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EPISODE · Aug 29, 2025 · 8 MIN

The Backstory: Diets: The Hunger . . To Not Be Hungry

from The Backstory with Patty Steele · host Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Hard to imagine but fad diets go back as much as 5000 years. It was took the Victorians to make it a massive business. These days we all want the new and very expensive weight loss injections, but they used everything from arsenic, to tapeworms, to rubber underwear to get that svelte shape.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hard to imagine but fad diets go back as much as 5000 years. It was took the Victorians to make it a massive business. These days we all want the new and very expensive weight loss injections, but they used everything from arsenic, to tapeworms, to...

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