500-calorie diets. Extended fasts. Keto extremism. Carnivore. Juice cleanses.
We’ve gotten remarkably sophisticated at starving ourselves. We just gave it scientific-sounding names.
Here’s what nobody tells you: every one of these approaches pulls back a slingshot. Biological tension. Psychological tension. And eventually, always eventually, your grip slips. The snapback isn’t a character flaw. It’s physics.
In this episode, I’m walking through the museum of modern restriction and showing you exactly why the binge isn’t a failure. It’s a predictable outcome of an unsustainable approach.
In this episode:
The 500-calorie diet and the lie of “detox headaches”
Extended fasting: ancestral wisdom or manufactured starvation?
How keto became a religion and why people are afraid of carrots
The slingshot effect: why restriction guarantees snapback
Why the diet industry is counting on your “failure”
If this resonates:
If you’ve ever blamed yourself for a binge, this episode is your permission slip to stop. Share it with someone who needs to hear it.
