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Scientific Health: Education and Human Performance
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Episodes
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIs it alternative and integrative medicine or is it quackery?
We tend to want to make pharmaceutical companies into the "bad man" in the idea of healthcare, an idea that pushes us to look at other treatment options... but…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceExercise in a pIll ... do we really have a pill for that?
It has been a couple of decades of dreaming of a pill that can be taken to provide the benefits of exercise without the effort or time dedicated to making the…
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What are you trying to say? Is it misinformation or sensationalism
There are a lot of news stories that we see and hope to use in guiding our decisions about how we might be able to live a healhier life...but it comes a time…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWTF, Bill Maher!?! Not only is your take not funny, but this line of thinking is dangerous.
Please stop it! I am going to stop from doing an ad hominem on Bill Maher, it is very difficult. Mental health issues are real issues, regardless of how…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceDaylight Savings Time... how to survive a time change
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 PerformanceDiet Dogmas... thou shall not eat carbohydrates
The following is a quick summary of a section from an upcoming book Diet Dogmas. There is a general desire to have a quick and simple fix that we can make to…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceBody image and Weight bias... Why can't we move past what someone looks like?
Continuing the discussion about the intentions of body positivity and how we are not meeting the goals. In this part of the talk we will discuss issues of bias…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceDiet Dogmas... let's talk vegan and plant-based diets
One of the more often changes that are mapped out is our diet in an attempt to "lose weight." But what is the best diet to allow me to lose weight?…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceCake, Cookie, or Pie... Oh My! Is my cheat day a problem?
The use of cheat days is nothing new in the fitness cults, but through the exposure it has obtained in social media has become something that is now more…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceTo maximize your workout... know how your body works
All too often we get students complaining about "how will I ever use this is real life" well, if you workout, play sports, or simply try to pick-up and move a…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHow we can filter through the misinformation and disinformation
Continuing the discussion on weeding through the information, misinformation, and disinformation that seems to dictate what we try to do to improve our health…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceLet's focus on the science not the slogans... a short discussion on scientific method and terminology
Too often, we hear "don't follow science, its constantly changing its mind" ... the intention of comments like this is more a rebuttal to marketing pitches and…
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The problem with social media influencers' obsessions
The rise of the influencers over the last decade has led to many myths and misconceptions about how our body work being perpetuated... perpetuated with the…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceMilk Misnomers-Part 2
There is often a discussion about milk and dairy that gets grounded in old talking points and ideas that might not be as true as we might hope. Join the…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceMilk Misnomers-Part 1
There is often a discussion about milk and dairy that gets grounded in old talking points and ideas that might not be as true as we might hope. Join the…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhy I need to stop stressing about my stress?
Stress is an interesting thing. It makes us stronger... more resilient, but the interpretation and response to stress by our body can lead to a host of issues…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHey California legislators, stop making it just about football...
Stop with it being just about football ... There is a push within the California statehouse to ban players under 12-years old from playing tackle football. An…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceSchools are essential for building healthy communities... but how?
The desire is really... we all want to raise healthy and fit kids, but the messaging that we get bombarded with makes teaching students to be healthy and fit…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceSchools are essential for building healthy communities... but most can't.
The desire is really... we all want to raise healthy and fit kids, but the messaging that we get bombarded with makes teaching students to be healthy and fit…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhy aren't we more accepting and understanding?
Continuing the discussion about how intentions about body positivity might not be as effective as we would have wished. If you need help with body image issues…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceAre we really being body positive? Well.. Um...
There has been a lot of discussion and action taken to be more positive about body image in an effort to avert body dysmorphic behaviors. But how well has this…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceTo run or not to run? That is the question
For individuals that are trying to use exercise as a way to change their overall cardiovascular fitness they are left with a conundrum... do I do exercise that…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWant to maximize your exercise results? Listen here...
We all want to have an exercise program and a diet that allows us to maximize our results... But how can we setup our routines to achieve this? Read the…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceFood... Diets ... and Dogma. Revisiting "Is there a best diet to follow?"
'Tis the season to map out changes we hope to make in the new year. One of the more often changes that are mapped out is our diet in an attempt to "lose…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceNo, Virginia Fox. Whole Milk is not an 'unsung hero'... a quick take on a misguided statement
Recently, we were given a "gem of an idea" from Representative Virginia Fox (R, North Carolina) in a discussion about school lunches on the floor of the US…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat?!? Are you trying to cause eating disorders? Let's wrap up this discussion
Finishing the discussion with Makayla the following episode tackles ideas presented in a YouTube "documentary" Obesity Conspiracy in an attempt to correct many…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat?!? Are you trying to cause eating disorders? A continuation of the discussion
Continuing the discussion with Makayla the following episode tackles ideas presented in a YouTube "documentary" Obesity Conspiracy in an attempt to correct…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat?!? Are you trying to cause eating disorders? A first response to "Obesity Conspiracy"
The ability to voice an opinion is vital to having a conversation, but the way that too many like to discuss the issues of obesity leaves me with a single…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceDamn JAMA, you call those treatment ideas. You're killing me smalls...
Continuing the discussion on the idea of "prediabetes" raised in the JAMA patient page let's examine the treatment options that are being offered. Listen to…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat is prediabetes? Damn JAMA, we are all now dumber for having read this article...
Pre-diabetic... Pre-hypertensive... What does any of that mean? Let's discuss something that made its way around the medical and health science community based…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceEverything we've been taught are lies...
Just a few more "facts" about your body that need correcting. Please make sure to follow YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.Education…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWTF?!?! No Tony Robbins... it is not just needing happy thoughts
A student passed a video clip from a person named Tony Robbins that claimed to be able to cure depression by getting people to think happy thoughts. Sorry…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceHow to keep from having another failed fitness resolution
A new year approaches and many of us will set a resolution that we will change our lifestyle to somehow improve our overall health and fitness… yet it seems…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat?!?! No! A single meal or party won't 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 PerformanceVaccines work! Why would you choose not to? Fighting the logical fallacies
We always see advertisements and medical PSAs recommending that we get vaccinated against various infections, but there is a host of individuals that voice the…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceVaccines work! Why would you choose not to?
We always see advertisements and medical PSAs recommending that we get vaccinated against various infections, but there is a host of individuals that voice the…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceTo vaccinate or Not to vaccinate? Seriously, why is this still a question...
With the changing seasons we always see advertisements and medical PSAs recommending that we get vaccinated against various infections, but there is a host of…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhat is the purpose of vaccinations?
Every year we see the advertisements about getting your flu vaccine... to enroll in school, children must be immunized... but with all the misinformation out…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceOpinions are opinions... facts are facts... what to know about reading through the evidence
We are bombarded with opinions about how things in our body works.... but how can we tell if those opinions are true or not? To answer this we need to…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceOpinions are opinions... facts are facts... how to understand the strength of the argument
We all have our opinions about how things in our body works... but how true are those opinions? Understanding the strength of the evidence being presented is…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceJust a few more "facts" to hopefully correct
Yes.. there are even more ... here are 10 more "facts" about the human body that might not be actual facts YouTube Video
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceTo weight loss drug, or no to weight loss drug...What's the benefit?
There has been a lot of talk about "new" weight loss drugs in the media, but how might these work and does it let me improve my health similar to losing weight…
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Controlling responses to stress
Why do they "choke" in the big game? Why can't I control my test anxiety? Understanding the balance between alarm and relaxation taking place in your body…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceTo weight loss drug, or no to weight loss drug? Well, I guess that is a question
There has been a lot of talk about "new" weight loss drugs in the media, but how might these work and does it let me improve my health similar to losing weight…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceReally... more lies about the human body?
Yes.. there are even more ... here are 10 more "facts" about the human body that might not be actual facts Watch on YouTube
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceReally... has everything I've been taught a lie?
Is it really all a lie... 10 "facts" about the human body that might not be actual facts
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceOk..Ok... how can I periodize my workout and diet
Finishing up the conversation on periodization, let's walk through the take home messages from the publications on periodization for weight loss and others on…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceNo! We can't we just blame it on McDonald's and fast food...
Let's continue the conversation based on understanding and principles that I first brought up in a paper over a decade ago related to health, diet and…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhy can't we just blame it on McDonald's and fast food?
There has recently been a news article discussing a not so new idea "can we prevent type 2 diabetes?" and a lot of discussion in the article and in popular…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhy periodization keeps gains going and stops loses from occurring.
Second part of the conversation, please make sure to listened to the first part of this conversation. If we want to improve our health it means needing to…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceWhy have the changes stopped? Introducing the idea of periodization
One of the goals of incorporating diet and exercise in our daily routines is to improve our overall health. But what happens when those improvements stop or…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIs it poor attention or ADHD... continuing our conversation
The third part of a very long conversation between myself and Ricci B where we delve into to some personal anecdotes of living with ADHD, talk a little about…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIs it poor attention or ADHD... let's talk a little more about the issues
In this second part of a very long conversation between myself and Ricci B as we delve into to some personal anecdotes of living with ADHD, talk a little about…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceIs it poor attention or ADHD... what's the difference?
First part of a very long conversation between myself and Ricci B on what it means to have ADHD. One of the things that we have seen over the last few years is…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceAre fitness trackers worth it?
There are so many different fitness trackers and applications used to measure our level activity... but are they really worth it? How accurate are these…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceShould we call them "Superfoods"... or are they just foods
If everything we eat is now a “superfood” it might be time to rethink what it means to be “super” or maybe just go back to calling things we eat “food”The…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceChoices in health ... coercion or self-selection. Part 2
Too often, we feel that health might be something out of our control. In this episode of the podcast, we will continue looking at how to make choices and work…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformanceChoices in health ... coercion or self-selection. Part 1
Too often, we feel that health might be something out of our control. In this episode of the podcast, we will delve into how to make choices and work with your…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformancePart 2: Why can't we just focus on learning?
What if I told you school was not about grades and being perfect on tests? Let's continue our looking at a better way to encourage learning by challenging the…
Scientific Health: Education and Human PerformancePart 1: Why can't we just focus on learning?
What if I told you school was not about grades and being perfect on tests? Let's take a look into at better way to encourage learning by challenging the…