Aug 11, 2026
Medical screening is often framed as an uncomplicated good: if disease is found earlier, treatment can begin earlier and outcomes should improve.
This episode examines why that reasoning is incomplete. Screening can produce benefit, but it can also generate false positives, incidental findings, overdiagnosis,...
#615: Why Processing Doesn’t Determine the Healthfulness of Plant-Based Diets – Alysha Thompson, PhD
Aug 4, 2026
What does the evidence actually show when we look at plant-based dietary patterns through the lens of food processing? And does classifying foods as “ultra-processed” meaningfully change how we interpret the relationship between plant-based diets and long-term health outcomes?
A recent large prospective cohort...
Jul 21, 2026
In nutrition and health coaching, one of the central challenges is understanding how people actually change, particularly when life is complex, motivation fluctuates, and behaviour is shaped by emotion, identity, environment, and relationships.
In this episode, Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon discusses the human skills that...
Jul 14, 2026
Supplement safety is often discussed in very general terms, but in practice the risks depend heavily on the individual. A supplement that is reasonable for one person may be inappropriate for another based on their medications, health conditions, dose, formulation, or the other products they are already using.
This...
Jul 7, 2026
A common idea is that repeated exposure to sweet taste strengthens our preference for sweetness, which then drives greater intake of sweet foods and drinks. This idea is often used in arguments about fruit, low-calorie sweeteners, diet drinks, and the supposed need to “reset” taste preferences by avoiding...