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How To Beat Allergies & The Next Big Pandemic Threat with Dr Zachary Rubin
24 januari 2025 · 54 min
💬 “We're chronically online, chronically on our phones and tablets. But we need to spend more time outdoors and playing outside and getting our hands in dirt.” ~Dr Zachary Rubin Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Zachary Rubin is a pediatric allergist and clinical immunologist, known for hula hooping and sporting a variety of colourful bowties on social media.
⚡ In this episode Zach and I go deep into food and pet allergies - what causes them, how to deal with them, and tips on using nasal sprays and other at home remedies. We also delve into the wildfire situation in LA and find out whether human metapneumovirus really is a pandemic level threat.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ Why we need to get dirty and stop washing our bodies so much
➡︎ Why at-home food sensitivity tests are a scam!
➡ How to deal with pet allergies so you don’t have to let your furry friend go
➡︎ The truth about HMPV and why a bird flu pandemic is the real concern
➡︎ How the LA wildfires are really impacting human health
📕 Chapters
(2:00) Signs you might have a hidden allergy
(5:11) The unusual link between certain allergies
(7:54) Why you shouldn’t trust food sensitivity tests
(11:38) The dangers of oral food allergy challenges
(14:59) Dealing with pet allergies
(21:19) How to train your immune system
(26:58) The next pandemic threat
(34:13) Health impact of LA wildfires
(38:58) Highlighting the importance of air quality
(43:30) Health risks of neti pots and saline rinses
(46:22) Best way to use nasal sprays
(51:45) Are nasal strips effective?
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📱 Connect with Zach:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rubin_allergy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rubin_allergy/
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Should EVERYONE Be Taking Ozempic? Dr Mike Israetel’s Shocking Take
17 januari 2025 · 54 min
💬 “ I would say [weight loss injections] come pretty close to being health elixirs. Taking these drugs is better for almost everyone, than not taking these drugs.” ~Dr Mike Israetel Lees meer
⚡️ Returning guest Dr Mike Israetel is a fitness expert with a PhD in Sport Physiology. As the founder of Renaissance Periodization, Mike is known for his science-based approach to training and nutrition.
⚡ In this episode Dr Mike and I bring you a New Years resolution special - with a twist. As we discuss the science of setting realistic goals and sticking to them, a surprising conversation around Ozempic and TRT unfolds.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ How to create habit loops and why goals should be tailored to small consistent wins
➡︎ Why Mike thinks everyone should be taking Ozempic and weight-loss injections
➡ Whether rising beauty stands are really the problem they’re made out to be
➡︎ What’s going on with the rise in TRT use
➡︎ How we have billionaires to thank for testing out the supplements of tomorrow
📕 Chapters
(1:16) The science of habit building for the New Year
(6:07) Making goals as easy as possible
(10:57) Using weight loss injections for habit forming
(15:24) Are the risks of Ozempic worth it if you’re not overweight?
(21:46) Should we fear taking Ozempic for life?
(30:30) The casual rise of TRT
(39:04) Body dysmorphia and rising beauty standards
(44:40) Bryan Johnson and anti-ageing influencers
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📱 Connect with Mike:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RenaissancePeriodization
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmikeisraetel/
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You’re Blinking Wrong (And Other Eye Health Mistakes) - Dr Joseph Allen
10 januari 2025 · 1 uur
💬 “ Eye health, your vision, is so much more than just, ‘I think I see well’. There's way more going on.” ~Dr Joseph Allen Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Joseph Allen, aka Doctor Eye Health, is an optometrist in the US with a massive following on social media, where he shares science-backed ways to protect your eyes.
⚡️ In this episode Joey and I explain why it’s time to get serious about eye health, as poor eyesight is on the rise globally, bringing many other problems with it.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ Why half of the world is expected to have myopia (nearsightedness) by 2050
➡︎ How screens are making us blink less (and why that’s bad)
➡ What to do about eyelid twitches, bags and dark circles
➡︎ What foods, diets and supplements work for better vision
➡︎ The best ways to get proactive about your eye health now
📕 Chapters
(1:00) Dr Allen’s inspiration
(3:45) Do glasses make your eyes worse?
(8:40) The myopia epidemic
(15:06) Lifestyle changes to improve eye health
(17:06) Sunlight and eye health
(21:53) Are blue light blocking glasses any good?
(26:12) Red and orange lights at night
(28:03) Best foods for vision - the carrot myth
(32:33) Supplements and eye drops
(36:35) Intermittent fasting and eye health
(39:45) How to deal with dry eyes
(46:58) The 20/20/20 rule
(49:00) How stress affects the eye
(57:00) When should you get checked out?
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📱 Connect with Joseph
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/doctoreyehealth
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctoreyehealth/?hl=en
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Your Teeth Are Secretly Destroying Your Health (And How To Fix Them) | Whitney DiFoggio
20 december 2024 · 54 min
💬 “ The mouth is the gateway to the entire body. It's not just about having a cute, pretty, cosmetically nice smile. It really directly impacts your overall health in so many ways.” ~Whitney DiFoggio Lees meer
⚡️ Whitney DiFoggio, AKA TeethTalkGirl, is a dental hygienist who shares evidence-based dental advice online - while debunking all the misinformation out there.
⚡ In this episode Whitney and I discuss the steps you need to take to build the perfect oral hygiene routine, why so many of us are at risk of issues like gum disease and the truth behind all the wild claims flying around.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ Why you’re only cleaning 60% of your teeth if you skip out on flossing
➡︎ The science of mouthwash, miswak toothbrushes, water flossing & tonsil stones
➡ Why at-home teeth whitening might be making them more yellow
➡︎ Why it’s crazy to skip out on fluoride in your toothpaste
➡︎ The link between oral health and cognitive decline
📕 Chapters
(1:15) How much should you brush?
(6:04) Electric vs manual vs natural toothbrushes
(11:36) Benefits of xylitol gum
(13:14) What toothpaste is the best?
(15:10) The anti-fluoride movement
(19:46) Mouthwash is dangerous?
(23:33) How oral health is connected to overall health
(29:48) How tooth loss leads to cognitive decline
(33:04) Flossing, useful or not?
(40:17) Should you be tongue scraping?
(42:28) The rise of teeth whitening
(47:25) How often should you get your teeth checked?
(49:02) Whitney's dental routine
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📱 Connect with Whitney:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TeethTalk/about
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teethtalkgirl/
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Pelvic Floor Secrets That Can Transform Your Health & Sex (for Men & Women) - with Dr Rena Malik
13 december 2024 · 56 min
💬 “ I know my patients get nervous around me, because this is not their normal, right? But I am looking at genitalia and examining people every single day, multiple times a day.” ~Dr Rena Malik Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Rena Malik is a board-certified urologist, pelvic surgeon, sexual health expert and YouTuber. Her channel covers everything from frequent nighttime peeing, to erectile dysfunction, vaginal dryness, orgasms and penis enlargement.
⚡️ In this episode Rena and I are removing the shame and stigma of talking about these issues, so you can feel properly informed, and empowered, to take control of your health - whatever’s going on.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ The science of your pelvis and how to look after it
➡︎ Just how common erectile dysfunction really is (and what to do about it)
➡ Why penis size really doesn’t matter (and the reality of penis lengthening procedures)
➡︎ Whether masturbation really reduces your risk of getting prostate cancer
➡︎ How to stop incontinence and frequent nighttime urination
📕 Chapters
(1:25) Most commons issues
(2:32) How to deal with embarrassment
(5:54) Organs in the pelvis
(9:02) Erectile dysfunction
(11:31) ED a sign of heart problems?
(14:52) Foods to eat for ED
(18:01) Why young men are using viagra
(21:50) Do you need a bigger penis?
(25:21) Penis enlargement, safe or not?
(29:17) Prostate health
(33:41) Does masturbating lower cancer risk?
(37:21) Female pelvic floor health
(42:09) Incontinence issues
(48:41) Training the pelvic floor muscles
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
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📱 Connect with Rena:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RenaMalikMD
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renamalikmd/
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Raw Milk, Fluoride, and Cancer Myths: Are You Falling for These Health Scares? With Dr Andrea Love
6 december 2024 · 57 min
💬 “Anybody can fall prey to this type of misinformation. It does a lot of harm” ~Dr Andrea Love Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Andrea Love is an immunologist and microbiologist, and founder of ImmunoLogic - an organisation dedicated to debunking the worst of internet pseudoscience and improving science literacy.
⚡️ Andrea and I have a long list of misinformation to get through in this episode. Claims like fluoride lowers your IQ, GMOs are scary and mammograms give you cancer - and that’s not the half of it.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ How we all have the capacity to fall prey to misinformation - and how to spot it
➡︎ How cancer misinformation can be lethal
➡ The dangers of the raw milk trend
➡︎ What the science really says about fluoride
➡︎ Why organic probably isn’t worth your money
📕 Chapters
(1:02) Why good information is hard to find
(3:36) Coffee and aloe vera gives you cancer?
(9:45) Mammograms cancer myth
(16:06) The real harm of misinformation
(23:14) Do supplements work?
(30:34) What does organic actually mean?
(34:53) GMO fear
(42:31) Fluoride lowers IQ?
(49:04) Rise of the raw milk craze
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
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📱 Connect with Andrea:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.andrealove/
Website: https://www.immunologic.org/
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Can You Really Get Ripped Training Just Twice a Week? | Dr Brad Shoenfeld
29 november 2024 · 46 min
💬 “There's compelling evidence now that with a fairly minimalistic routine you can see very good results” ~Dr Brad Schoenfeld Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Brad Schoenfeld is the go-to guy when it comes to muscle building advice. Known as “The Hypertrophy Specialist”, he’s authored more than 200 scientific papers on the subject and his work is cited by fitness professionals around the world.
⚡️ In this episode Brad and I discuss the trend of science-based lifting, cutting through the noise of all the advice out there, to help you choose the stuff that’s really going to help you the most.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ Whether you can get in shape with just one session a week
➡︎ Why you don’t need to train to failure for the best results (and how many reps to do)
➡ Why free weight exercises aren’t superior to machines
➡︎ The science of supersets and drop sets
➡︎ Why you might not need a full range of motion to build muscle
📕 Chapters
(1:06) The rise of science based lifting
(2:50) Where do beginners start?
4:09 How many gains in 1 session per week?
(5:57) Training to failure
(8:46) Are you training hard enough?
(12:13) Machines vs free weights
(16:32) How many reps should you do?
(24:36) Rest periods
(27:30) Supersets
(29:00) Drop sets
(30:23) Lengthened partials
(33:22) Creatine hyper responders
(35:10) Is muscle memory real?
(38:41) The pump
(41:26) Putting it all into action
📱 Connect with me:
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📱 Connect with Brad:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradschoenfeldphd/
Website: https://www.lookgreatnaked.com/
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Is Chocolate The Secret To Better Health? | Spencer Hyman
22 november 2024 · 1 uur 11 min
💬 “Chocolate has got more complexity of flavour than just about anything else on the planet” ~Spencer Hyman Lees meer
⚡️ Spencer Hyman is the Co-Founder & Chair of Chocolate at Cocoa Runners, a company that sources the world’s best craft chocolate and brings them all together under one roof. Spencer is a chocolate and flavour nerd and hosts regular tasting events to share his passion. I even get to taste some myself!
⚡️ In this episode Spencer and I explore the history of humankind’s love of the cocoa bean, why craft chocolate is so much healthier than your classic supermarket bar, as well as the surprising range of health benefits it offers.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ How modern processing strips all of the good out of supermarket chocolate bars
➡︎ The sneaky tricks “Big Chocolate” uses to get you to scoff bar after bar
➡ The difference between flavour and taste, and how to savour your food more
➡︎ Whether dark chocolate really is healthier than milk
➡︎ Why toxic heavy metals have been showing up in chocolate bars
📕 Chapters
(1:47) How your chocolate is made
(3:38) Chocolate’s history
(5:08) Why it matters where your chocolate is from
(6:31) Normal vs craft chocolate
(11:29) Health benefits of good chocolate
(17:21) Can milk or white chocolate be healthy?
(22:12) Flavour, taste and mouthfeel
(26:15) Chocolate and heart health
(32:38) Why you should savour your food
(37:26) Why we find it hard to describe flavour
(41:46) Taste test
(58:39) Where can you buy craft chocolate?
(1:00:25) How much chocolate should you eat?
(1:01:58) Heavy metal contamination
(1:06:47) Why ‘fair trade’ isn’t very fair
📱 Connect with me:
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📱 Connect with Spencer:
Website: https://cocoarunners.com/
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How Your Gut Bacteria Are Controlling Your Brain with Dr Jonathan Swann
15 november 2024 · 47 min
💬 “Microbes can influence things like behaviour, mood, cognition. We're starting to see links with things like Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease as well.” ~Dr Jonathan Swann Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Jonathan Swann from the University of Southampton is one of the UK’s leading experts on the gut microbiome, with a particular interest in the gut-brain axis.
⚡️ In this episode Jonathan and I explain how your brain and gut communicate with each other, and why you might experience IBS, depression and other negative health effects when that connection breaks down.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ How your gut not only talks to your brain, but your brain also talks to your gut
➡︎ Why meditating monks have super-healthy guts.
➡ How you can give a mouse depression by messing with its gut microbiome
➡︎ Whether gut-brain therapies like psychobiotics are any good
➡︎ News about human trials of poop transplants
📕 Chapters
(1:12) How the gut-brain axis works
(6:22) How many microbes live in the gut?
(9:32) What can go wrong with the gut-brain connection?
(18:19) Diet and mood
(20:07) Gut transplants
(21:48) The role of fungi and viruses
(24:35) “A gut feeling”
(26:11) Psychobiotics
(32:22) Antibiotics
(33:37) Microbiome’s impact on Alzheimer’s
(36:34) Age-related cognitive decline
(38:28) Management strategies
(43:24) The problem with poop analysis
📱 Connect with me:
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Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Jonathan:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-swann-58a83b66/?originalSubdomain=uk
Website: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5y5nsv/doctor-jonathan-swann
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How to Enjoy Running Even If You Hate It: Tips from Ultra Runner Tommy Lewis
8 november 2024 · 55 min
💬 “If you are doing it with too much grit and a snarly face and “I'm really tough”, it's not actually that sustainable and enjoyable. It's not that deep. You're just going for a run” -Tommy Lewis Lees meer
⚡️ Tommy Lewis is a London based ultra runner with a love of the outdoors. He shares his passion for running with a devoted following on Instagram, in an attempt to inspire people of all fitness levels to enjoy the sport.
⚡️ In this episode Tommy and I explain how running might just change your life, and debunk the myth that running will injure you.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ How to embrace the boredom of running
➡︎ Why running is actually GOOD for your knees
➡ How running deepens your self-awareness
➡︎ From fitness trackers to electrolytes, what gear you really need
➡︎ The best shoes you should be wearing (and what to avoid)
📕 Chapters
(1:12) How to overcome the boredom of running
(3:47) Running benefits your whole life
(9:25) The “runner’s high”
(11:21) Running vs other sports
(12:58) Fuelling creativity
(15:52) 30% drop in all cause mortality
(21:36) Stop taking running so seriously
(24:46) Does running kill your knees?
(31:29) Best shoes for running
(38:10) Avoid Nike trainers?
(42:11) Are fitness trackers important?
(44:25) Important of zone 2 training
(45:59) Are electrolytes worth the money?
(48:19) What drives an ultra marathon runner
(50:33) Tommy’s top three tips
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📱 Connect with Tommy:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tommyrunpt/
Website: https://www.tommyrunpt.com/
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Eargasms, Earwax & The Earplug Craze: How To REALLY Protect Your Hearing with Dr Joseph Manjaly
1 november 2024 · 48 min
💬 “I'm out here to raise awareness about something that is so precious. We only realise the value of it when we lose it.” ~Dr Joseph Manjaly Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Joseph Manjaly is a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon, who works at the internationally renowned Royal National ENT Hospital in Central London. He also runs The Ear & Hearing Specialist Clinic and has a strong following on social media.
⚡️ In this episode Joseph and I discuss everything from tinnitus to earwax and even eargasms, to help you better understand how to protect your hearing and look after your ears.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ How to spot hearing loss (and the biggest warning signs)
➡︎ Why earwax is NOT a hygiene issue (and how to safely clean your ears)
➡ How hearing loss is linked with up to a 5x increased risk of dementia
➡︎ Why people with misophonia hate the sound of people chewing food
➡︎ That tinnitus doesn’t have to be a lifelong condition
📕 Chapters
(1:03) Getting proactive with your hearing(4:00) What can go wrong with the ear
(6:02) How does sound damage hearing?
(8:14) Impact of headphones
(9:30) The earbud craze
(15:01) Dealing with earwax
(22:30) Dementia and hearing loss
(27:39) Misophonia
(30:56) Tinnitus
(34:06) Eargasms
(37:25) Action based strategies
(41:27) Red flag symptoms to look out for
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
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📱 Connect with Joseph:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earsurgeonjoe/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earsurgeonjoe
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jm2476
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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The Blue Zones Are A Scam: Dr Saul Newman Reveals the Biggest Corruption in Longevity Research
25 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 1 min
💬 “82% of people in Japan over the age of 100 turned out to be dead. And they didn't check them all. It is crazy. It is completely crazy.” -Dr Saul Newman Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Saul Newman from the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, won an Ig Nobel Prize for research debunking data on the world’s oldest people. His soon to be released book ‘Morbid: an iconoclastic debunking of ageing science’ is all out about fraud, wishful thinking, and ageing research.
⚡️ In this episode Saul and I debunk the fantasy of “blue zones”, where an extraordinary number of people live beyond 100. Should we really be basing health and fitness advice on these longevity hotspots?
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ Why some of the most unhealthy and poorest regions are churning out so many centenarians
➡︎ How “blue zone certificates” are being sold to US towns for $40mil
➡ Why the blue zone myth is dangerous to our health
➡︎ The real secret to living beyond 100
➡︎ How blue zones even impact insurance premiums
📕 Chapters
(6:14) What classifies as a blue zone?
(15:35) Do people forget their age?
(18:05) The real secret to a long life
(25:25) Dangers of the blue zone myth
(27:31) Facing “big alcohol”
(31:07) What do we know about longevity?
(33:19) Corruption all the way down
(35:59) How blue zones impact insurance premiums
(38:19) Who benefits from the blue zone lie?
(46:51) What works for healthy ageing?
(48:17) Selling blue zone certificates for $40mil
(54:18) Will blue zones ever go away?
(56:56) Anti-ageing drugs?
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📱 Connect with Saul:
X: https://x.com/saul_newman
📕 Sources:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.06.24313170v1.full-text
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v3.full
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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Do Your Genes Make You Fat? With Dr Giles Yeo
18 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 1 min
💬 “People think I’m anti-physics. I’m not anti-physics. Calories don’t give you the information to improve your diet.” Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Giles Yeo is a geneticist at Cambridge University specialising in obesity and how our brain controls food intake. He’s also the author of ‘Why Calories Don't Count’ and ‘Gene Eating’.
⚡️ In this episode Giles and I dig into the science of genetics and hunger hormones and why some people struggle with their weight more than others. I also challenge him on the notion that calories don’t count.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ How over 1000 genes are involved in body weight and controlling your appetite
➡︎ Why obesity isn’t a moral failing and should be thought of as a disease
➡ The huge variety in how different ethnicities are impacted by obesity
➡︎ What exactly “calories don’t count” really means
➡︎ Why fad diets should be ignored and how to find the diet that works for YOU
📕 Chapters
(1:29) Obesity is not a moral failing
(4:01) Is obesity a disease?
(6:00) The role of genetics
(8:39) Obesity phenotypes
(10:59) Best diet for weight loss?
(13:14) Where’s the data coming from?
(15:44) How different ethnicities are affected by obesity
(20:02) Calories don’t count?
(24:34) The truth about ozempic
(26:49) Hungry hormones
(30:11) Not all calories are the same
(32:09) How poverty affects obesity
(34:14) Environment v genetics
(36:19) Reframe the blame
(39:16) Do we need policy change?
(43:18) Our outdated biology
(49:04) Does taste affect weight gain?
(53:59) The microbiome
(58:07) How to take action
📱 Connect with me:
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Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Giles:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gilesyeo/
X: https://x.com/GilesYeo
📕 Grab Giles’ book here: https://amzn.eu/d/hoAnVLr
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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Are We Too Afraid of Ultra Processed Food? with Chris Van Tulleken
11 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 9 min
⚡️ Is it all or nothing when it comes to ultra-processed foods? Or can we have our cake and eat it too? There’s a lot of fear around UPFs, but is it doing any good? Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Chris Van Tulleken is a BBC broadcaster and author of “Ultra Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?”
⚡️ In this episode Chris and I dig into the science of ultra processed food and its effects on human health while asking - are we overcomplicating the matter?
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ How worried you really need to be about additives, preservatives and artificial sweeteners in UPF
➡︎ How food companies make this stuff so addictive (and why it’s not your fault for eating too much)
➡ If adding vegetables to ultra processed meals can mitigate its damaging effects
➡︎ Whether UPF’s effects on the microbiome are overblown
➡︎ The good side of UPF and why it’s a valuable resource for many
📕 Chapters
(2:26) UPF’s role in obesity
(8:50) The benefits of ultra processed food?
(14:20) Simplifying the problem of UPF
(23:08) The fibre problem: could veggies fix UPF?
(29:28) For those who rely on UPF
(33:17) How to regulate it?
(42:46) How UPF impacts the microbiome
(53:19) Are artificial sweeteners really dangerous?
(55:17) How to live with UPF
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Chris:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctorchrisvt/
X: https://x.com/doctorchrisvt
📕 Crab Chris’ book here: https://amzn.eu/d/454h534
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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From Acne to Anti-Aging: Skincare Advice You Need to Hear - Dr Muneeb Shah
4 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 3 min
💬 “There is so much nonsense out there. The harm of brand marketing to the trust of skincare in general is hard to come back from.” ~Dr Muneeb Shah Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Muneeb Shah, known as the ‘DermDoctor’, is a board certified dermatologist and one of the most followed science-based skinfluencers in the world.
⚡️ In this episode, Muneeb and I dig into the anatomy of the skin and what drives various skin conditions. We also discuss the overblown, unrealistic claims anti-aging skincare brands make - and what actually works to take years off your face.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ The anatomy of the skin and the role of your gut and diet in skin health
➡︎ The differences between skincare for men and women
➡ Why skin cancer needs to be taken more seriously
➡︎ How mood and stress can cause flare ups
➡︎ Dr Shah’s exact skincare routine and what you’ll find in his cupboards
📕 Chapters
(1:22) Anatomy of the skin
(5:28) What affects our skin?
(9:33) Differences between men and women
(14:41) Common skin conditions
(15:46) Skin cancer
(21:18) How mood affects skin health
(24:56) Gut skin axis
(31:29) A cure for BO?
(36:33) Diet and skin health
(40:44) Is anti-aging a scam?
(45:34) How to use retinoids
(48:07) The damage of skinfluencers
(52:45) Dr Karan is challenged on his routine
(59:31) What’s in Dr Shah’s cupboards?
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Muneeb:
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dermdoctor
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctorly/
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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The Dark Side of P*rn: Why Violence is on the Rise - Maree Crabbe
27 september 2024 · 55 min
💬 “When a 13 year old boy stumbles across pornography, I don't think very many of them are interested in seeing women being gagged or choked or degraded. But that is likely to be what they'll see” -Maree Crabbe Lees meer
⚡️ Maree Crabbe is the Co-Founder of ‘It’s Time We Talked’, an organisation helping children and young people avoid porn’s influence. She has been interviewing people about porn and its impacts for 15 years.
⚡️ In this episode, Maree and I discuss the sharp rise in violent sexual acts being depicted in mainstream, online pornography - and how that’s crossing over into the bedroom.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ How hardcore porn is reaching children as young as 9
➡︎ How strangulation, coercion and deep-throating is becoming more prevalent
➡ Why the industry is increasingly promoting incest, teen and non-consesual themes
➡︎ What too much extreme porn is doing to our sexual health
➡︎ Strategies to reduce or eliminate porn from your life
📕 Chapters
(1:11) More young people are watching porn
(7:02) Rising aggression in porn
(14:19) Is violence what the audience wants?
(18:17) Violence in the bedroom
(23:20) How porn causes sexual dysfunction
(27:31) Is there “good” porn?
(31:44) What can we do about porn?
(38:25) Improving sex ed
(42:17) Body image and rise in surgery
(47:17) The problem of deepfake porn
(50:02) What about porn stars?
(52:21) Are you addicted?
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Maree:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mareecrabbe/
Websites: https://itstimewetalked.com/
https://www.breathlesscampaign.com/
https://www.notthenorm.com.au/
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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Why Allergies Are Rising Fast - Professor Adam Fox
20 september 2024 · 1 uur 2 min
💬 “We've seen a marked increase in the amount of food allergy that's around, and it now affects 5% of UK children. Even in the adult population, it's become a major health issue.” -Prof Adam Fox Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Adam Fox is a professor in paediatric allergy and runs award-winning private practice Allergy London. He’s also vocal on social media, helping people to better understand allergies and the treatments that are available.
⚡️ In this episode, Adam and I find out why allergies are on the rise globally, what the leading risk factors are for developing an allergy, and science-backed ways to reduce symptoms and reactions.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ A discovery that’s turned the allergy world upside down
➡︎ Why eczema is so closely linked to the risk of developing allergies
➡ The science of the allergy response and why it happens
➡︎ The link between the gut microbiome and rising rates of allergies
➡︎ Why allergy tests are often a waste of time
📕 Chapters
(1:02) Why allergies are on the rise
(6:36) Science of the allergy response
(12:39) May contain traces of…
(15:58) Can allergies worsen over time?
(17:35) How we outgrow allergies
(20:03) Links to microbiome
(25:42) Environment and climate change
(34:12) Do allergy tests work?
(38:03) Allergy v intolerance
(43:02) Penicillin allergies
(47:48) Sharing allergies with doctors
(49:49) Allergy desensitisation
(57:47) Strategies to control allergies
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Adam:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dradamfox/
Website: https://www.allergylondon.com/
References: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/255793/food-allergy-doubles-uk-over-last/
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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The 3 Biggest Deathbed Regrets (And How To Avoid Them) - Hospice Nurse Julie
13 september 2024 · 51 min
💬 “Death is not a dirty word. You can say it. You can say he's dying. You can say they've died.” -Julie McFadden Lees meer
⚡️ Julie McFadden, known as Hospice Nurse Julie on social media, uses her firsthand knowledge and experience to alleviate the fear and stigma around death and dying. It’s the subject of her new book “Nothing to Fear”.
⚡️ In this episode, Julie and I explore why we should be talking about death more, so we can stop fearing it and start living our lives more fully.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ What happens to the body in the lead up to death
➡︎ Why death isn’t the worst outcome - suffering is
➡ Why most people are wrong about hospice care
➡︎ The strange deathbed phenomena Julie sees more commonly than you’d think
➡︎ How to learn from people’s most common deathbed regrets
📕 Chapters
(1:03) Why we fear death
(4:23) Why we need to talk about death
(6:55) Cultural and religious traditions
(9:39) The science of dying
(14:36) Misconceptions about palliative care
(16:58) Death is not the worst outcome
(21:44) Death is not a dirty word
(26:49) Strange deathbed phenomena
(30:06) How to have a good death
(33:19) Worst diseases to die from
(37:55) Preparing for death
(40:57) Deathbed regrets
(44:14) Faith and religion
(45:42) One thing everyone should know about death
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Julie:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hospicenursejulie/
Website: https://www.hospicenursejulie.com/
📕 Find Julie’s new book ‘Nothing to Fear’ here: https://amzn.eu/d/fSZVYAZ
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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Breaking Bad Habits: Neuroscience Hacks You Need to Know - Nicole Vignola
6 september 2024 · 54 min
💬 “If you're feeling a particular way - sad, upset, angry, thirsty, hungry - your automatic reaction is ‘I've got comfort in my phone’. So it becomes a pattern that is ingrained. Not deeply ingrained, because we can break it.” -Dr Nicole Vignola Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Nicole Vignola is a well-known neuroscientist and brain expert, and author of Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change.
⚡️ In this episode, Nicole and I explore how to break bad habits, phone addiction, negative self-talk, anxiety and rewire your brain for happiness, health and performance.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ A simple trick to break smartphone addiction and why you should avoid it in the morning
➡︎ How to keep your brain adapting and developing at any age
➡ The science of how walking resets our brain by quieting fear receptors in the brain
➡︎ How to reframe negativity and reinforce positive self-talk
➡︎ The true extent of poor sleep on brain health
📕 Chapters
(1:42) How neuroscience affects you
(4:30) How to avoid cognitive decline
(10:21) Meditation and mental breaks
(12:04) Breaking phone addiction
(16:02) Properly dealing with stress
(22:07) Reframing negative self-talk
(31:27) Healthy dopamine hits
(34:47) Improving brain performance at any age
(39:25) Manifestation
(41:53) Benefits of doing nothing
(44:38) How Nicole optimises her brain
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Nicole:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolesneuroscience
Website: https://www.nicolesneuroscience.com/
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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3 Things a Gut Expert Would NEVER Do - Dr Austin Chiang
30 augustus 2024 · 44 min
💬 “Is it something truly in our water, what we eat, the types of stressors that we have in the life that we lead today? It's very challenging to pinpoint.” -Dr Austin Chiang Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Austin Chiang is a gastroenterologist and well known health influencer. He’s also the author of ‘Gut: An Owner’s Guide’ and is the Chief Medical Officer of Medtronic.
⚡️ In this episode, Austin and I discuss various issues concerning gut health, including the rise in both IBS and colorectal cancer, and what you can do to protect your health.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ The signs and symptoms of IBS - and why you should always seek professional advice
➡ Why colorectal cancer is set to be the #1 cancer killer among young people
➡︎ How AI is advancing the field of gut health
➡︎ The dangers of colonic irrigation, probiotics and other “gut hacks”
➡︎ The truth about “leaky gut syndrome”
📕 Chapters
(1:40) What does the gut do?
(6:08) Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
(13:30) Brain gut connection
(15:49) Colorectal cancer rising
(21:00) Dangers of gut “detoxes”
(23:13) Probiotics
(25:29) Leaky gut syndrome
(27:24) Taking action on gut health
(33:31) AI and tech advancements
(37:16) What’s in Austin’s cupboards?
(40:09) Three things you should never do
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Austin:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinchiangmd/
Website: http://www.austinchiang.com/
📕 Find Austin’s book ‘Gut: An Owner’s Guide’ here: https://amzn.eu/d/41gEHdO
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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Are Your Beauty Products Safe? The Real Science of “Toxic” Skin Care with Dr Michelle Wong
23 augustus 2024 · 57 min
💬 “Nature has lots of things that are really harmful. It has lots of things that are really benign. And that's the same with synthetic things. Synthetic things can be really toxic. They can be really safe.” -Dr Michelle Wong Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Michelle Wong is a science educator, cosmetic chemist and founder of Lab Muffin Beauty Science, where she helps people figure out which beauty products are and aren’t worth buying.
⚡️ In this episode, Michelle and I put the chemical vs natural debate to the test, and look at the science of skin care products. What’s safe and what’s toxic?
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎ Why it doesn’t need to be edible to go on your face
➡ Why homemade and DIY sunscreen is a terrible idea
➡︎ Why skin care ingredients actually work and which are overhyped
➡︎ A simple skin care guide for beginners
➡︎ The truth about preservatives like paraben
📕 Chapters
(4:15) Does skin care actually work?
(6:30) Inventing new skin care ingredients
(9:45) Chemicals vs natural
(12:39) DIY sunscreen
(22:17) Sunscreen and vitamin D
(28:47) Science of collagen
(31:19) Overhyped ingredients
(34:27) Parabens and preservatives
(41:41) Becoming more skin care savvy
(44:20) Science based skin care routine
(50:01) Skin microbiome
(52:50) Natural products that work
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Michelle:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/labmuffinbeautyscience/
Website: https://labmuffin.com/
📕 Find Michelle’s book ‘The Science of Beauty’ here: https://amzn.eu/d/inztPnb
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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The Truth About Glucose Spikes, Ultra Processed Food and Microbiome Tests - Dr Nicola Guess
16 augustus 2024 · 56 min
💬 “It's giving you very perverse and misleading and possibly even damaging advice by this glucocentric approach to nutrition.” -Dr Nicola Guess Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Nicola Guess is a nutrition scientist at the University of Oxford, specialising in the dietary prevention and management of type 2 diabetes. She also debunks pseudoscience and misinformation on Instagram and Substack.
⚡️ In this episode, Nicola and I look at the latest diet trends and advice that you really shouldn’t be worrying about, and could actually be harming your health - with a particular focus on blood glucose and the CGM craze.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎Why continuous glucose monitors are useless, except for people who are actually diabetic
➡ Which diet “hacks” work for controlling glucose levels (and if they’re even necessary)
➡︎Why “personalised” diet advice from microbiome tests is a sham
➡︎Why it’s not all-or-nothing with ultra processed foods
➡︎The health markers you should actually be looking out for, with actionable tips
📕 Chapters
(1:16) Cutting through the pseudoscience
(3:58) CGMs and glucose spikes
(14:25) The real harm of worrying about glucose
(18:31) What should you ACTUALLY be tracking?
(23:03) How to control glucose (if you need to)
(30:36) Microbiome tests and personalised nutrition
(37:45) Probiotics
(43:52) Reality of ultra processed foods
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Nicola:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr__guess/
Substack: https://drguess.substack.com/
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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The Magic of Breast Milk: From Gut Health to Immunity - Dr Sioned Jones
9 augustus 2024 · 47 min
💬 “Breast milk really is a nutritional powerhouse. It's more than nutrition. So many different factors come together to give your infants the best start in life.” -Dr Sioned Jones Lees meer
⚡️ Dr Sioned Jones is the co-founder of BoobyBiome, an all-female team of doctors working out the science behind breast milk, what makes it so beneficial to the health of babies, and how we might be able to replicate its benefits.
⚡️ In this episode, Sioned and I explore the nutrients and bacteria that make up breast milk, and the crucial role it plays in establishing a healthy gut microbiome in infants.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎The side-effects of poor gut health in infants
➡︎How one of puzzling component of breast milk can now be harnessed to improve gut health
➡︎How a mother’s own microbiome impacts her baby’s
➡︎Why pumping and storing breast milk can compromise its health benefits
➡︎Whether you should be heading to your nearest lactation bar to chug down shots of the stuff!
📕 Chapters
(2:04) What makes breast milk so great?
(5:19) Breast milk vs formula
(10:46) How mothers make breast milk
(15:12) Adults drinking breast milk?
(18:49) What causes poor gut health in babies?
(22:01) Critical window for microbiome developments
(26:00) Actionable strategies for mothers
(28:32) Why storing breast milk may compromise its benefits
(31:38) Benefits of colostrum
(33:17) How breastfeeding benefits the mother
(33:48) Scientific advancements
(37:02) Fixing an unhealthy gut
(40:04) Will formula ever match breast milk?
(41:30) Other people breastfeeding your baby
(43:57) Does a mother’s health affect breast milk quality?
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
📱 Connect with Sioned:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsionedjones
https://www.instagram.com/boobybiome
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sionedfjones/
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book …
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Why Common Mental Health Treatments Fail and What Actually Works - Camilla Nord
2 augustus 2024 · 50 min
💬“The mistake people make is thinking the route to mental health is in self deprivation - in discipline - and I think that is probably misguided.” -Camilla Nord Lees meer
⚡️ Camilla Nord is an award-winning neuroscientist, leads the Mental Health Neuroscience programme of research at the University of Cambridge, and is the author of The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health.
⚡️ In this episode Camilla and I discuss what’s happening in your brain when you experience issues like depression and anxiety, as well as actionable strategies on how you can improve your mental wellbeing - whether you’re currently suffering or not.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡︎Why we need to get better at interoception - understanding our internal bodily signals
➡︎Why some people are more likely to suffer mental health problems
➡︎The truth about serotonin and dopamine
➡︎How closely linked mental health is to gut health
➡︎Why classic mental health advice sometimes backfires
📕 Chapters
(2:08) Interoception
(4:55) Your brain when depressed
(8:51) How perception affects experience
(16:11) Negative vs positive self-talk
(20:09) Genetics vs experiences: which causes depression?
(21:32) Why treatment is lacking
(26:08) We need to stop blaming neurotransmitters
(29:40) Brain stimulation
(33:44) Link between gut health and mental health
(38:55) How to improve your mental wellbeing
(47:31) Why neuroscience is important
📱 Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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Exposing the Biggest Lies in Nutrition - Alan Flanagan
26 juli 2024 · 58 min
“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 Lees meer
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
Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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Ancient Wisdom for Modern Pleasure: The Real Kama Sutra - Seema Anand
19 juli 2024 · 50 min
“The human body is made for pleasure. Every bit of your body can give you an intense amount of pleasure. It just depends on how you treat it” -Seema Anand Lees meer
Seema Anand is an expert in sexual health and pleasure and an authority on the ancient Indian text the Kama Sutra.
In this episode Seema and I break the taboo around sex and she explains how people can find a deeper sense of pleasure and sexual satisfaction in their relationships.
Stay tuned to find out:
The real meaning of the Kama Sutra and what it teaches us about sexual pleasure
How to start exploring your own pleasure senses
Why you should listen to erotic podcasts instead of watching porn
How to actually satisfy your partner in bed
Chapters
(2:03) Religion and sex
(4:51) Truths about the Kama Sutra
(12:09) The orgasm gap
(16:19) Increase your pleasure diet
(26:00) How men can pleasure their partners
(33:55) How to increase libido
(36:28) Tackling shame in relationships
(38:36) Bedroom red flags
(42:10) “No fap” and other myths
(46:02) Why we’re having less sex
Connect with me:
TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan
Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr
For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook
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Minimal Effort, Maximum Gains: Dr Mike Israetel’s Guide to Easy Fitness
12 juli 2024 · 58 min
“The vegans hate the carnivores. The carnivores hate the keto people. And a lot of these folks are in a battle for a non-existent entity, and that entity is the crowned king of ‘this is the best diet for everyone’.” -Dr Mike Israetel Lees meer
Dr Mike Israetel is an exercise scientist, bodybuilder, YouTuber and founder of Renaissance Periodization. He’s known for his no-nonsense, science backed approach to fitness and diet.
In this episode, I ask Mike just how often and how hard you have to workout for health, and whether there really is one diet that is best for everyone.
Stay tuned to find out:
What diet tribes get wrong about good nutrition
Why you can get away with training a lot less than you think
The truth behind “calories in, calories out”
Whether nutrient timing is important
Why creatine might just be the best supplement around
Chapters
(2:00) How little can you workout?
(10:19) Calories in, calories out
(18:57) Which diet tribe is right about health?
(26:25) Are artificial sweeteners bad for you?
(34:46) Why diet is so individualised
(40:35) The benefits of creatine
(47:47) Nutrient timing and protein absorption
(55:26) Dr Mike’s 4 tenants for success
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Why Your Coffee Habit Might Be Better Than You Think - Dr Bryan Saunders
5 juli 2024 · 51 min
“If you enjoy coffee, just go and enjoy coffee, and the data in general suggests that actually caffeine or coffee consumption overall is very beneficial for a number of health outcomes.” -Dr Bryan Saunders Lees meer
Dr Bryan Saunders is a researcher at the University of São Paulo, who specialises in the study of caffeine, and in particular its effects on exercise performance. He’s co-authored multiple studies on the topic and sheds light on many of the myths that are perpetuated online.
In this episode, I ask Bryan how caffeine is affecting our bodies, everything from the mechanisms behind its ergogenic effects to the truth behind habitual coffee consumption.
Stay tuned to find out:
Whether your morning coffee really is bad for your health
How caffeine improves exercise performance
Whether caffeine actually stops affecting you the more you consume it
If genetic variations mean some people are immune to its effects
When you need to stop drinking caffeine for a good night’s sleep
Chapters
(1:56) Morning coffee effects and your adenosine system
(8:27) Does caffeine affect habitual coffee drinkers?
(10:58) Placebo effect of morning cuppa
(14:29) Non-caffeine benefits of coffee
(15:40) Boosting exercise performance
(21:57) The dose you need
(24:10) Ideal time to consume caffeine
(25:38) Negative effects of overconsumption
(30:13) Feeling more TIRED after caffeine?
(34:23) Do you need a caffeine fast?
(37:45) Half-life of caffeine and sleep impacts
(43:34) Long-term physiological effects of caffeine
(45:33) Differences between coffee beans
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What You Weren’t Told About Period Pain - Dr Karen Tang
28 juni 2024 · 45 min
“A lot of women's health stuff - there's no easy diagnosis. So very, very often women's health things end up getting put into, you have fibromyalgia, you're a hypochondriac, or something like irritable bowel syndrome.” -Dr Karen Tang Lees meer
Dr Karen Tang is a gynaecologist who specialises in the treatment of pelvic pain, endometriosis and fibroids. She also does a great service educating the public on social media, raising awareness of women’s health issues.
In this episode, I ask Karen how people can figure out what’s causing their pelvic pain, what surprising habits may be causing problems, how patients can better advocate for themselves, and how she’d reimagine sex ed.
Stay tuned to find out:
Why “stabbing butthole pain” has gone viral, and what it actually is
Why endometriosis is so commonly misdiagnosed as IBS
How female anatomy, especially the uterus, does NOT look like it does in the textbooks
Why we should teach children the proper names for their reproductive organs
Why you should get a pelvic floor PT!
Chapters
(1:24) Stabbing butthole pain
(4:36) Endometriosis - more than a pelvic condition
(6:43) Endo vs IBS
(8:45) How much pain is too much?
(10:38) The link between gynaecological conditions
(13:20) Being proactive about your health
(16:14) How to advocate for yourself at the doctor’s
(21:56) Actionable tips for perimenopause/menopause
(26:04) How to take care of your pelvic floor health
(31:36) What the uterus actually looks like
(34:49) Reimagining sex sed
(36:53) Teaching children about sexual health
(38:26) The plague of misinformation
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The Ultimate Guide to CBD - Dr Jeff Chen
21 juni 2024 · 52 min
“Like most other herbal medicines, CBD is understudied, unregulated, and often wrongly vilified.” -Dr Jeff Chen Lees meer
Dr Jeff Chen is co-founder of Radicle Science and is doing tons of research advancing our understanding of CBD and other herbal remedies.
In this episode, I ask Jeff about the new science of CBD - both its potential health benefits and challenges. We also explore the promising trials into another cannabis compound - CBN.
Stay tuned to find out:
How effective CBD is for sleep, anxiety, pain and more
How stigma and regulatory hurdles have hampered scientific progress
What you should be looking for when buying CBD products
How Radicle’s crowd-sources clinical trials are shedding light on many herbal remedies
Chapters
(1:54) What is CBD?
(3:27) Why herbal remedies are dismissed
(8:59) Crowd-sorucing data on CBD and CBN
(14:13) Avoiding bias and determining placebo
(19:46) Science of the endocannabinoid system
(25:11) Safety of OTC CBD supplements
(29:30) Optimal delivery route of CBD
(33:21) Best cases for CBD in clinical settings
(36:46) Choosing the right product - an unregulated market
(48:07) Benefits of lion’s mane mushrooms
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The Problem with Ozempic - Dr Andres Acosta
14 juni 2024 · 55 min
“Ozempic has changed the conversation around obesity. Unfortunately a lot of people are misusing the medication.” -Dr Andres Acosta Lees meer
Dr Andres Acosta is an obesity expert at the Mayo Clinic, and regularly helps patients achieve double digit weight loss thanks to semaglutide, often branded as Ozempic or Wegovy. But as healthy people look to it for a quick fix, he raises a red flag about the drug.
In this episode I ask Andres how Ozempic works, what are its side-effects, and who should actually be taking it. Plus what else works for treating obesity.
Stay tuned to find out:
The risks and rewards of Ozempic
What’s going on in the brains of people who struggle with their weight
How his lab has identified 4 genetic phenotypes causing obesity
Where Dr Acosta stands on “body positivity”
How his work is destigmatising obesity
How close we are to a cure
Chapters
(1:55) Misusing Ozempic
(4:35) Ozempic for longevity and health
(7:49) Diet and exercise vs Ozempic + risks
(10:55) Do you need to take Ozempic forever?
(14:24) Link between the gut and obesity
(19:16) Why obesity is rising
(25:43) Weight loss vs fat loss vs health
(25:36) Cutting edge therapies for obesity
(40:19) A cure for obesity?
(43:12) The problem with BMI
(47:21) Why “fat” doesn’t equal “lazy”
(49:51) The body positivity movement
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Why Medicine Has Failed Women’s Health - Dr Jen Gunter
7 juni 2024 · 1 uur 1 min
“Women’s pain and women’s suffering has just been ignored” -Dr Jen Gunter Lees meer
Dr Jen Gunter is an OB/GYN, known for busting myths about women’s health online. She’s the author of Blood, The Menstruation Manifesto and The Vagina Bible.
In this episode I ask Jen for the truth behind the biggest period myths, from cycle syncing, to menstrual cycles, to the effects of food and why period blood is considered dirty. We also discuss PMS, endometriosis, birth control and more.
Stay tuned to find out:
Why we still know so little about female reproductive health
What to do if you have painful periods - and how much pain is too much
The truth behind “pill panic” and the demonisation of birth control
Why exercise is the best medicine
Whether you should be worried about forever chemicals in tampons
What we actually know about the vaginal microbiome - are probiotics useless?
Highlights
(1:31) The taboos of menstruation
(3:15) Period myths
(5:36) Why the lack of medical research and awareness?
(10:20) The truth about cycle syncing
(12:21) Can certain foods stop periods?
(21:53) How to manage PMS symptoms
(28:47) How women’s pain has been ignored
(37:10) Endometriosis
(40:32) The truth about the birth control pill
(48:07) Toxic tampons and forever chemicals
(52:24) Probiotics for the vagina
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The Government Has Lied to You About Psychedelics! Science and Benefits of Hallucinogenic Drugs - Professor David Nutt
31 mei 2024 · 50 min
“The last 55 years of banning psychedelics is the worst censorship of research in the history of the world.” -Professor David Nutt Lees meer
Professor David Nutt is THE go-to expert on psychedelics. His charity Drug Science is on a mission to break the stigma around hallucinogenic drugs, and inform the public on the real science behind their effects.
In this episode I ask David how drugs like magic mushrooms, MDMA, cannabis and Ketamine are able to treat brain disorders, like depression, so effectively - and why we’ve been led to fear these drugs.
Stay tuned to find out:
The truth about why psychedelics were banned in the first place
How safe these drugs are in both a medical and recreational setting
Whether human evolution was driven, in-part, by psilocybin mushrooms
About the most recent science and trials
Myths and misinformation surrounding their use
How soon we might see the legalisation of psychedelics
Highlights
(1:41) 50 years of censorship
(7:12) Emerging research
(10:24) Safety of psychedelics
(12:47) The stoned ape theory
(19:12) How psychedelics treat depression
(22:48) When will they be legal?
(25:38) Physiological changes in the brain during use
(29:54) Psychedelics versus conventional methods
(32:47) Recreational use
(35:47) Microdosing
(39:06) Enduring benefits of psychedelics
(42:26) Misinformation
(44:05) Treating addiction
(47:13) Future legalisation
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How to Feed Your GUT the RIGHT way - with Dr James Kinross
24 mei 2024 · 56 min
“It’s not that we’ve lost some microbes, it’s actually that we’ve gained others. And the ones that we’ve gained are causing us harm.” Lees meer
Professor James Kinross is a world-leading microbiome expert and bowel cancer surgeon at Imperial College London. He’s also the author of Dark Matter: The New Science of the Microbiome.
In this episode I ask James about the impact of gut health on all aspects of our bodies, from growth to immune function to brain health and even personality. He also shares advice on the food you should be eating to get your gut health in check - science backed and BS-free.
Stay tuned to find out:
How the microbiome is modifiable - you’re not doomed to have poor gut health
How to figure out whether you have a healthy gut, and what that actually looks like
Whether probiotics are more hype than health
The important role of fibre in gut health - and how to get more of it
Why cooking your own food is so important
How ultra-processed food changes the microbiome
The environmental factors you can alter to improve gut health
Highlights
(1:35) What is the microbiome?
(4:05) What impacts the development of the microbiome?
(9:44) Combating “bad” gut health
(15:17) Are probiotics any good?
(22:39) De-Westernising your diet
(26:46) Problem of ultra-processed food
(32:48) Impact of the modern environment on gut health
(42:43) Fibre’s role in gut health
(49:39) Are artificial sweeteners ok?
(51:56) Intermittent fasting
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The Science of Naps and How Sleep Boosts Memory and Focus - with Professor Gina Poe
17 mei 2024 · 59 min
“Instead of taking a coffee break, take a nap break!” -Professor Gina Poe Lees meer
Professor Gina Poe is a world renowned neuroscientist who runs Poe Lab at UCLA, which investigates the role of sleep in learning and memory consolidation.
In this episode I ask Gina about the latest science on how to improve and optimise our sleep - with lots of actionable advice.
Stay tuned to find out:
How to sleep longer and better
Why naps are good for you - with strategies on how to nap better
How a lack of sleep can tank your memory
How long it should take you to fall asleep
Whether you should be getting a sleep divorce
If sleep trackers and wearables help, or hurt - and much more
Highlights
(2:49) How sleep impacts memory
(4:51) Why naps are good for you
(11:49) Optimal napping strategies
(14:10) The stages of sleep
(18:01) How deep sleep affects hormones and memory
(23:09) The glymphatic system explained
(27:01) How to tell you’re getting enough sleep
(29:19) How well do wearables measure sleep?
(32:35) Should you sleep with your pets?
(35:46) The sleep divorce
(37:31) How long should you sleep?
(39:34) Can you sleep too much?
(45:32) Strategies for getting more sleep
(48:09) How quickly should you fall asleep?
(49:34) Cutting edge sleep research and actionable tips
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