This is a very special episode of Iron Culture because it's the WORLD PREMIERE of "Front Page Fitness," a new podcast hosted by Drs Eric Trexler and Lauren Colenso-Semple. If you're part of the Iron Cult, these folks are no strangers - both have been on Iron Culture numerous times, and both are co-authors of the MASS Research Review.
In Front Page Fitness, Eric & Lauren discuss the hottest health and fitness topics that are causing controversy, generating buzz, or dominating headlines. In other words, it's your weekly health and fitness newspaper, delivered in podcast form. Be sure to subscribe to their new podcast so you can continue enjoying their weekly episodes:
https://www.youtube.com/@fpfpodcast
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/frontpagefitness/
Time stamps:
00:00 Introducing Front Page Fitness
01:42 Why you should care about Lauren has to say
08:54 An insight into Trexler’s life
15:19 Alcohol, health, and Lauren’s wine certification
O’Keefe Alcohol and cardiovascular health: the razor-sharp double-edged sword https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17825708/
Biddinger 2022 Association of Habitual Alcohol Intake With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35333364/
31:25 The updated consensus and public health messaging
44:15 The health optimisation phase and health promoting habits
49:43 Florida man and cholesterol
Marmagkiolis 2025 Yellowish Nodules on a Man Consuming a Carnivore Diet https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39841435/
59:45 Trexler’s experience on a ketogenic diet and the Front Page Fitness Cheez Whiz challenge
