Fork U(niversity) Not everything you put in your mouth is good for you. There’s a lot of medical information thrown around out there. How are you to know what information you can trust, and what’s just plain old quackery? You can’t rely on your own “google fu”. You can’t count on quality medical advice from Facebook. You need a doctor in your corner. On each episode of Your Doctor’s Orders, Dr. Terry Simpson will cut through the clutter and noise that always seems to follow the latest medical news. He has the unique perspective of a surgeon who has spent years doing molecular virology research and as a skeptic with academic credentials. He’ll help you develop the critical thinking skills so you can recognize evidence-based medicine, busting myths along the way. The most common medical myths are often disguised as seemingly harmless “food as medicine”. By offering their own brand of medicine via foods, These hucksters are trying to practice medicine without a license. And though they’ll claim “nutrition is not taught in medical schools”, it turns out that’s a myth too. In fact, there’s an entire medical subspecialty called Culinary Medicine, and Dr...
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 19 hours 12 minutes
episode 11: Vitamins and Supplements for Prevention of Heart Disease and Cancer
The US Preventative Task Force updated their recent recommendations about vitamins and supplements in The Journal of the American Medical Association - reference here.
Their conclusion was: "Conclusions and Relevance Vitamin and mineral supplementation was associated with little or no benefit in preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, and death, with the exception of a small benefit for cancer incidence with multivitamin use...
episode 10: Can You Beet Hypertension?
It turns out that the juice from beets may lower blood pressure in a sustained and lovely manner. Beets, you see, besides being a colorful vegetable, contain a high level of Nitrate (NO3-). And this is absorbed by the body and converted into nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is that amazing molecule that relaxes blood vessels and improves blood flow...
episode 9: Collagen Supplements: Powders, Liquids, Potions, & Scams
Common Collagen Claims (taken from actual websites selling collagen supplements):
- “improves skin elasticity,”
- “support bone and joint health,”
- “strengthen hair, skin, and nails,”
- “may benefit the bodies cellular structure,”
- “support healthy skin, bone, and joints...
episode 8: Bill Lagakos and The Trouble With Diets
Diets. They work for some, but not for others. "You're just not on the right diet," purveyors of the latest trend will tell you. "You're just not on the right diet for your blood type, ethnicity, age, hair color," says another set of true believers.
So what's right and what's wrong?
Today on Fork U, a conversation between Dr. Terry Simpson, weight loss physician, and Dr...
episode 7: Is It The Mediterranean Diet Or The Mediterranean Lifestyle?
In science, we don’t look to confirm what we know; we want to find out something that we don’t know. We love it when science proves us wrong.
If your doctor told you that you have heart disease, were pre-diabetic, or said you should eat healthier, they likely will tell you to follow the Mediterranean Diet...
episode 6: Wine: Terroir Tales and Fables, You Can't Taste the Soil
In Vino, Veritas – or In Wine, Truth – by Pliny the Elder
When the Holy Roman Empire was forming Charlemagne gave lands to the monks in order for them to plant vineyards to make wine for the Eucharist. Those first vineyards, planted by Benedictine monks, make some of the classic wines of all time. Wine was in France centuries prior to Charlemagne, but it was those monks that we have a provenance of today’s wine...
Ten Day Holiday Diet - Again!
This episode originally aired for the holidays in 2018. But it's solid advice, so we're playing it again, Sam!
Diet season is soon upon us, but what happens if we have a system where you can lose weight during the times when you are most vulnerable: holidays, vacations, new relationships.
Not a “lifestyle” or “long term” diet - but a simple ten-day plan to lose weight during the times when you need it.
Full details: https://www.yourdoctorsorders...
episode 5: Microplastics in Fish, in Fruit, in Water
The term "microplastics" was originally described in 2004 for plastic particles that are less than 5 millimeters in diameter, originally being seen on beaches. But everywhere scientists have looked on planet earth, they have been found. From fruit, vegetables, nuts, beer, baby bottles, in the air, in our water.
Some have estimated that we ingest 100,000 microplastic particles per day or the equivalent of a credit card of microplastic in a year...
episode 4: Fructose: Evil or Misunderstood?
Ever since the YouTube video of Dr. Lustig and the evils of fructose went viral in 2010, many have advocated that fructose is the single most common cause of obesity in the United States.
The video had metabolic pathways that had the hypothesis that most fructose either becomes fat in the liver, or that it might go down a pathway to cause joint issues, leaky gut, and inflammation causing obesity...
episode 3: Red Meat: Is it good or bad? The answer is... sometimes
On my tiktok channel (@drterrysimpson or terrysimpson309) putting up a review of red meat the comments are reflective of the polarization that makes politics look like gentle disagreements.
Nutrition is nuanced - meaning, it is rare that something is good or bad for us, except for Death Cap Mushrooms, they will kill you, although I hear they are delicious. The same is true for red meat...