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Diets don’t work. If they did – if everyone lost weight and kept it off on their first diet attempt – the diet industry would be out of business by now. Instead, they are raking in $72 billion per year from people who have bought in to their false promises…

I often refer to myself (lovingly and with pride, of course!) as a “podcast junkie,” and I don’t think that’s an exaggeration. This year alone, I’ve listened to over 400 podcast episodes…