Episode 86: Beth Skwarecki, the Health Editor of Lifehacker, on Health & Fitness Trends

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Beth Skwarecki is the author of two books and the Health Editor of Lifehacker. She's here to dispel fitness and health myths that might be leading us astray.

Beth is a member of the National Association of Science Writers and the Association of Health Care Journalists. After getting a BA in biology from Alfred University, she received her Master's in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Rutger's University.

She also has previously taught nutrition and environmental sciences at the Community College of Allegheny County.

Her two books will interest the science nerds out there:

This conversation focuses on the many side aspects of a healthy lifestyle that make running easier.

After all, it's critical to have a lifestyle that supports running. You can't train well if you barely sleep and drink a lot...

We're talking about:

DNA trivia for runners
How her job has changed her outlook on health and fitness
How to engineer a less groggy morning (for the morning runners out there!)
Whether elderberry supplements are a waste of money

Beth and I also discuss running in the dark, the cutoff point for running in extreme cold, and the warning signs of frostbite.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.7	This is episode 86 with the health editor of one of the largest blogs in the world, Life Hacker.com,
0:10.7	and the author of the new book, Genetics 101 from Chromos and the author of the new book Genetics 101 from chromosomes and the double helix to
0:15.5	cloning and DNA tests everything you need to know about genes, Ms Beth Squareki. I'm Jason Fitzgerald and you're listening to the Strength Running podcast.
0:35.0	Today I want to take a step back from the topic of running.
0:38.0	Rather than talk about racing or workouts or recovery or strength training, I want to focus on how we think about our
0:45.2	running and more specifically the mindsets or heuristics that help us evaluate health
0:51.0	and fitness ideas. For example, do you know how to establish great
0:55.3	sleep hygiene habits to sleep more soundly and recover more completely? Or how do you
1:00.6	think about running safety? Is it just about running with a headlight?
1:04.7	Do you understand how fuel is burned in the human body?
1:07.8	Because if so, you'll get why the fat burning zone is a myth.
1:12.2	I'm joined today by Beth Squirecki. She's the health editor at
1:15.6	Life Hacker, one of the biggest websites around where she writes and edits stories on
1:19.9	all manner of health and fitness topics. This is going to be a very wide-ranging
1:24.0	conversation hitting on a variety of topics. But what I really want you to focus on is
1:28.7	how Beth thinks about things. There are rarely absolutes. She acknowledges that there's much we don't know, and
1:36.0	she recognizes that trial and error in experimentation are necessary. Beth is also the author of a new book called Genetics 101 from chromosomes and the
1:46.3	double helix to cloning and DNA tests everything you need to know about genes
1:50.6	you can head on over to the strength running blog to find a link to
1:53.8	her book, plus more information on the topics we discussed today and today's
1:58.3	sponsor, Hemptaddy. Hemptaddy's therapeutics offers a line of CBD products to help you recover by sleeping more soundly
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