All Things Health (Episode 3) featuring Dr Damien Steciuk, General Practitioner
🐛 Should I give my children worm medicine?
❓ What is the link between the use of sanitisers and Type 1 diabetes?
😷 Is wearing face masks in a post covid world harming my immune system?
🍷 Will a glass of red wine a day keep my heart healthy?
💔 Can someone die of a broken heart?
If you have ever wondered about any of the above questions (actually... even if you haven't!) you will enjoy this week's episode.
These are just a few of the many random questions we ask Dr Damien Steciuk during this "rapid fire round questions" episode.
What started out as something that was meant to be a precursor to in-depth discussion on other topics ended up being a most enlightening episode on All Things Health.
00:00 - Intro
01:26 - Intermittent fasting
04:15 - Cardio or resistance training
06:55 - Creatine: yay or nay?
08:12 - 10,000 steps a day
09:49 - Vitamin D: Sunlight or food/supplementation
12:40 - Supplementation and kidney overload
13:59 - Coconut oil and heart health
15:09 - Worm medicine for children
16:48 - Health benefits of cold showers
18:55 - Is fruit juice healthy?
19:28 - Flight socks
20:01 - Red wine and heart health
21:19 - C-section & obesity
22:35 - Face masks
25:38 - Healing bacterial infections without antibiotics
27:41 - Red meat and cancer
28:46 - Benefits of coffee
29:49 - Protein and old age
30:48 - AI and doctors & surgeons
36:13 - Another pandemic in our lifetime
41:32 - Medicine and changing viewpoints
42:21 - Weight loss drugs
46:45 - Broken heart
48:42 - Continuous glucose monitor
51:29 - Do we think we are healthier than we are?
52:15 - Five annual tests
53:11 - HDL/LDL
55:44 - Heart disease and gender