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Food, We Need To Talk

Juna Gjata

A science-based, humor laced approach to health and fitness. With the help of top researchers from the health and wellness fields, Juna Gjata and Dr. Eddie Phillips break down the science behind good nutrition, exercise, stress, sleep, and more. Includes a generous helping of sarcasm (Juna), dad jokes (Eddie), and pristine sound design (our awesome producers).

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What The Heck Should We Eat?

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01/06/20 • 21 min

Possibly the best thing you can do to help yourself eat better is not about choosing a particular type of food at all. It's about the quality of what you eat. The hosts distill the state of nutrition science down to a few helpful basics. Experts include: Dr. Walter Willett, Michael Pollan and Dr. Rani Polak.

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Am I Destined To Be This Size?

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01/20/20 • 16 min

You know better than to expect life to be fair. But still, it's enough to drive anyone crazy: Some people seem to be able to eat anything they want and never gain weight.

About 50% of weight variation stems from genetics, according to Rooth Loos, a professor of public health at the Icahn School of Medicine. We'll also hear from Yale neuroscientist Dana Small.

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12/30/19 • 19 min

Among the scary insights that brain science can offer into junk foods: eating them tends to shift food preferences long-term -- at least, in mice. Co-hosts Dr. Eddie Phillips and Juna Gjata discuss what happens in your brain when you eat the most craveable foods.

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We’ve all done it: you resolve to... go to the gym, eat healthier, save money. You’re excited and doing great, and then... it’s January 10th and you’re back to grabbing takeout, sitting on your sofa, and thinking, “Eh... I’ve got too much going on right now, next year!”

Well what if there was actual research conducted on New Year’s Resolutions and how we can maybe (gasp) actually keep them for once? It turns out–there is. This week, in the first episode of our Resolutions series, we talk to Professor Alexander Rozental and Martin Oscarsson from Stockholm University in Sweden. They published the largest study on the making, keeping, and breaking of New Year’s Resolutions.

This week, we find out what kind of goals to set, how to set them, and what to do to ensure that “this year is (actually) different.”

How to Create Habits and Hack Your Health

Remember to head to our website for our show notes!

Follow us on Instagram @foodweneedtotalk.

Find Juna on Instagram @theofficialjuna, and @JunaGjata on YouTube and TikTok.

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02/03/20 • 21 min

"Stress eating" can shift food preferences toward sugar and fat, leading Eddie and Juna to try the famous "raisin exercise." They also check in with Dr. John Denninger at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine and Dr. Marc Potenza at Yale School of Medicine.

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01/13/20 • 20 min

Asked for just one recommendation for lifelong health, our experts all had the same answer: exercise. And there's one type of exercise that may bring the best benefit in the least amount of time.

Experts include: Wayne Westcott, Sal Di Stefano, and Jackie Shahar.

(Bonus: For more on exercise, listen to "The Magic Pill": https://www.wbur.org/magicpill)

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From potatoes to quickie "food challenges," Eddie and Juna answer questions from listeners.

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02/24/20 • 25 min

Juna reveals that she is battling an eating disorder and explores how and why dieting can tip into problem territory, and what to do about it.

Experts in this episode include Jenny Thomas, co-director of the Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Kristin Javaras, clinical psychologist at McLean Hospital.

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Juna and Eddie answer listeners' questions about exercise, from "how much is enough" to "how much is too much?"

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Supplements And Snake Oils

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02/17/20 • 23 min

Want a flat stomach? A faster metabolism? Maybe to get rid of that cellulite? Well, there's a supplement for that.

If only it were so easy... But as with most things in life, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Guests in this episode include champion lifter Layne Norton and Dr. Pieter Cohen.

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