The Fat Doctor Podcast

The Fat Doctor Podcast

Dr Asher Larmie

Episodes 147
Avg. Duration 43m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.0 (58)
Since Jun 2021
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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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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S6E22 When "Everything's Normal" Isn't Good Enough

Jun 10, 2026 28m Transcript

Send us Fan MailWhen your blood tests come back normal and your doctor sends you on your way, that's not a diagnosis – that's a dismissal. In this episode, I follow Priya, a self-employed autistic…

S6E21 My Pain Keeps Getting Dismissed!

Jun 03, 2026 28m Transcript

Send us Fan Mail Fat patients with chronic pain are routinely sent away with a weight loss lecture. No examination, no blood tests, no referrals. In this episode, I introduce Suki, a teacher and…

S6E20 Why avoiding your doctor makes complete sense

May 27, 2026 35m Transcript

Send us Fan Mail Weight stigma doesn't just happen inside the consultation room: it keeps fat people out of it entirely. In this episode, you'll meet Ren. Ren hasn't seen their GP in eighteen months,…

S6E19 No Weigh! The Live Book Launch

May 20, 2026 47m Transcript

Send us Fan Mail For 20 years, I prescribed weight loss without question at the same time as I was experiencing weight stigma myself as a fat doctor in a fatphobic system. In this special live…

S6E18 Big Pharma's Playbook: How the Weight Loss Industry Bought the World

May 13, 2026 39m Transcript

Send us Fan MailThe pharmaceutical industry didn't just create a weight loss drug — it created a world in which you cannot escape it. In this episode, I trace Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly's systematic…

S6E17 The Lesser Known GLP-1 Lies

May 06, 2026 40m Transcript

Send us Fan MailGLP-1s are being prescribed for everything from arthritis to sleep apnea to low testosterone — with almost no evidence they treat any of it. In this episode, I expose the…

S6E16 Diab*sity: The Weight Loss Industry's Favourite Couple

Apr 29, 2026 32m Transcript

Send us Fan MailThe marriage between diabetes and ob*sity is nothing more than a PR stunt dressed up as medicine — and it's been running for 25 years. In this episode, I expose how the pharmaceutical…

S6E15 This is Bad Medicine

Apr 22, 2026 31m Transcript

Send us Fan MailCW: Fertility treatment, organ donation, BMI based surgical denialFat people are being denied fertility treatment without evidence to support it, denied organ transplants they would…

S6E14 Your Numbers Don't Mean What They Told You

Apr 15, 2026 36m Transcript

Send us Fan MailYour doctors told you that losing weight would help you live longer, improve your numbers, and protect you from serious illness. It was a lie, and it goes deeper than weight loss. In…

S6E13 "I Lost Weight And My Health Improved" (did it?)

Apr 08, 2026 38m Transcript

Send us Fan Mail Your lived experience is real. You lost weight, your health improved, and I'm not calling you a liar. But I'm still going to tell you that weight loss didn't cause it. In this…

S6E12 Doctors Are Prescribing Eating Disorders

Apr 01, 2026 27m Transcript

Send us Fan MailDoctors are prescribing eating disorders to fat patients — not by accident, not in spite of the guidelines, but because of them. In this episode, I bring the clinical evidence to back…

S6E11 We've Known About the Harms of Dieting for 80 Years

Mar 25, 2026 31m Transcript

Send us Fan MailIn 1944, a group of healthy young men volunteered to be starved in the name of science. What happened to them — physically, psychologically, and socially — is one of the most…

S6E10 Fat, cancer, and the 1 in 20 lie

Mar 18, 2026 35m Transcript

Send us Fan Mail Cancer Research UK calls being fat the second biggest cause of cancer in the UK. It's a claim built on manipulated statistics, false assumptions, and funding from the weight loss…

S6E9 Disease Mongering: Inventing Illness To Sell A Cure

Mar 11, 2026 34m Transcript

Send us Fan MailDisease mongering has transformed human body diversity into a medical crisis requiring pharmaceutical intervention. When Ray Moynihan wrote that "there's a lot of money to be made…

S6E8 Why Lifestyle Advice is BS: The Mediterranean Diet Edition

Mar 04, 2026 37m Transcript

Send us Fan MailThe Mediterranean diet has become medical gospel—promoted by diabetes organizations, heart health foundations, and doctors worldwide. But when I looked at the actual evidence, I found…

S6E7 The Big Fat Lie: Why Your Weight Didn't Cause Your Health Condition

Feb 25, 2026 43m Transcript

Send us Fan MailMedicine has built an entire mythology around weight as the root cause of disease, including diabetes,  sleep apnea, and arthritis. In this episode, I introduce you to three fictional…

S6E6 Wellness Influencers: A 400-Year History of the Same Old BS

Feb 18, 2026 40m Transcript

Send us Fan MailWellness culture didn't start with Instagram. From George Cheyne's 1724 bestseller to Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters redefining fat bodies as "the enemy within," the methods and ideology…

S6E5 It's Not Your Fault: The Real Factors That Control Your Weight

Feb 11, 2026 25m Transcript

Send us Fan MailThe weight loss industry has convinced us that being fat is a personal failure—a consequence of eating too much and moving too little. But the truth is far more complex and…

S6E4 When Doctors Lie: The Guidelines That Recommend Diets They Know Don't Work

Feb 04, 2026 47m Transcript

Send us Fan MailIn 1992, a room full of weight loss experts admitted diets don't work and that weight regain is almost inevitable within five years. Then they recommended diets anyway. Fast forward…

S6E3 How Big Pharma Made Up a Disease

Jan 28, 2026 27m Transcript

Send us Fan MailIn 1995, the WHO published a report stating clearly: "There are no clearly established cutoff points for fat mass or fat percentage that can be translated into cut-offs for BMI." Just…

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