{"podcast":{"title":"Your Diet Sucks","slug":"your-diet-sucks-6971106","podcast_index_feed_id":6971106,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f80e2600/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://yourdietsuckspodcast.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41516768/41516768-1719320406685-95de49af9cb17.jpg","author":"Zoë Rom","episode_count":58,"summary":"Diet culture, you've met your scientific match. Hosted by an elite ultrarunner/journalist and a registered dietitian, Your Diet Sucks dismantles the myths, trends, and pseudoscience that screw up how we think about food, health, and fitness. Subscribe to bonus episodes here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/microcosm-coaching0/subscribe","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T20:20:00.266832+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-diet-sucks-6971106"},"episode":{"title":"How Whole30 Became a Diet Empire Without a Single Study","slug":"how-whole30-became-a-diet-empire-without-a-single-study","published_at":"2026-03-04T10:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-diet-sucks-6971106/how-whole30-became-a-diet-empire-without-a-single-study","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-diet-sucks-6971106","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/microcosm-coaching0/episodes/How-Whole30-Became-a-Diet-Empire-Without-a-Single-Study-e3ftlk1","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f80e2600/podcast/play/116364353/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-4%2F5406fb1a-f66d-ab3d-a85f-102a2510c622.mp3","summary":"Get "Carb Slut" and "Petty and Scientifically Literate" merch here! Whole30 has sold millions of books, built a coaching empire, and partnered with Chipotle and Walmart — all without a single peer-reviewed clinical trial. In this episode, Zoë traces the program from its origin on a CrossFit blog in 2009 to its multi-million dollar licensing ecosystem, digs into the loaded vocabulary (sugar dragons, tiger blood, sex with your pants on), and examines what happened when a nutrition science student fact-checked all 450 citations in It Starts With Food. Kylee breaks down how real elimination diets work, why this one poses specific risks for athletes, and what the plant-based Whole30 contradiction reveals about whether the rules were ever based on science at all. Support Your Diet Sucks on Patreon for bonus episodes, weekly threads, recipes, and AMA access: patreon.com/yourdietsucks. This episode is brought to you by rabbit — use code YDSMARCH10 for 10% off at rabbit.com. Osmia Skincare — code YDS20 for 20% off at osmiaskincare.com. Tailwind Nutrition — code YOURDIET20 for 20% off at tailwindnutrition.com. And Microcosm Coaching — book a free consultation at microcosm-coaching.com.","meta_description":"Get \"Carb Slut\" and \"Petty and Scientifically Literate\" merch here! Whole30 has sold millions of books, built a coaching empire, and p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4883,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/your-diet-sucks-6971106/episodes/how-whole30-became-a-diet-empire-without-a-single-study/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-diet-sucks-6971106/how-whole30-became-a-diet-empire-without-a-single-study.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}