Scientific Nutrition Update 21: Reishi Mushrooms

This one was weird for me. I am immensely skeptical of any alternative treatments or medications, but there is some really interesting evidence that reishi mushrooms could help prevent cancer, and that they may help your immune system. Also if you want to purchase some FourSigmatic mushroom products and support this website, use this link. You'll get … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 21: Reishi Mushrooms →

Scientific Nutrition Update 20: Go for a Walk, Even if it’s just for 1 Minute and 40 Seconds

This episode is all about the health benefits of walking, and quite frankly they took my breath away. This is such a small intervention for frankly huge health outcomes. Walk and walk now. Like seriously. One of the easiest things you can do. Hat tip to Dr. William Lagakos Ph. D who started me down … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 20: Go for a Walk, Even if it’s just for 1 Minute and 40 Seconds →

Scientific Nutrition Update 19: Caffeine

You have to love caffeine. Has to be one of the most socially acceptable drugs of all time, and it feels fantastic. Highly recommend it. But today we discuss the health and mental effects of caffeine. Script: For today’s episode we are going to talk about one of my favorite drugs: caffeine. Now just to … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 19: Caffeine →

Scientific Nutrition Update 18: Fraud In Science

This episode exposes my biggest frustration with science right now, the complete and total disregard for good research practices, and the huge amount of fraud in science. It is honestly disturbing how prevalent this is. Study is here, check it out. Script: For today’s episode we are going to talk about fraud in science. This is … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 18: Fraud In Science →

Scientific Nutrition Update 17: Dietary Fiber, Gut Bacteria, Short Chain Fatty Acids, and Type 2 Diabetes

Today's episode was fun because in order to record this I had to learn a whole bunch of new material to understand it. I love when that happens, because it shows me that even when I have been in a field like this for a while I can still learn new things like about short … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 17: Dietary Fiber, Gut Bacteria, Short Chain Fatty Acids, and Type 2 Diabetes →

Scientific Nutrition Update 16: On Stephen Hawking

This was a hard episode to record. I greatly admired Stephen Hawking and his work. He was a man who fundamentally reimagined the cosmos, who could understand the implications of entropy of a black hole changing with respect to surface area of the event horizon rather than volume. But he was also a man who … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 16: On Stephen Hawking →

Scientific Nutrition Update 15: Omega 3’s, Something Fishy

Today's episode is about an example of a well done study in contrast to the one we discussed in episode twelve. In it we discuss some of the issues with Omega 3's, and especially why they seem not to be beneficial for cardiovascular disease. I've previously written about some of their other weird effects. Script: For today’s … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 15: Omega 3’s, Something Fishy →

Scientific Nutrition Update 14: Raw Water and the Ways it Will Kill you

This episode is all about that disgusting and mostly likely overexaggerated trend of people in Silicon Valley drinking "raw water" and all of the ways it can kill you. Don't do it. WARNING: EPISODE CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT VULGARITY Script: For today’s episode we are going to talk about a new fad in health and fitness, raw … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 14: Raw Water and the Ways it Will Kill you →

Scientific Nutrition Update 13: Weight Loss and the Whoosh

This episode is all about an interesting weight loss effect in which the pounds will seem to whoosh off over night and what causes it. Script: For today’s episode we are going to talk about one of those little peculiar things that can happen when you are losing weight called the Whoosh. Have you ever … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 13: Weight Loss and the Whoosh →

Scientific Nutrition Update 12: Beans and Heart Disease and Cancer and P Hacking

This is my single favorite episode of this podcast that I have ever made. In it I discuss a recent study about beans, and use it to explain some of the problems with nutritional science. Check this one out: Study here Script: For today’s episode we are going to talk about the magical fruit, that’s … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 12: Beans and Heart Disease and Cancer and P Hacking →