Sigma Nutrition Radio: Nutritional Science, Health & Dietetics
by Danny Lennon · 15 episodes
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Insightful and educational discussions about nutritional and health sciences, from an evidence-based perspective. Hear directly from the world's top researchers and applied practitioners as well as the Sigma Nutrition team. The perfect educational tool for nutritionists, dietitians, doctors and health & fitness professionals. Hosted by Danny Lennon.
Latest episodes
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#428: Food Environments
Clearly the food choices one makes over time directly impacts health. However, choices are not made in a vacuum; that is, they are not always concious decisions made for rational r…
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1 h 03
#427: Jacob Schepis – Evidence-Based Coaching: Desirable Goal or Unattainable Burden for Fitness Professionals…
It's never been more popular to be seen as "evidence-based" as a fitness professional. And indeed evidence-based practice has been seen as the best way to arrive at coaching decisi…
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54 min
#426: Jaebian Rosario – How Social Identity and Ideological Extremes Impact Scientific Discussion
Jaebien Rosario is currently a graduate student in public health and has degrees in psychology and philosophy. His interests include the philosophy of science and meta science. The…
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1 h 00
#425: Prof. Anna Krylov – When Ideology Hurts Scientific Discourse
Prof. Anna Krylov is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southern California (USC), working in the field of theoretical and computational quantum chemistry. Krylov is act…
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1 h 31
#424: Is Low Cholesterol Bad For You?!
In this episode Alan and Danny discuss the role of cholesterol in the body and claims that are made suggesting low levels of blood cholesterol are harmful to health. Starting with…
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36 min
#423: Zoya Huschtscha, PhD – Understanding Sarcopenia & Potential Interventions
Zoya Huschtscha, PhD is a researcher and assistant lecturer at Monash University (Australia), in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. She completed her PhD at the same instit…
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1 h 04
#422: Psychobiotics – Can Probiotics Improve Mood-related Disorders?
In this episode the Sigma team discuss the research looking at 'psychobiotics'; i.e. probiotics that have health impacts on those with pyschiatric disorders or symptoms. They discu…
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1 h 00
#421: Brendon Stubbs, PhD – The Research on Depression & Physical Activity
Dr. Brendon Stubbs, PhD, is a Senior Clinical Lecturer and researcher at King's College London, conducting research in physical activity & mental health, the mind-body interface, a…
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1 h 21
#420: Cannabis – Kevin Boehnke, PhD & Carrie Cuttler, PhD
This episode looks at the impact of cannabis on health; specifically physical pain and mental health. Trials on cannabis and the two main cannabinoids, CBD and THC, are discussed.…
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39 min
#419: Nathan Bryan, PhD – Role of Nitric Oxide in Human Health
Dr. Nathan Bryan, PhD is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Bryan has been involved in nitric oxide research for the past 18 years and has made many…
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1 h 17
#418: Should We Consume a Direct Source of DHA?
In this episode Danny and Alan discuss the debate around whether a direct source of the long-chain omega-3 fatty acid DHA should be recommended. Many people do not consume the mari…
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1 h 03
#417: Austin Baraki, MD – What Do Nutrient Blood Tests Actually Tell Us?: Understanding Biomarkers
Dr. Austin Baraki joins Danny and Alan to critically evaluate the assumption that blood levels of a nutrient directly tell us about overall nutritional status. With many people get…
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49 min
#416: David Nunan, PhD – Evidence-Informed Health Care: Evidence-based Medicine 2.0
Dr. David Nunan, PhD is a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford. There, he is the Director of the Postgraduate C…
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46 min
#415: Prof. Bruce Neal – Can Salt Substitutes Reduce Cardiac Events & Death?
Bruce Neal is Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health Australia; and Professor of Medicine, UNSW Sydney. Bruce has a longstanding interest in high blood pressu…
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1 h 43
#414: Will Machine Learning Overtake Traditional Nutrition Research Methods?
We discuss how machine learning could solve some current research limitations, as well as potential problems with its increased use. The post #414: Will Machine Learning Overtake T…
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54 min
#413: Anthony Fardet, PhD – Nutritional Reductionism, the Food Matrix & Impact of Processing
Anthony Fardet, PhD is a nutrition science researcher in the Human Nutrition Unit at Université Clermont Auvergne, France. His work has focused on a number of related areas; the co…
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1 h 29
Bone Health & Nutrition
In this episode Alan and Danny discuss the role of nutrition in bone health. They cover the importance of bone health, bone disorders such as osteoporosis, how nutrients play a rol…
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1 h 22
#410: Q&A: Sodium, Protein, Quackery Tactics & More!
In this episode Alan and Danny answer a variety of questions sent in from listeners. Topics covered include: fruit consumption, protein dosing, salt for hypotensive people, public…
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54 min
#409: Simon Hill – Shifting Towards a Healthier Diet
In this episode nutritionist Simon Hill discusses the barriers to eating a healthy diet, steps that can be taken to shift both individuals and the general population to a healthier…
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1 h 11
#408: Mario Kratz, PhD – Is Eating Full-fat Dairy, Low-fat Dairy, or No Dairy Better for Cardiometabolic Healt…
Dr. Mario Kratz is a clinical researcher in the areas of nutrition, obesity, and cardiometabolic disease, with more than 20 years of experience running clinical studies in a variet…