A User's Guide to Cheating Death - Season 1

A User's Guide to Cheating Death - Season 1

Season 1

Health fact or fiction? Every day, it is getting increasingly difficult to separate the truth from myth as magazines, television, and countless internet articles tout new therapies, diets and health trends as the secret behind a healthier, happier, and longer life. But is the average consumer doomed to be confused and adrift in this sea of conflicting info when deciding how best to live our lives?

Not if health-law professor, writer and debunker-extraordinaire Timothy Caulfield has anything to do with it. Timothy is on a mission to dive deep into the science behind today's cutting-edge health trends in order to separate the truly good advice from the excess of high-priced placebos currently available.

With the value we place on trends and media information in our culture, Timothy does not underestimate the power they hold. He'll speak with devoted followers to find out why they swear by these practices, and meet with the practitioners who sell these products and services before setting out to find the cold hard facts that will either disprove or prove them.

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Episodes6
DatesSep 18, 2017 - Oct 23, 2017
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Episodes

Detox Debunked - The Truth Behind the Phenomenon
Season 1Episode 160 min

Detox Debunked - The Truth Behind the Phenomenon

What does it take to flush all the bad stuff from your body after a weeklong bender? Or after several years of eating junk food? Can you atone for your health sins and start fresh? No. Detoxing isn't actually a thing. But it's become a fixation of the western world. Stemming from the guilty pleasures of overindulgence and under-exercising, a belief has emerged that we must regularly rid our bodies of toxins via detoxifying diets, fasts, technologies, and more. The evidence - or lack thereof - behind this popular trend will be uncovered. The science, the risks, and the underlying beliefs and fears will be explored.

Sep 18, 2017
The Fountain of Youth - Science of Cosmetics
Season 1Episode 260 min

The Fountain of Youth - Science of Cosmetics

Youth may be wasted on the young, but luckily, you can buy it back. People are using everything from face-lifts to second skin tech to keep their youthful advantage. However, with the many unproven therapies on the market, how many actually work? This episode examines our evolutionary leanings toward finding youth appealing and pop-cultural portrayals of youth, before diving head-on into the strange, fascinating and unregulated world of the anti-aging industry. "A User's Guide to Cheating Death" is in search of the truth for those who try to defy aging.

Sep 25, 2017
Full Potential - Genetic Testing and the Rise of Personalized Medicine
Season 1Episode 360 min

Full Potential - Genetic Testing and the Rise of Personalized Medicine

Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, allows the genetic diagnosis of vulnerabilities to inherited diseases, and it's spawned an entire industry around personalized fitness, assessing a child's athletic ability, and even for finding your perfect mate. Direct-to-consumer genetic testing is being used by a growing number of people to make important health and life decisions, despite these tests being largely inaccurate. What are the consequences of using these faulty methods to make "healthy life choices" and is there any benefit in any of it?

Oct 2, 2017
Losing It - Extreme Dieting
Season 1Episode 460 min

Losing It - Extreme Dieting

Obesity is one of America's biggest public health concerns. Two thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. The pressure to lose weight is intense and many are turning to surgical means to achieve results. The issue is even affecting children as kids as young as 13 undergo extreme surgeries to deal with their weight. Weight Loss Tourism is a huge market. Places like Tijuana, and Dubai's Talise Bay offer the most luxurious spas in the world, that double as weight loss packages, including an on-site team of medical doctors, personal trainers and a wellness chef ready to provide personalized care throughout your stay.

Oct 9, 2017
Au Natural - Turning Our Back to Modern Medicine
Season 1Episode 560 min

Au Natural - Turning Our Back to Modern Medicine

"Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food", said the famous Greek physician, Hippocrates. Unfortunately, that was spoken before most of our medical understanding. As a society, we've become obsessed with the concept of organic food and products, chemical free farming, healing foods, and natural remedies. People are distrusting GMOs, pharmaceuticals, and other "non-natural" solutions. Organic products fetch a premium price. Families are turning to holistic approaches to medical issues, sometimes with fatal consequences. But what is causing people to distrust modern medicine and approaches to farming? Where does this romantic notion of "natural is better" come from? And most importantly, are these stances scientifically supportable?

Oct 16, 2017
Scienceploitation
Season 1Episode 660 min

Scienceploitation

For those suffering from a chronic illness or degenerative disease, our rapidly evolving world is offering more promise for a cure than ever before. But with such a great volume of treatment options and so much conflicting information available, it's also becoming more difficult for those suffering to make critical treatment decisions. People are wasting thousands of dollars, and worse, wasting time. From cryotherapy to stem cells that regenerate a human heart, "A User's Guide to Cheating Death" explores the evidence behind cutting edge disease management research, new breakthroughs and untested procedures while meeting the real patients who swear by them, and how the media is exploiting genuine excitement.

Oct 23, 2017

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