Promoting Health Through Evidence-Based Discussion
*Note: These practices apply to you even if you’re not a serious athlete, or even an athlete at all, but looking to improve your fitness and/or health in a more general sense* There are many factors that contribute to performance as an athlete. How often you train, how hard you train, and how smart you …
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What makes for a happy, meaningful, and long-lived life? You may think that having family, friends, healthy eating habits, an exercise routine, a fulfilling career, or a combination of all of these things would contribute. That is the question that Dan Buettner set out to answer, when he teamed up with National Geographic to locate …
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” – Everyone’s mother everywhere This title leaves a lot of room for elaboration. You may feel that this title invokes the importance of breakfast, but in reality, it’s open-ended. Is breakfast important? Should it be mandatory? Does skipping it have any benefits? This is an exploratory …
Following on from my last post, I want to talk about the issue of referring to certain types of foods as “carbs”. The pervading sentiment in our society is that foods are either “carbs”, “protein”, or “fats”. You know how it goes, meat = protein, rice = carbs, nuts = fats, etc. This notion might …
What is something that pretty much everyone, no matter what dietary practice they follow, can agree on (or at least I hope so)? Eating whole foods elicits better health outcomes than consuming ultra-processed foods. It might be helpful to clarify a few definitions here: what do I mean when I say whole foods? In the …
“The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo” – Bob Iger Candid Conscience is all about providing a funnel to evidence-based information covering a variety of topics, including nutrition, exercise, and sustainability—with the overarching theme being health, on an individual and global level. The internet is home to many differing opinions …
Brief Introduction There are many things dear to my heart, and I created this blog to hopefully express these topics of interest. Health, exercise, and sustainability are the main topics I want to cover. There is an abundance of information out there, and it’s hard to know where to get your information, and who to …
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