30 Bananas A Day. 20 Mangoes For Lunch. The Disordered World Of Fruitarians

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Jacqueline Alnes was fit and healthy until one day she collapsed. That was the start of it. Her search for answers took her down a rabbit-hole of disordered eating that led to the Fruitarian movement where eating 30 bananas or 20 mangoes a day was considered 'treatment'.

So how does anyone get swept up in such a strange and dangerous movement? Guest host Kate Langbroek finds out in this episode of No Filter.

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Host: Kate Langbroek

Kate Langbroek's book Ciao Bella is available here.

Producer: Kimberley Braddish

Executive Producer: Mia Freedman

Audio Producer: Madeline Joannou

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