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Biobanks [Nutrition Science Explained #1]
May 5, 2022#436: Charlene Van Buiten, PhD – Coeliac Disease & the Search for Novel Therapies
May 3, 2022#435: Fasting & Longevity – Does the Evidence Match the Hype?
April 26, 2022Quack Asylum: “Fish is Bad For You”
April 19, 2022#434: Is a Vegan Diet Really Best for Diabetes?
April 12, 2022#433: Greg Potter, PhD – The Bidirectional Relationship Between Sleep and Diet
April 6, 2022#432: Bill Harris, PhD – Omega-3 Fatty Acids & Health
March 30, 2022#431: Artificial Sweeteners – Health Impacts and ‘Safe’ Levels
March 24, 2022Quack Asylum: “Don’t Eat Vegetables”
March 17, 2022#430: Soy – Yes, No, Maybe?
March 14, 2022#429: Kevin Hall, PhD & Stephan Guyenet, PhD – Carbohydrate-Insulin Model vs. Energy Balance Model
March 8, 2022#428: Food Environments
March 2, 2022#427: Jacob Schepis – Evidence-Based Coaching: Desirable Goal or Unattainable Burden for Fitness Professionals?
February 22, 2022#426: Jaebian Rosario – How Social Identity and Ideological Extremes Impact Scientific Discussion
February 15, 2022#425: Prof. Anna Krylov – When Ideology Hurts Scientific Discourse
February 8, 2022#424: Is Low Cholesterol Bad For You?!
February 1, 2022#423: Zoya Huschtscha, PhD – Understanding Sarcopenia & Potential Interventions
January 25, 2022#422: Psychobiotics – Can Probiotics Improve Mood-related Disorders?
January 18, 2022#421: Brendon Stubbs, PhD – The Research on Depression & Physical Activity
January 11, 2022#420: Cannabis – Kevin Boehnke, PhD & Carrie Cuttler, PhD
January 4, 2022#419: Nathan Bryan, PhD – Role of Nitric Oxide in Human Health
December 30, 2021#418: Should We Consume a Direct Source of DHA?
December 21, 2021#417: Austin Baraki, MD – What Do Nutrient Blood Tests Actually Tell Us?: Understanding Biomarkers
December 14, 2021#416: David Nunan, PhD – Evidence-Informed Health Care: Evidence-based Medicine 2.0
December 7, 2021#415: Prof. Bruce Neal – Can Salt Substitutes Reduce Cardiac Events & Death?
November 30, 2021#414: Will Machine Learning Overtake Traditional Nutrition Research Methods?
November 24, 2021#413: Anthony Fardet, PhD – Nutritional Reductionism, the Food Matrix & Impact of Processing
November 16, 2021#412: Eirini Dimidi, PhD – Diet, Chronic Constipation and the Gut
November 9, 2021#411: Bone Health & Nutrition
November 2, 2021#410: Q&A: Sodium, Protein, Quackery Tactics & More!
October 26, 2021#409: Simon Hill – Shifting Towards a Healthier Diet
October 19, 2021#408: Mario Kratz, PhD – Is Eating Full-fat Dairy, Low-fat Dairy, or No Dairy Better for Cardiometabolic Health?
October 12, 2021#407: Polyphenols – Impact on Blood Pressure, Endothelial Function & Heart Disease Risk
October 5, 2021#406: Polyphenols & Cognitive Health
September 28, 2021#405: Adrian Brown, PhD – Dietary Strategies in Type 2 Diabetes
September 21, 2021#404: Prof. Marion Hetherington – Psychology and Development of Food Preference & Eating Behaviour
September 14, 2021#403 Prof. David Jacobs – Food Synergy & The Top-Down Approach to Nutrition Research
September 7, 2021#402: Prof. Leanne Redman – Pregnancy, Maternal Diet & Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity
August 31, 2021#401: Quack Asylum – Part 2: Greger, Berg & Saladino
August 24, 2021#400: Quack Asylum – Part 1: Malhotra & DiNicolantonio
August 17, 2021#399: Prof. James Betts – Does Fasting Have Benefits Beyond Those Caused By Calorie Restriction?
August 10, 2021#398: Carole Hooven, PhD – Testosterone: Behavioural Endocrinology & Sex Differences
August 3, 2021#397: Dietary Nitrates & Nitrites
July 27, 2021#396: Leigh Frame, PhD – Nutrient Trials: RCT Design, Ethics and Placebo Groups
July 20, 2021#395: Prof. Carel Le Roux – Current Thinking in Obesity Treatment
July 14, 2021#394: Gar Benn – Nutrition Coaching Q&A
July 8, 2021#393: Vitamin D: Does Supplementation Actually Improve Health?
June 29, 2021#392: Clare Pettinger, PhD, RD – Environmentally Sustainable Diets & Food Access
June 22, 2021#391: Is There a Body Weight Set Point?: Models of Body Mass Regulation
June 15, 2021#390: Gil Carvalho MD, PhD – Dairy, Olive Oil & Diet Debates: Understanding Evidence
June 9, 2021#389: Renee McGregor, RD – Why Are Athletes Under-Eating?
June 3, 2021#388: Consequences of Weight Stigma and Weight Bias
May 27, 2021#387: Shift Work and Health
May 18, 2021#386: Deirdre Tobias, ScD – Study Design, Diet Collection Methods and Nutrition Epidemiology
May 12, 2021#385: Insulin Resistance & Diet
May 4, 2021#384: Research Review: The Interference Effect & Concurrent Training
April 27, 2021#383: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) & Diet
April 20, 2021#382: Andy Morgan – Planning Phases of Body Composition Change
April 6, 2021#381: Prof. Chris Packard – LDL Cholesterol, ApoB & Atherosclerosis
March 30, 2021#380: Prof. Barry Popkin – The Nutrition Transition & Using Policy Actions to Create Healthier Diets
March 23, 2021#379: Obesity & Chronic Disease Risk with Dr. Spencer Nadolsky
March 16, 2021#378: Nutritional Epidemiology
March 9, 2021#377: Herman Pontzer, PhD – Metabolism, Mitochondria & Evolutionary Biology
March 2, 2021#376: Kevin Hall, PhD – Plant-based Diet vs. Ketogenic Diet: Impact on Calorie Intake
February 23, 2021#375: Salt, Sodium & Health
February 16, 2021#374: How to Plan a Fighter’s Diet
February 9, 2021#373: Alcohol & Health: Is Zero Better Than Some?
February 2, 2021#372: Mike Israetel, PhD – Bodybuilding, Avoiding Suffering & Lessons for Life
January 26, 2021#371: Dietary Cholesterol – Are Eggs & Cholesterol-rich Foods a Cause for Concern?
January 19, 2021#370: Jake Mey, PhD, RD – Dietetics, Evidence-based Practice & Translating Science into Advice
January 13, 2021#369: Prof. Jason Gill – Population Cardiometabolic Disease Risk: Impact of Strength, Fitness & Activity
January 6, 2021#368: Shannon Beer – Intentional Eating, Flourishing Health & Behavioural Psychology
January 1, 2021#367: Gabrielle Fundaro, PhD – Mindful Eating, Facilitating Health Behaviour Change & Client-centred Coaching
December 28, 2020#366: Listener Q&A
December 22, 2020#365: David Robert Grimes, PhD – Conspiracy Theories & Bad Information: Why Are We Susceptible?
December 15, 2020#364: Jake Linardon, PhD – Disordered Eating: Impact of Macro Tracking & Social Media
December 8, 2020#363: Public Health Policy vs. Personal Responsibility: Evidence vs. Ideology
December 1, 2020#362: Alistair Monteyne – Impact of Mycoprotein & Vegan Diets on Muscle Protein Synthesis
November 25, 2020#361: Sarah Berry, PhD – The PREDICT Study, Postprandial Metabolism & Personalised Nutrition
November 18, 2020#360: Nick Hiebert – Micronutrients, Anti-nutrients and Non-essential Nutrients
November 12, 2020#359: Calorie Confusion – (Mis)Understanding Energy Balance
November 5, 2020#358: Coffee & Health
October 27, 2020#357: Nicky Keay, MB BChir – Female Athletes: Hormones, Energy Availability & the Menstrual Cycle
October 21, 2020#356: Hana Kahleova, MD, PhD – Plant-based Diets, Meal Timing & Meal Frequency
October 15, 2020#355: Is Time-restricted Eating Dead?: A Closer Look
October 8, 2020#354: Problems with the Meta-Analysis in Nutrition
September 29, 2020#353: James Hébert, ScD – Dietary Inflammatory Index
September 22, 2020#352: Do Diets Even Work in the Long-term? – A Look at Weight Loss Maintenance
September 15, 2020#351: Prof. Glenn Gibson – Human Gut Bacteriology, Prebiotics & Probiotics
September 8, 2020#350: Peter Olusoga, PhD & Hugh Gilmore – Coaching Burnout: The Research & Applied Psychology
September 2, 2020#349: Prof. Naomi Allen – How the UK Biobank is Powering Chronic Disease Research
August 26, 2020#348: Omega-3 Supplementation & Heart Disease
August 19, 2020#347: Alex Thomas – Advancing the Sports Nutritionist Profession
August 12, 2020#346: Kathryn Bradbury, PhD – Diet & Colorectal Cancer Risk
August 4, 2020#345: Rebecca Leech, PhD – Impact of Meal Patterning on Diet Quality & Health
July 29, 2020#344: Prof. Martin Caraher – Food Poverty & Food Aid Provision
July 22, 2020#343: Understanding Causality in Nutrition Science
July 16, 2020#342: Are Vegan Diets Superior for Health?
July 7, 2020#340: Ethics of Veganism & Omnivorism (Part 4) – Diana Rodgers, RD & Robb Wolf
July 1, 2020#339: Prof. Corinna Hawkes – Food Policy, Food Systems & Public Health
June 26, 2020#338: Ethics of Veganism & Omnivorism (Part 3) – Alex O’ Connor
June 21, 2020#337: Ethics of Veganism & Omnivorism (Part 2) – Prof. Paul Thompson
June 16, 2020#336: Ethics of Veganism & Omnivorism (Part 1) – Andrew Chignell, PhD
June 10, 2020#335: Kyra Bobinet, MD – Systems, Dietary Behaviour Change & the Iterative Mindset
June 4, 2020#334: Austin Baraki, MD – Potential Harms of Screening, Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment
May 28, 2020#333: Diet & Immunity
May 20, 2020#332: Prof. Sam McConkey – COVID-19: Public Health Response, Clinical Presentation & Socioeconomics
May 15, 2020#331: Prof. Roy Taylor – Diabetes Remission, Very-low Calorie Diets & the Twin Cycle Hypothesis
May 5, 2020#330: Eric Trexler, PhD – Antioxidants, Oxidative Stress & Exercise Adaptations
April 28, 2020#329: Diet & Inflammation
April 20, 2020#328: Meeta Singh, MD – Sleep, Immunity & Mental Health
April 14, 2020#327: David Dunne – Behavioural Science in Nutrition
April 8, 2020#326: Krista Scott-Dixon, PhD – Adaptability & Autonomy in the Nutrition Coaching Process
April 3, 2020#325: Kirk Parsley, MD – Stress, Sleep & Anxiety During a Pandemic
March 29, 2020#324: Fatima Cody Stanford, MD – Obesity Treatment & Weight Bias
March 24, 2020#323: COVID-19 & SARS-CoV-2 with Rizwan Sohail, MD
March 17, 2020#322: Dominic Munnelly – Coaching People To Health: Philosophy, Empathy & Community
March 12, 2020#321: Dave Feldman & Alan Flanagan – Debating LDL Causality & the “Lipid Triad”
February 25, 2020#320: Hannah Ritchie, PhD – Environmental Impacts of our Diet: Climate, Carbon Footprint & Land Use
February 18, 2020#319: Women in Science: Past Guests as Role Models in Nutrition
February 11, 2020#318: Chris Melby, Dr.P.H. – Impact of Energy Flux on Weight Loss Maintenance
February 4, 2020#317: Understanding Diet & Heart Disease Risk
January 28, 2020#316: Michael Grandner, PhD – Societal, Social & Psychological Influences on Sleep
January 22, 2020#315: Samia Mora, MD – Lipids, Lipoproteins & Atherosclerosis
January 15, 2020#314: Q&A – Hemochromatosis, Sodium, Bone Health, & More!
January 9, 2020#313: Fergus Connolly, PhD – Authenticity, Elite Human Performance & Getting the Best From Others
January 1, 2020#312: Allison Brager – Sleep Architecture, Chronotypes & Rescuing Performance
December 17, 2019#311: Andrew Chappell, PhD – Diet Strategies in Elite Natural Bodybuilders
December 10, 2019#310: Meeta Singh, MD – Sleep & Circadian Disruption in Pro Athletes: Dealing With the NBA Schedule
December 3, 2019#309: Ciaran O’ Regan – Epistemology, Ignorance Navigation & the Error-Correcting Machinery of Science
November 26, 2019#308: Robin Tucker, PhD, RD – Impact of Sleep on Taste Perception, Cravings & Food Reward
November 19, 2019#307: Stephan Guyenet, PhD – Are Popular Nutrition & Health Books Trustworthy, Accurate & Health-Promoting?
November 12, 2019#306: Daniel Davey – Food Preparation Skills, Being an Effective Nutritionist & Creativity
November 5, 2019#305: John Berardi, PhD – Be a “Change Maker” in your Health & Fitness Career
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