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Aug 12, 2026 1 hr

Ep 68 - A Brain-Shrinking Habit?

from Front Page Fitness Hosted by MASS Research Review

Lauren is back in the US, which kicks off a tangent about her new (third) phone number and the newest "Dunkers" in the donut/soft drink industry. After that, they get into the headlines of the week. First up is "boy kibble," then a Shake Shack guilt-tipping controversy sparks a full rant about tipping culture creeping onto self-service kiosks and app-dependent businesses. After that, a New York Post piece on returning to the gym earns rare praise, followed by a less praise-worthy headline about active recovery. The back half covers a Huffington Post story on a study linking midlife TV watching to later brain shrinkage — interesting but with plenty of potential confounders and limitations. The top headline is a famous doctor (the same "alpha" physician advising RFK Jr. and JD Vance) claiming that toilet paper becomes unnecessary when you adopt his preferred diet. They close with a listener question about protecting your eyesight through a PhD. Front Page Fitness is proudly presented by the MASS Research Review massresearchreview.com Chapters 0:00 Intro 4:42 Dr. Pepper Dunkers 8:07 "Boy kibble" 12:18 Guilt-tipping and app-dependent businesses 25:13 Returning to the gym the right way 31:04 Active recovery 38:31 Does midlife TV shrink your brain? 44:04 The carnivore diet & the toilet paper claim 52:07 Protecting your eyesight in a PhD

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