
Health Hackd Podcast
All the health news you’ll ever need.No hidden biases or big media influence. Just the facts…and a little humor.
Episodes
106 episodes
The End
Thank you all so much for listening over the past few years! While we bring this podcast to a close, we hope you can stay in touch with us on Instagram and through the
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12:59

Cold Water Recovery, Alcohol Brain, Prenatal Mindfulness, and House Plant Purifiers
The latest health news we're covering this week:Using cold-water immersion for workout recoveryAlcoholic drinks reducing brain sizePrenatal mindfulness for infant healthCleaning your air with house plants<...
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34:40

Improving MS Symptoms, Fighting Opioid Addiction, and Polluting Your House
The latest health news we're covering this week:Improving symptoms of MS with the ketogenic dietUsing mindfulness to reduce opioid misusePolluting the air and your airways with cleaning productsEradicating...
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35:59

Increasing V02 Max, Protecting Against Disabilities, and Calling Out Bad Meat-Veggie Research
The latest health news we're covering this week:How Vitamin D may just be the juice you need to take strength and cardio training to the next levelThe health impact of pet ownershipHow having a sibling with a disab...
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34:42

Psilocybin Therapy, Selenium Snacks, Plastic Water, and Reversing Paralysis
The latest health news we're covering this week:How chemicals from water bottles leech into your waterSelenium consumption for learning and memoryReversing paralysis with spinal implantsMagic mushrooms for...
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33:21

Tart Cherries for Cognition, Broken Heart Syndrome, Low FODMAP for IBS, and Meatless Fridays
The latest health news we're covering this week:The risk of broken heart syndromeEating tart cherries for more brain powerIncreasing muscle strength in 3 secondsHow FODMAPs impact symptoms of IBSN...
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36:09

Vitamin D for Autoimmune Prevention, Meat as the Scapegoat for MS, and Avoiding Aging Pains
The latest health news we're covering this week:The key to avoiding pain as you ageUsing vitamin D to prevent autoimmune diseaseThe mortality impact of COVID lockdownsAn update on diabetes stats in the U.S...
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36:10

Mark Cuban's Pharmacy, Overcoming Baldness, and Cereal for Cholesterol
This week we're covering:Overcoming BaldnessMark Cuban's PharmacyCBD for COVID?Electroconvulsive Therapy for DepressionThe Conspiracy of Cereal for Heart HealthSubscribe to the...
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36:28

Eating Goji Berries for Eye Health, Finding Quality Supplements, and Maintaining Healthy Habits
This week we're covering:A new report on the quality of fish oil supplementsThe impact of light on kids' sleepA better way to implement healthy habitsHow goji berries may be the key to maintaining eye heal...
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32:33

Insect Protein, Mask Mandates, and New Cannabis Compounds
This week we're covering:Research on mask mandates (and mask effectiveness)How cannabis may impact COVIDHuman-animal hybridsInsect proteinOlive OilSubscribe to the
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29:43

New GMO Labeling, Boosters for Kids, and Omega-3 Heart Health
This week we're covering:Some recent changes to GMO labelingMore research on how omega-3 supplementation impacts heart healthA big announcement on boosters for kiddosThe power of breastmilkThe dar...
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31:12

Aging Vaccine, Juice Cleanses, and Social Media Depression
We're back!! And we're kicking off the year with a new format, where we'll be covering the week's most important health headlines. This week we'll share:A quick recap of the major health headlines in 2021An update on Omicro...
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28:50

Goodbye...For Now
We're taking a few weeks off from the podcast while Andy adjusts to parenthood and Aaron has some holiday travel. We'll be back at the start of the new year!In the meantime, we'll continue putting out the latest research ea...
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12:44

Less is More: Finding Lasting Happiness (with Mariah Krafft)
In a time where we have more luxuries than ever before, with food delivered by the touch of a button, millions of products available for overnight delivery, and vending machines where you can buy a car, we have access to more now than ever befo...
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45:17

Save Your Brain with Omega-3
If you take a trip to the grocery store, you'll find that the most popular foods are the ones that come in a package (chips, cookies, cereals, etc.). With the wide use of industrially processed seed oils, these foods are very high in Omega-6s a...
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47:15

Take Your Workout to the Next Level with Beet Juice
Upon entering your local gym, you are likely welcomed by an overly-enthusiastic employee along with a fridge full of energy drinks, promising to take your workout to the next level. But one pre-workout drink that doesn't get enough attention is...
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31:30

An Integrative Approach to Mental Health (with Dr. Nicole Cain)
Mental health has been getting a lot of well-deserved attention in recent years, but the philosophy on how best to improve mental and emotional wellness varies by practice. In this episode, we talk about an integrative approach to menta...
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46:22

The COVID Pill
In the race to end the pandemic, pharmaceutical companies have been working on therapeutics to reduce the risk of hospitalizations and death from COVID-19. One of those companies, Merck, just recently announced an oral antiviral drug that suppo...
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41:10

How Food Impacts Your Mental Health
The topics of nutrition and mental health independently get a lot of attention, but rarely do we hear about how those two are linked. We don't often talk about the food we eat impacts our mental health, despite the strong connection between the...
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33:20

How Exercise Influences Your Ability to Burn Fat and Carbs (with Ryan Baxter)
When it comes to burning fat, most people depend primarily on a low-carb/ketogenic diet. And while diet certainly serves an important role in metabolic flexibility, one major factor in our ability to burn fat vs. carbs is exercise.
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49:14

The Misconceptions of a Low-Carb Diet
With more than 2 in 3 adults being overweight in the U.S., people are always looking for a fast way to lose weight. In recent years, a low-carb diet (or a Keto diet) has been touted as the best way to healthily manage weight and improve metabol...
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38:27

Take a Break: A Case for More Rest
Contrary to what many Boomers believe, not all youngsters today are lazy. In fact, there are many people who struggle to relax at all because they feel that it is a waste of time. Whether this belief came from disappointed parents, or from bing...
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37:20

COVID: Natural Immunity vs. Vaccine-Induced Immunity
There has been a lot of debate around the immunity induced from vaccination versus immunity induced from prior infection (i.e. "natural immunity"). With the recent Delta surge, there has been a lot of conversation around breakthrough cases and ...
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