Scientific Health: Education and Human Performance

We see social media stories, the memes and hear the shorthand of "Almond." A label that specifies the lifestyle. One rooted in a mom's focus on diets of Caloric restriction, obsessive "clean eating," the other founded on a dad's obsession with biohacking, exercising to the max, and eating to ensure correct "macros." LIfestyles that apply the facade of trying to help kids be "healthier," all while projecting their own insecurities about their bodies and their body image onto their children.While the term began as a meme, actions that are housed under "just teasing" it has evolved beyond the tasteless humor to belie a systemic issue of misinformation, parental bias, and the intergenerational transmission of disordered eating across generations. The "Almond" parenting, what is it and why we should be concerned. Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.

There has been a recent stream of social media posts from HHS Secretary RFK Jr calling into question the safety of sugar-sweetened beverages from Starbucks and DunkinDonuts. But is there a concern we should have about these beverages? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.

In the endlessly rotating carousel of diet trends, few formulas capture public attention like a rule built around memorable numbers. The latest entries in the numerical nutrition sweepstakes are the “30-30-30” and “30-30-3” plans. Both promise structure, simplicity, and metabolic magic. Both are spreading rapidly across social media. And both sit at an uncomfortable intersection between evidence-based health principles and the seductive pull of diet culture.But are these plans legitimate health strategies — or simply the newest iteration of the same old wellness cycle?Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.

There has been a lot of discussion about the scientific credibility of the MAHA influenced dietary guidelines recently. But with the rollout of the media and online resources that was met with the rollout of ad blitzes for eating "good food" to counter the messages from others related to accepting the more nuanced understanding of diet, exercise health we need to ask, what's the problem with moralizing food choices? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.

There has been a lot of political discussions around the deployment of ICE and DHS through the US, with protests and interactions with officers leading to less than desired responses by some of the DHS and ICE personal. Some want to blame it on lack of training and teaching, but what about the laxity of fitness standards. Is having low fitness a potential avenue for explanation and a way to solve some of these issues. Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.

We have all been, or see, the student pouring over flashcards of vocab terms, constantly reciting their times-tables. We sit in awe of the Jeopardy champion's ability to seemingly remember every little detail about the most arcane bit of trivia. See the piano student spending hours-upon-hours playing their etudes.But what if I told you that none these actually lead to learning or are a signs of knowledge. Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.

There is a lot of talk about the flaws in the most recent guidelines for nutrition and food groups, but how true are the concerns and more importantly are the recommendations more flawed than any of the other recommendations? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.

There has been a continual eroding of trust in recommendations that we see from public health agencies. An erosion of trust that is coupled with under qualified professionals being placed in positions of power where instead of seeking truth from evidence there is a resounding push toward advocating opinion to form public health policy. An erosion of trust the leads to a question, if not the CDC and the NIH then who should we listen to? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.Supporter benefits can be found there, including "shout outs" and being able to join in on Podcasts

It's a new year and time to establish that new year's resolution. But how can we use what we know about how the human body works to make sure this won't be another year of the Yo-Yo diet? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.