Episode 205: Health vs hype: using data to make smarter health choices – with Emma Tekstra
Some say coffee is good for you, others say it’s bad for you. So if you have your own health or fitness goals how do you figure out what diet or lifestyle changes to make when faced with so much contradictory information? Emma Tekstra is an actuary, author and global health consultant. She explains the different improvements you can make to your life, how to measure the success of a lifestyle change, and how to avoid improvement plateaus. She also talks about the universal truths that affect everybody, techniques to critically assess lifestyle advice, and the problems with information overload. (more…)