Exposing the Biggest Lies in Nutrition - Alan Flanagan

Exposing the Biggest Lies in Nutrition - Alan Flanagan

“We have, because of the nature of our information landscape now, essentially zero capacity to hold any accountability to sources of misinformation. So it's a really terrible time to be an evidence-based healthcare professional.” -Dr Alan Flanagan

Dr Alan Flanagan is a major myth buster in the nutrition space, holding an MSc and PhD in nutrition from the University of Surrey.

In this episode Alan and I debunk common nutrition advice you might be following, and explain the dangerous real life impact online influencers and “gurus” are having on your health.

Stay tuned to find out:

  • The dangers of following extreme diets like keto and carnivore
  • Why you don’t need to be worried about glucose spikes
  • The limitations of personalised nutrition and microbiome research
  • Why sweeteners and seed oils have been wrongly demonised
  • How to spot a charlatan online

Chapters

(2:12) Real life consequences of misinformation

(8:00) Why people look to online “gurus”

(13:17) Personalised nutrition con

(20:36) Continuous glucose monitors

(26:59) Seed oils are healthy!

(32:50) Artificial sweeteners

(39:49) Cancer misinformation

(45:18) Does the time you eat matter?

(49:22) Microbiome research

(54:21) How to spot a charlatan online

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