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Low-Carb Goons
Ep. 7
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In summer of 2011, Something Awful's fitness subforum hosted a thread obsessed with the concept of a diet low in carbohydrates not only as a way of losing weight but as a miracle cure for everything that ailed them. Then in fall of 2011, a previously healthy 21 year-old goon was prescribed statins by his doctor due to eating nothing but peanut butter, eggs, bacon, and hot dogs for weeks at the encouragement of the low-carb thread.
This episode is not an attack on the concept of a low-carb diet, it is a case study in the Goon tendency to let their geeky love of optimizing and minmaxing spill over into other aspects of their lives with disastrous results. And you better believe the low-carbers have some incredibly funny and unique takes on vegetarians!
You can review the Google Doc of this episode for sources and documentation.at https://tinyurl.com/CarbGoonPodDoc
For inquiries, contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com
Created and Hosted by:
Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/
Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter
Edited by:
Steve Brown - https://linktr.ee/killhamster
Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders
This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.
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