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b'Eat dark chocolate.\\xa0Don\\u2019t drink coffee.\\xa0Go gluten-free.\\xa0If you ask people for diet advice, you\\u2019ll get a dozen different stories.\\xa0Ideas about what\\u2019s good for us sprout up faster than alfalfa plants (which are still healthy \\u2026 we think).\\xa0How can you tell if the latest is fact or fad?\\nWe\\u2019ll help you decide, and show you how to think skeptically about popular trends.\\xa0One example: a study showing that gluten-free diets didn\\u2019t ease digestive problems in athletes.\\xa0Also, medical researchers test whether wearable devices succeed in getting us off the couch and a nutritionist explains how things got so confusing.\\xa0\\nPlus, why part of our confusion may be language.\\xa0Find out why one cook says that no foods are \\u201chealthy,\\u201d not even kale.\\nIt\\u2019s Skeptic Check \\u2026 but don\\u2019t take our word for it!\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nDana Lis - Sports dietician, PhD student, University of Tasmania\\n\\n\\nMichael Ruhlman - Cook, author of many books about cooking as well as the recent trio of novellas, In Short Measures\\n\\n\\n\\nBeth Skwarecki - Freelance health and science writer, nutrition teacher\\n\\n\\nMitesh Patel - Assistant professor of medicine, Perlman School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Health Care Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'