Nutrition myths have been around for millenia. Some are harmless while others can be harmful to your health. And with social media, the spread of nutrition myths and misinformation spreads far easier than before. In this episode, we will discuss five common myths and talk about the science that debunks them.

Select references cited in this podcast:

Effect of breakfast on weight and energy intake: Systematic review and meta-analysos of randomized trials: https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l42

Tubers as a fallback and their impact on Hazda hunter-gatherers: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajpa.21040

Butter and plant-based oils intake and mortality: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2831265

With every passing year, and passing day for that matter, you get older and age. It's unavoidable, but while everyone gets older at the same rate, not everyone ages at the same rate. In this episode, we discuss why some people age faster than others, what biological age is, and what you can do to slow it down.

Select references cited in this podcast:

Longidtudinal changes in epigenetic clocks predict long-term mortality: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-026-01095-1

Three months of strength training changes the gene expression of inflammation-related genes in PBMC of older women: A randomized controlled trial: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/3/531

Higher diet quality relates to decelerated epigenetic aging: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522001204

Roughly half of households worldwide own a pet. And pet ownership continues to climb. There's a lot written to say pets make you healthier, but is that really the case? In this episode we discuss whether pets make people healthy, what are the down sides of owning a pet and the biology behind how your pet affects you.