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: 18 hours 59 minutes
episode 4: Fish Fraud
Mislabeling fish is more than just fraud, it can represent some of the major harm being done to our ecosystem.
episode 3: Salmon: Wild or Farmed
Wild Alaska Salmon is more expensive than farm raised salmon - and there is a reason - it is worth it!
episode 2: Alkaline Water: Con or Medicine?
Alkaline water is endorsed by the likes of Tom Brady and Beyonce as having anti-inflammatory powers and better hydration. But does it?
episode 1: Ten Day Holiday Diet
A simple ten day diet plan that works - when you need it the most, vacations and holidays
episode 8: Spamology
Whenever I get together with Simon Majumdar we always have a lot of fun. Today we talked spam, the meat, not the email.
episode 7: The Beer and Sausage Diet: The Secrets To Losing Weight and Keeping It Off
While the beer and sausage diet sounds silly, it was really an experiment that made some great observations about weight loss and weight maintenance. And we had fun.
episode 6: Food Fables: Veganism
Eating all vegetables won’t cure your cancer, heart disease, or even make you live longer.
episode 5: Alcohol: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
No safe level of alcohol? We take skeptical look at study and go deep with the lead author.
episode 4: The Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean Diet is the healthiest diet to follow with lots of data following over 1.5 million patients. It is the diet most physicians recommend to their patients, the diet that we recommend to you. This episode uncovers some of the remarkable work of this diet.
episode 3: Farm to Fable
A Tampa Reporter finds many restaurants claim local, but are not - and they upcharge for this claim.