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Scientific Health: Education and Human Performance
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Episodes
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformancePeriodization of Exercise, from starting out to building the routine
Picking up the conversation that we started on how to build an exercise routine for continued success breaking through the misinformation within the narratives…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceTruthiness of the quips and phrases we hear from healthcare and fitness professionals-Part 2, Metabolic and Functional Health
Continuing our discussion on the quips and phrases, buzzwords and jargon that gets used by professionals looking at the ideas and concepts put forth by…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformancePotential nonsensical advice that's suppose to make us healthy again... Part 2
Continuing the discussion on the potential nonsense be spouted by individuals in positions of power overseeing our public health that has lead to the…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformancePeriodization of Exercise, how to start a program for continuous success
A lot of time the approach to exercise is as if everyone is trying to be either a bodybuilder or an athlete... even though most of us are simply trying to…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformancePotential nonsensical advice that's suppose to make us healthy again... Part 1
There is a lot of nonsense be spouted by individuals in positions of power overseeing our public health that has lead to the resurgence of myths that have been…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceAutophagy? What is it and why does it get praised for causing benefits in everything from fasting to cold showers?
Everyone that touts the benefits of ice baths and cold showers to the use of fasting speak of the benefits of autophagy... but what is autophagy and why is is…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceTruthiness of the quips and phrases we hear from healthcare and fitness professionals-Part 1
There are a lot of quips and phrases, buzzwords and jargon that gets used by professionals to make us appear to be more of an expert but do all these quips and…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceSome more food myths... what to ignore, what to see as true...
All food dyes are unsafe... sugar is bad for you... you get fat from the fat in your diet... so many food myths persist but are any of these myths true and…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceThat time of the year again... Daylight Savings Time
It's that time of the year where we move clocks ahead 1 whole hour and as a result we lose productivity... lose sleep... feel tired... feel jet lagged without…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceCardio exercise... what is the deal about "Zone 2" being the best?!?
There has been a lot of talk about getting your "steps in" and using "light long duration" exercise, but does it matter if my cardio is in Zone 2 or not?…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceThe Fitness & Fatness Continuum...
We keep mention ideas of fatness and overfatness and its negative impact that it might have on our health, well let's talk about that. Please make sure to…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHow do we get and keep strong bones?
We keep hearing that women at menopause will start to suffer from osteoporosis... that we need calcium and vitamin D in our diet to make our bone strong... but…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceDon't buy into the gimmicks... how to avoid the quackery
Health and fitness is often treated as big business, because to some it is... there are lucrative markets, most of them completely unregulated or very poorly…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformancePrebiotics and probiotics... what's the difference and do they work?
There is a lot of noise about gut health, a lot of advertisements about how a healthy gut is essential for overall health. In this noise, we often hear a lot…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceDoes meal time impact weight loss or weight gain
Does it matter if I skip a meal? Is there a problem with eating late at night? There is a lot of noise out there, so much so that we get bombarded with a host…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWalking... is it really going to make me healthy?
There is a lot of talk about "getting your steps in" each day. So much so that at times it gets treated like a running gag, but is there truth behind the…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat?!? How does drinking cause cancer?
There has been a lot of takes over the last few days following the publication of an new advisory from the US Seurgon General pertaining to alcohol consumption…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIs there a best time to workout?
One of the aspects of training and exercise that is often taken for granted is when in the day I should do my exercise. And if you ask a trainer or medical…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceRevisiting our discussion... No single meal will ruin your diet.
As we get to the holiday season, too often we are presented with a false thought that having a feast is somehow going to ruin your diet, the chances of making…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat we tend to get wrong about supplements
There is often a lot of conversation about which is the best and how much is too much when it comes to dietary supplements, especially as we confuse that a…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhy do I suffer from food coma
We hear a lot of people blaming the tryptophan in our turkey meals for causing the food comas that we will be suffering from on Thanksgiving, but how true are…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceThis is your brain learning...
There is a lot of talk about people having specific learning styles or that people have trouble learning new things when they get older. But what most of these…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceReally.... all I need is a few minutes of exercise?
There is a recent study that has gained popularity across various news feeds that indicates that few minutes of exercise is all you need to improve blood…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceAre the alternatives really healthier or just marketed that way?
There are a lot of discussion going on that many of the convenient foods we have in our house, in our school lunches, that we have for snacks cause health…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat is the importance of the "Negative" in weight training?
We've discussed a lot about proper exercise techniques and understanding how our body moves to maximize the gains we can get in the gym. Yet, one aspect of…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceNo... sugar is not making you hyperactive and other "facts" we shouldn't believe about sugar in our food.
There are a lot of myths, misconception, misinformation and disinformation out there on foods in our diet that by themselves cause health issues or cause…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceI hate running... what can I do instead? A follow up on cycling and swimming
We all know the claim… running is great for weight loss because it burns more Calories... but you hate running, let's follow up to the previous talk about what…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceAre we creating injury prone athletes?
In the pursuit of building athletes that are bigger, faster, stronger are we in actuality generating generation of athletes that are now more likely to get…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhen does the ounce of prevention not become the pound of cure?
We all keep getting told that we need to exercise and be active to be healthy, but when does it become too much? Expanding on our previous discussion of making…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceSupplements to maximize my brain power?
We all know that to keep our brain healthy means needing to learn or at least stimulate the brain with interesting things. But there are some companies that…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHow important is stretching?
We all remember the PE teacher going through the benefits of stretching... our friend that continuously wants us to join them in their yoga class. But what is…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceOunce of prevention... pound of cure?
How do injuries develop? What can training do to minimize injury risks? When should we worry about overtraining? Well, let's talk about that Please make sure…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceI hate running... what can I do instead?
We all know the claim… running is great for weight loss because it burns more Calories... but you hate running, so what can we do? Well let's talk about…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhy am I not responding to the weight loss pill?
We've been told that there is pill that can be taken to provide the benefits of exercise without the effort or time dedicated to making the improvements in…
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How much time is enough time to become an expert?
We have been told that if we work hard enough, put in the time and effort we can become expert. I mean heck, Malcolm Gladwell made a pretty penny selling this…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceDoping... an Olympic legacy?
With so many seeking the smallest advantage against other competitors, we are left with a question that seems to be ignored with all the screaming and…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceMyths... misinformation... disinformation... oh, and just a little sexism for good measure: Part 1--Female Athletes
The way we approach sports, exercise, or even health for women in our communities is quite different from how we would ever dream of talking about it for men…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceMyths about diabetes we all seem to believe
There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about various health issues and how we can prevent, cure, or simply live with the disease. One of the most common…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceThe problem with BMI and other body composition measures
If you listen to the media, we have a weight problem that leads to a health problem... a problem that is being met by a host of answers all centered on a…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceFasting... what happens physiologically
How does fasting work physiologically? We might have heard a lot of people praising the effects that fasting has for them, yet we've already talked about…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat makes a diet healthy?
We've all tried to have that discussion about eating healthy, but what does that mean? A recent article called into question whether any type of processing of…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat should I expect from my dietary supplements?
Creatine... pre-workout... fat burners... what should I expect from these and others? The good... the bad... and the ugly of dietary supplements. Our…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHow to make exercise functional exercise.
Continuing the discussion about functional exercise, let's discuss how to make exercise functional Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat does it mean to be a functional exercise?
I have been asked many times to discuss the purpose of functional exercise and most notably the use and incorporation of "trendy" exercise variations such as…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceBut won't the summer barbecues and parties ruin my progress?
We've previously discussed how a single meal won't ruin your diet, how to use cheat days and periodize your diet. But how can these concepts help us survive…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat?!? Why would we need a medical warning label for social media?
A couple of weeks ago there was an op-ed published in the NY Times by the surgeon general indicating that social media should come with a health warning, as if…
Scientific Health: Education and Human Performance30-day Fitness challenges, are they fitness fads or a valid way to reach my goal?
The use of fitness challenges can be a effective way to jumpstart our progress toward reaching a weight loss goal, but how will these challenge help improve…
Scientific Health: Education and Human Performance30-day Weight loss challenges, are they a fitness fad or a valid way to reach my goal?
The use of fitness challenges can be a effective way to jumpstart our progress toward reaching a fitness goal, but what about challenges that focus on weight…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceAn announcement... Dogmatic Diets is now available for purchase
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Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat's the deal with all these 30-day challenges?
There has been a lot of social media posts encouraging people to try a variety of different 30-day challenges, whether it be "my 30-day fat loss challenge," or…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceCancer, can I prevent it? What can I do to make sure I recover from it?
We keep hearing that some foods are not safe to eat, that we don't want to be around smokers, and that somehow cooking with a microwave is harmful But why?…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceOur culture of thinness is ruining our health
The messages we get about needing to look a certain way impacts everything in our lives from how we eat, how we exercise, to how medical providers look at us…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceSummertime means healthy time
Summertime gives us more opportunities to work on our health goals for the year, and as we get ready to enjoy our time outdoors this summer, it is beneficial…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHow can I be deficient? That nutrient is found in the food I'm eating
The way we approach diet information is very dogmatic and can lead to many blind spots in our understanding of how diets drastically impact nutrient balance…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHow can I be heavier?!? I've been dieting
Research suggest that fasting-style diets are effective for men and women, but an interesting point of contention has been noted when looking at the specific…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIs it too late, or can you actually get "summer ready" starting now?
As the spring starts to give way to summer, there is a giant push get "beach ready" or "summer ready" that typically is viewing body weight, or more…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHow hard does it have to be?
The way we approach exercise in the gym and fitness center is as if everyone is trying to be a bodybuilder or an athlete... but most are simply trying to…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceFood? Yes, please. More food? Definitely!
We eat to live… that is saying that we try to live by when it comes to food. Yet, we are constantly bombarded with marketeers feeding us earworms that have us…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat should I track to know that I am making progress towards my fitness goal?
Tracking progress in our exercise regimen is essential to make sure that long-term changes and our yearly resolution health goals can be reached. But what…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIs the pitcher's elbow getting hurt because of pitching against the clock?
There has been some recent reports about a rash of elbow injuries in high profile MLB pitchers. A lot of whom want to blame it on the change in the game that…