{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/14301816-a2f8-4b48-9fe1-9de89e3c843e/1bbf473f-d85c-410a-ba7d-623c51fac0d3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"23. Kim Kardashian's Bad Science Lollipops","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ef4111d9e6df2b913195c1/60ef413a5d93f0001909c748.png?height=200","description":"<p>In case you have missed it, Kim Kardashian recently posted an advertisement on her Instagram account endorsing an apparently appetite-suppressing lollipop to her, at that time, 111m Instagram followers. Her caption under the photo said that the lollipops were ‘literally unreal’ and as I describe in the episode that comment couldn’t be more true.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Much of the backlash about the post was linked to the effect that promoting a diet product would have on her followers, but I was also interested in the claims themselves. In this brief bonus episode I take a look at the evidence behind this apparently 'powerful weight-loss agent' that the makers claim provides 'spectacular' effects.*</p><p><br></p><p>*NB: Don't hold your breath...</p>","author_name":"Kimberley Wilson"}