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The Science Behind Weight Loss: How Our Bodies Burn Fat
Explore how the body metabolizes food and uses stored fat during periods of caloric deficit. This video discusses the physiological processes involved in weight loss, including the role of liver glycogen stores and the shift to fat...
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Exploring the 5:2 Diet: Benefits and Sustainability
This video delves into the 5:2 diet, where individuals eat normally for five days and restrict calories significantly on two non-consecutive days. It covers the principles behind intermittent fasting, its benefits for weight loss, and...
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Debunking Food Myths: Spinach Strength, Skin and Digestion
Explore the truth behind popular food myths like the iron content in spinach, the effects of cold cuts on skin, and the digestive benefits of sparkling water. Discover how these beliefs started and what modern science says about them,...
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Eating for Agelessness: The Power of Antioxidants in Diet
Discover how a colorful diet rich in fruits and vegetables can combat aging by supplying your body with essential antioxidants. Learn the science behind how antioxidants like polyphenols and vitamin C help maintain skin elasticity and...
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Sweet Science: Understanding Sugar's Role in Our Diet
Explore the complexities of sugar in our diets, from the natural sugars in fruits and vegetables to the added sugars in processed foods. Learn about the impact of sugar on our body, why we crave it, and how different types of sugar...
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Unlocking the Weight-Loss Secrets of Fruits: From Pectin to Potassium
Dive into the science behind how certain fruits can aid in weight loss and improve overall health. This video explores the properties of apples, pineapples, kiwis, and grapefruits, examining their roles in fat absorption, appetite...
Healthcare Triage
Can a Low Sugar Diet "Starve Cancer?"
Cancer is scary. And fear can lead us to try and find hope in some pretty dubious treatment suggestions. There's a myth circulating in internet health circles that eating a low-sugar diet can somehow starve the cancer and shrink tumors....
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Misunderstanding the Data on Diet, Exercise and Mortality
We’ve got another nutrition study making a splash in the media. This time we’ve got a combination of diet and exercise claims, complete with all our favorite things: Observational study, limited self-reports, and way too many factors to...
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How We Process Meat, Memories, and Nutrition Research
A recent news story covered a study about processed foods and how eating those foods relates to cognitive decline. The only problem is, they didn't report on an actual published study. They reported on a pre-publication presentation at a...
Healthcare Triage
The Latest on Artificial Sweeteners and Health
Are there harms of artificial sweeteners that outweigh the benefits? We’ve asked this question before at Healthcare Triage, and the answer was no! There are lots of data that suggest artificial sweeteners are bad, but none of those data...
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Aspartame and Autism?
What's the deal with Aspartame and Autism? Whenever you see a study claiming that a single ingredient has a specific link to a specific health outcome, you should immediately feel wary. That’s because it is nearly impossible to conduct a...
Healthcare Triage
Do Oreos Lower Cholesterol? No.
According to a recent study, “Oreo Cookie Treatment” is better at lowering LDL cholesterol (the “bad” cholesterol) than high-intensity therapy with cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins. ARE OREOS A HEALTH FOOD NOW?!
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I WONDER - What Is A Poison Dart Frog?
This video is answering the question of what is a poison dart frog.
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I WONDER - What Did The Microraptor Eat?
This video is answering the question of what did the microraptor eat.
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Why Diets Fail
Keto? Intermittent Fasting? And what about plant-based diets? Alok and Sheena explain the science behind the most popular diets, explain what they have in common and explain why for most people - they don't really work. Happily, health...
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Do You Lie To Your Doctor?
Alok and Sheena take to the streets to ask people why they lie to their doctor. What are they really afraid of? We’ll reveal the most common lies and why they’re so dangerous. Our goal: to help you have a more candid and healthy...
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How Did Early Humans Know What To Eat and What To Avoid?
As children, we learn almost entirely through observation and mimicking. From laughter and walking to the use of objects and empathy, we often create the behavior of our lives based on what we witness in others. The same thing is true...
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Transforming Diabetes Management: a Low-Carb Path to Stability and Health
Listen to personal experiences of individuals and families who have embraced a low-carbohydrate diet to manage Type 1 diabetes, discovering a variety of rich and satisfying new meals. This video emphasizes the profound positive impact on...
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Dietary Misconceptions in Diabetes Care
This video explores the significant gap in nutrition education among medical professionals, highlighting the focus on new technologies and research over dietary interventions in medical training. It details the pressures and constraints...
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Introduction to Juvenile Diabetes and Diagnosis
This video details one family's alarming experience when their daughter Sierra's flu-like symptoms escalated into a severe and life-threatening condition, leading to her diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes after being admitted to the hospital...
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How Eisenhower's Heart Attack Reshaped American Diets
When President Eisenhower had a heart attack in 1955, it impacted the entire American diet. Soon, most people were adopting a low-fat, high-carbohydrate dietary model. This dietary shift, though based on flawed science, laid the...
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Hamlet 4.1 Interview with Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Hamlet
This video discusses Act 4, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Hamlet, focusing on the developments following Polonius's death. The video covers key interactions, including Gertrude informing Claudius about Hamlet's madness and murder, and...
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The Parrot Whisperer Can Fix Your Bird Woes
Discover the challenges and rewards of working with parrots as Glenn Serino shares his 20 years of professional bird expertise.
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Revolutionizing Meat Quality: Research and Innovations in the UK
This video explores cutting-edge research in the meat industry, focusing on the impact of animals' diets on meat quality and innovative methods to prevent contamination. Scientists at Bristol University have discovered that grass-fed...