My guest this episode is Dr. James DiNicolantonio. Dr. DiNicolantonio is a respected cardiovascular research scientist and doctor of pharmacy at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, and the associate editor of British Medical Journal's (BMJ) Open Heart. He is the author or coauthor of approximately 200 publications in medical literature. His research has been featured in The New York Times, ABC’s Good Morning America, TIME, Fox News, U.S. News and World Report, Yahoo! Health, BBC News, Daily Mail, Forbes, National Public Radio, and Men’s Health, among others. He is also author of the fantastic book The Salt Fix.

Listen in as we talk all about salt, salt intake, why many modern recommendations on salt (including those for hypertension) are wrong, good updated recommendations, salt pre-workout, and much more.

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(Transcript coming soon)

Website: http://thesaltfix.com/
Twitter: @drjamesdinic
Instagram: @drjamesdinic
Facebook: @drjamesdinic

For this episode of the podcast we have guests Matt Thornton and Peter Boghossian. Matt Thornton is a personal hero of mine, founder of the Straight Blast Gym organization, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt. Peter Boghossian is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Portland State University.

Listen in as we discuss critical thinking and fantasy in martial arts, actual effectiveness of certain martial arts, risk assessment and analysis in physical movement, and a lot more interesting stuff!

Websites:
http://mattthornton.org
http://www.straightblastgym.com/

http://peterboghossian.com/
Twitter: @PeterBoghossian

Paper: Critical Thinking, Pedagogy, and Jiu Jitsu: Wedding Physical Resistance to Critical Thinking