Steministas
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Two female Ph.D. students (@geneticginger and @ofglia) educating the public about science in the news and the ethical implications of new science findings!
Joined April 2018
The current exercise guidelines are 150 minutes of moderate exercise 🚲 AND two days of strength training! 💪
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Exercise can really aid in preventing heart disease because it can lower your risk of obesity and increase your good cholesterol!
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This week we're talking about the heart and exercise! We discuss how a sedentary lifestyle is a risk factor for heart disease, how to raise your VO2 max, and the recommended exercise guidelines!
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There are quite a few limitations of this diet because of the blanket recommendations it makes for various blood types. Nutrition is much more individualized than this diet suggests.
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The main idea of the blood type diet is that your ancestry determines your blood type and what you should eat
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Blood types are determined by many genetic factors but the main one is the ABO blood locus
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On this week's podcast episode we're discussing the science behind #bloodtype and the controversial blood type diet.
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Today we dropped our background episode on the #cardiovascularsystem! Tune in to learn more about how blood was thought to originate in the liver, how hard the heart works every day, and how blood pressure works!
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*drumroll* introducing Season 2 of the Steministas podcast! We're excited to delve into the cardiovascular system and share all about it! Check out the players we'll focus on this season in the tweets below!
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Season 2 of Steministas is underway! Check out our latest episode where we share where we are and tease the upcoming format for our season!
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In the mean time, you can hear @OfGlia in a guest appearance on the #AlexanderDisease Research Update podcast series:
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We are excited to announce that Steministas will be releasing new episodes very soon! Keep your eyes open for the new season starting next Tuesday.
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There has been a recent correlation of countries who have more abortions of Down Syndrome babies and the amount of pre-natal testing they do. In this week's episode, we discuss the genetics and testing of Down syndrome, the statistics, and ethical implications of these stats.
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Identical twins are the gold standard in genetics to determine how much of a disease is genetic versus environmental. However, a recent study was published uncovering genetic differences between identical twins. In this week's podcast we dive into this 👯
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