Dec 23, 2018

Jonathan and Chris interview Pixie Turner, a London-based nutritionist who used to be, according to her, a “wellness wanker”. And then she publicly changed her mind about food.

They discuss her formerly obsessive relationship with nutrition; eating for Instagram; the turning point in her life; the vicious Instagram vegan posse; becoming an inadvertent Trojan horse on social media; why wellness mainly targets women; her thoughts on the carnivore diet; the demonization of carbs; orthorexia; Belle Gibson and the Medical Medium; which nutrition books to trust; how to fight misinformation; and why so many of her clients ask her, “Can I eat this?” 

LINKS:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pixienutrition/

Website: http://www.pixieturnernutrition.com

Pixie’s First Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36272948-the-wellness-rebel?from_search=true

Pixie’s Second Book (pre-order): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40969801-the-no-need-to-diet-book?from_search=true

Theme music: "Troll of the Mountain Swing" by the Underscore Orkestra.

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