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
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episode 1: The First Vitamin
The first vitamin was not A, but B1 - and its story involves a surgeon, a navy, and rejection of Eastern Medicine.
episode 2: Chocolate Myths
Who doesn’t want to think chocolate is good for you? Well, there is some evidence that it has great compounds that are healthy. The question is - how many calories to get to those compounds? This, and the great chocolate weight loss con, in this episode.
episode 3: Talking Turkey
There are a lot of myths about turkeys - here is the science from how to cook it to why it doesn’t make you sleepy
episode 4: Covid19 Part One
#COVID19 is not the worst virus the US has encountered, but here is some science for you to know.
episode 5: Covid19 Part Two
#COVID19 - why we are closing schools, limiting social gatherings, and stopping March Madness to flatten the curve.
episode 6: Covid19 Part Three
#COVID19 - how to get the economy going again - we need masks and tests
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