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Have you wired your brain in such a way that you'll be able to make the changes necessary to become healthy and fit? It seems like a simple question, but so many people want to throw strategies and tactics at the problem without fully recognizing what they need to do first to make those changes stick.

You can find the full show notes for this episode at 40plusfitnesspodcast.com/576.

It is hard to do a good nutrition and health study. Add to that how many people conducting these studies have built-in biases, and we're left with a hodge-podge of bad science. Ivor Cummins (The Fat Emperor) is a professional complex problem solver. He's made it his mission to dive in and deconstruct much of this science to find the truth.

You can find the full show notes for this episode at 40plusfitnesspodcast.com/573.

Matteo Franceschetti is the CEO and co-founder of Eight Sleep, a smart mattress company focused on optimizing sleep quality, duration, and recovery through insights and analytics. The company has raised over $40 million since its inception in 2014.

In this episode, we discuss practical advice on improving health and longevity through optimizing sleep, the importance of prototyping your product, and the unique challenges of scaling a hardware company. Matteo recounts the development of his intense competitive drive as a boy growing up in Italy, his pivot into startups coming from a career as a lawyer, the YC experience, learning to be an effective communicator and leader, and the laborious process of finding product-market fit.

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This week we're learning about hypnosis, the placebo effect, and the ways we can use the power of suggestion to our advantage with help from science journalist Erik Vance. Listen to hear Erik discuss how the placebo effect works, the ways in which we may be able to use hypnosis to help us with various ailments and issues, and why the power of suggestion is a uniquely understudied area of research.

Erik is a staff editor for the New York Times' Well section, and is the author of the book Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability o Deceive, Transform, and Heal.

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This week we're learning about hypnosis, the placebo effect, and the ways we can use the power of suggestion to our advantage with help from science journalist Erik Vance. Listen to hear Erik discuss how the placebo effect works, the ways in which we may be able to use hypnosis to help us with various ailments and issues, and why the power of suggestion is a uniquely understudied area of research.

Erik is a staff editor for the New York Times' Well section, and is the author of the book Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability o Deceive, Transform, and Heal.

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This week we're learning how to better care for our skin with help from physician and Atlantic staff writer James Hamblin. Listen to hear James explain why using less soap might actually be better for your skin's microbiome and how we should be re-thinking what "good hygiene" really is. James is the author of If Our Bodies Could Talk: Operating and Maintaining a Human Body, and his latest book is Clean: The New Science of Skin.

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In this episode we talk to Eva James, Bsc - an Australian public health professional. We talk about her public health journey where she to want to pursue her Bachelors in Health Science in Health Promotion from the University of Queensland in Australia. We chat about Eva's decision to want to pursue a career in public health after having her interest sparked by her highschool health teacher. Eva currently works as a Population health Coordinator for Healthy North Coast, an Australian NGO and has had previous roles in the government health sector through Queensland Health. Listen to this episode to hear how Eva navigated the Australian public health scene and be sure to follow along on her public health journey by following her website - www.thepublichealthnerd.com.

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Dr. Robert Lustig joins us in the studio to talk about his new book, “The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains.” Dr. Lustig is a pediatric endocrinologist who is also author of the book “Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease.” He talks to us about how corporate interests have worked to keep us addicted to pleasure—and how our addictions have robbed us of happiness.

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This week we're talking with Tim Ferriss, author, podcaster, investor, entrepreneur, and self-proclaimed "human guinea pig." He's the author of several books, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Four-Hour Workweek and The Four-Hour Body and his latest, Tribe of Mentors. We talked with Tim about his most worthwhile investments and his biggest failures, his most valuable purchases under $100 and over $10,000, and what beliefs and behaviors have most improved his life.

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This week, we sat down with Dr. Rebecca Blaha from the Pennsylvania Ear Institute so she could educate us on one of the most common health conditions in the country, tinnitus. So if you notice that you hear a ringing, buzzing, hissing, or even music and voices, you might want to listen a little closer to find out what you can do about it. 

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Welcome to the University of Calgary’s Prospective Student Podcast. The University of Calgary’s Prospective Student Podcast is intended for any prospective student who is hoping to learn more about the University of Calgary. We will chat with key representatives from the UCalgary community to help keep you updated and informed about all things UCalgary.

Episode 5: Bachelor of Health Science connects with Dr. Ebba Kurz. Dr. Kurz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Director of the O’Brien Centre for the Bachelor of Health Sciences program and the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Health & Science Education) in the Cumming School of Medicine. To learn more about the Bachelor of Health Science program, please visit: https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/bhsc/