All Episodes
Straight Talk on Health — 109 episodes
Ep. 165 – Parasites, bacteria, the latest outbreak
Ep. 164 – Research Shorts
Ep. 163 – The Obesity Solution: Stress Adaptation
Ep. 162 – The Problem with Expert Opinions
Ep. 161 - Heat, Humidity, and Physical Activity
Ep. 160 - Diet and Cancer: Dos and Don’ts
Ep. 159 – Interval Training
Ep. 158 – Is obesity a disease only treatable with medication?
Ep. 157 –Healthspan: The Real Frontier
Ep. 156 – Research Update: Vitamin D and Long-term COVID
Ep. 155 – New Guidelines for Diet and Heart Disease Risk
Ep. 154 – What’s Your Question?
Ep. 153 – Carbonated drinks and your bones
Ep. 152 – The Starvation Mode Myth Revisited
Ep. 151 – Spring Ahead, Fall Back
Ep. 150 – Research Updates: Snake Oil and Coffee
Ep. 149 – Everything you need to know about Vitamin D
Ep. 148 – National Heart Month: Stroke
Ep. 147 – Research Update: Vaccinations
Ep. 146 – Thoughts and Observations
Ep. 145 – All About Avocados
Ep. 144 – When is Enough?
Ep. 143 – A myth busted and shoulder replacement
Ep. 142 – Healthier and Fitter: A Simple Approach
Ep. 141 – Why nutrition doesn’t fix everything
Ep. 140 – Research Update: Peanut Allergies
Ep. 139 – Research Update: Melatonin
Ep. 138 – Erythritol: A Killer of a Sweetener?
Ep. 137 – Research Updates
Ep. 136 – Research Update: The Poly Pill is back, sort of
Ep. 135 – The World of Health on Podcasts
Ep. 134 – PFAS: The Forever Chemical. Or is it?
Ep. 133 – Body Mass Index: Has it’s time passed?
Ep. 132 –Research Update: Cognitive Decline
Ep. 131 – Season six open: Autism update
Ep. 130 – Timely Topics
Ep. 129 – How Your Heart Keeps on Beating
Ep. 128 – N-Acetyl Cysteine
Ep. 127 – Real or Imagined: Health Products
Ep. 126 – Pain vs Discomfort: How do you know the difference?
Ep. 125 – This and That
Ep. 124 – Recent Research on Aging
Ep. 123 – Short Research Reviews
Ep. 122 – Glucagon-like Peptide 1
Ep. 121 – Creatine: Is it Really a Muscle Builder?
Ep. 120 – Dying Before Their Time
Ep. 119 – Magnesium: A Key to Brain Health?
Ep. 118 – The Stall
Ep. 117 –About Seed Oils
Ep. 116 – Update on Exercise Physiology
Ep. 115 – Medications Don’t Cure Disease
Ep. 114 – Arsenic: What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. But is it dangerous to eat brown rice?
Ep. 113 –Stopped in your tracks
Ep. 112 – Have you ever said to yourself ‘just not now?’
Ep. 111 – The Mirror
Ep. 110 – Stem Cell Primer
Ep. 109 – Different approaches for getting healthy
Ep. 108 – How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?
Ep. 107 – Scienceploitation
Ep. 106 - Microbiome and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Ep. 105 – Carbonated Water and Weight Loss
Ep. 104 – Serum Vitamin B12 Levels
Ep. 103 – Fasting and Chemotherapy
Ep. 102 – Vitamin D in the Winter
Ep. 101 – Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth
Ep. 100 – Beef Tallow
Ep. 99 – Science Should Never Stop
Ep. 98 – Is detoxing a real thing?
Ep. 97 – Body Roundness Index (BRI)
Ep. 96 – Holiday Eating Strategies
Ep. 95 – Food Flexibility
Ep. 94 – Is being a weekend warrior healthy?
Ep. 93 –Protein Shakes and Smoothies
Ep. 92 –The Maltodextrin Story
Ep. 91 –What’s Your Motivation? What’s Your Choice?
Ep. 90 – Answers to listener health questions
Ep. 89 – Research Update
Ep. 88 – Reaction Time
Ep. 87 – Seed Oils
Ep. 86 – Advanced Directives
Ep. 85 – Research Update on Fish Oil and Atrial Fibrillation
Ep. 84 – Research Update on Multivitamins
Ep. 83 – Iron Absorption
Ep. 82 –Exercise relative to your current physical condition
Ep. 81 – Losing belly fat with exercise
Ep. 80 – What’s wrong with carbohydrates?
Ep. 79 – Ultra-processed Food
Ep. 78 – A personal superstition
Ep. 77 – Food Product Labels
Ep. 76 – Recent weight loss ads and commentaries
Ep. 75 – On the Possibility of Zombies
Ep. 74 – Food Waste
Ep. 73 – Artificial Sweeteners
Ep. 72 - Potential benefits of vegetarian diets
Ep. 71 - Prenatal omega-3 fatty acids supplementation
Ep. 70 – Research on flavonols
Ep. 69 – Nutrients and supplements when there’s no research for an ailment
Ep. 68 – Reducing risk of dying of cardiovascular disease
Ep. 67 – Vitamin D over-supplementation
Ep. 66 – Gut health
Ep. 65 – Dietary supplement misinformation
Ep. 64 – Body Mass Index
Ep. 63 – Oxalates
Ep. 62 –Vitamin D and bone health in children
Ep. 61 – Protein intake
Ep. 60 – Anticipating changes in health
Ep. 59 – Preparing for and rehabilitating from joint surgery
Ep. 58 – Winter weather tips
Ep. 57 – Mistrust in medical science