Af Dr. Karl Goldkamp

Why do we have eyebrows? Is there a way to predict the future of evolution in humans? And what would our doctors ask Charles Darwin at a dinner party? Dr Karl and special guest Zoe Kean answer these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Af Dr. Karl Goldkamp

Af Dr. Karl Goldkamp

How does alcohol affect your sleep? Can energy be destroyed? And how do snakes stay so clean? Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Yes, it can certainly be a ‘rabbit hole’ of what appears to be minutia of information. Yet if you don’t get stuck interpreting every SNP (single nuclear polymorphism) and stand back just a little to see a bigger picture some of this information can be not only useful but some you can actually act on. Before you delve into attempting to analyze your…

What impact would living on Mars have on our bodies? Could we ever have 'Earth' on our identification? And how are the astronauts stuck on the International Space Station going? Dr Karl and special guest Dr Adrian Brown answer these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Is math a human invention or something we discovered? How many ways are there to count? And can math offer a solution to microplastics? Dr Karl and special guest Matt Parker answer these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Yes, it can certainly be a ‘rabbit hole’ of what appears to be minutia of information. Yet if you don’t get stuck interpreting every SNP (single nuclear polymorphism) and stand back just a little to see a bigger picture some of this information can be not only useful but some you can actually act on. Before you delve into attempting to analyze your…

How realistic are shark attacks in movies? Why are there no monkeys in Australia? And how important are breathing exercises? Science communicators Zoe Kean and Ruben Meerman answer these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation

This podcast takes a different approach to laying out what we now know about the anthropological facts about our diet by introducing you to the people who have been part of putting the pieces together for us. I’ll recap and reference the speakers that opened my eyes as to what we can claim historically. I encourage you to follow up on the link refe…

Will humans ever evolve to be immune to cancer? How effective are shark bands for surfers? And are our dreams made of atoms? Science communicators Zoe Kean and Ruben Meerman answer these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation

As an interruption to what I had intended to present for this podcast I decided that I needed to respond to some ‘mis-information’ regarding DAIRY. Hope this won’t offend you. My clinical experience over 16 years disagrees with what I would consider a very incomplete review about the health concerns of dairy. ——————————— OUR COURSE —————————— PSMF …

Why do some people have a higher caffeine tolerance? How common is shingles in people under the age of 30? And why don’t any mammals have green fur? Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Jordan Barr.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Often when we talk about what is the appropriate diet for ourselves we refer to our evolutionary past. The implication is that we should eat like our closest evolutionary ancestors... the Great Apes...but that is completely different from how we eat now. By comparing the ‘gut’ of 70 different mammalian species, we are most aligned with the dog (‘ma…

Do animals get jet lag? How do snakes dig holes if they have no arms? And what impact would the reintroduction of extinct animals have on existing species? Dr Karl and special guest Dr Marissa Parrott answer these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation

So which is it? The length of our small intestines or the shortness of our colon that shows that our gastro-intestinal tract is most like carnivores. Or is how our stomach is laid out? Not only will you find this interesting to know, but, that deciding on a ‘Gut - appropriate’ diet will also change your mental health and is used for Autistic childr…

Why do I need to pee every time I get to my front door? How long could you survive in a car with just air conditioning? And does your sleep schedule matter as long as it's eight hours? Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.Af Australian Broadcasting Corporation

There is so much noise and intentional misinformation around keto, low carb, carnivore that people quit before they even start. How my past has lead to creating the safest most efficient method for long term weight loss has meant learning to recognize intentionally misleading information and go around it. Based on labs, data tracking, and the addic…

Cats are obligate carnivores. Pure and simple. Understanding it and implementing it taught a lot. In learning about non-obese diabetes in cats we discover a lot about our own diet as well. In the end we discovered his death was induced by environmental factors that we could not identify at the time. ——————————— OUR COURSE —————————— PSMF 30 day cou…

Are electric vehicles still better for the environment if you charge them with a non-renewable energy source? What happens if you hold your urine for too long? And can you get the physical symptoms of anxiety without feeling anxious? Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.…