what listen to that episode, which, which I did, which was, let me tell you what it was, episode 134, how to decode alarmist fatphobic news stories. So that one, how to decode alarmist fatphobic news stories that goes into Okay, so they've got a study. Great. Well, how many people were in the study? Who were, who was in the study? How long was the study? What was the results of the study, because, you know, you see all these, these, and I guess this is in this is, this is not a news story, but this is media. We've got this media that says XYZ. Well, let's look under the surface. Let's, let's, let's, let's look at, let's pop the hood. Let's pop the bonnet and see what's actually under there. And basically, is it anecdotal evidence? And for what I was seeing from that was stories, you know, and stories make really good ways to convince people, because it sounds right, if you go to this, this seventh day Baptist event is whatever it was, and they're vegetarians, and they live to 102 so therefore, you know, that's a great way to share information that makes it seem really compelling, but is it backed by data? And that's kind of the boring thing is like, is it backed by what else is going on? And so it's a great way for us to feel emotions and get as interested in things, and so we have to kind of do the boring work of, is a Is that true? Is like, is it backed by science? Is the science good? Is it reliable? Is it can we replicate this? Because so much of it is just a load of dog shit, honestly, and so. Whenever I see a headline, someone sends, I won't go out and look for him, but people will send me be like, have you seen this? And I'll just, you know, roll my eyes, because it'll be like, new thing makes people thin in three seconds. And you just know, you just know, oh, it was a study that was done on fucking dust mites. And it turned out that if you, you know, a dust mite lost weight if it was not fed food, and therefore you shouldn't eat food, because the dust mite became thin one time in 1974 and, oh, but it's a new study. And, you know, and it's just laughable, really. So getting that kind of critical thinking, of critical thinking of what, what really is the information I said. What's the harm of listening to Michael Pollan? What's the harm is the you know, who? Who is? Who is He? Is he a dietitian? No? Is he someone who is able to look at studies and show information that is free from harm. Doesn't look like that's what he's doing. Does he have his own biases? Yes. Is he bought into diet culture and anti fatness? Yes. So the harm is really quite evident, right? Why shouldn't we just listen to him? Because it's his call. He's causing me harm. Friend, is what I would say to him. This is such a great question, because I think it's more, it's it's nuanced, right? This stuff is, is it's more difficult to spot nowadays, because these motherfuckers are getting smart. They know that we're tired of, Hey, Fatty, lose weight, you loser. Stop eating donuts. You know? We, you know. We know that that's bullshit, and we can spot that really easily. And so they're going to have to get smart, and that's what they've been doing. And so make sure that you stay safe out there. And so when you see any type of headline, just think, I want to know what's already behind the headline. And when you're feeling that sense of, oh my goodness, well, I'm doing it wrong. Clearly I'm doing it wrong because I'm fat and I have health conditions, and if you get that kind of, well, maybe this is true. He's saying that. He's saying that if you eat this thing, then it's going to hit your gut at this point and and it's, you know, and making these statements like, we all know that being fat is bad, you know, like you said, like, oh, Americans of Americans eat, eat food, and so therefore they're fat, and therefore that's bad. You know, those types of statements, is that true? Is it true? Could there be bias there? Yeah, so I'd say maybe don't read his stuff. And also, as well, with stressing about health, stressing about health is not good for our health, right? And I know it's so hard, because we want to do everything we can to be alive for, you know, for as long as possible. I mean, not everyone you know, but a lot of people want to be alive for a long time, and a lot of people are really focused on health and and, and so it's difficult when you hear these messages over and over again about what makes up health, and maybe you're not healthy, and maybe we're aging when our health is changing, and that's difficult as well. It's difficult. So you know, trying to take in that shame and blame off you off yourself. If you can try and do try and do that, try and do that. Because, you know, it's not good it's not good for us, it's not good for us. Or maybe it works for you. Maybe you like that. You know that works for you. Go for it doesn't work for me. Doesn't work for me. Okay, well, next, I think we've been talking about in the show notes. I was in Ireland for a couple of weeks, and my sister got married, and I was a brides and mates, which is the gender neutral term for brides and mood, and I did a speech, and people laughed, and so made me improve my self esteem. Yeah. What else have I got to tell you? Oh, shit, yeah. Listen now. Listen now. Listen, if you have a job, you work at an organization, go get the fat work report. It's out. It's out. Okay, listen up here. It's out. I'm going to put the link in the show notes. I did a webinar. You can watch the webinar replay for free, and the report is free. Or if you want to, you can do a $3 donation or not. Well, it's up to you. You can just go to anywhere and find fat at work. Fat at work webinar, but I'm going to put it in the show notes so you can watch the webinar, or you can get the report, or you can do both, whatever you want. It's really fucking good. It's really good. Okay, it's good. Okay, okay, fat at work. Oh, and if you don't, you might not even know what I'm fucking talking about. Work. Fat at work webinar, basically, if you've not, if you're not in the loop, what the fuck are you talking about? I surveyed 336, fat people and asked them about their experiences at work. It could have, could have been you come you could have been one of the people that did the survey, if you did. Thank you so much. You are an absolute. Superstar, and it turns out that 95.65% of fat people have reported experiencing anti fatness in the workplace, which is a gargantuan, gigantic, enormous number, especially considering, depending on the workplace and the location, most people in our society live in, quote, plus size bodies, or larger bodies. The data that we have is 67% of people in America are plus size, and that's talking about women. But also we know that most men are mostly plus size anyway, and as well, you know, fat people are employed less and straight sized people, and some organizations might not have that many fat people. But anyway, a lot of people are living in bigger bodies, and almost 100% of people in bigger bodies in the workplace have experienced anti fat bias, which is not acceptable and really inappropriate, and so came up with the weight inclusive framework, which is weight weight inclusive consulting framework. Weight inclusive consulting is my consulting side of my business, which I go and talk and consult with companies and do this work, you know, work with, with, with organizations, training and whatnot. Anyway, what the fuck was I talking about? My brain just stopped working right then. Thanks. ADHD, no, must have been good. Whatever I was talking about. Yeah. So most people are experiencing, oh yeah, weight inclusive consulting framework, yeah. So the framework for making a workplace safer for the tap folks, the first step, which seems really just B, a n, a n, a n, a n a s bananas, is providing basic amenities, and most workplaces are not even at this first step, which is somewhere to sit close to where, and a washroom that's accessible and a workplace that doesn't have physical barriers in the way that people can't navigate very sick stuff. Can you imagine? Yes, you can. If you can imagine this stuff, if you're in a bigger body, basic amenities. So, so anyway, in the webinar and the report goes through all of those steps and and and whatnot. So, so you've got that, you've got that, you've got that free go to the link in the bio to get that. Thanks for hanging out with me today. Thank you to Brittany for the excellent question. And don't like, listen, listen, I'm always like, don't, don't feel ashamed. Don't feel ashamed. In case I was like, you know, being sassy and stuff, being like, this is bullshit.