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Hello, welcome to Mania's Phase, a show about diet and wellness and occasionally the things that are pretending to be those things.

That was not well written, I'm sorry.

As long as you feel bad about it, that's what really matters.

We're off to a good start. I am Michael Hobbs, I'm a reporter for The Huffington Post.

Hi, I'm Aubrey Gordon, I'm an author, a columnist and an essayist and I'm a fat lady who loves research.

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It wouldn't be a millennial greeting if it didn't come with a bunch of URLs.

And today we're talking about snake oil, I guess, which I know nothing other than the fact that at three day intervals for weeks now, you have been texting me.

I cannot wait to talk about snake oil.

And I'm like, don't spoil me.

All I wanted to do was be like, here's a quote, ma'am.

Here's a thing.

Ma'am, this is just all fascinating tidbits that I've been yelling at my friends and family.

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I have memorized one of these quotes because I love it so much.

Oh my God.

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