Abs are "made in the kitchen" is a saying among the bodybuilding culture and I have been asked many times if this is true then why should I be doing sit ups and crunches. Yet, there are a number of reasons to incorporate "core" exercises into a workout routine that goes beyond having a visible 6-pack. As such there has been a slew of "trendy" exercise variations meant to "engage your core" but what is the "best"...

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We've all experienced it at least once. The person that seems to offer a rebuttal, an opposing opinion but it comes before we have even finished our thought. The same people who claim that hear us but don't actually listen to learn what we might have to offer. It leads to the question, why do some people only listen to react?

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There is a constant stream of messaging that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) medicines are somehow miracles... triggering weight loss, improving cardiovascular health, reversing metabolic disease. Yet, there appears to be an unspoken paradox just under the surface of these reports. A cultural reversal in the decades long progress and hard-won gains around body neutrality and weight-stigma.

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References:

DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2025.102013

DOI:10.1016/j.glmedi.2023.100013

DOI:10.3390/nu17233735

DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101890

DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.1716

DOI: 10.1016/j.peh.2025.100353

July 2026, a mandate was made to test for low testosterone levels males in the US military during regular physical tests. But, is there merit to this mandate or are we getting more health directions based on manosphere pseudoscience? Well, let's talk about that...

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It's summertime and with that comes vacations. Which for some leads to worrying about losing the gains that have been made in weight management, body composition, strength, endurance, overall health... but will a week or two away from the gym or a change in routine lead to a loss in all these gains?

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If you'd told me five years ago that the health insurance industry would start sounding like it was auditioning for a wellness podcast, I wouldn't have believed you. But why would health insurance companies suddenly start speaking like a MAHA influencer? Is this a genuine pivot toward prevention and root-cause medicine? Is it a savvy political survival strategy?

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There is a widespread human tendency to resist admitting uncertainty, reject the possibility of error, and deflect critical feedback on one's beliefs and ideas. But if we need to accept that we don't know or that we've made a mistake to learn, why do some people resist and what does that say about how the human brain work?

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Have you ever set a reading goal only to realize that listening to the audiobook on your commute was a much easier, just to have your friends tell you, “listening is not the same as reading.” Have you wanted to encourage your kids to be better readers or develop the skills to be a critical reader? Only to have them succumb to the draw of the tablet or device over the book. Does it really matter how we get our book?

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There is a current political push to reclassify a growing number of potential therapeutics from being a potential drug to being a supplement. But could moving synthetic peptides under DSHEA's dietary supplement framework be a serious public health mistake? Well, let's talk about that...

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We have discussed already issues of oversimplification leading to misinformation being a foundation of much of the dietary advice that we encounter on a daily basis. But what about another bit of oversimplification that can have a fundamental impact on how we talk about how our body works and what it means to be healthy. Well, let's talk about that...

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