Do you think carbs are bad for you or inherently fattening? When you feel an urgency to change your physique, are carbs the first thing to go from your plate? Do you worry about the glycemic load of your carbohydrate choices, carefully weighing the pros and cons of a baked potato versus pasta? We areContinue reading ““There’s definitely a false equivalency,” Sigma Nutrition Radio #429: Kevin Hall, PhD & Stephan Guyenet, PhD – Carbohydrate-Insulin Model vs. Energy Balance Model”
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“Dirty, bourgeois chemistry,” Sigma Nutrition Radio#425: Prof. Anna Krylov – When Ideology Hurts Scientific Discourse
During the Trump presidency, I participated yearly in the Portland March for Science. Science educators, researchers, and other concerned citizens marched in the thousands against the anti-science agendas of an administration who years before COVID set the stage for distrust in professionals, placing profits over real climate change action, religious beliefs over medical decisions, andContinue reading ““Dirty, bourgeois chemistry,” Sigma Nutrition Radio#425: Prof. Anna Krylov – When Ideology Hurts Scientific Discourse”
“I don’t think there is a panacea for depression, full stop,” Sigma Nutrition Radio #421: Brendon Stubbs, PhD – The Research on Depression & Physical Activity
Does physical activity reduce our symptoms for depression, anxiety and other mental health challenges? Does our current research give any clear guidelines on what helps, how often, and how much physical activity shows benefits for improving our experience of these diseases? This week’s conversation between Danny Lennon and Dr. Brendon Stubbs explores the strengths andContinue reading ““I don’t think there is a panacea for depression, full stop,” Sigma Nutrition Radio #421: Brendon Stubbs, PhD – The Research on Depression & Physical Activity”
Red Flags That a Fitness Professional is Full of Crap
Ah the holidays, when folks experience all the fun and anxiety associated with unrestrained exuberance paired painfully with social obligation and familial tension. Out of this miasma may rise within us a strong desire to take control, to reset, to cleanse or to start afresh. (And to completely mix the metaphor), thus enters the emotionalContinue reading “Red Flags That a Fitness Professional is Full of Crap”
“Lead with fear,” Sigma Nutrition Radio, Ep. #401: Quack Asylum – Part 2: Greger, Berg & Saladino
This episode of Sigma Nutrition Radio and the previous one are a celebration of 400 episodes of the podcast! They are a ton of fun and worth listening to, at a minimum to hear Alan and Danny giggle fiendishly as they listen to clips of quackery in their natural habitat. I wanted to highlight theContinue reading ““Lead with fear,” Sigma Nutrition Radio, Ep. #401: Quack Asylum – Part 2: Greger, Berg & Saladino”
“The only uncontroversial fact we can agree upon in nutrition,” Sigma Nutrition Radio Ep. #397: Dietary Nitrates & Nitrites
This week’s Sigma Nutrition Radio is an excellent conversation about the current nutritional science around dietary nitrates and nitrites, their potential impacts on the prevalence of positive and negative health outcomes, and recommendations for a healthy diet. As I’ve said elsewhere, I don’t feel qualified to opine on the science–Danny and Alan are the experts,Continue reading ““The only uncontroversial fact we can agree upon in nutrition,” Sigma Nutrition Radio Ep. #397: Dietary Nitrates & Nitrites”
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