On: Mitochondria, exercise, and metabolic health Episode: 85 Date: December 2019 Background: Researcher in sports medicine and performance, diabetes, cancer and critical care medicine. Key Subjects: Breakdown into six different metabolic training zones based on: Type of muscle fiber recruited:
On: COVID-19 (Continued) Episode: 99 Date: March 2020 Background: Scientist, pediatrician, and advocate in the fields of global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical disease control. Key Subjects: No real sense of actual number of cases (% of population infected). Geographical
On: Wealth and Happiness Episode: 189 Date: March 2020 Background: Marketing professor, entrepreneur, author of ”The Algebra of Happiness”. Key Subjects: Mixed relationship between wealth and well-being. (see also “Making Sense — Kahneman”) As wealth increases, well-being: Levels out for
On: COVID-19 FAQ Episode: 98 Date: March 2020 Background: Internal medicine physician and co-author of Genius Foods. Key Subjects: Impact of limited healthcare capacity. Lack of ICU beds drives higher morbidity rate of COVID-19. Inability to provide appropriate care for
On: COVID-19 Episode: 97 Date: March 2020 Background: Scientist, pediatrician, and advocate in the fields of global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical disease control. Key Subjects: COVID-19. One of three 21st century coronavirus pandemics: SARS (2003), MERS (2012), COVID-19 (now).
On: The pervasive effect of stress – is it killing you? Episode: 51 Date: April 2019 Background: Neuroendocrinologist. Key Subjects: Dual hormonal pathway triggered by stress stimulus: Immediate response – adrenalin: Triggers activation of parasympathetic nervous system. Secondary response –
On: Dangers of poor sleep, Alzheimer’s risk, mental health, etc. Heart disease, cancer, sexual function, sleep disruption. Effects of poor sleep from performance to genetics. Episode: 48,49,50″ Date: April 2019 Background: Neuroscientist, sleep expert. Key Subjects: Part 1 We need
On: The common link in high blood pressure, insulin resistance, T2D, & obesity Episode: 87 Date: January 2020 Background: Nephrologist. Key Subjects: Ancient mutation helped us to turn fructose into fat. Allowed us to survive long periods without food. Now,
On: Fructose, processed food, NAFLD, and changing the food system Episode: 14 Date: September 2018 Background: endicronologist. Key Subjects: Issues with sugar: Contributes to inflammation, gout, high blood pressure, fatty liver, etc. (see “Fructose and Glucose” write-up). Issues with processed
On:New frontiers in cancer therapy, medicine, and the writing process Episode: 32 Date: December 2018 Background: oncologist, researcher, and author of the “The Gene”, “The Laws of Medicine”). Key Subjects: Rules of writings: No long stretches of science without a