Consumer Psychology, the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, and the Behavioral Insights Group at Harvard University. Chuck earned his Ph.D. in Marketing and Behavioral Science from the University of British Columbia, and his BA in Economics and Finance from Ryerson University. I met Chuck on a recent trip to College Station and we have had a few conversations since then. Upon hearing about some of his recent research I thought it would be something that you would find interesting (I sure did!) and while it is more on personal financial decision-making, we definitely talk about this from a business aspect, and the insights are relevant to everyone -- especially all the people in the financial industry who I know listen to the show. Show Notes: [00:41] Today I am very excited to introduce you to Dr. Chuck Howard, an Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. [03:36] Chuck and Melina didn't meet in the same way as most guests of the show.  [04:04] Chuck shares about himself, his background (including a “gap decade”), and how he found himself in this space. [06:30] He was able to combine his passion and knowledge of psychology and economics to land on studying consumer financial decision-making. [07:38] Making ridiculously optimistic budgets or underpredicting your future expenses can help a lot of people spend less money. They often spend more than they budget (but still spend less than they used to) as long as they track their spending.  [10:12] Melina and Chuck talk about some weird common sayings and how they don't always translate around the world. [10:51] There are a number of situations in which you need to have an accurate view of how much you are going to spend in the future.  [13:14] He was motivated to understand why people underpredict expenses and how we can improve their predictions and accuracy. He wanted to help people make better financial decisions to improve their financial well-being.  [14:25] People's predictions of expenses are deeply grounded in their past experiences. The problem is they are only thinking of the very typical things they have endured.  [16:18] In their research, they never found that the tendency to underpredict expenses or over-predict income is tied to being an optimist. It is simply about what comes to mind most easily when you are making the prediction.  [18:23] Chuck shares about a study they did where they asked people over several weeks to tell how much they spent the week prior, how typical their spending was that week, and how much they think they will spend the following week.  [19:25] Atypical expenses are common in the sense that they happen a lot of the time, but then they are uncommon because it is not the same thing repeated over time so people don't think they will happen again.  [22:20] If the person you are thinking of is similar to you then it could be helpful to think of their spending. It could help you gain perspective on your spending.  [24:59] To make more accurate expense predictions they prompt people to consider a handful of reasons why their expenses will be different than usual. This helps them think of those atypical expenses and increases prediction accuracy.  [26:23] So far, they have people type out the reason that their budget could be atypical. Writing it down may help because it takes a load off your working memory. [29:00] They were motivated to do budgeting research because there was a debate about whether or not budgets actually work.  [30:08] Even though peoples' budgets are wildly optimistic and they never end up spending as little as they have budgeted, they still end up spending substantially less than they used to.  [32:23] You have to be tracking your spending against your budget. Once a week is ideal. [34:58] At the end of the day it is typically about understanding why. [36:53] Be very conscious of what information you are giving to people and when.  [38:55] Even if you haven't hit your budget (because most people don't), you are still spending less than you used to.  [41:40] They found that budgets are an effective way to decrease spending across a number of different personality traits.  [42:11] Tracking and monitoring your behavior against a goal can be very powerful. [45:21] Melina shares her closing thoughts. [47:40] If you enjoy the experience I've provided here for you, will you share about it? That could mean leaving a rating/review or sharing the episode with a friend (or 10!) Thanks for listening. Don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Android. If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.  I hope you love everything recommended via The Brainy Business! Everything was independently reviewed and selected by me, Melina Palmer. 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