Watch this TEDxHarvardLaw talk by Stephan Guyenet. Stuff they didn’t teach you in history class. The American Diet: A Historical Perspective The United States has experienced a major health transition in the last 150 years, which has included an increase in the prevalence of obesity, diabetes and coronary heart disease. As these conditions are heavily influenced by […]
On Quacks, Placebos, Publication bias
Watch this interesting TED talk by Ben Goldacre. He talks about about quacks, epidemiology, publication bias, placebos, funnel plots, and evil pharmaceutical corporations…
Robert Lustig "The Trouble with Fructose: a Darwinian Perspective"
Robert Lustig, MD spoke at the Ancestral Health Symposium. “The Trouble with Fructose: a Darwinian Perspective” If paleo dieting is your thing you might enjoy: Robb Wolf’s talk “The Paleo Solution”Mathieu Lalonde’s talk “An Organic Chemist’s Perspective on Paleo”Mark Sisson’s talk “The Lost Art of Play”Staffan Lindeberg’s talk “Food and Western Disease”
Deskbound – Kelly Starrett Health at Google Talk
Now here is something to watch on your weekend. Kelly Starrett did a talk in the Health at Google series. Titled “Deskbound”, he talks about what prolonged periods of sitting does to our bodies and how we can fight that evil. Basically, the talk is a brief summery of what you have already learned if […]