Discussions about the science of nutrition, dietetics and health. The podcast that educates through nuanced conversations, exploring evidence and cultivating critical thinking. Hosted by Danny Lennon.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 20 days 18 hours 30 minutes
The PREDIMED Trial – Controversy, Criticisms, & Lessons Learned (SNP 22)
Links: About This Episode: PREDIMED (Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea) is a landmark clinical trial conducted in Spain. The study made a huge splash due to the rarity in nutrition of having large RCTs with hard endpoints. In addition, it had...
#498: The PROPEL Trial & Weight Loss Interventions in Primary Care – John Apolzan, PhD
Links: About this Episode: The PROPEL (Promoting Successful Weight Loss in Primary Care in Louisiana) trial was a cluster-randomized weight loss trial, specifically tailored to address the pressing health concerns of an underserved population in...
#497: Are Food Frequency Questionnaires Reliable?
Links: About This Episode: Food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) have been widely employed in nutrition research to assess dietary intake patterns among study participants. However, debates surrounding the reliability of FFQs have persisted both...
SNP21: Sick Individuals and Sick Populations
Links: About this episode: In 1985 a paper titled was published in the International Journal of Epidemiology. The paper, authored by eminent epidemiologist Geoffrey Rose, can be considered as seminal and important because it...
#496: ATBC Cancer Prevention Study – Crucial Lessons
Links: About This Episode: The Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study (ATBC) stands as a seminal and pioneering research endeavor within the domain of epidemiology and cancer prevention. Conducted in Finland, the study aimed to...
#495: Circadian Clocks in Muscle & Exercise as a Time Cue – Prof. Karyn Esser
Links: About this Episode: The field of circadian biology has long been associated with regulating diurnal physiological processes, notably the sleep-wake cycle. However, recent advances have unveiled a broader role for circadian clocks...
#494: Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial
Links: About This Episode: The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) was a groundbreaking clinical trial conducted in the 1970s and 1980s. Its main objective was to investigate the relationship between various risk factors and the...
#493: The Keys Equation – How Dietary Fats Impact Blood Cholesterol
Links: About this Episode: One of the most important and influential papers in nutrition science is one by Ancel Keys and his colleagues that was published in The Lancet in 1957. This seminal paper examined the relationship between dietary fat...
Announcement: I Wrote a Book!
The book: What if you could guarantee your diet and weight-cutting plan would maximize performance? Take control and transform your performance with… Making Weight: The Ultimate Science-based Guide to Cutting Weight for Combat...
SNP20: The Cumulative Exposure Model of LDL-C & Heart Disease
This is a Premium-exclusive episode, so here you'll only hear a preview. In order to listen to the full episode you’ll need to subscribe to . About This Episode: It has been clearly demonstrated that elevated LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), or perhaps...