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The episode featured Dr. Amy Killen talking about the book, explaining that its Shangri‑La Diet involves drinking a tablespoon of olive oil three times daily without food for an hour. She described the regimen as horrible and said she wouldn't generally recommend it, though she noted that she lost a lot of weight while trying it. The discussion was primarily anecdotal and cautionary.
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The podcast guest discussed a book about the Shangri-La Diet, which involves consuming a tablespoon of olive oil three times a day to lose weight. She mentioned doing this diet herself and losing a significant amount of weight, though it was described as unpleasant.
I decided to go there's a diet called the Shangri-La diet.
I read a book about it and I'm not recommending that's generally, but the idea was you drink a tablespoon of olive oil three times a day, not with food and not with a drink.
Just with your water and that's it. And you can't have any other food around it for like an hour.
I did that. It was horrible. But I lost tons of weight.