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The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

#144 - Bill Tancer: Reframing Haters And Negative Reviews, Learning From Data Analysis, CGMs For Weight Loss, Predicting Glycemic Response, Healthy User Bias, Search Habits & Trends, Influencers, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5650 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/click 2:15 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:30 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 10:35 - Bill's Background 13:40 - Data Collection 15:50 - What We're Searching On The Internet 19:45 - What People Search Vs What We Admit To Searching 24:00 - How To Interpret Data Correctly 28:15 - Confirmation Bias In Algorithms 29:00 - How Does The Internet Change Our Trends 31:20 - Imperfect Information 32:05 - Perfect Information 33:00 - Perfect Information In Interpersonal Relationships 32:30 - Takeaways From "Everyone's A Critic" 38:40 - Chef's And Bad Reviews 39:50 - Asking For Reviews And Earning Good Reviews 43:30 - Reviews On Amazon 47:20 - Influencers 48:30 - Honesty In Influencing 50:25 - False Hope Syndrome 56:25 - Extreme Diets  58:00 - Lifestyle Changes And Intuitive Eating 1:01:15 - Creating Signos 1:05:00 - Diet-Heart Hypothesis And Cholesterol 1:06:10 - Bill's First CGM 1:07:45 - Data Analysis In Signos 1:09:45 - Predictions In Glycemic Response 1:15:45 - Intuition About What Will Spike Glucose 1:16:50 - Bio-Individuality In Sucrose, Glucose, And Fructose Digestion 1:18:10 - Enzymes, Cravings & Metabolic Syndrome 1:19:45 - Is There Healthy User Bias In Signos Data

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0:00.0

You can find data to confirm your hypothesis. Your hypothesis may not actually be true. And I fell into

0:06.3

the trap very early on of a confirmation bias. I just became obsessed with all of the things that

0:13.6

people type into search engines and what that can tell us about who we are, what we think about,

0:18.7

what's important to us. It's really just fascinating.

0:21.7

These different diets we've been covering all these years,

0:24.4

there's a chance you're going to lose the weight,

0:25.9

but maybe we're not addressing the real issue,

0:28.7

which is how do we help you lose the weight and keep up?

0:31.5

Welcome to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast,

0:34.8

where we meet the world's top experts to explore the secrets of health,

0:40.2

mindset, longevity, and so much more. Are you ready to take charge of your existence and biohack

0:47.1

your life? This show is for you. Please keep in mind. We're not dispensing medical advice

0:52.9

and are not responsible for any outcomes you may

0:55.7

experience from implementing the tactics lying herein. Are you ready? Let's do this.

1:04.0

Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast. Friends, I am so delighted to be here today

1:10.2

with Bill Tanzer for so many reasons. I am so

1:13.2

honored to have all of the incredible guests that I have on this show. But sometimes I really

1:17.1

connect with them and form friendships beyond the podcast. And Bill has really become that. And what I

1:22.4

love about Bill and his work is it spans such an array of cool topics. Not only is he a New York Times bestselling

1:29.0

author with two books, but he also founded the company Signos, which helps make CGMs,

1:34.3

continuous glucose monitors available to the public. You guys know I am so obsessed with this.

1:39.6

If anybody has ever created a product or something where they have to deal with reviews,

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