TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to spot a fad diet - Mia Nacamulli
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...
Neuro Transmissions
The fad diet that cures epilepsy
This may surprise you, but the ketogenic diet was not originally intended to trim your waist or help you get shredded. Rather, the keto diet was created over a hundred years ago as a way to treat...epilepsy. That's right, this fad diet...
SciShow
How the Keto Diet Went from Arctic Staple to Bro-Science
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...
SciShow
The Truth About the Keto Diet: Does Science Support It?
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...
SciShow
The Real Paleo Diet
The paleo diet is becoming more popular, but research suggests its claims aren't all that scientific.
Weird History
How SlimFast Became a Multibillion Dollar Diet Craze Machine
Weird History is taking you on a SlimFast nostalgic diet. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, supermarket shelves around the US were suddenly overflowing with different types of dieting beverages and snacks, all promising effortless...
Curated Video
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...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Back To The Moon: Australia's contribution to lunar exploration
After a quiet half a century since the last Apollo mission landed on the moon, Associate Professor Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race. Learn about Australia's forgotten but vital contribution to Apollo's race to the moon. Back...
SciShow
3 Misconceptions About Juice Cleanses
Juice cleanses or fasts are thought of as a popular way to detox and reboot the digestive system. But, like most fad diets, juice cleanses might not be doing what you think they are. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Sex determination: More complicated than you thought - Aaron Reedy
From something as small and complex as a chromosome to something as seemingly simple as the weather, sex determination systems vary significantly across the animal kingdom. Biologist and teacher Aaron Reedy shows us the amazing...
Curated Video
The ketogenic diet, explained
Is keto just another dieting fad? Read about the science behind ketogenic diets on vox.com: http://bit.ly/2FKztUu Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO New year, new dieting craze. The ketogenic diet is the latest in popular...
Curated Video
Michael Pollan on Cooking
Can you really have your cake and eat it? According to Michael Pollan, you can. In this fun RSA Short, Pollan explains how to eat well by following one simple rule without the need for fad diets or deprivation. Michael Pollan is an...
Brave Wilderness
GIANT FISH CAUGHT! - Real River Monster!
In this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote and the crew are in Texas for Part 2 of GAR WARS! Get ready to see one of the biggest fish you've ever laid eyes on as Coyote, Mario, and the Gar Guys catch a GIANT Alligator Gar - it's a real...
Stated Clearly
What is Metabolism?
Normally when we think of metabolism, we think of weight loss fads like the Keto diet, the Paleo diet or intermittent fasting. Metabolism, however, is way more interesting than weight loss trends. It is the process used by your body to...
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Biochemistry
Do you want to learn about nutrition? Metabolism? Medicine and general health? This is the playlist for you! Biochemistry allows us to understand the large biomolecules that run all of our cellular functions, like proteins,...
TED-Ed
How to Spot a Fad Diet
Learn how to separate the fat from the meat—the facts from the misinformation about diets—with a short video that offers guidelines for assessing diet regimens that offer long-term health benefits as opposed to short-term changes.
TED-Ed
What's the Big Deal with Gluten?
Is gluten-free just a fad? What is gluten anyway, and why can't some of us process it? This is the perfect video to break down the anatomy of gluten and the various diseases and symptoms caused by the notorious protein, as...