Ep. 187 - Killing It For Over A Decade: The Sigma Nutrition Story

Sigma nutrition radio has been a staple for evidence-based nutrition podcasting for the better part of a decade. But truly, even among other similar podcasts, it’s in a league of its own. The guest list is essentially the who’s who of nutrition academia, with interviews digging into the nuance of research coming directly from the sources, covering an incredibly broad span of nutrition topics. Danny Lennon started this endeavor on his own, but in more recent years, it’s expanded to include Dr. Alan Flanagan and Dr. Niamh Aspell. As Alan, Danny and Eric were recently at a conference together, Iron Culture took the opportunity to sit down with them and learn about what they’ve learned as one of the longest-running science-based nutrition podcasts. 

00:00 Intro

Danny’s Peachboi Shorts https://raskolapparel.com/collections/shorts

Sigma Nutrition Radio Ep. 442: Are Vegetables Detrimental to Health? https://open.spotify.com/episode/59oVF6ffJpQlNnPuJ0Ha3N?si=9abf0e4d4ede4a2e

10:22 The inception of Sigma Nutrition Radio and hosting podcasts

26:10: Staying up to date with the latest evidence in your guest’s area of expertise (both academics and practitioners)

Iron Culture Ep. 182: How to call out B.S. and Pseudoscience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckzuycwnRH8

31:50 Appraising and presenting evidence

44:10 Maintaining listenership while covering a broad range of topics and reaching a large audience

51:32 Areas of misinformation that require further inspection and scrutiny

59:12 Expanding and advancing Sigma Nutrition: holding epistemic humility and speaking within your area of expertise

1:21:35 Limits of domain-specific expertise

1:40:55 Challenging ill-informed perceptions and beliefs

1:50:29 The future of Sigma Nutrition and where to find them

Sigma Nutrition: https://sigmanutrition.com/

Alinea Nutrition: https://www.alineanutrition.com/

Instagram: @dannylennon_sigma & @thenutritional_advocate