Is Fish Oil Effective?

In this episode, Greg and Eric provide a huge update related to the good news segment, some very impressive and potentially controversial feats of strength (10:36), and dueling research reviews about fish oil (24:06) and distinguishing between responders and non-responders to training (53:52). They also answer some listener questions (1:14:59) and congratulate the sport of baseball for becoming interesting again (1:53:08).

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TIME STAMPS

Intro/Announcements (0:00)

Road to the Stage/Road to Enlightenment (2:01)

Feats of Strength (10:36)

• Jimmy Kolb
• Danial Zamani

Research Review: Fish Oil and Recovery (24:06)

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34128440/
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577766/

Research Review: Training Responders and Non-Responders (53:52)

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S144024401930670X
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1440244020308070

Q&A (1:14:59)

• Is there any validity to the idea that athletes should avoid things like NSAIDs or fish oil in order to better realize training adaptations? (1:15:34)
  https://www.strongerbyscience.com/antioxidants/
  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8046361/
• Thoughts on the OMAD (one-meal-a-day) diet? How important is it to get protein and leucine right before sleep to continue muscle protein synthesis throughout the night? (1:28:50)
• How should older folks train if their goal is maintaining/improving daily functioning and mitigating bone/muscle loss? (1:36:32)
• Is the Dunning-Kruger effect based on legit evidence? (1:44:44)
  https://skepchick.org/2020/10/the-dunning-kruger-effect-misunderstood-misrepresented-overused-and-non-existent/
  https://www.gleech.org/psych

To Play Us Out: Baseball (Shohei Ohtani, Jacob deGrom, and SpiderTack) (1:53:08)

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