Scientific Health: Education and Human Performance

Abs are "made in the kitchen" is a saying among the bodybuilding culture and I have been asked many times if this is true then why should I be doing sit ups and crunches. Yet, there are a number of reasons to incorporate "core" exercises into a workout routine that goes beyond having a visible 6-pack. As such there has been a slew of "trendy" exercise variations meant to "engage your core" but what is the "best"...Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health...

We've all experienced it at least once. The person that seems to offer a rebuttal, an opposing opinion but it comes before we have even finished our thought. The same people who claim that hear us but don't actually listen to learn what we might have to offer. It leads to the question, why do some people only listen to react?Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram...

There is a constant stream of messaging that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) medicines are somehow miracles... triggering weight loss, improving cardiovascular health, reversing metabolic disease. Yet, there appears to be an unspoken paradox just under the surface of these reports. A cultural reversal in the decades long progress and hard-won gains around body neutrality and weight-stigma. Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health...

July 2026, a mandate was made to test for low testosterone levels males in the US military during regular physical tests. But, is there merit to this mandate or are we getting more health directions based on manosphere pseudoscience? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/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...

It's summertime and with that comes vacations. Which for some leads to worrying about losing the gains that have been made in weight management, body composition, strength, endurance, overall health... but will a week or two away from the gym or a change in routine lead to a loss in all these gains? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads...

If you'd told me five years ago that the health insurance industry would start sounding like it was auditioning for a wellness podcast, I wouldn't have believed you. But why would health insurance companies suddenly start speaking like a MAHA influencer? Is this a genuine pivot toward prevention and root-cause medicine? Is it a savvy political survival strategy?Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health...

There is a widespread human tendency to resist admitting uncertainty, reject the possibility of error, and deflect critical feedback on one's beliefs and ideas. But if we need to accept that we don't know or that we've made a mistake to learn, why do some people resist and what does that say about how the human brain work? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health...

Have you ever set a reading goal only to realize that listening to the audiobook on your commute was a much easier, just to have your friends tell you, “listening is not the same as reading.” Have you wanted to encourage your kids to be better readers or develop the skills to be a critical reader? Only to have them succumb to the draw of the tablet or device over the book. Does it really matter how we get our book?Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webp...

There is a current political push to reclassify a growing number of potential therapeutics from being a potential drug to being a supplement. But could moving synthetic peptides under DSHEA's dietary supplement framework be a serious public health mistake? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/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...

We have discussed already issues of oversimplification leading to misinformation being a foundation of much of the dietary advice that we encounter on a daily basis. But what about another bit of oversimplification that can have a fundamental impact on how we talk about how our body works and what it means to be healthy. Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads...

Social media has fundamentally reshaped how individuals conceptualize health, identity, and self-improvement. Recently, there has been a movement labeled as "maxxing" that pushes the notion of what is healthy and what behaviors should be used to achieve health. As with many fads related to health we have mixture of pseudoscience and logical fallacies pushing a health narrative, but what is the impact of the emerging “maxxing” trends across social media platforms on our health? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com...

We’ve been taught that sugar is the villain of the diabetes story, but how true is that story?Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/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've all heard that we learn best if taught with our preferred learning style, but does this idea match what you know about how the brain works and how we learn? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...