Scientific Health: Education and Human Performance

There has been a lot of social media posts encouraging people to try a variety of different 30-day challenges, whether it be "my 30-day fat loss challenge," or the "30-day push-up challenge," just to name a few. But have you ever thought, why is it 30-days... is there something special about 30-days? Well, let's talk about that. Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube...

We keep hearing that some foods are not safe to eat, that we don't want to be around smokers, and that somehow cooking with a microwave is harmful But why? Well, the reason that is given over and over and over again is that all will cause cancer. At the same time, we're told to take supplements, drink specific types of fluids, do specific kinds of exercise to prevent or cure cancers. How true is a...

The messages we get about needing to look a certain way impacts everything in our lives from how we eat, how we exercise, to how medical providers look at us. Yet, we do more harm than good in our attempt to fit into the culture that accepts or excludes us based on how thin we appear. If you need help with body image issues or think you might have an eating disorder, here are some online resources...

Summertime gives us more opportunities to work on our health goals for the year, and as we get ready to enjoy our time outdoors this summer, it is beneficial to do a quick review of what we can do to make sure that our summer fun will not lead to health issues later on. Substack passage on the same topic Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health....

The way we approach diet information is very dogmatic and can lead to many blind spots in our understanding of how diets drastically impact nutrient balance, even if the nutrients are found in the food we are eating. So let's talk a little about how deficiency can develop from diets and what enrichment or fortification of food means. Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.yo...

Research suggest that fasting-style diets are effective for men and women, but an interesting point of contention has been noted when looking at the specific dieting style referred to as intermittent-fasting. Findings that show women and men tend to respond quite differently. So let's talk about responses to intermittent fasting-style diets and how can we do better. Substack Passage on the same to...

As the spring starts to give way to summer, there is a giant push get "beach ready" or "summer ready" that typically is viewing body weight, or more importantly body fat, as something that can quickly and drastically change... but how quick is too quick? Are there side effects to trying to make drastic weight changes quickly? Questions about your program and plan? Contact us through any of the soc...

The way we approach exercise in the gym and fitness center is as if everyone is trying to be a bodybuilder or an athlete... but most are simply trying to exercise for improvements in health. This disconnection means that many exercisers are following very bad advice, or looking to see improvements that are not realistic. Most of these differences are grounded in the myths that lead to misinformati...

We eat to live… that is saying that we try to live by when it comes to food. Yet, we are constantly bombarded with marketeers feeding us earworms that have us contemplating… eating and overeating their food. WIth the spiels being that their food will trigger your bliss point and make you want more of what they have to offer. But what is bliss point and why will it not only help me to enjoy my food...

Tracking progress in our exercise regimen is essential to make sure that long-term changes and our yearly resolution health goals can be reached. But what should we track? Well, let's talk about that... Link to training log 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...

There has been some recent reports about a rash of elbow injuries in high profile MLB pitchers. A lot of whom want to blame it on the change in the game that installed a pitch clock limiting the time between pitches, but how accurate is this opinion? Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health. Education Substack @ https://jeclark.substack.com Inst...

We tend to want to make pharmaceutical companies into the "bad man" in the idea of healthcare, an idea that pushes us to look at other treatment options... but are these actual treatments or is this just snake oil and quackery? Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific. Health. Education Substack @ https://jeclark.substack.com Instagram @ https://www.ins...

It has been a couple of decades of dreaming of a 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... and if you believe recent news reports, we've reached that point. But is it just a bunch of hype? Previous Discussion Episode 34 Episode 35 Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://...

There are a lot of news stories that we see and hope to use in guiding our decisions about how we might be able to live a healhier life...but it comes a time when we need to look at the information and determine how honest is the journalist in the presentation of information to us. Taking a news story that "trended" the week of March 18, 2024 let's walk through what the news article presented and...

Please stop it! I am going to stop from doing an ad hominem on Bill Maher, it is very difficult. Mental health issues are real issues, regardless of how someone might want to think it is made up... that depression is just something to get over, to think happy thoughts. If you are needing help, please reachout to a professional. Here some online resources (none are sponsors ore supporters of this c...

It's that time of the year where we move clocks ahead 1 whole hour and as a result we lose productivity... lose sleep... feel tired... feel jet lagged without even traveling. But what is it about a small time change that makes us feel this way? Is there something we can do to combat it? Something we might be able to take to help with easing the effects of the time change? Please make sure to follo...

The following is a quick summary of a section from an upcoming book Diet Dogmas . There is a general desire to have a quick and simple fix that we can make to our diet that can make us "lean and sexy" or "fit and healthy", a change where messaging and personality can lead us to a following a sales pitch about diet that almost makes it seem like we have joined a new religion. One such movement make...

Continuing the discussion about the intentions of body positivity and how we are not meeting the goals. In this part of the talk we will discuss issues of bias that healthcare professionals have, how you can address biases that your healthcare provider might express, and how we might be able to better prepare the next generation of practitioners. Episode Part 1 Episode Part 2 If you need help with...

One of the more often changes that are mapped out is our diet in an attempt to "lose weight." But what is the best diet to allow me to lose weight? Unfortunately, this is where our desire to have a quick and simple fix leads us to a person pitching the one way to diet for weight loss... it almost feels like religion... The following is the quick summary of an chapter from an upcoming book Diet Dog...

The use of cheat days is nothing new in the fitness cults, but through the exposure it has obtained in social media has become something that is now more mainstream. But is the cheat day or cheat meal a problem to avoid or a reward to seek out? Expansion on the substack post on the same topic If you need help with body image issues or think you might have an eating disorder, here are some online r...

All too often we get students complaining about "how will I ever use this is real life" well, if you workout, play sports, or simply try to pick-up and move a box well you're using a lot of science that you hated learning or thought you'd never use in real life. See the YouTube Videos that go with the PodCast: https://youtu.be/7Ll7up5OFcY https://youtu.be/cDLQtTXGMp4 Please make sure to follow our...

Continuing the discussion on weeding through the information, misinformation, and disinformation that seems to dictate what we try to do to improve our health. Episode 18 Episode 38 Episode 58 and 59 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.perfor...

Too often, we hear "don't follow science, its constantly changing its mind" ... the intention of comments like this is more a rebuttal to marketing pitches and slogans on T-shirts or the PR release coming from 1 study and not from the scientific process... we have to see comments like this as a false flag and a misunderstanding about what we do with a scientific approach to understanding how our b...

The rise of the influencers over the last decade has led to many myths and misconceptions about how our body work being perpetuated... perpetuated with the confidence of expertise, where expertise has generally not been achieved, leading to dangerous fad diets and fad exercise trends. Let's walk through the problem with these obsessions and how being more scientific, medical, and nutrition literat...

There is often a discussion about milk and dairy that gets grounded in old talking points and ideas that might not be as true as we might hope. Join the discussion on misnomers and misconceptions about the impact that milk has on nutrient balance and its impact on health as we work through many of the talking points that are not true. Please make sure to follow our work on: YouTube @ https://www.y...