Short summary: In episode 11 Gabor selects 2 papers on the physiology of migrating birds that fatten up for their voyage and we discuss what this can tell us about human obesity. The first paper is from 2002 by Bairlein and is called “How to get fat: nutritional mechanisms of seasonal fat accumulation in migratory songbirds” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12008967. The second is called “Adipose energy stores, physical work, and the metabolic syndrome: lessons from hummingbirds” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16351726 and is by Hargrove et al. from 2005.

Episode 11 - Obesity: a bird’s eye view

Raphael Sirtoli is the co-founder of www.breaknutrition.com and hosts the Break Nutrition podcast to take a deep dive into the science behind nutrition and medical studies. He’s joined by recurring co-host Gabor Erdosi - the ‘adipocyte Jedi’ of the Lower Insulin Facebook group - to review papers exploring what causes diabetes, obesity and other metabolic disorders. Raphael also interviews a broad range of people, like researchers, engineers, doctors, nurses, philosophers and people with inspiring personal health transformations. The underlying theme of the show is identifying diet and healthy lifestyle myths, breaking them apart and replacing them with up to date science. If you want to understand why the world of nutrition science is filled with contradictions and controversy, you’ve come to the right place. One week you might hear about a doctor’s experience treating diabetics and the next week, what the chairman of NASA’s Advisory Council has to say about the latest scientific studies on ketogenic diets for athletic performance! Raphael’s passion for science communication and good fortune to have smart people speak with him publicly largely stems from him being a long-time podcast aficionado. The health and science podcast he recommends are Robb Wolf’s The Paleo Solution, Richard Morris and Carl Franklin’s 2 Keto Dudes, Rhonda Patrick’s Found My Fitness, Shawn Baker and Zach Bitter’s Human Performance Outliers, Christopher Kelly and Dr.Tommy Wood’s Nourish Balance Thrive, Chris Kresser’s Revolution Health Radio, Dawn Kernagis and Dr.Ford’s STEM-Talk, Jessie Lawler’s Smart Drug Smarts, Joe Rogan’s The Joe Rogan Experience, Dr.Attia’s The Drive, Dan Pardi’s HumanOS Radio and lastly Dr.Limanksy and Jimmy Moore’s The KetoHacking MD.

Health & Fitness

Dr.Ford’s bio is impressive. He’s the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC), a not-for-profit research institute providing a “new model for interdisciplinary research”. 

In addition to...

a PhD in Computer Science
an honorary doctorate from the University of Bordeaux in France
he served as the Associate Center Director and Director of NASA’s Center of Excellence in Information Technology
he was picked by George Bush and confirmed by the US Senate to serve on the National Science Board (NSB), which is part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) that advises the President and Congress on policy issues
he was Chair of the NASA Advisory Council until 2011 and was awarded NASA’s highest honor, their Distinguished Public Service Medal
he also supports the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as a member of the Advanced Technology Board (ATB)

Check out the episode on breakNutrition: https://breaknutrition.com/episode-41-dr-ken-ford-on-ai-ketosis-evolution-and-better-science/

Episode 41 - Dr.Ken Ford on AI, ketosis, evolution and better science

Short summary: Raphael talks to Fabien Delahaye about epigenetics, what epigenetic mechanisms reveal about fetal growth, and finally how to best interpret scientific studies.

Episode 40 -Epigenetics with Fabien Delahaye

Short summary: Raphael talks to Weikko Jaross about understanding the mitochondria in our cells as key to our health and how his health tracking app MitoCalc reflects that knowledge.

Episode 39 - Weikko Jaross tells us about mitochondria

Raphael talks to George Henderson about his public health research, drug addiction, food addictions, cholesterol, and heart disease risk on very low-carb diets.

Episode 37- George Henderson takes us a tour of public health research

Episode 35 - Luis Villasenor the founder of KetoGains by BreakNutrition

Episode 11 - Obesity: a bird’s eye view

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