Ep 302 - Why We Believe Nutrition Lies

Nov 18, 2024

Joe Klemczewski, a pioneering bodybuilding coach, discusses the overwhelming amount of nutritional misinformation in today's media landscape. He emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and educational efforts to help clients discern truth from misleading claims. Klemczewski explores the evolution of bodybuilding nutrition and highlights how social media influences diet trends and public perception. By reflecting on history and advocating for evidence-based practices, he guides listeners on navigating the complexities of modern nutritional science.

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ANECDOTE

Early Influence

Dr. Joe Klemczewski influenced Danny Lennon's coaching career early on.
Lennon attended a seminar by Klemczewski in 2009 or 2010 that shifted his perspective.

INSIGHT

Bridging the Gap

Dr. Joe's early work bridged academia and bodybuilding due to a lack of sports nutrition science.
His curiosity about physique changes led him to research, writing, and coaching.

INSIGHT

Information Overload

Modern fitness consumers experience information overload, unlike previous eras with limited access.
This shift necessitates courses on research interpretation, like the one by Lennon and Alan Flanagan.

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In this Iron Culture, Sigma Nutrition Radio, SNA crossover, Dr. Joe Klemczewski returns! Dr. Joe, possibly the first online bodybuilding coach and person to advise clients to track macros before IIFYM was an acronym, joins us to reflect on the past and help us navigate the future. In the modern information age, there is more information than ever, which is a good thing, right? Perhaps, except that there is also more misinformation and disinformation than ever as well. While the evidence-based movement solved the problem of information inadequacy, we now face a much more complex problem of information illiteracy. What can you do to better navigate the “fake news” littering all aspects of social media, especially the nutrition space, and how can you facilitate better critical thinking in your clients and followers to reduce the likelihood they will undertake harmful diets? In this episode we tackle just that, discussing how paying attention to history and social changes can provide protection against modern fads.

Time stamps:

00:00 Danny, Erich? And sending our condolences to the listeners

https://raskolapparel.com/

02:37 Re-introducing Dr. Joe Klemczewski

09:57 Changes in science

18:01 Science education for the consumer

26:53 How Dr. Joe communicates science with nuance to different audiences and how society (and social media) operates to perpetuate beliefs

36:59 Discerning truth and fact from context – using the recent meta-regressions on volume and frequency as an example

Pelland 2024 The Resistance Training Dose-Response: Meta-Regressions Exploring the Eﬀects of Weekly Volume and Frequency on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gain https://sportrxiv.org/index.php/server/preprint/view/460

51:00 The psychology of persuasion

59:34 Embedding heuristics and the utility of AI in academia

1:09:50 Broader trends in society, marketing strategies and delivering what is expected

1:21:46 Recapping the episode and closing out (be wary of Eric’s positivity propaganda)