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Author: Dr Asher Larmie

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How would you react if someone told you that most of what we are taught to believe about healthy bodies is a lie? How would you feel if that person was a medical doctor with over 20 years experience treating patients and seeing the harm caused by all this misinformation?In their podcast, Dr Asher Larmie, an experienced General Practitioner and self-styled Fat Doctor, examines and challenges 'health' as we know it through passionate, unfiltered conversations with guest experts, colleagues and friends.They tackle the various ways in which weight stigma and anti-fat bias impact both individuals and society as a whole. From the classroom to the boardroom, the doctors office to the local pub, weight-based discrimination is everywhere. Is it any wonder that it has such an impact on our health? Whether you're a person affected by weight stigma, a healthcare professional, a concerned parent or an ally who shares our view that people in larger bodies deserve better, Asher and the team at 'The Fat Doctor Podcast' welcomes you into the inner circle.

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Send us Fan Mail Wellness culture has a lot to answer for when it comes to diabetes management. In this episode I explore what it means to be a "bad diabetic", how society ignore systemic factors that influence blood sugar, and how doctors use toxic positivity to bypass concerns about medication. Then there's all the money that the wellness influencers and the weight loss industry makes from pushing their lies. CW for disordered eating and eating disorders. If you're looking for a way t...
Send us Fan Mail During the research I was conducting for my latest book My Blood Sugar is High, I came across the observational interpretation fallacy. First coined in December 2024, it describes how medical researchers and policymakers incorrectly infer causation from observational studies and use this to write guidelines that end up harming patients. These observations are later disproved through rigorous randomised controlled trials, but the damage is done. In this week's episode I ...
Send us Fan Mail Contrary to popular belief, you don't develop diabetes because you failed to watch what you ate. Steering clear of carbohydrates and staying thin won't prevent you from developing insulin resistance. In this episode, we explore the just world fallacy and why society is so hell bent on blaming fat people for developing a medical condition. If you're looking for a way to manage your blood sugar without the weight stigma and the lifestyle BS, check out my new book My Blood...
Send us Fan Mail Do you ever find yourself apologising for what you say before you say it? We've been conditioned not to get upset or rock the boat or challenge authority so that the people in power can stay in power. They feed us a kernel of truth hidden in a bucket of sh*t and expect us to swallow it. I, for one, am done eating sh*t. Join me this week as I challenge seven widely held beliefs that are designed to keep us from learning and sharing the truth about weight and healthcare. ...
Send us Fan Mail Should healthcare be a basic human right or a private enterprise? All my life, I worked for the National Health Service, the so-called beacon of socialist medicine. Make no mistake, the NHS is a capitalist employer that could give Amazon a run for its money. It is controlled by the private sector and big pharma, and it is rotten at its very core. The ruling class wrote the rules that operates under long before it was formed and the ruling class will be the cause of its downfa...
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