Link to WaPo opinion piece (no paywall) https://archive.ph/mR9iULink to Cochrane review on masking https://cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/fullLinks to University of Minnesota commentaries https://cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/commentary-wear-respirator-not-cloth-or-surgical-mask-protect-against-respiratory-viruseshttps://cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/commentary-what-can-masks-do-part-2-what-makes-good-mask-study-and-why-most-failLink to fatally flawed CDC study...

From Andres's show notes:"Despite what we want to believe, cardiovascular disease does not only start once we are in our 50s and 60s. As we welcome Kevin Bass back to the Know Your Physio podcast, we hear his opinions on cholesterol, the medications to take, and opinions on collected long-term genetic studies. We don’t hold back on having a controversial conversation around starting the reduction of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in your mid to late 20s, the role of genetics in our...

From Andres's show notes:"When it comes to nutritional science and social media it can be uniquely challenging to differentiate fact from hype. Here today, to help us unpack the topic of scientific influencers and misinformation is Kevin Bass, an MD and Ph.D. student, and founder of The Diet Wars, a site dedicated to upholding evidence-based nutritional research and exposing figures who spread nutritional and scientific misinformation online. We dig into how social media can incentivize the...

For the past few months, thanks to @derek_barbellmedicine (and thanks to @austin_barbellmedicine for referring me to him), I have seen big improvements in my back pain and stiffness, and I'm able to train my sport and lift with less pain than I thought possible.I have been struggling with lower back pain for more than a decade, and the idea that simply strengthening and progressively overloading my back using the very movements that cause it to hurt has been a welcome challenge to my belief...

In this video, I talk with Kevin Folta about glyphosate, Roundup Ready, Monsanto, GMOs, biotech, and science communication. We talk about some of the current controversies in agricultural science and try to explain how they came to be.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER...

Does lifting weights automatically make someone healthier?Not so fast.One recent study showed that current and former power athletes (wrestlers, judo players, and powerlifters) have higher rates of metabolic dysfunction than non-athletes, despite a lower body fat percentage and, for active athletes, a smaller waist circumference (PMID 30148100). See figure in post.Being big and strong does not automatically make someone healthy. In fact, the opposite might be true.With our culture’s current...

Do seed oils cause inflammation? Are heated seed oils bad for you? Are seed oils part of a global conspiracy by agricultural and pharmaceutical companies to ruin our health and profit from it? Kevin confronts these questions head-on in this podcast.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER...

In this episode, I have more fun with Bart Kay talking about nutrition and health. My connection this time is better. We end by disagreeing about LDL cholesterol and cardiovascular disease, a subject we will take up further in the next discussion.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER...

In this podcast, I debunk Paul Mason's nutrition science book chapter in the book Clinical Sports Medicine by Brukner and Khan. Through a critique of just the introductory section, I show that it is not a work of science. If Paul would like to see further debunkings of the other sections (which in many cases are worse), please let me know and I would be happy to do further videos.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE...

In this discussion, Bart Kay and I talk about on the ethics, environmental effects, paleoanthropology, and nutrition science of meat consumption.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/https://twitter.com/healthmisinfo/INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/kevinnbass/TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd...

In this discussion, Bart Kay and I talk about on the ethics, environmental effects, paleoanthropology, and nutrition science of meat consumption.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/https://twitter.com/healthmisinfo/INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/kevinnbass/TIKTOK https://tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd...

In this episode, I talk about how Joe Rogan recently lashed out at the agricultural scientist Kevin Folta when Kevin discussed an alternative interpretation of the scientific data that was different than the one that Joe preferred and was familiar with.Following lockstep with Chris Kresser, an alternative health guru that has been deeply influential on Joe, Jhee has been misled to believe that all exposures to glyphosate are harmful, no matter how low the dose, and expresses anger and outrage...

In this episode, I talk about how Joe Rogan recently lashed out at the agricultural scientist Kevin Folta when Kevin discussed an alternative interpretation of the scientific data that was different than the one that Joe preferred and was familiar with.Following lockstep with Chris Kresser, an alternative health guru that has been deeply influential on Joe, Jhee has been misled to believe that all exposures to glyphosate are harmful, no matter how low the dose, and expresses anger and outrage...

Cult-like behavior among groups that promote various health interventions or lifestyle practices is the norm. Such groups NOT being cult-like is extremely rare. These groups, no matter what they promote, overhype benefits and underplay risks. They condescend to outsiders; they engage in dogmatic proclamations; and they are highly resistant to new information that might challenge their black-and-white narratives.In fact, criticism will often be interpreted as immoral, as encouraging people not...

In this episode, I look at press releases, posters, scientific publications, and @peterattiamd’s recent review of PR Lotion.I show that the press releases announcing research do not link to any credible peer-reviewed research, despite Momentous-funded research apparently taking place at four separate research institutions. I show that the one peer-reviewed paper on PR Lotion (this one not funded by Momentous) showed no buffering capacity in the blood, no increase in bicarbonate in the blood,...

In this episode, I look at press releases, posters, scientific publications, and @peterattiamd’s recent review of PR Lotion.I show that the press releases announcing research do not link to any credible peer-reviewed research, despite Momentous-funded research apparently taking place at four separate research institutions. I show that the one peer-reviewed paper on PR Lotion (this one not funded by Momentous) showed no buffering capacity in the blood, no increase in bicarbonate in the blood,...

When it comes to promoting resistance training for health, lifting bros want it both ways.They refuse to let anyone criticize any of their current lifting practices—despite an injury rate between 1-2 injuries per year for most strength sports [1]. They downplay increasing rates of body dysmorphia among men [2], eating disorders [3], and the psychological and physical risks associated with the lifestyles idolized by their communities [4-6].In the same breath, they extol the health benefits of...

Resistance training is frequently promoted online as if it has no risks or downsides.But this is mainly because promoting resistance training like this advances the careers of those who use this kind of messaging.It isn’t to benefit the their audiences. It’s to benefit the promoters.And those of us who have been in the lifting game for a while know better.Resistance training, while having important benefits to function especially later in life, increases the risks of a variety of health...

In this episode, I ask the question: which diet would produce more nutrient deficiencies.Using the nutrient calculator Chronometer, I am surprised to find that an all-whole wheat bagel diet actually produces fewer nutrient deficiencies than an all-ribeye diet.If one was forced to choose between eating only wheat or meat, and one was aiming at the most nutritious diet, the answer is clearly to eat only wheat.Even more surprisingly, a diet consisting of 43% calories from lentils, 43% from...

This episode examines the purported connection between obesity and COVID outcomes.While obesity does somewhat worsen COVID outcomes, the impact is modest and dramatically overstated.These data have also been weaponized by antivaxxers and politicians for cynical ends.Many COVID-obesity narratives create a false dichotomy between vaccination and obesity, suggesting that what we really need is to fight obesity, not vaccinate.Let us look at the data.First, mild obesity confers only a very modest,...

In this episode, I discuss facts and myths about Ancel Keys.If carbs are the cause of obesity, as they are for many (non-scientist) diet book authors, then someone is *responsible* for making us eat so many carbs.Ancel Keys provides a convenient enemy. He provides a unitary target, a sole cause, a single demon, one story.But how TRUE is this story? Let us review.First, it is claimed that Ancel Keys cherrypicked his Seven Country Study: he had access to the data for 22 countries but chose to...

It is now widely accepted that eggs have no meaningful impact on blood cholesterol levels. Dietary cholesterol is said not to impact blood cholesterol.But is this true?The impact of eggs on dietary cholesterol—and health—really depends on background diet and genetics.Now, it’s true that the impact of dietary cholesterol on blood cholesterol is quite modest [1], and it only impacts about 20-30% of the population [2]. But, on the other hand, almost nobody knows whether they are in that 20-30%,...

A study looking at people with genetic variants that mimic the effect of statins and PCSK9 inhibitors showed significantly worse cognition and brain area among those with the statin variants. This suggests that statins may negatively impact the brain (PMID 35953131).This suggests that important benefits to cerebrovascular disease may be counterbalanced by other negative effects on the brain by statins through other mechanisms.An important caveat to the study is that while these...

In this episode, I provide critical, science-based answers to the following questions:* Don’t traditional clinical tests miss the glucose variability that can only be detected by CGM?* Doesn’t high blood glucose predict heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, etc.? So, this is a reason for non-diabetics to use continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), right?* Doesn’t high blood glucose variability predict heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, etc.?* OK, but although we don’t know exactly...