
Episode 79
79 - Full Circle Incompetence
Your favorite petalheads talk about Mediterranean Diets, Ozempic and other dumb things people do to lose weight, how Delta 8 isn't 50 state legal, and more!
April 30, 20232h 36mExplicit
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Show Notes
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
- Trans teen died from vaginoplasty complications during landmark Dutch study used to justify child sex changes from The Post Millenial
- What Is Fortified Cereal? from Delighted Cooking
- Mediterranean Diet May Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk More Than Previously Thought from Healthline
- 8 Ways the Mediterranean Diet Can Help You Live a Longer and Healthier Life from Healthline
- Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care from AP
- Why Experts Want Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic to Be Available for Everyone from Healthline
- ‘Ozempic Face’: What is it and What Can You Do About it? from Healthline
- Diabetes Drug Mounjaro May Help People Lose 15% of Body Weight, Eli Lilly Reports from Healthline
- How 1 Man Is Losing Weight Eating Only McDonald's — But Health Experts Say It’s a Bad Idea from Healthline
- We ate at 20 different casual chain restaurants. Here's what we learned from The Tennessean
Happiness
- Just Askin': Why was it once illegal for kids to play pinball in Nashville? from The Tennessean
- The Wisdom of Non-Effort from Zen Habits
- “But He Never Hit Me!” – How I Ignored My Abuse for 30 Years from Tiny Buddha
Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness
- Is delta-8 THC legal? Here's where (and why) the hemp product skirts marijuana laws. from USA Today
- GOP Senators Kill Veterans Cannabis Research Bill from High Times
- Medical Marijuana Legalization Linked To ‘Significant Decrease’ In Opioid-Related Payments To Doctors, Study Finds from Marijuana Moment
- Washington Lawmakers Fail To Pass Drug Possession Bill By Deadline, With Governor Likely To Call Special Session To Prevent Decriminalization of Drugs from Marijuana Moment
- Q & A: The Blake Decision from ACLU Washington State
- The 'pot pie' of recreational marijuana is not as plump as those in the business had hoped from The Providence Journal
- Cows That Are Fed Hemp Cake Retain Safe Levels Of THC And CBD In Their Meat, USDA Study Finds from Marijuana Moment
Back of the Pantry
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- Roast Beef with a Horseradish Cream Sauce from Urban Cookery with the following modifications:
- Creme Fraise instead of Mayo
- Rubbed meat with minced garlic before adding seasoning
- Tennessee lawmakers pass 3-month grocery tax holiday from WSMV
- Minister’s Treehouse: Remembering the world’s largest tree house from WKRN
- New, private restaurant resisting state regulation from The Crossville Chronicle
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Credits:
- RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
- Mama T
- Wiirdo
- Vox
- Boolysteed
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