Ep 46. Ditch the BMI - Beware Thresholds
Lowering the cut off at which a person can be diagnosed with a medical condition is good for the medical industrial complex but maybe less so for citizens. The Body mass index is already a useless mea...
8 Jul 20248min
Ep 45. James Nuzzo PhD and the Rise of Woke Research
Dr Joe is joined by Dr James Nuzzo to talk about strength training mens health, and problems in medical research. They also go down the rabbit hole of “peer review”. This may surprise or shock you. Fo...
3 Jul 202452min
Ep 44. The Power of Breath
We constantly breathe and do not generally focus on it. Turns out that focussed or deeper breathing has positive effects on a surprising variety of conditions as well as being good for our health in g...
30 Jun 20248min
Ep 43. Minutes or Steps To Measure Exercise?
Goals are great but arbitrary targets set by big public health can be counter productive. Whether you want to measure activity or minutes of exercise or neither- the most important thing is being acti...
26 Jun 20249min
Ep 42. Do Not Ignore Side Effects
Australia's Therapeutic Good Administration (TGA) is following the European Medicines Agency in recognising long term adverse effects of SSRI antidepressants and requiring manufacturers to include wa...
23 Jun 202410min
Ep 41. The Wisdom of Einstein
Albert Einstein reputably said 1000 experiments cannot prove me right but one can prove me wrong. We need to apply this in medicine. Sources: 1. https://academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advance-article-abstr...
19 Jun 20248min
Ep 40. Rethinking Serotonin
The theory that chemical imbalance and a lack of serotonin is the cause of depression is conventional thinking. Is it backed by evidence though? Are there other treatments? Lifeline 13 11 14 Sources...
16 Jun 20249min
Ep 39. Strengthen The Mind
Resistance or weights training is good for physical health. It is also good for mental health and when done in a group there may be additional benefits Source: https://www.worldhealth.net/news/weight-...
12 Jun 20246min
