Your thyroid is a tiny gland in your throat, and what it lacks in size, it makes up for in power. This thing controls your metabolism, so you literally can't have power without it. And unfortunately, there's a lot that can go wrong...

Gabriella Lascano rose to prominence as a plus-size influencer, advocating for respect at any size with her natural blend of confidence and self-love. She shares how a friend's death led to a candid reassessment of her own health and...

Type 2 diabetes affects over 400 million people. It can be confusing and difficult to manage, so in this video we'll answer all your questions about type 2 diabetes, including what to eat, what affects your risk, and is there a cure.

Keto was all the rage... until it wasn't. If you haven't heard of keto, welcome to the diet that promotes the consumption of ground beef, olive oil and lots of cheese... sounds like a dream, right? Maybe not. Join Michael Aranda for a...

Enjoy your bacon sandwich, while we walk you through the facts and fictions of what science can -- and maybe someday, will -- do to help people lose weight safely.

In medicine, there's often a disconnect between news headlines and the scientific research they cover. While headlines are designed to catch attention, many studies produce meaningful results when they focus on a narrow, specific...

Hank gives us a summary of a strange new calculation, which estimates the total body mass of all the humans on earth.

You’ve probably heard that eating breakfast every day helps you lose weight, but not many actual experiments have been done on this, so is it true?

In the US, 80% of girls have been on a diet by the time they're 10 years old. In this honest, raw talk, neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt uses her personal story to frame an important lesson about how our brains manage our bodies, as she...

From sauna pants to fat jigglers, people used to try to lose weight in some rather unconventional ways. They really did not work.

While scientists have debunked the notion that putting artificial sweeteners in your coffee will give you cancer, that doesn’t necessarily mean you should go hog wild with them.

Cats are known for their curiosity, and as that one saying goes “it killed the cat”. But we can help our cuddly counterparts avoid this sad fate if we watch out for these three everyday things.

This week on SciShow News, scientists found that social interaction triggers the production of the “bliss molecule” in mice. Plus, eating sugar is about more than just the calories.

Dieting and exercise can be good for you, but just because something’s healthy, that doesn't mean more is even healthier.

The keto diet is a high fat, low carb diet that proponents say is not just great for losing weight, but is good for your brain health, too. Does the science behind the diet back those claims up? We delve into the origin of the keto diet...

We’ve talked a lot in this series about how often you see data and statistics in the news and on social media - which is ALL THE TIME! But how do you know who and what you can trust? Today, we’re going to talk about how we, as consumers,...

Conventional wisdom about diets, including government health recommendations, seems to change all the time. And yet ads routinely come out claiming to have THE answer about what we should eat. So how do we distinguish what's actually...

Just a few weeks ago, a study was published in the Journal of Nutrition that many reports in the news media said proved that honey was no better than sucrose as a sweetener, and that high-fructose corn syrup was no worse.

Today we're talking about Wegovy, which is a new prescription drug approved to treat obesity. It's also called semaglutide, and it was initially approved to treat diabetes, but studies have indicated it is effective for weight loss....

Have you bought into a low-carb or low-fat diet? Which one is the better answer for people who want to lose weight? It turns out, they both work about the same. A giant new study on nutrition is the subject of this week's HCT.

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Ever feel like you are literally wilting when the weather's hot? We droop like a houseplant that needs to be watered. When the plant gets a good long drink it bounces back to life and the same goes for humans who are...