SKEPTICISM
In this "call to action", the authors highlight the profound problem of baseless claims and pseudoscience in the commercial health and wellness industry. The focus is on the downstream clinical implications, the possible effect on sporting performance, and the reputation of exercise science as a discipline. It was published in the journal Sports Medicine in May 2022.
ARTICLES
Why do so many athletes turn to extreme and unproven remedies?
Psyche Magazine
June 2022
Ten Health and Wellness "Buzzwords" Every Skeptic Should Know
Skeptical Inquirer
May 2022
Using Fear to Sell Fitness: The Health Trends that Are Preying on Our Insecurities
Skeptical Inquirer
Mar 2022
Intravenous Nutrient Drips: An Expensive Solution to A Nonexistent Problem
Skeptical Inquirer
Feb 2022
How To Use Critical Thinking to Inform Better Health and Fitness Decisions in 2022
Skeptical Inquirer
Jan 2022
Can You Breathe Your Way to Better Health? The Science and Pseudoscience of ‘Training Your Lungs’
Skeptical Inquirer
Dec 2021
Olympic athletes excel at their sports but are susceptible to unproven alternative therapies
The Conversation
Aug 2021
Alternative and unusual therapies to treat cycling injuries: Cure or con?
Cycling Weekly
Nov 2017
VIDEOS
Lecture: Pseudoscience in Health and Wellness
Chicago Ethical Humanist Foundation. Nov 2022
Lecture: Science & pseudoscience in sport
Skeptical Inquirer Presents, Sept 2021
Discussion: Skepticism in kinesiology
California State University, Sept 2020
PSA: "The Skeptic's Guide To Sports Science"
Infomercial, May 2020
Lecture: Novel treatments to enhance breathing performance in athletes – facts, fictions, and fads
ISEH Annual Sports Cardio-Respiratory Medicine Conference, May 2022
Lecture: Are we being incentivized to commit research misconduct in exercise science?
STORK Summit, June 2022
PODCASTS
RADIO SPOTS
Wellness Pseudoscience
RNZ National, May 2021
Pseudoscience in Sports Med.
Sirius XM, June 2021