"If you have a genuine need or desire to make a change in your life based on what you are reading or seeing, looking at it more critically becomes more important because this will affect you in a very direct way." Dr. Bryan Chung
Today's episode is a little different from what you've experienced here before. As a conventional healthcare provider I've been trained to look at the science, literature and evidence when thinking about therapies and recommendations. Earlier this year I met my guest and got really excited about introducing him to you.
My guest is Dr. Bryan Chung, MD, PhD. Bryan is a plastic surgeon and research scientist. He is also a graduate of Seth Godin's altMBA program that both of us completed.
In 2007 during his last year of medical school Bryan started a blog called Evidence-Based Fitness. As he continued his training, the blog became an outlet for sharing his views on recent research, trends and fads in the world of fitness and nutrition. His initial goal was to draw attention to how research informs, and misinforms health decisions.
Today, his new passion is Critical Mass, a mentorship and a transformational movement to help others develop research analysis skills and change their relationship with science.
Bryan has been a research consultant for Men’s Fitness, Experience Life, and Men’s Health magazines; on the advisory board for Examine.com; and reviewer for the Cochrane Collaboration of Systematic Reviews.
By the end of this episode, you'll get a new perspective on the world of health and wellness research and perhaps will become more curious about ways of applying scientific discoveries to your own life.
Topics:
- How Bryan's journey began, and his interest in research and fitness developed, how evidence guides him today in his practice
- Some of Bryan's favorite posts and topics, controversies and lessons from Evidence-based Fitness blog
- Why Bryan is interested in us developing a relationship or perhaps a friendship with science
- How do you process health and wellness news in lay literature, how we get information now affects what information we get
- Why Bryan is interested in creating a new movement called Critical Mass
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