In this episode David had the pleasure of being joined by Dr. Brad Dieter.
Brad is a Research Fellow at Sacred Heart Medical Research. His research is focused on discovering novel therapies of diabetic kidney disease. In his quest for a therapeutic agent he adopts a bench to bedside approach adeptly utilizing molecular biology and biostatistics. His long term career goals include leading a research team to make major inroads in health care and improve treatment options for chronic disease.
In addition to his lab and biostatistics work Brad is passionate about scientific outreach and making inroads with the public through media. Nutrition is one of the biggest issues in our current environment as well as one of Brad's passion. The need for better public awareness and understanding, along with this desire to educate and inspire, Brad created Science Driven Nutrition, an online platform to deliver science based nutrition advice to the public.
In this episode David & Brad discussed:
Topic 1: Metabolic damage.
Q1. We here a lot of trainers & coaches trying to market ways to "fix your metabolism", is there such a thing as a broken metabolism & is there any merit to strategies such as "reverse dieting."
Topic 2: Body weight regulation; based on your recent article.
Q2. Is the calories on vs calories out completely correct? (assumptions, limitations etc).
Q3. What role does insulin play in regulating body weight (Carbohydrate insulin hypothesis)
Q4. What role doe Leptin play in body weight regulation?
Q5. What is your new theory of body weight regulation?
Topic 3: Interpreting data and sports nutrition
Q6: What are the main mistakes we see people make interpretations from research?
Q7. What are the main considerations you suggest people should have when reading research?
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