nutrition science

About this interview: In this conversation I talk to Dr Robert Lufkin about his book, "Lies I taught in medical school". Robert believes that chronic diseases are all linked by common root causes overlooked by our current medical system. Robert believes that financial incentives, simple human error, and other factors drive the soaring rates of chronic disease. In his book Robert talks about how he was able to reverse these diseases in himself by changes in lifestyle that anyone can do. I hope you found this podcast informative. Links - Book
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Robert Lufkin MD Website
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How Nestlé executives, global health institutions and a very racist white lady seeded a series of nutritional misconceptions we're still living with today. 

Special thanks to John Nott for helping us out with this episode! Here's his papers on the history of protein and the British Empire.

• “No one may starve in the British Empire”: Kwashiorkor, Protein and the Politics of Nutrition Between Britain and Africa
• “How Little Progress”? A Political Economy of Postcolonial Nutrition

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• Cicely Williams’ dissertation
• Dariush Mozaffarian's "History of Modern Nutrition Science"
• The Incidence Of Protein-Calorie Malnutrition Of Early Childhood
• An Error of Medicine? Kwashiorkor and the “Protein Gap”
• Childhood Malnutrition In Developing Nations: Looking Back and Looking Forward
• The Politics of Protein
• The Impact of Colonialism on Health and Health Services in Tanzania
• Breast-Milk and the World Protein Gap
• The Influence of Colonialism on Africa’s Welfare: An Anthropometric Study
• Food, Colonialism and the Quantum of Happiness
• Revisited: Is Subclinical Protein Deficiency A Significant Public Health Concern?
• Listening to the Ga: Cicely Williams’ Discovery of Kwashiorkor on the Gold Coast
• “Milking the Third World: Humanitarianism, Capitalism and the Moral Economy of the Nestlé Boycott”
• The Controversy Over Infant Formula
• War on Want’s “The Baby Killer “
• 75 years of Kwashiorkor In Africa
• The Rise and Fall of Protein Malnutrition in Global Health

During the past 10 years or so there’s been a lot of chatter about the health benefits of intermittent fasting — that is, going without food for a short window of time on a regular basis. Some of the touted benefits of intermittent fasting include shredding body fat while maintaining muscle, improving blood sugar levels and insulin sensitivity, increasing longevity, and improving focus. But how many of those purported benefits are real and how many of them are just hype? 
Well, my guest today is a nutrition scientist who has spent the past several years researching and experimenting with intermittent fasting to find out the answers to those questions. His name is John Berardi and he’s the co-owner of Precision Nutrition, an online nutrition coaching company. John has written a free ebook that highlights all the latest research on intermittent fasting as well as his personal experiments with several different IF protocols. Today on the show John cuts through the hype of intermittent fasting and gives us a nuanced look at the benefits and downsides of this diet method. If you’ve been thinking about trying intermittent fasting, you don’t want to miss this show. John breaks down exactly who should use IF and who shouldn’t, and what kinds of results to expect when you fast.