With so many companies claiming to have the next best recovery gadget or service and elite athletes promoting the latest sports drink or supplement, it's hard to know what's actually works and what doesn't. In this episode Christie Aschwanden, author of Good To Go: What the Athlete in All Of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery, separates the facts from the good ol'quackery of cashed up companies hoping to make more sales.
“Aschwanden… never loses sight of the gap between anecdote and randomized trial. Ultimately, she pins her conclusions on the best studies in each field, as well as her interviews with highly-regarded researchers.” — Amby Burfoot, Runner’s World
About Christie:
Christie Aschwanden is the author of GOOD TO GO: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery and co-host of EMERGING FORM, a podcast about the creative process. She’s the former lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight and was previously a health columnist for The Washington Post. Christie is a frequent contributor to The New York Times. She’s also been a contributing editor for Runner’s World and a contributing writer for Bicycling. Her work appears in dozens of publications, including Discover, Slate, Consumer Reports, New Scientist, More, Men’s Journal, Mother Jones, NPR.org, Smithsonian and O, the Oprah Magazine.
Website: https://christieaschwanden.com/
Website: https://www.goodtogobook.com/
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