Open wide and prepare to swallow some truly terrible ideas as we uncover the wild and bizarre history of dieting this week.  We're joined by the globe-trotting, myth-busting, BAFTA-nominated doctor and TV presenter Xand Van Tulleken who is there to fact-check us on our science and quackery. As usual we ping from the ancient world to the modern as we discover the $10,000 bottle of water it's too dangerous to drink, a Looney Toon who exists solely on air and sunlight and why you should never eat a tapeworm in Tonga. Follow us on Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/WorstFoot">@worstfoot</a> <a href= "https://twitter.com/bazmcstay">@bazmcstay</a> <a href= "https://twitter.com/BenVanDerVelde">@benvandervelde</a> <a href= "https://twitter.com/xandvt">@xandvt</a> Visit <a href= "http://www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com/">www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com</a> for all previous episodes and you can now donate to us on Patreon if you’d like to support Ben’s baby and Barry’s crippling trivia addiction: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward">https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward</a> Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: <a href= "http://www.podnose.com/">www.podnose.com</a>

Ep 141b: Best of the Worst of the Best 7

An encyclopaedia of heroic failure

Join Ben Van der Velde, Barry McStay and their guests as they brandish their wooden spoons of destiny and celebrate the losers, heroic failures and spectacular mis-steps that pockmark human endeavour.  If you ever want to feel better about your progress in life, take a listen and enjoy a lovely schadenfreude bubble bath. Music by Max Perryment (www.maxperryment.co.uk)

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