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Bonus: How to Cut Through Gut Hype in Media and Medicine with Timothy Caulfield

Bonus: How to Cut Through Gut Hype in Media and Medicine with Timothy Caulfield

FromRethinking Wellness


Bonus: How to Cut Through Gut Hype in Media and Medicine with Timothy Caulfield

FromRethinking Wellness

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Length:
6 minutes
Released:
Feb 16, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comIn this bonus episode, author and science communicator Timothy Caulfield returns to discuss what to do if your healthcare provider seems to be under the influence of gut hype, how journalists and health professionals can report on and advise people about gut health in a responsible way, how his research on gut hype changed his own eating and health behaviors, and more. Timothy Caulfield is an author and professor at the Faculty of Law and School of Public Health, University of Alberta. He has won numerous academic, science communication, and writing awards, and is a Member of the Order Canada and a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He contributes frequently to the popular press and is the author of two national bestsellers: The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness (Penguin 2012) and Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash (Penguin 2015). His most recent book is Relax, Dammit!: A User’s Guide to the Age of Anxiety (Penguin Random House, 2020). Caulfield is also the co-founder of the science engagement initiative #ScienceUpFirst and was the host and co-producer of the award-winning documentary TV show, A User’s Guide to Cheating Death, which has been shown in over 60 countries, including streaming on Netflix in North America. Find him at the University of Alberta, and on social media @CaulfieldTim.This episode is for paid subscribers. Listen to a free preview here, and sign up for a paid subscription to hear the full episode!Christy's new book, The Wellness Trap, is now available wherever books are sold! Order it online or ask for it in your favorite local bookstore. If you're looking to make peace with food and break free from diet and wellness culture, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course.
Released:
Feb 16, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Rethinking Wellness is a podcast exploring the diet culture, disinformation, dubious diagnoses, and disordered eating at the heart of contemporary wellness culture—and how to break free and find true well-being. rethinkingwellness.substack.com