Three new studies show that intermittent fasting does not work The Kevin Bass Show 2026-09-20 | Three new studies show that intermittent fasting does not work
X Space on the new COVID-19 vaccine safety study published in Vaccine The Kevin Bass Show 2024-02-27 | My Spaces from two nights ago is up on Youtube. We talk vaccine injury, long COVID, the cultural construction of long COVID and of disease in general, safetyism, resilience, victimhood, wokism, Trump, Trump Derangement Syndrome, public health leadership during the pandemic, political polarization, and more.We start the discussion with this study: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X24001270
Kevin Bass on Tucker Carlson talking about COVID The Kevin Bass Show 2023-03-29 | Here I talk to Tucker about my Newsweek piece and about pandemic policy. I am very nervous.
Commentary on the recent bizarre, incoherent Washington Post editorial promoting masks for COVID-19 The Kevin Bass Show 2023-03-07 | Link to WaPo opinion piece (no paywall) https://archive.ph/mR9iULink to Cochrane review on masking 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 cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7106e1.htm
Risks and benefits of resistance training, and misinformation in the fitness industry The Kevin Bass Show 2022-11-27 | 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 system.For that reason, I couldn't recommend the folks at Barbell Medicine enough.However I still have serious reservations about the kinds of programming and the culture of weight lifting, powerlifting, resistance training, etc. that I believe led to my back problems--starting in my teens--in the first place. I believe that intelligent programming is not communicated and that the fitness industry systematically overstates the benefits and downplays the risks associated with misuse of powerful barbell exercises.By misuse, I mean an excessive emphasis on intensity, high loads, etc., with little to no supervision and minimal education about intelligent programming. Without that supervision or education, injuries are inevitable.What the fitness industry does at this point is what I call "outsourcing of risk". It takes credit for all of the benefits of resistance training, sometimes overhyping them out of proportion to what an impartial evaluation of the scientific literature really shows, but then, when risk is discussed, blaming all of that risk on the misapplication of resistance training by the user.What this common response to discussions about risk misses is that, if marketing and overhype take center-stage, and education about risk-reduction and appropriate programming is given short shrift, then the responsibility for harm is not with the user, but with the fitness industry that overpromises and undereducates--elevating both sales and rates of injury.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-meSANY4HVIY6F1XNVU
#1. Kevin Folta: glyphosate, Roundup Ready, Monsanto, GMOs, biotech, and science communication The Kevin Bass Show 2022-11-16 | 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 youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-meV8KTZKQAYT7JIEXY
Is lifting weights shortening your lifespan? The Kevin Bass Show 2022-10-17 | 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 obsession with muscularity, isn’t it important to know that muscularity might come at the price of health?Enter studies of the mortality rates of former athletes. Consistently and internationally, they show that endurance athletes have a marked longevity advantage, mixed athletes have a slightly lower longevity advantage, and power athletes have a much lower advantage, even in some cases dying slightly earlier than the general population (PMIDs 33368029, 23241272, 26301178, 28149523).One study published last year, meta-analyzing studies of more than 165,000 athletes showed that power athletes do not live any longer than the average person in the population. In contrast, former endurance athletes enjoyed a full 35% reduction in risk of death at all ages (PMID 33368029).A new paper even showed that longevity benefits were maximized at 1-2 hours of weight training per week, after which they declined precipitously and even increased above the average population at 3-4 hours per week. That’s right. The average gym bro lifting 3-4 hours per week had a higher risk of death at all ages than the potato chip bro playing Xbox. This was despite lower metabolic and diabetes risk, probably due to increased amounts of muscle mass (PMID 35228201).It’s true that weight training helps to stave off sarcopenia, an important cause of declining quality of life among the elderly. But the benefits of higher muscle mass can be gained without needing to become a bodybuilder. In fact, it might be more healthy to hit the treadmill more and the weights less.Learn more at THE KEVIN BASS SHOW.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
The Truth About Seed Oils The Kevin Bass Show 2022-10-09 | 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 youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
LDL and Heart Disease - Prof Bart and Kevin Bass go at it!!! The Kevin Bass Show 2022-10-08 | 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 youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Paul Mason DEBUNKED The Kevin Bass Show 2022-10-08 | In this episode, 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 youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Kevin Bass and Bart Kay - Vegan or Carnivore, Which is Best? The Kevin Bass Show 2022-09-26 | Kevin Bass and Bart Kay - Vegan or Carnivore, Which is Best? Part 1===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Joe Rogan LASHES OUT at Kevin Folta about Monsantos glyphosate, DEBUNKED by Rhonda Patricks mentor The Kevin Bass Show 2022-09-20 | 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 that legitimate scientists disagree with him about this topic.I point out that Bruce Ames more than 30 years ago wrote a very influential paper called "Dietary pesticides (99.99% all natural)" (PMID: 2217210), where Ames pointed out that many natural pesticides present in plants already constitute a much higher exposure of "carcinogens" than synthetic pesticides.I also point out that regulatory agencies are nearly unanimous in agreeing that glyphosate is not carcinogenic, that glyphosate is much less toxic than many natural pesticides, and that the exposures to which consumers are subjected at thousands of times lower than the doses required for even mild biological effects.In other words:THE DOSE MAKES THE POISON.Finally, I defend Kevin Folta and point out that he defends glyphosate not because he is paid by corporations (he isn't), but because glyphosate has made agriculture more efficient and safer and has helped feed millions of people. I point out that misinformation about glyphosate and agriculture can lead to higher food prices and less ability for farmers to feed millions of people.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Why are there so many online health cults? The Kevin Bass Show 2022-09-14 | 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 to undergo the lifestyle practice or health intervention, and critics can risk a kind of quasi-religious “excommunication” from groups that have taken a strong public position on behalf of the intervention.This occurs for vitamin supplementation, cold exposure, sauna, diets, medicines, exercise regimens, sunscreens, psychedelics, and much more. It occurs for interventions with strong overall scientific consensus for their use, and for interventions with much weaker evidence.Two papers published in 2015 and 2017 explain part of this bias. In the 2015 paper (PMID 25531451), after looking at 37 research studies involving 27,323 patients it was shown that patients systematically underestimated harms and overestimated benefits. The paper concluded that “clinicians should discuss accurate and balanced information about intervention benefits and harms with patients, providing the opportunity to develop realistic expectations and make informed decisions.”The problem, however, was with the 2017 paper by the same group (PMID 28097303). This paper showed that the same phenomenon existed among clinicians: the very group that was supposed to provide guidance to patients themselves overestimated benefits and underestimated risks, just like patients.Cult-like behaviors reflect, to some degree, a systematic bias in the minds of most people when they think about health interventions. We should work hard to make people, both clinicians and patients, aware of this bias so that everyone can make and promote better decisions.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Does Momentouss PR Lotion work? A critical scientific review. The Kevin Bass Show 2022-09-12 | In this episode, I critically review the science--or lack thereof--behind Momentous's topical sodium bicarbonate "performance enhancer".===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Is resistance training overhyped? The Kevin Bass Show 2022-09-11 | 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, comparing it to medicines, listing endless benefits.Now imagine that there was a drug that produced 1-2 substantial injuries per year and did so for as long as the person took the drug.Imagine that some of these acute injuries would eventually culminate in lifelong, chronic injuries. That’s 10-20 acute injuries per decade and some chronic injuries.And that’s just on average.And that’s just injuries.Would many people forgo the drug, especially if it required a large amount of effort, every single week, to take? You bet ya.So what explains the contradictions here:Treating resistance training as if it were an extremely important tool for longevity, yet being extremely resistant to changing the culture around resistance training in order to reduce risk of harm and make it optimally healthy for the average person?The answer is pretty simple: lifting bros simply enjoy resistance training and positive messages about it. But they don’t want to question what they are doing or promoting to make their messages fully coherent. They promote good news about resistance training, claiming that they want everyone to engage with it, but they don’t want to do the actual work of making it more accessible to the person who finds the toxic bro culture off-puttingThis is not unlike the health communities that I have criticized in the past. In fact, it’s exactly the same phenomenon.For making resistance training more popular, the resistance community is its own worst enemy.PMIDs:[1] 27328853[2] 27930760[3] 34712596[4] 24494162[5] 31818274[6] 17506239===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
The toxic online cult of resistance training and the risks of lifting weights The Kevin Bass Show 2022-09-04 | 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 problems, including:1. Body dysmorphia;2. Disordered eating behaviors;3. Psychological and physical harms due to disordered eating behaviors (e.g., aggressive bulking and cutting);4. Joint damage and chronic injuries that undermine quality of life.I argue that, in fact, the excess promotion of the benefits of resistance training, and especially more extreme, toxic, “macho” forms of it, increases the risks and harms associated with resistance training.Indeed, the culture of machismo associated with resistance training online unnecessarily increases its health risks but makes it less accessible to the general population.I love resistance training and I love lifting weights and being big.But I would never promote something just because I love it.I think glossing over the dark underbelly of resistance training does our audiences a disservice—and actually makes resistance training potentially more dangerous than it needs to be.I believe that if we had a greater emphasis on promoting safe practices—rather than huge PRs, huge muscles, and the toxic ego-driven often associated with resistance training—we would benefit our audiences more.Those of us who are interested in the health benefits of resistance training should also be interested in the harms. That’s the only way we will minimize the harms and maximize the benefits.We need to put this goal above the goal of self-promotion.Come at me bros.Find the full episode on THE KEVIN BASS SHOW.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Grains provide more nutrition than meat The Kevin Bass Show 2022-09-02 | 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 wheat, 9% from almonds and 5% from broccoli, carrots, and sardines produces an almost perfectly nutritious diet.So why are Paleomyths about meat being more nutrient-rich than plants so widespread, despite the actual story being much more complicated (to say the least)?My guess is that this is largely motivated by modernity anxiety. For all of human history, humans have idealized and romanticized simpler ways of life, as exemplified by our hunter-gatherer ancestors. We imagine our hunter-gatherer ancestors all ate large quantities of meat. It follows that we should eat meat. We therefore look for sciency-sounding reasons for this belief. Folks like Chris Kresser, Robb Wolf, and Mark Sisson all provide these sciency-sounding reasons. Because this is what we already believed anyway, and we are just looking for reasons to believe it, instead of critically evaluating what these bloggers write, immediately we think “ahhh so that’s why!” We are already primed to believe, not to question. And so we believe. Or at least, once upon a time, I did.The reality is that the role of plant foods in our ancestors’ diets is substantially more complicated than these writers let on. For instance, near-universal presence of wild grain/legume residues have been documented over the course of the Paleolithic, more than 100K years, i.e. ubiquitous presence of these foods during human evolutionary history.Suffice to say, every scientific field is more complicated and richer in controversy than we think at first. Often, we first access a scientific field via a popular writer who tells a good story and appeals to pre-existing beliefs to sell that story. Yet no matter if they are a New York Times bestseller or a famous columnist or respected by large popular audiences on the Internet, we should always be skeptical of the new things we learn, especially if they resonate with and make sense of what we already believe. Unless we are aware of and have critically assessed the relevant body of scientific literature, there is no way whether we are being sold a good yarn or something with strong basis in scientific fact. Until we know better, we need to proceed through life with the assumption that most of what we know is simply a “best guess” based upon “something that we heard that sounded credible”. Because that’s all it really is. My journey through nutrition science, especially with respect to grains, carbohydrates, meat, etc., has taught me that over and over again.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Obesity, vaccines, & COVID: what the data REALLY say The Kevin Bass Show 2022-09-01 | 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, almost undetectable increased risk of death, and severe obesity gives a risk comparable to being male or black. Even severe obesity is outshined by simply having 2-5 medical conditions, or being an organ transplant recipient (PMIDs: 32640463, 34197283).Now let's compare all of these to vaccination status. Obesity and vaccination are not even in the same ballpark. Obesity provides paltry additional risk compared to being unvaccinated (PMID 34529637).For completeness, let us compare all of these to age. We can see that not only does age dominate, but it dominates overwhelmingly.COVID deaths are driven by age first, unvaccinated status second, the presence of serious medical conditions third, and then by an equal mix of obesity and other risk factors like being black, being underweight, being male, etc.A common statistic bandied about: "80% of deaths/complications/etc. are in people with obesity!!!"Actually, the stat is: 78% of Americans hospitalized for COVID are overweight or obese.But here’s another stat: 74% of American adults are overweight or obese.In other words, the % of obese people in the hospital with serious Covid roughly matches the % of obese people in the US. Therefore you can’t point to the % of obese people and say it was caused by obesity, because the sick folks simply mirror the available population.Media outlets have pushed this statistic, despite it actually showing that obesity doesn’t have much of an impact on COVID, because it drives clicks and advertising revenue.Don’t let this trash colonize your mind.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Debunking Ancel Keys conspiracy theories The Kevin Bass Show 2022-08-31 | 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 include only 7.This is wrong. Keys selected 6 countries from publicly available data to show a relationship between saturated fat and heart disease. Two of his critics plotted an additional 16 countries showing the relationship was in fact weaker if these new countries were included, but still valid (PMID 33496369).In any case, this selection of 6 countries out of 22 predates the famous Seven Countries Study PMID (33496369).The SCS included only seven countries because only investigators from seven countries agreed to collaborate with Keys.Keys would have liked to have had more countries included. Indeed, it is claimed that Keys purposefully excluded France. However, France was invited: PMID 29121230.Keys has been accused of misanalyzing the data from Greece during Lent. This is also false. PMID 29121230.Indeed:1. Keys's work had limitations of which he was aware;2. We are right to be skeptical of the conclusions of that research in isolation;3. Yet Keys's research was carefully conducted, and with integrity.It is claimed that Keys ignored the relationship between sugar and heart disease, derailing Yudkin’s career.It is true that Keys was not gentle to Yudkin, but the data at the time did not favor Yudkin's hypothesis. PMID 33496369(It does not appear to us that the data favored either Keys or Yudkin's views.)Keys would later promote a dietary approach that went beyond saturated fat and blood cholesterol: the Mediterranean diet. PMID 33496369Conspiracy theories about Keys are propagated by diet book authors to try to control weak-minded followers.Don't fall for it.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Eggs, cholesterol, and health The Kevin Bass Show 2022-08-30 | 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%, so some caution might be warranted in those who are pursuing optimal health and find their LDL cholesterol levels a little high.In the context of unhealthy diets, eggs actually seem to produce benefit, since they replace less healthy foods.But in the context of healthier diets, eggs may be slightly harmful, by displacing healthier foods that have a lower impact on dietary cholesterol.Overall, the impact of eggs on health seems quite heterogeneous and may depend on the baseline diet: more healthy diets may seem more harm if eggs are incorporated, and vice versa [3,4].If LDL cholesterol is a little high, and diet quality is otherwise excellent, it might be advisable to try replacing the eggs with another source of protein that is lower in dietary cholesterol.Ideally, this should be done using a lipid test to look at before and after values of blood LDL cholesterol.PMIDs[1] 30596814[2] 24466502[3] 32132002[4] 35360933===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Your brain on statins The Kevin Bass Show 2022-08-29 | 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 statin-mimicking variants are expressed everywhere in the body in people who have inherited them, different statins have a different degree of selectivity for the liver versus other tissues (such as the brain).Statins that are selective for the liver are called hydrophilic, while those that are nonspecific and inhibit HMGCR in all tissues (including the brain) are called lipophilic.This is because lipophilic statins freely travel across cell membranes, while hydrophilic statins need to be transported into liver cells using transporters (OATP1B1, OATP1B3, OATP2B1, BCRP, and MRP2) expressed only in the liver (PMID: 29051147).Interestingly, another recent study found that statin users with mild cognitive impairment using lipophilic statins had an increased risk of converting to dementia compared to non-users and users of hydrophilic statins (jnm.snmjournals.org/content/62/supplement_1/102).This same study found using FDG PET a decline in metabolism in several regions of the brain important for cognition in those using lipophilic statins but not non-users or users of hydrophilic statins.While no strong, gold standard evidence implicates lipophilic statins as harmful for brain health, given the wide availability of similarly priced alternatives, these findings might suggest that hydrophilic statins should be preferred to lipophilic ones whenever possible. The hydrophilic statins are pravastatin (Pravachol) and rosuvastatin (Crestor), while the lipophilic statins are fluvastatin (Lescol), lovastatin (Mevacor, Altoprev), simvastatin (Zocor), atorvastatin (Lipitor), and pitavastatin (Livalo).===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
DEBUNKING continuous glucose monitoring for healthy people The Kevin Bass Show 2022-08-25 | In this episode, in an FAQ format 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 what the cutoffs should be for blood glucose spikes, doesn’t simply reducing blood glucose provide a benefit?Wait, I thought that CGM simply helped people to eat in a healthier way? Lowering carbohydrate is not necessary right?But don’t responses to each particular food differ from person to person?Doesn’t reducing glucose spikes reduce hunger?But I feel that CGM benefits me personally. Are you saying I cannot use CGMWhat harm could there be from using CGM as a nondiabetic?I conclude that there is no evidence of benefit, no evidence for what CGM readings mean, and that the use of CGM to make nutritional choices could cause harm.Find the original FAQ on my website at TheDietWars.com===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Why the deadlift is dangerous a critique of Andy Galpins position The Kevin Bass Show 2022-08-24 | In this episode, I explain why Andy Galpin's of the deadlift is actually a clear demonstration that it is a dangerous lift.Specifically, he notes at least four conditions that must be met for the deadlift to be safe: appropriate positioning, volume, intensity, and complexity.I note that it is difficult to meet those conditions consistently in the long-term while still progressing on the lift. More importantly, it is very difficult to know how to meet those conditions while still training hard enough to make progress: how much training is enough, and how much training is too much?This becomes even more complex and difficult when adding outside stressors and other, often unpredictable training volume in the activities of athletes.Doing this consistently weekly over the course of decades without making an error becomes even more difficult.Additionally, I note how much training is too much may be individual, but more importantly, that the four conditions that Andy lays out are actually not the only conditions mentioned by many experts: there is a controversy in this area because the evidence about what causes injury from the deadlift is sparse.This makes it even less clear whether safety can be ensured by controlling the variables that Andy mentions.I draw an analogy with a gun—a gun is inherently dangerous but can be made safe with the proper stewardship. I point out that what proper stewardship for a deadlift is, is quite unclear.Andy says that if someone gets injured from the deadlift, it is their or their coach’s fault. I note that most people do not have the knowledge that Andy has, nor a coach like Andy, and that even if he was right, in the real world many laypeople are ill-equipped to manage training in the way that Andy outlines.I make the pragmatic argument: why not simply use less dangerous lifts that can produce the same benefit, without needing to manage half a dozen variables to avoid injury? The necessity of managing so many variables to avoid injury does not exonerate the deadlift: it clearly demonstrates its inherent danger.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Why the evidence pyramid is wrong, anecdote is sometimes right, and expert opinion is the final word The Kevin Bass Show 2022-08-20 | In this episode, I discuss why the evidence pyramid is a misleading and sometimes an unscientific way to interpret evidence; why anecdote is sometimes right; and why expert opinion is always the final word.Specifically, sometimes systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials are misleading, either designed improperly or using bad data. An excellent example of this is the Ivermectin systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that purported to show that Ivermectin was a useful treatment for COVID-19 in late 2021. This meta-analysis, published in a reputable journal (PMID 34145166) took the Internet by storm when it was used by Ivermectin promoters to show that Ivermectin was effective for COVID-19. It was later shown to have used fraudulent data (no fault of the paper authors), which biased the results and resulted in false conclusions. This gold standard study design spit out a false result which would have misled countless clinicians and resulted in harm if it had been implemented in clinical practice.This demonstrates that such gold standard study designs cannot be taken at face value. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are not "gold standard" but rather exist along a continuum of quality.Similarly, anecdotes, such as the one used by Barry Marshall to establish that H. pylori caused gastric ulcers and win a Nobel Prize, are sometimes admissible when the rules of causal inference are followed cautiously. Other times they are not admissible, as with many nutrition anecdotes. It depends on the details of the anecdote. At the high-quality end of "anecdotes", we have N-of-1 trials, which are serious scientific tools.What all of this establishes is that "high-quality" methods can sometimes be wrong, and "low-quality" methods can sometimes be preferred. All of these require expert methods to properly evaluate and arrive at appropriate conclusions. There is, in a word, no cookbook approach to science, and all good science ultimately depends on competent expert opinion.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Is eating organic important for achieving optimal health? The Kevin Bass Show 2022-08-19 | In this segment of a discussion with @gavinmeenan, I talk about whether or not eating organic produce makes a difference for health.Health benefits are robustly associated with the consumption of fruits and vegetables, period, regardless of whether they are organic or conventional (PMID: 25073782).Furthermore, even organic produce contains pesticides; these pesticides are simply approved for organic use. Some organic pesticides, especially copper sulfate, are exceptionally toxic (see: geneticliteracyproject.org/2021/07/13/for-organic-and-conventional-farmers-coppers-hard-to-beat-for-treating-mildew/). There is no strong evidence that organic pesticides are less toxic than pesticides used for conventional crops.Although some studies have found higher urinary concentrations of conventional pesticides in people eating conventional produce, these concentrations are trace amounts and consistent with safe use (PMID: 30765100).In particular, toxicology studies conducted on animals identify a cutoff for the intake at which negative effects are seen, then the regulatory agencies will set the cutoff for maximum consumption in humans at 10,000 lower. This ensures that these compounds are safe for human consumption with a large margin of error. So although pesticide residues are found in the urine, these residues are thousands of times lower than can exert even a modest biological effect.Correspondingly, no measurable biological effect has ever been shown at the current intakes of conventional pesticides. Although in principle it may be produce a negligible health benefit (one that has never been measured) to eat organic produce over conventional, the cost tradeoff is substantial and large; the benefits almost certainly do not justify the costs.Importantly, studies have shown that low-income shoppers who hear stories about the dangers of pesticides are more likely to forgo purchasing produce altogether, which almost certainly has a negative effect on health (doi:10.1097/NT.0000000000000176).===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
What I eat and why, part 2 The Kevin Bass Show 2022-08-19 | What I eat and why, part 2===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
My personal experience with injuries from weight training The Kevin Bass Show 2022-08-03 | It is in vogue in resistance training circles to only publicly promote the benefits of resistance training while avoiding any mention of downsides. The rationale that mention of downsides and risks will discourage people from resistance training.In this video, I talk about my journey in resistance training and how my overzealous application of training in my early training career led to or accelerated the development of lower back problems and other injuries. I talk about how I wish I had had more cautious minds in my corner when I first started training, and how I think the resistance training community could do a better job about this. I talk about the methodological problems in a commonly cited meta-analysis. I call for more public discussion of how common injuries are in resistance training, especially its more competitive forms.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Update- whats next? The Kevin Bass Show 2022-08-03 | In this video I provide an update and explain what's next for the Youtube channel and podcast.
Is chemical sunscreen toxic? We dont know. The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-19 | In this video, by looking at press releases, interviews, and scientific papers, I show very clearly that the FDA does not specifically endorse the use of chemical sunscreen nor does it call chemical sunscreen safe. Rather, FDA explicitly says that chemical sunscreens are NOT Generally Recognized As Safe and Effective (GRASE), allowing their use only as a kind of grandfathering until safety data has been obtained over the next few years, in light of recent data suggesting that blood concentrations exceed those at which automatic safety is granted to chemicals from sunscreens. Indeed, if companies do not submit adequate safety data in the coming years, FDA has threatened to remove approval of these sunscreens. FDA very strongly endorses the use of sunscreen but leaves it deliberately unclear whether this should be chemical or mineral sunscreen. Senior scientists at the FDA, press releases from FDA, editorials in JAMA, etc. all make it clear that titanium dioxide and zinc oxide sunscreens are a viable alternative to chemical sunscreens for those who are concerned about the current lack of data, until such data are forthcoming. Neutrality with respect to chemical sunscreens and a recognition that chemical sunscreens are of unclear safety is the current position of the FDA—not an endorsement of chemical sunscreens. Having the position that one might prefer to use mineral sunscreen rather than chemical sunscreen until better safety data are available is neither imprudent nor is it misinformation out of line with the position of regulatory agencies.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Cognitive and emotional effects of intermittent fasting The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-16 | In this clip from a discussion with @gavinmeenan, I talk about the research on the cognitive and emotional impact of intermittent fasting.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Intermittent fasting as a beginners dieting strategy The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-15 | In this clip of a discussion with @gavinmeenan, I talk about the research and why the use of intermittent fasting as a "beginner's" dieting strategy.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
The impact of sauna and cold exposure on growth hormone is meaningless The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-15 | In this clip of a discussion with @gavinmeenan, I talk about why the impact of sauna and cold exposure on growth hormone is meaningless.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Impact of intermittent fasting on testosterone levels The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-15 | In this clip of a discussion with @gavinmeenan, I talk about what the research says about the relationship between intermittent fasting and testosterone levels.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Sauna fries your sperm The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-15 | In this clip of a discussion with @gavinmeenan, I talk about what the research says about the relationship between sauna, testosterone, and (in)fertility.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
The most common cause of low testosterone in men The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-14 | In this clip of a discussion with @gavinmeenan, I discuss the most common cause of low testosterone in men.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
HCG is better than testosterone for HRT in men The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-14 | In this clip from a discussion with @gavinmeenan, I talk about why HCG can be superior in many cases to testosterone for hormone replacement therapy in men.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Testosterone and cholesterol levels in men The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-14 | In this clip from a discussion with Gavin Meenan, I discuss the relationship between testosterone and blood cholesterol levels in men.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Vitamin D supplementation: overview of risks and benefits The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-14 | In this clip from a discussion with Gavin Meenan, I give an overview of the risks and benefits of vitamin D supplementation.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Creatine supplementation: overview of risks and benefits The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-14 | In this clip from a discussion with Gavin Meenan, I give an overview of the risks and benefits of creatine supplementation.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
The role of dietary protein in weight loss and body composition The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-14 | In this clip of a discussion with Gavin Meenan, I discuss the role of dietary protein in weight loss and in the optimization of body composition. Specifically, I note that dietary protein enhances nutrient partitioning between fat and muscle but plays only a minor role in the regulation of body weight.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Key facts and myths about the causes of obesity The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-13 | In this clip with Gavin Meenan, I go over the basic facts about the causes of obesity as well as some of the major myths propagated online by self-proclaimed experts.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Tradeoffs of testosterone replacement therapy The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-13 | In this clip from a live IGTV I did with @muscle__master. He asked what I thought about TRT after the age of 40, especially from a muscle-building perspective. I talk about the tradeoffs of TRT.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
How frequent should testosterone injections be? The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-13 | In this clip taken from a live IGTV with @muscle__master, I discuss how frequent testosterone injections for testosterone replacement therapy should be, as well as how "physiological" the typical TRT dosages are. I note that wide fluctuations in testosterone can produce side effects that may be mitigated by more frequent injections. However, more frequent injections are also inconvenient, so therefore represent a tradeoff.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Why Hubermans salt recommendations are dangerous The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-12 | In this episode, I summarize my points about Huberman's dangerous and ignorant salt recommendations, pointing out his motivations, how he misuses the evidence, and what the evidence actually says===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Why Rhonda Patrick is wrong about vitamin D The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-12 | In this podcast clip that I did with @muscle__master on IGTV, I break down how Rhonda Patrick is getting--and got--things so wrong with vitamin D.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Why Paul Saladino is wrong The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-12 | In this podcast clip that I did with @muscle__master on IGTV, I break down various ways in which Paul Saladino is wrong about saturated fat, polyphenols, and so-called plant toxins according to the best evidence.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Why metformin is a bad idea for athletes The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-12 | There are many widespread myths about metformin as a longevity or performance-enhancing agent. In this podcast clip for a live IGTV that I did with @muscle__master on Instagram, I break down some of the science around the alleged performance-enhancing benefits for athletes--and why taking metformin might not be such a great idea if you are an athlete or bodybuilder and do not have diabetes.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
The science of how sodium reduction improves longevity The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-11 | In this episode, I cover all of the major randomized controlled trials looking at sodium reduction. I show a consistent pattern between these trials--that sodium reduction and potassium enrichment reduces cardiovascular mortality, including heart attack and stroke. I explain some ways to leverage this knowledge to reduce your risk of death, extend your life, and enhance your mental and physical longevity.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
A vaccine against heart disease The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-10 | In this episode, I discuss Inclisiran, an injectable PCSK9 inhibitor that produces dramatic LDL cholesterol reductions with just two intramuscular injections per year. I spell out the implications of such a dramatic reduction in LDL cholesterol and point out the massive potential impact that this might have on the future of cardiovascular disease prevention.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
Most statin side effects are purely PSYCHOLOGICAL The Kevin Bass Show 2022-07-09 | In this episode, I cover a 2021 study (PMID: 34531021) that shows that most statin-related muscle side effects are actually caused by the placebo effect. When participants in this crossover trial were assigned to placebo, they experienced nearly as many muscle-related side effects as they did when they were assigned to received a statin. The side effects were also of the same intensity. There may be a small increase in the incidence of side effects on statins versus placebo, but the large majority of muscle-related side effects are due to expectation bias—they’re not real. This has important implications for patients and clinicians using statin therapy.===Like, comment, subscribe.For more, find me at:PODCAST The Kevin Bass ShowYOUTUBE youtube.com/user/kbassphiladelphiaSUBREDDIT www.reddit.com/r/kevinbassWEBSITE http://thedietwars.comTWITTER twitter.com/kevinnbasstwitter.com/healthmisinfoINSTAGRAM instagram.com/kevinnbassTIKTOK tiktok.com/@kevinnbassAnd above all, please donate to support what I do:PATREON patreon.com/kevinnbassDONATE thedietwars.com/support-me
