What is the topic you ask? Our debate topic was "The keto diet is not the best diet for athletes". Essentially the keto diet is designed to burn fats by cutting carbs. Why is it called keto, are there health benefits to this diet, can it improve athletic performance? On Oct. 19, two experts debated this intriguing topic...watch and see what you think!

Be sure to check out future weekly Huffines Institute Human Performance Minute broadcasts at TexAgs SportsRadio (The Zone 1150 AM) every Wednesday morning at 10:45 am. If you missed it you can listen to it here!

Be sure to check out future weekly Huffines Institute Human Performance Minute broadcasts at TexAgs SportsRadio (The Zone 1150 AM) every Wednesday morning at 10:45 am. If you missed it you can listen to it here!

In the 10th Hilliard Discussion hosted by the Huffines Institute, the topic: "Does the scientific literature inhibit scientific truth?" is debated. Talking on the pro side of the topic is Dr. Brian Nosek, and talking on the con side is Dr. Andy Young. HD10 was held in an online format, on January 27th, 2021. Keep a look out next semester for HD11!

Closing out our series is Dr. Michael Roberts with our eighth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2018 Hilliard Discussion. Dr. Roberts is an associate professor from Auburn University and is the Director of the Molecular and Applied Sciences Laboratory here to share with us his talk titled "The Line-1 Jumping Gene: Hopping from Cancer Research to Exercise Science."

Up today we have our seventh video and audio rebroadcast from the 2018 Hilliard Discussion! Here we have Dr. Lisa Langston, the Athletic Director of Fort Worth ISD and member of the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame as a basketball and track star. Dr. Langston's talk is titled "Using Athletics to Optimize the Academic and Learning Experience of Student-Athletes" and focusses on the relationship between sports, studies, and how this translates professionally. 

Our sixth speaker from the 2018 Hilliard Discussion is Dr. Jeff Woods! As the Associate Dean for Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Woods shares with us how activity can regulate gut microbes to keep us healthier in his talk titled "The Power of Poop: Exercise and the Gut Microbiota."

Here we have our fifth video from the 2018 Hilliard Discussion! Up today from the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon is Dr. T. Bettina Cornwell, the academic director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center and professor of marketing. Dr. Cornwell shares with us trends in childhood obesity and taste preference development in her talk titled "Taste the Future."

Today is the fourth video and audio rebroadcast of the 2018 Hilliard Discussion! We have Dr. Jeff Beeler from the Psychology Department at Queens College, CUNY. Dr. Beeler's talk is called "Dopamine: The Neural Chi" and discusses the effects of dopamine on activity and how we expend our energy.

For the third video and audio rebroadcast of the 2018 Hilliard Discussion we have Mr. Dan Acheson, the executive director and CEO of Drum Corps International. Mr. Acheson's talk is called "Getting in Step with the Largest Team on Campus" and discusses the fitness behind marching band professionals.