Scientific Health: Education and Human Performance

There is a push coming from HHS advocacy panels and some medical organization recommendations that using wearable fitness devices may be a means to limit or treat the chronic "lifestyle" diseases that seem to be everywhere and threaten everyone. Everything from the simple pedometers to the heart rate monitors and even the continuous glucose monitors are all being touted as a means to ensure we can...

The information is everywhere. We can find it at the tips of fingers by doing simple internet searches. Yet, there are people that seem to either refuse to learn what science has to offer as factual evidence, or more importantly unlearn the myths and misconceptions that they hold on to... but why is that, are they just old dogs that can't learn a new trick or is something more? Well, let's talk ab...

Well, they warned us it was coming and most health scientists and neurologists were very skeptical. And rightfully so... Sept 22, 2025 U.S.. HHS released their "cause of autism" and I'm scratching my head thinking... "Really...are your sure about that? Acetaminophen causes autism? Well, let's talk about that... HHS "Fact Sheet": https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/autism-announcement-fact-sheet.html Pl...

How the weight management ideas that seem the simplest are often the ones that are misleading you. We're revisiting two ideas that seem to weave their way into any discussion we have about the myths and misconceptions for how our body works. Ideas that have become so ingrained into our ideals about how our body works—the simple suggests that you need so many servings of specific foods to eat if yo...

What do we know? What do we think we know? What can we prove? It's the slogan needed for us to have any hope for a fruitful discussion on health, on wellness, on public health, and in science. But what if we are pulling from a different set of "know," "think," or "prove" in the conversation? We've spent the last few episodes trying to dig through the misinformation and disinformation that is out t...

What can we take away from the MAHA "Make Children Healthy Again" assessment based on scientific validity and why is it problematic that we are basing recommendations based the MAHA initiative? Well, let’s talk about that…. Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health. Education Substack @ https://jeclark.substack.com Instagram @ https://www.instagr...

Misinformation and disinformation are nothing new, as the saying goes: A lie spreads around the global many times before the truth gets out of bed. But when people with power are spreading the lies and the rate of spread by which the lie spread means that not only has the amount of lies gotten worse but the depth of misinformation has become more pervasive than in recent history. Leading to a lack...

There has recently been some new research indicating that forgetfulness, memory loss, and a host of neurodegenerative diseases have at the heart of them metabolic issues. Issues that impact the ability to clear metabolic waste from the brain and even causes storage of the neurons fuel source, when there should not be storage. So, is memory loss, dementia and possibly neurodegenerative disease a me...

Why it is problematic that RFK Jr. and the MAHA initiative is forcing the CDC to comply with theirs and the current administration’s viewpoints regarding public health, and why everyone should be worried if we can’t do anything to stop it. Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health. Education Substack @ https://jeclark.substack.com Instagram @ htt...

In the summer of 2025, the current presidential administration decided to turn-back the clock on the means that we assess and teach fitness to children in the educational system of the United States. Changes that reflect a desire to take us back to an earlier time, a perspective meant to reflect ideals of the MAHA-movement that governs the current push for public health. But this change of initiat...

Aligning with the project that we are undertaking to hopefully end body weight bullying in elementary education, we discuss the impact that body weight bully has across the lifespan for the person and what we can do to counter its dangerous effects. Impacts of body weight bullying... let's talk about that. Help support our project: by sharing and donating. https://gofund.me/cafcd9ff Please make su...

With the growth in using artificial intelligence in healthcare and wellness it behooves us to ask a simple question. Can artificial intelligence design an effective periodized workout plan? Well, let's talk about that... Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health. Education Substack @ https://jeclark.substack.com Instagram @ https://www.instagram....

There is a quote that generally is misattributed to Albert Einstein that stipulates we should teach things as simple as possible... and given the reverence we have for the man, it tends to lead to oversimplification of very complex ideas of human biology and physiology. Oversimplification that might be the crux of the problems we have been pushing back against. Is the desire to oversimplify the ca...

If you’ve never heard of biohacking before, don’t stress… You’re not alone. Is this just another fad or manipulation of a scientific term to get clicks and followers, or is this really a thing? Well, let's talk about that... Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health. Education Substack @ https://jeclark.substack.com Instagram @ https://www.instag...

There has been a lot of news about the NFL banning the use of smelling salts. But is there a rationale for making the ban? Well, let's talk about that... Please make sure to follow our work on: Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health. Education Substack @ https://jeclark.substack.com Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/...

A few months ago, a colleague popped into a discussion board asking how they might be able to use their continuous glucose monitor to teach students about metabolism and health. A few weeks ago, a news article asked if glucose monitors are the best fitness tracker.. Both comments got me thinking...why is everyone going glucose monitor crazy? Well, let's talk about that... Please make sure to follo...

A discussion related to a project that hopes to empower kids against bullying through beautiful stories and resources. Where we are hoping to get your support to help make a real difference! Please share and donate. https://gofund.me/cafcd9ff With the amount of time that children and adolescents spend in school we need to start to look at how we can make schools a wellness oasis. In this discussio...

There has been a few studies recently talking about how organs age at different rates and how the age of organs can have an impact on how we feel about our age and our overall longevity. But how? Well, let's talk about that... Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health. Education Substack @ https://jeclark.substack.com Instagram @ https://www.inst...

There has been a lot of talk about why Coca-Cola is being pressured to move back to using cane sugar in their beverages. But is this any science to back this movement from high-fructose syrup to cane sugar? Well, let's talk about that... Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health. Education Substack @ https://jeclark.substack.com Instagram @ https...

There has been a lot of discussion about the impact that loneliness has on our ability to have civil social interactions. But what our health? What do we know about the impact that loneliness has on our physiology and our health, well let's talk about that... Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health. Education Substack @ https://jeclark.substack...

How do we know when something is working or not? We track it. And over the last few years we have started to notice that a lot of people are starting to listen that tracking weight, tracking BMI are not as important as tracking physiological measures of our health. Measures like VO2. What is VO2, why is it important to track it, and how can we improve it, well, let's talk about that.... Link to tr...

With all the voices telling us what we should eat. How we should exercise. What the latest scientific study says. It is important to take a step back and focus on how we should approach all this information being scientifically and media literate. So, how can we do that? Well, let's talk about that... Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health. Ed...

There has recently been a lot of noise about the safety of vaccines, particularly those that contain the preservative thimerosal. Noise that comes from a meeting held by the Health and Human Services vaccine panel and recommendations that were subsequently presented to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that raised a number of red flags, what are those red flags... well,...

There has been a recent publication from the MIT brain scan lab group that noted dramatic changes in the activity and functions within the brain with the use of ChatGPT, which leads to the question... is AI and specifically ChatGPT making us less smart? Well, let's talk about that... Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health. Education Substack @...

We've been sold a story for more than a couple years that there is pill that can be taken to provide the benefits of exercise without the effort or time dedicated to making the improvements in fitness and performance, that cause weight loss and improve our health... but with all the reports coming out that not everyone gets benefits it is important to look at why. Well, let's talk about that... Pl...