Separating pHact From pHiction: The Alkaline Diet Is Basic Nonsense
This week on the pod we discuss something we hear about all the time: the alkaline diet and alkaline water. Promised to prevent cancer and other ailments, this diet claims to be able to alter the pH o...
18 Jan 202136min
Do Detox Diets and Cleanses Work? Not Nece-Celery!
On this episode, we discuss whether or not detox diets or juice cleanses have any evidence behind their claims. We start off with a summary of what is considered a detox or cleanse, and compare it wit...
11 Jan 202147min
No Need To Be Afraid, Don't Be Petrified, But You Should Know That Organic Foods Still Use Pesticides: Part 2
We are back at it again with part 2, discussing what the term organic means in the context of farming, produce, and consumer products. This week, after a recap, we continue our discussion, first focus...
4 Jan 202157min
No Need To Be Afraid, Don't Be Petrified, But You Should Know That Organic Foods Still Use Pesticides
On this week's episode, we take a little break from COVID-19 to talk about organics! First, we refresh everyone’s memory from our GMO episodes, to clarify the difference between organic farming (a cul...
28 Dec 202039min
Is This The Real Life Or Is This Just Fallacy: Vaccine Myths Part 4
We are back again with the fourth (and final) episode in our series on debunking vaccine myths. In this week's episode, we focus specifically on the two COVID-19 vaccines (from Pfizer-BioNTech and Mod...
21 Dec 202049min
Is This The Real Life Or Is This Just Fallacy: Vaccine Myths Part 3
On this week’s episode of the pod, we continue to debunk some of the most common vaccine myths, with an emphasis on adverse events. We talk about the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)-- b...
14 Dec 202047min
Is This The Real Life Or Is This Just Fallacy: Vaccine Myths Part 2
On this week's episode, we emphasize again that vaccine hesitancy is a top 10 threat to global health. We jump in and review the first four myths we debunked last week: that vaccines cause autism, tha...
7 Dec 202045min
Is This The Real Life Or Is This Just Fallacy: Vaccine Myths Part 1
On this episode, we start by recapping the impact that vaccines have had on reducing disease burden in the U.S. and the damage that's being done by a recent increase in anti-vaxx sentiments and misinf...
30 Nov 202054min
