{"id":62853,"date":"2017-03-09T21:04:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T03:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=62853"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:29:19","slug":"podcast-285-real-science-nutrition-supplements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/nutrition\/podcast-285-real-science-nutrition-supplements\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #285: The Real Science of Nutrition and Supplements"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you work out regularly, you probably take some sort of supplement, be it whey protein or creatine or a pre-workout energy drink. But do the supplements you\u2019re taking actually work?<\/span><\/p>\n

My guest today on the show has spent his career studying the effects of what we put into our body and is the director of the online encyclopedia of supplements and nutrition called Examine.com<\/span><\/a>. His name is Kamal Patel. He\u2019s a researcher with an MPH and MBA from Johns Hopkins University and is working on his PhD in nutrition. Today on the show, Kamal and I discuss why there\u2019s so much confusion when it comes to supplements and nutrition. For example, he explains why one study can say cholesterol is bad for you, while another one says it\u2019s vital for health. Kamal then breaks down how to read scientific studies on nutrition so you can make informed decisions about your diet instead of relying on clickbait headlines published by pseudo-journalists. We then get into which supplements actually work and which ones are a waste of money. Kamal also shares his insights on the growing field of nootropics and if there really are supplements that will make you smarter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you work out regularly, you probably take some sort of supplement, be it whey protein or creatine or a pre-workout energy drink. But do the supplements you\u2019re taking actually work? My guest today on the show has spent his career studying the effects of what we put into our body and is the director of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":195673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42383,156,42380],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition","category-podcast","category-strength"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/285-538x280.png","medium_large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/285-768x432.png","aom":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/285-372x230.png","reactor-320":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/285-320x180.png","reactor-640":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/285-640x360.png"},"yoast_head":"\nPodcast #285: The Real Science of Nutrition and Supplements | The Art of Manliness<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you work out regularly, you probably take some sort of supplement. 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