Vitamin K, specifically vitamin K2, has been almost universally hyped by social media's health influencers for the past 10 years as a cheap, risk-free, alternative preventive therapy for cardiovascular disease. But what evidence is there that it act...

Popular health celebrities and online influencers systematically misuse scientific evidence. Most of their scientific claims are wrong. Being wrong is what makes them famous. This podcast explains how and in what way the most popular health influencers are constantly wrong.Referenceshttps://academic.oup.com/biostatistics/article/20/2/273/4817524https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12731504/https://www.annalsofoncology.org/article/S0923-7534(20)42987-4/fulltexthttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1105961https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(13)00405-9/fulltext===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphi... (https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphia)WEBSITE http://thedietwars.com (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblNuMFJacFExd2dzQzlZX2VJSUZvaXFyWGJCd3xBQ3Jtc0ttTTFTOGtRTXlsWE81WnlyWWtrSjZPUF9qVU5JMTBFdFlOMi01V2FtWUN5bTdvbFRBbFdhTGxhT1AxVTd6aVpSdlBsZG5oakVEeVUxSThHMWZOemg3c09iVlJvSHpZWHpaY2VRVWZGYXB1NnpXWUVYOA&q=http%3A%2F%2Fthedietwars.com&v=J_fLtBoNq_Y)TWITTER https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnZmU20wamJlUGYyalZhTEU4cU5WYkZZb1NaUXxBQ3Jtc0ttNmV5ZTdwRkhJRWJpYjZmQWUzUV83WVRPNVVoT1hmSUxoLU9saEljUVAzZGt5TTZKVGhNc0tXN0FEY2x1MVhGRHJDcjBDdzRocDNDSWNuak9CNVhMRGNFUHR4eUw5bUk5bU4xbVItMWJrRzFtdXJoUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fkevinnbass%2F&v=J_fLtBoNq_Y)https://twitter.com/healthmisinfo/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjBncVFCUUlDMGY2MlBSOVRjbWdfckZMdWgwUXxBQ3Jtc0tsUlhfUGxfTWNNemI0akl0Y3B6Mm1mTmVxRUVCUFpxWF9rTzlqY2lhd3prQWNraTJvWUdtWF9oRlQ2R01Zcko2dU5pOFh4UkJzWEFuZHdJajBTc2JDTGxXcnp2dmhXbHJxdXk0Zi1KeUp4SnJyZ0NBVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhealthmisinfo%2F&v=J_fLtBoNq_Y)INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/kevinnbass/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFZtQTAtcFFhQkNTREdTb09PQkF0TUZsbWV0UXxBQ3Jtc0trTy01ektKTTN2OGFadUJvanVjOC12ZVhEdmluY0JmMmZJSDBSbDJkZmswb2piNklOV0pxWmVaZzdqdmpUZ1VrNzFkNDltakw2WHQ5bjhHZV9ONmpfSXNjZW9xOFhHWUFjWG4tOTJDcmRReUhPNmgtVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fkevinnbass%2F&v=J_fLtBoNq_Y)TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@kevinnbass (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbldfSnRtNmM0UUZadWw2bERYVEZEYk83QnZfQXxBQ3Jtc0trbVJNV1FIdlRpRVRGbzR0UGJXVmwxekM3OHhkTGsxM1VPMXZrMjJHXzQyWURsb1hUQU9GQzNtNWx1MVVNc3RCYmlZQk5kaFZLb2JjcnhKdjJITUo1Q0tlRjZXOUpmM1FqZV9Na1hXZ3c2TjE0UVRpSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftiktok.com%2F%40kevinnbass&v=J_fLtBoNq_Y)And above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON https://patreon.com/kevinnbass/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa01nX2U2OVdpUWpNbzJIajRpOWlINzE1TklrQXxBQ3Jtc0trTnJsWjRvTUxSZEJRNm5oZEk0Y1Itd0FsUUczUURCQjlDZm1xZk9zVmxkVnpiUFQ0SDd4eTRuQlRZUUV6ZlcwRDB2ODRwbkk4NDY1emdrSHg3d2dKcU4yc0lVbW8xWEF2NUl5Rlk1ZDVCQWhyLVd2QQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fkevinnbass%2F&v=J_fLtBoNq_Y)DONATE

In this episode I cover a recent news report of a death during "cold water therapy" in the United Kingdom. Cold exposure is currently dramatically overhyped online, and misinformation on the topic is rampant among the top health influencers. This misinformation misrepresented the balance of harms and risks from cold exposure therapy, undermined this woman's ability to rationally judge whether the intervention might produce more benefit than harm (or vice versa), undermined her decisionmaking autonomy, and ultimately resulted in her death. Health misinformation needs to be curtailed to empower individuals to make free decisions and reduce harm to both individuals and society.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/https://twitter.com/healthmisinfo/INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/kevinnbass/TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON https://patreon.com/kevinnbass/DONATE https://thedietwars.com/support-me/

In this episode I cover a recent news report of a death during "cold water therapy" in the United Kingdom. Cold exposure is currently dramatically overhyped online, and misinformation on the topic is rampant among the top health influencers. This misinformation misrepresented the balance of harms and risks from cold exposure therapy, undermined this woman's ability to rationally judge whether the intervention might produce more benefit than harm (or vice versa), undermined her decisionmaking autonomy, and ultimately resulted in her death. Health misinformation needs to be curtailed to empower individuals to make free decisions and reduce harm to both individuals and society.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/https://twitter.com/healthmisinfo/INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/kevinnbass/TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON https://patreon.com/kevinnbass/DONATE https://thedietwars.com/support-me/

In this podcast, I go through the latest research on the sexual function-enhancing properties of statins.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphi...WEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/https://twitter.com/healthmisinfo/INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/kevinnbass/TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON https://patreon.com/kevinnbass/DONATE https://thedietwars.com/support-me/

In this episode, I review the risks and benefits of statin therapy using the definitive review paper "Interpretation of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of statin therapy" (PMID 27616593).This will be the first in a series of podcasts on statins.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/https://twitter.com/healthmisinfo/INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/kevinnbass/TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON https://patreon.com/kevinnbass/DONATE https://thedietwars.com/support-me/

In this episode, I systematically dismantle Huberman's sauna health claims that he makes on the Lex Fridman podcast. In particular, I show that he overstates the strength of the epidemiological evidence and show that nobody has really been able to address the criticisms made of it in the scientific literature. I question whether heat shock proteins really confer a longevity phenotype. In fact, I show that they might actually undermine longevity. I then question the relationship between dynorphin and heat shock proteins and whether what has been claimed has ever been shown. I then provide several pieces of evidence that suggest that animals living in higher temperatures actually have reduced lifespan. On every relevant point, I cannot see how Huberman makes the claims that he does--even as he makes them with an absolute confidence.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/https://twitter.com/healthmisinfo/INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/kevinnbass/TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON https://patreon.com/kevinnbass/DONATE https://thedietwars.com/support-me/

In this episode, I cover the latest research on statins and their link to dementia risk, see: https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/62/supplement_1/102In a nutshell, there is some reason to be cautious about the lipophilic statins: atorvastatin, simvastatin, lovastatin, fluvastatin, cerivastatin and pitavastatin.The hydrophilic statins rosuvastatin and pravastatin pose less concern.See the podcast episodes on statins for a clear idea about the risks and benefits of statins.Always consult with your doctor before changing medications.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/https://twitter.com/healthmisinfo/INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/kevinnbass/TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON https://patreon.com/kevinnbass/DONATE https://thedietwars.com/support-me/

High homocysteine levels are associated with cardiovascular disease and dementia. A series of studies have shown that the relationship with cardiovascular disease is not causal [1,2]. However, yet another series of randomized controlled trials have shown that reducing homocysteine levels reduces brain atrophy and cognitive decline [3,4,5], as well as risk of stroke [6] and symptom severity in schizophrenia [7,8]. Yet other studies suggest still other benefits for psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder [9]. This podcast explores the risks and benefits of homocysteine reduction by the use of three vitamins: B12, B6, and folate, as well as what might be the recommended dose for this purpose [10].References (PMIDs):[1] 16450017[2] 16531614[3] 20838622[4] 23690582[5] 25877495[6] 19228852[7] 23467813[8] 16412989[9] 35386526[10] 31677936===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/https://twitter.com/healthmisinfo/INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/kevinnbass/TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON https://patreon.com/kevinnbass/DONATE https://thedietwars.com/support-me/

As part of the Interventions Testing Program run by the National Institutes of Health, five agents—resveratrol, green tea extract, medium chain triglycerides, curcumin, and oxaloacetic acid—were tested at three independent testing sites in over 1000 mice per agent tested. The testing found no benefit to any of the agents. I interpret these findings to mean that we can reasonably conclude that there will be no benefit in humans. I explain why and when we can use animal studies to inform human recommendations, as I believe we can here.Study PMID: 22451473For more about the resveratrol story, check out Brad Stanfield’s summary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFnD27ffqE===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/https://twitter.com/healthmisinfo/INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/kevinnbass/TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON https://patreon.com/kevinnbass/DONATE https://thedietwars.com/support-me/