With a focus toward simplifying the science and application of healthy living, Grains of Truth is a show that closely examines the popular beliefs and truisms that tend to dominate discussions about diet and exercise. In each episode we strive to equip the listener with a deeper, more clarified understanding of the implications of certain health topics, set against a backdrop of the fundamental science driving those mechanisms.
Grains of Truth
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With a focus toward simplifying the science and application of healthy living, Grains of Truth is a show that closely examines the popular beliefs and truisms that tend to dominate discussions about diet and exercise. In each episode we strive to equip the listener with a deeper, more clarified understanding of the implications of certain health topics, set against a backdrop of the fundamental science driving those mechanisms.
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12/12/2023
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May 20, 2024
4) Obesity with Dr. Andrew Pasetti, DO
<p>In this episode, Dr. Pasetti and I expand the perspective on obesity beyond diet and exercise. We try to unpack the different causative mechanisms of body habitus as well as discuss the clinical implications of treating this disease.</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>05:00 Current approaches to weight management</p> <p>10:50 Different models of obesity</p> <p>23:10 Clinical tests of metabolic health</p> <p>29:00 Obesity, cancer and multifactorial diseases</p> <p>37:05 Health At Every Size & public health</p> <p>41:10 Family care & continuous care models</p> <p>45:10 Socioeconomic influence on obesity</p>
March 15, 2024
3) What Is Science? Doing your own research
In this episode we ask and answer a very simple question: what is science? Many of us think we have an intuitive understanding of what science is but it turns out, the true essence of science is likely differs from your understandings. We address this topic from the perspective of being able to do your own research without being a scientist yourself. 0:00 Intro 3:15 Logic vs. science: an example 5:15 Logic, science and data 6:00 "Diet hacks that heal" 8:33 The experiment 10:21 Examining an actual study 20:17 Probability and predictability 22:28 Example: hypothetical clinical trial 26:25 What are scientific questions? 31:18 Subjectivity in science 35:40 "Do your own research" mantra Sources The effect of training volume and intensity on improvements in muscular strength and size in resistance-trained men
February 4, 2024
2) Sugar
In this episode, we examine the unique properties of sugar and describe their metabolic implications. We focus on the ways in which sugar differs from other carbohydrates during digestion, discuss some evolutionary differences between us and our ancestors with respect to sugar consumption and finally talk about the potentially harmful effects that sugar produces irrespective of amount. 0:00 Intro2:53 What is sugar?7:50 Evolution & metabolism9:57 Uric acid12:34 How the body stores sugar15:55 Differences in sugar digestion18:23 Glucose vs. fructose26:20 Recap27:50 Closing remarksSources(Kratzer, J.) Evolutionary history and metabolic insights of ancient mammalian uricases(Lanaspa, M.) Uric Acid Induces Hepatic Steatosis by Generation of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress(Russo, E.) Fructose and Uric Acid: Major Mediators of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Starting at Pediatric Age(Mortera R.) Fructose at the crossroads of the metabolic syndrome and obesity epidemics(Maiuolo, J.) Regulation of uric acid metabolism and excretion(Chang, B.) Ancient insights into uric acid metabolism in primates(Gustafsson, D.) The pathophysiology of hyperuricaemia and its possible relationship to cardiovascular disease, morbidity and mortality(Rabbani N.) Glyoxalase in diabetes, obesity and related disorders
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