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Scientific Health: Education and Human Performance
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Episodes
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhen the muscle breaks...
A recent news story broke about a runner's death supposedly from Rhabdomyolysis. For a lot of people this might be the first time they've ever heard the term…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceMetabolic Health: Why isn't my A1C levels moving?
You have been walking regularly. You have changed what you eat. Activities that used to leave you breathless have become easier. Then your blood test comes…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceBlind Spots, bias projection and health care misconceptions
Echo chambers don't need algorithms. They need only a closed loop: a group of people who get their information from the same places, reinforce one another's…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceGuardian Caps: Innovation or Illusion?
Concussions remain one of the most difficult injuries to prevent in football. And when we talk about preventing concussions in football, we almost always come…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat are they evening talking about? Core Exercise
Abs are "made in the kitchen" is a saying among the bodybuilding culture and I have been asked many times if this is true then why should I be doing sit ups…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceThey claim to have heard me, but why does it seem like they didn't listen?
We've all experienced it at least once. The person that seems to offer a rebuttal, an opposing opinion but it comes before we have even finished our thought…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceNew Body... Same dissatisfaction. A GLP-1 medication paradox?
There is a constant stream of messaging that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) medicines are somehow miracles... triggering weight loss…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceOops... he did it again...
July 2026, a mandate was made to test for low testosterone levels males in the US military during regular physical tests. But, is there merit to this mandate…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWill my vacation ruin my gains?
It's summertime and with that comes vacations. Which for some leads to worrying about losing the gains that have been made in weight management, body…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhy does my insurance company sound like a MAHA influencer?
If you'd told me five years ago that the health insurance industry would start sounding like it was auditioning for a wellness podcast, I wouldn't have…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhy can't they ever admit to being wrong?
There is a widespread human tendency to resist admitting uncertainty, reject the possibility of error, and deflect critical feedback on one's beliefs and…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceDoes listening to the book mean I read the book?
Have you ever set a reading goal only to realize that listening to the audiobook on your commute was a much easier, just to have your friends tell you…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceAre peptides supplements? The problem with reclassifying peptides to fall under DSHEA
There is a current political push to reclassify a growing number of potential therapeutics from being a potential drug to being a supplement. But could moving…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceThe problem with oversimplification... myths of homeostasis
We have discussed already issues of oversimplification leading to misinformation being a foundation of much of the dietary advice that we encounter on a daily…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat is the problem with the "maxxing" culture?
Social media has fundamentally reshaped how individuals conceptualize health, identity, and self-improvement. Recently, there has been a movement labeled as…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceDiabetes... is it a sugar disease?
We’ve been taught that sugar is the villain of the diabetes story, but how true is that story? Well, let's talk about that... Please make sure to follow our…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIs there any truth to learning styles?
We've all heard that we learn best if taught with our preferred learning style, but does this idea match what you know about how the brain works and how we…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIt is more than subtle teasing or side comments... the dangers of having an "Almond" parent
We see social media stories, the memes and hear the shorthand of "Almond." A label that specifies the lifestyle. One rooted in a mom's focus on diets of…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceShould we be concerned about sweetened drinks being unsafe?
There has been a recent stream of social media posts from HHS Secretary RFK Jr calling into question the safety of sugar-sweetened beverages from Starbucks and…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceA real plan or just another diet fad?
In the endlessly rotating carousel of diet trends, few formulas capture public attention like a rule built around memorable numbers. The latest entries in the…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceThe problem with moralizing food choices
There has been a lot of discussion about the scientific credibility of the MAHA influenced dietary guidelines recently. But with the rollout of the media and…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceAre the low fitness standards an explanation?
There has been a lot of political discussions around the deployment of ICE and DHS through the US, with protests and interactions with officers leading to less…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceA facade of learning. The problem with rote and mechanistic learning
We have all been, or see, the student pouring over flashcards of vocab terms, constantly reciting their times-tables. We sit in awe of the Jeopardy champion's…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceDietary guidelines are guides not laws: A brief look at the history of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
There is a lot of talk about the flaws in the most recent guidelines for nutrition and food groups, but how true are the concerns and more importantly are the…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhy we should all worry about erosion of science in public health recommendations
There has been a continual eroding of trust in recommendations that we see from public health agencies. An erosion of trust that is coupled with under…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHow to establish that fitness goal for the new year
It's a new year and time to establish that new year's resolution. But how can we use what we know about how the human body works to make sure this won't be…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceThe Peptide Fad: injectable fitness or something to worry about?
Peptides, marketed as sophisticated, cleaner alternatives to conventional anabolic steroids, have rapidly transitioned from obscure university research…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceQuips, Catchphrases that might hint "misinformation ahead" and what to do when confronting them
“How can I tell if I’m being fed misinformation or disinformation? Couldn’t the person just be offering an alternative view?” Well, that got me thinking… what…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceNo! Your holiday meal is not going to make you fat...
It's the time of year where we hear warnings about not letting our holiday meals make us "fat," where we strategize workouts to "offset" our holiday meals. But…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat you talkin' about!?! How is MAHA and conservative politics causing body image issues for men?
There is a side to the MAHA-movement that has been relatively ignored, even if this side of the movement was MAHA before MAHA. took off.. the MAHA dads…a…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceProtein, Protein everywhere... not an ounce to spare...
The aisles throughout modern supermarkets have become a testament to a pervasive nutritional ideology: the more protein, the better. Protein-fortified water…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceCreatine supplementation, is it really the panacea to all of life's health issues?
Creatine supplements have long been popular among fitness enthusiasts and athletes... sometimes thought of as being the "legal" steroid. But the interest in…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWalking for health, but how and how much?
We've heard that walking is okay to be physically active. There's even memes and fitness campaigns to "get your steps in" each day.But is it an exercise that…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHow can we delay the decay and keep our independence as we age
Defying Decay…using exercise to prevent the effects of getting older? We are a country that is getting older. This means that there is a growing population…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceTo wear or not to wear...are wearable health and fitness monitors worth hype?
There is a push coming from HHS advocacy panels and some medical organization recommendations that using wearable fitness devices may be a means to limit or…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHow can they not see it...
The information is everywhere. We can find it at the tips of fingers by doing simple internet searches. Yet, there are people that seem to either refuse to…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceReally... are you sure about that? Acetaminophen and autism
Well, they warned us it was coming and most health scientists and neurologists were very skeptical. And rightfully so... Sept 22, 2025 U.S.. HHS released their…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIs it really that simple? Nutrition and metabolism myths that seem to never go away
How the weight management ideas that seem the simplest are often the ones that are misleading you. We're revisiting two ideas that seem to weave their way into…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat is meant in the message being sent?
What do we know? What do we think we know? What can we prove? It's the slogan needed for us to have any hope for a fruitful discussion on health, on wellness…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceOversimplification, misinformation, poor recommendations and MAHA "Make Children Healthy Again"
What can we take away from the MAHA "Make Children Healthy Again" assessment based on scientific validity and why is it problematic that we are basing…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIf people didn't buy it... would it die out? Why do people buy into the health misinformation?
Misinformation and disinformation are nothing new, as the saying goes: A lie spreads around the global many times before the truth gets out of bed. But when…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceMemory loss... is it a metabolic issue?
There has recently been some new research indicating that forgetfulness, memory loss, and a host of neurodegenerative diseases have at the heart of them…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhen the Idiocracy runs our healthcare... Or is it when the Idiocracy ruins our healthcare...
Why it is problematic that RFK Jr. and the MAHA initiative is forcing the CDC to comply with theirs and the current administration’s viewpoints regarding…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWill it get them off the couch?
In the summer of 2025, the current presidential administration decided to turn-back the clock on the means that we assess and teach fitness to children in the…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWe can do better... why body weight bullying is dangerous and what we can do about it
Aligning with the project that we are undertaking to hopefully end body weight bullying in elementary education, we discuss the impact that body weight bully…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceCan artificial intelligence make an effective periodized exercise routine?
With the growth in using artificial intelligence in healthcare and wellness it behooves us to ask a simple question. Can artificial intelligence design an…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIs our desire to simplify what we teach the real problem?
There is a quote that generally is misattributed to Albert Einstein that stipulates we should teach things as simple as possible... and given the reverence we…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceBiohacking? What does that even mean...
If you’ve never heard of biohacking before, don’t stress… You’re not alone. Is this just another fad or manipulation of a scientific term to get clicks and…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceSmelling Salts... Concussions... let's dig into why the NFL is banning them.
There has been a lot of news about the NFL banning the use of smelling salts. But is there a rationale for making the ban? Well, let's talk about that…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIs it just me, or everyone gone glucose monitor crazy?
A few months ago, a colleague popped into a discussion board asking how they might be able to use their continuous glucose monitor to teach students about…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceSchools... can we leverage our schools to develop healthy kids and so much more?
A discussion related to a project that hopes to empower kids against bullying through beautiful stories and resources. Where we are hoping to get your support…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceYoung body, old organs... Old body young organs. HOW?
There has been a few studies recently talking about how organs age at different rates and how the age of organs can have an impact on how we feel about our age…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceCane sugar in coke...will it make it a healthier beverage?
There has been a lot of talk about why Coca-Cola is being pressured to move back to using cane sugar in their beverages. But is this any science to back this…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhy loneliness is dangerous to our health?
There has been a lot of discussion about the impact that loneliness has on our ability to have civil social interactions. But what our health? What do we know…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHow do we know it is working? Track Vo2...
How do we know when something is working or not? We track it. And over the last few years we have started to notice that a lot of people are starting to listen…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat are they trying to say? Becoming media and scientifically literate
With all the voices telling us what we should eat. How we should exercise. What the latest scientific study says. It is important to take a step back and focus…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceMaking sense from their nonsense... revisiting the conversation on vaccines
There has recently been a lot of noise about the safety of vaccines, particularly those that contain the preservative thimerosal. Noise that comes from a…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIs AI and ChatGPT really making us less smart?
There has been a recent publication from the MIT brain scan lab group that noted dramatic changes in the activity and functions within the brain with the use…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceAre GLP-1 drugs worth the hype and a revisit to our discussion on "exercise in a pill"?
We've been sold a story for more than a couple years that there is pill that can be taken to provide the benefits of exercise without the effort or time…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceCutting through even more of the nonsensical advice that's suppose to make us healthy again...
There is a lot of talk about the impact that our diet has on our health. So much so that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has made it a central…