<p>What did Vogue actually recommend women eat in 1977 — and why did it make one food writer cry in the</p><p>bathroom? How did the Greeks turn a six-pack into a moral argument? And, has the human obsession with</p><p>controlling what we eat ever really been about health at all?</p><p>Peter and Afua trace the long, strange history of dieting — from ancient Greek athletics and Roman</p><p>feast-and-purge excess, to medieval starvation saints who turned self-denial into a radical act of female agency.</p><br><p>0:00 Vogue’s 1977 Wine and Egg Diet — and what happened when someone actually tried it</p><p>6:30 The diet industry’s dirty secret: it was never about nutrition</p><p>9:00 Peter on fasting, cranky emails, and what not eating teaches you about your relationship with food</p><p>14:30 Ancient Greece: when abs were a moral statement, not just an aesthetic one</p><p>19:30 The manosphere’s Spartan fantasy — and what the Greeks would actually make of it</p><p>23:00 Rome: the inventors of binge and purge culture</p><p>24:30 When Christianity enters the chat — and fasting becomes holy</p><p>26:00 Catherine of Siena: the medieval starvation saint who used hunger as protest</p><p>30:00 Anorexia mirabilis — holy anorexia, and why Peter is wary of projecting modern diagnoses onto the past</p><p>32:00 Why medieval peasants weren’t dieting — they were just trying to stay alive</p><br><p>Join <strong>Legacy Plus</strong> for bonus episodes, early access, Q&amp;A’s, fewer adverts and more.</p><p><strong>legacy.supportingcast.fm</strong></p><br><p>Stay connected with Legacy:</p><p>Instagram: @originallegacypodcast</p><p>TikTok: @legacy_productions</p><p>Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas:</p><p>Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com</p><p>Join <strong>Legacy+</strong> for bonus episodes, early access, Q&amp;A's, fewer adverts and more.</p><p><strong>legacy.supportingcast.fm</strong></p><br><p>Stay connected with Legacy:</p><p>Instagram: @originallegacypodcast</p><p>TikTok: @legacy_productions</p><br><p>Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas: Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>