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#110 Beating Brain Fog with Dr Sabina Brennan PhD
21 juli 2021 · 1 uur 38 min
Brain fog is one of the commonest symptoms I come across as a doctor in primary care, yet the least understood. Lees meer
On today’s podcast I speak with Dr Sabina Brennan PhD about her incredible career from Soaps to Science and everything to do with brain fog.
Dr Sabina is a chartered health psychologist (C.Psychol.,PsSI.), neuroscientist (PhD), host of the Super Brain podcast and best-selling author. Her new book Beating Brain Fog (Orion Spring) takes your symptoms seriously and shows that you don't have to live with them.
On today’s Pod you will learn:
Why teenage brains explain their lack of inhibition
Loneliness and its relationship with poor cognition
What Brain Fog is
How it can occur as a result of Hormone fluctuations, Oestrogen, pregnancy
The relationship with Inflammation and viral infections
The concept of neuroplasticity and the difference between Brain vs cognitive reserve
Pain its association with BDNF and fog
Why Dr Brennan prescribes smiling 5x a day
I loved this episode and Sabina is such a fantastic communicator and her mission to get everyone looking after their brain health as routinely as they brush their teeth.
Links all on thedoctorskitchen.com
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#109 Making Illness Optional with Naveen Jain and Momo Vuyisich
14 juli 2021 · 1 uur 15 min
“Making Illness optional?” I want to address the provocative title of today’s podcast head on because it’s not just clickbait. It is the genuine ambition of my next 2 guests on the show. Lees meer
Momo Vuyisich is co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Viome who provides scientific leadership and his vision is to revolutionize healthcare from "symptoms management" to true preventative medicine. He leads product development, clinical test implementation, and their comprehensive clinical research portfolio. Momo is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Mexico and New Mexico Tech. Before co-founding Viome in 2016, Momo spent 12 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he led the Applied Genomics team, which developed the core technology used by Viome today.
Naveen is quite frankly one of the most energising and inspiring billionaire entrepreneurs of our time. An intensely curious personality who believes that the energy of an obsessed entrepreneur infused with innovative technologies can create crazy ideas that push humanity forward. He is the author of the award-winning book ‘Moonshots - Creating a World of Abundance.’ And his current moonshot adventures are Moon Express and Viome.
Moon Express is the only company globally with permission to harvest resources from the moon—developing the infrastructure needed to push humanity forward towards a true multi-planetary society.
He is vice-chairman of the board at Singularity University, and Naveen focuses on educating and inspiring leaders to address humanity’s greatest challenges by using and developing innovative technologies. He has many accolades including the “Humanitarian Innovation Award” from the United Nations.
Viome has a mission is to “make illness optional.” By building an AI-driven platform that analyses the interaction between food, our microbiome, and our human cells, Viome is able to develop precision nutrition to prevent and reverse chronic diseases. Rather than another gut health or nutrig…
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#108 How to Worry Less and be Ten Times Happier with Owen O’Kane
7 juli 2021 · 1 uur 28 min
Have you ever sat down to a meditation or tried it for a period of time and just felt absolutely distracted, like the meditation was perhaps even making things worse? Lees meer
Or perhaps you’ve dealt with ruminations, recurring thoughts, worry, stress, sleeplessness, all whilst the world and social media are telling you to “Be present”, further deepening your anxiety and feelings of failure? You’re not alone. I can certainly identify with some of those thought patterns and Owen O'Kane, former NHS Clinical Lead for mental health in London is on the podcast today chatting to me about how we can achieve happier calmer lives.
He is the Sunday Times best-selling author of 'Ten To Zen', which is a quick and simple mental workout that allows us to focus on what's important - our mental wellbeing. And on today’s podcast you will learn about:
Owen’s past, growing up during the ‘troubles’ in Northern Ireland and being bullied because of his sexuality
What his experience with terminally ill patients taught him about life
What different types of therapy exist and what they may be appropriate for
Why meditation and mental health is not the pristine Social Media experience we’ve become accustomed to
How to tackle imposter syndrome as well as trolling online from other professionals
Why worry is addictive
How to manage the thoughts in your head that are primed to be negative
How Comparison is the thief of joy
Full show notes for this and all other episodes are on The Doctor's Kitchen website.
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BONUS Episode: The Long COVID Programme with Dr Ben Kelly and Paula Moore from Nuffield Health
5 juli 2021 · 47 min
Long Covid will be the hallmark of the pandemic and is likely to affect hundreds of thousands of patients for years to come. But because the disease is so new, we have very limited information about how to treat it. Some patients are currently discharged from hospital with no formal recovery plan, which can result in a longer recovery process and prolonged side effects. Lees meer
So when I heard about the free 12-week specialist recovery programme from Nuffield Health, I wanted to learn more. In addition to physical rehabilitation, the programme includes topics such as coping with fatigue, managing breathlessness, anxiety, low mood, improving sleep and eating for recovery.
I chat with Dr Ben Kelly who leads the Clinical Research, Outcomes and Data Science functions within Nuffield Health. Alongside his Nuffield Health responsibilities, Ben has acted as Head of Interdisciplinary Medicine & Technology at the Medical Research Council, with his clinical expertise in cardiology. Paula Moore also joins us and is a business graduate and certified health and life coach, spending most of her career in senior retail management who personally recovered from chronic stress and fatigue 6 years ago.
We mention the term VO₂ max during the podcast a few times without defining it. Put simply, VO₂ max is the maximum rate of oxygen your body is able to use during exercise. The greater your VO₂ max, the more oxygen your body can consume, and the more effectively your body can use that oxygen to generate the maximum amount of ATP energy. Studies have shown that increasing your VO₂ max can help maintain your health and physical fitness well into your later years. This may have a role in recovery from Long Covid and mitigating symptoms such as fatigue and breathlessness.
You can find out everything you need to know about the free 12-week recovery programme for people affected by the long-term symptoms of COVID-19 on thedoctorskitchen.com podcast show notes page.
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#107 Building Exceptional Relationships with David L Bradford & Carole Robin
30 juni 2021 · 1 uur 26 min
Have you got an exceptional relationship? And I don’t necessarily mean a romantic relationship, although that’s fantastic if you do, but I’m actually referring to any relationship where you can be your most authentic and vulnerable self. It could be a childhood friend, a work colleague, a family member or spouse. Somebody you can share your true thoughts with. A kind of relationship where you feel fully understood and supported for who you are - it can seem like magic. I’m lucky to say that I have a few of these relationships, but many of us struggle to build these solid connections at work, with friends or at home or perhaps we thought we had one but over time it has degraded? Lees meer
Strong relationships and connections have been shown to be associated with higher levels of life satisfaction, health and happiness. So it stands to reason that we should want to foster exceptional relationships?
And the truth is that the process of building and sustaining these relationships can be described, learned and applied. And that’s exactly what my two guests on today’s podcast have done for decades at Stanford Business School's “Interpersonal relationships”, one of the most popular courses that the MBA programme offers.
David Bradford is Eugene O'Kelly II Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Leadership at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he helped develop Interpersonal Dynamics ("Touchy Feely").
Carole Robin was the Dorothy J. King Lecturer in Leadership at Stanford, where she taught for more than twenty years before co-founding Leaders in Tech, which brings the principles and process of Interpersonal Dynamics to executives in Silicon Valley.
Their new book, Connect is a book about exceptional relationships. Relationships that help us to become more self-aware, and compassionate, so we can build deep, fulfilling, personal connections with a wide range of people in every aspect of our lives. And it is quite simply one of the most moving books I’ve read.
We talk about:
Why t…
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#106 Saving Lives and Survival with Dr Waheed Arian
23 juni 2021 · 1 uur 43 min
Today you will listen to one of the most incredible stories. So much so that it genuinely sounds as unbelievable as the plot of a Hollywood movie. Such is the journey of my friend and colleague Dr Waheed Arian. Lees meer
Born and raised in Afghanistan, Waheed’s childhood was spent fleeing from conflict. As early as the age of 5, he and his family fled their hometown in Kabul for the refugee camps of Pakistan taking the treacherous journey through the harsh terrain whilst dodging bombs and the Taliban. Once reaching the camps his family had to battle malaria, TB without proper access to medicine and healthcare.
Littered with these experiences and genuinely fearing for his life. Waheed managed to escape Afghanistan leaving his family in Kabul at the age of 15 before he would have been conscripted by the Taliban to fight. He managed to find safety in the UK. He started work in multiple low wage jobs in the London area, sending his earnings back to support his family in the war zones. He decided to formally learn english, complete his A and AS levels. Applied to medicine and through sheer determination managed to achieve a place at Cambridge. He completed his clinical work at Imperial, which is where myself and Waheed crossed paths in the same year group. He did an elective at Harvard.
If none of this was impressive enough Waheed went on to start radiology training and founded his pioneering charity “Arian Teleheal” that works directly with clinicians on the ground, and provides governments and global organizations with a blueprint for delivering innovative healthcare and education. Through a network of volunteers in the UK, doctors across Afghanistan have access to highly skilled and trained clinicians via encrypted social media platforms.
Dr Arian has been recognized as a UNESCO Global Hope Hero, a UN Global Goals Goalkeeper, and was appointed to the WHO Roster of Digital Health Experts in 2019. In the UK, he has been awarded the Rotary International Peace Award and the pr…
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#105 Negativity Bias and the Brain with Katie Warriner & Emma Guns
16 juni 2021 · 1 uur 7 min
*Trigger Warning* On today’s show we discuss eating disorders Lees meer
Today I have a very honest conversation about eating disorders, negativity bias and the brain with Emma Guns and Katie Warriner.
Katie is one of the UK’s leading Performance Psychologists, working behind the scenes and on the big stage with some of the world’s best athletes, leaders and organisations. From the sports field to the boardroom, the helicopter pad to the operating theatre, Katie helps people train the mindset skills and practices essential to thriving under pressure. She has been embedded in Olympic sports for the last decade, supporting many of our most successful athletes at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games. But she was also a professional athlete herself who had to overcome the issues surrounding food being used solely as a tool for performance and how that was ingrained into her as an impressionable teenager chasing olympic ambitions.
Emma Gunavardhana, is better known by her media name Emma Guns, and is an award-winning beauty journalist and podcaster who I describe as UK’s answer to Joe Rogan. The Emma Guns Show, covers topics including beauty, wellness, mental health, eating disorders, business, entrepreneurship and finance. Emma prides herself on covering a variety of topics in a way that’ll be relevant and meaningful to her global audience. And today I wanted her to share her relationship with food and her personal experience of self confidence and diet.
Both of my guests are pragmatic thinkers as well as passionate advocates for supporting people to develop the mindset they need to thrive. But I do want to exercise caution with today’s show for anyone uncomfortable listening to stories around binge eating disorders, guilt, body dysmorphia and depression.
Today you will hear about:
Self-compassion and how our brains work
Katie’s experience of negative self-image and body dysmorphia
How food can be naively perceived as a means to achieve something or equally to fill …
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#104, HOW TO LIVE with Professor Robert Thomas
9 juni 2021 · 56 min
Professor Robert Thomas is back on the podcast talking about his incredible new book, How to Live. Lees meer
I’ve recommended his previous books that have focused on the topic of cancer such as “Keep Healthy After Cancer”, but this new book appears to cover every FAQ I’ve come across throughout the years of lecturing, speaking and demoing across the country and internationally.
I highly recommend this read. With over 500 references in the back, but explained in plain language in the text, Prof has really created a book that is super engaging and cuts through the noise. But it also tackles some of the most controversial topics in an open minded manner which is incredibly useful in todays misinformation environment.
On Today’s podcast you will learn about:
Toxins in food
Chemicals in household products
Hormone disruption and what Toxic Load refers to
Milk and cancer
Xenoestrogens, what they refer and how to avoid them
EMF and whether there is evidence of harm
The beauty and utility of colourful food
Why the gut is central to health and wellbeing
Tips and actions for you to take today to Live Better
As a reminder, Professor Robert Thomas is a Consultant Oncologist at Bedford and Addenbrooke’s Hospitals, a clinical teacher at Cambridge University and visiting Professor of Sports and nutritional science at the University of Bedfordshire. He is lead of a Lifestyle and Cancer Research Unit, and is also medical advisor to the website Cancernet.co.uk. Through his amazing work - Prof Robert Thomas has previously been awarded The British Oncology Association’s “Oncologist of the Year” and The Royal College of Radiologist medal.
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#103 Prue Leith CBE on NHS Food, Apartheid and Living Life with Purpose
2 juni 2021 · 1 uur 18 min
On the show today we have probably one of the best known faces in the culinary industry in the UK today - Prue Leith CBE. Lees meer
Prue is probably best known for her role as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, but she has such a varied and interesting life.
She grew up in apartheid South Africa and witnessed her mother struggle in her campaign against the injustice.
She found her love of food and fashion in Paris
She’s started a successful restaurant and cookery school business
She’s led a campaign for contemporary sculpture to be exhibited on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square
She’s an author with 8 novels as well as 14 cookery books to her name
She adopted a child from war torn Cambodia in the 70s
And more more recently has championed better nutrition in schools and become an advisor for the Government’s Hospital Food Review.
A wealth of experience and at 81, there is no stopping her. Her autobiography “Relish” is a must- read and you must watch her documentary with her daughter Li-Da. It’s one of the most touching documentaries I have ever seen.
Please enjoy my conversation with Prue, somebody I’m privileged to call a supporter of my mission to help people eat and live better through food and also a good friend.
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#102 Eating for Fertility with Dr Harriet Holme
26 mei 2021 · 1 uur 8 min
On the show today we are talking about eating for fertility with Dr Harriet Holme, a Registered Nutritionist (with the AfN) and experienced paediatrician in the NHS. Lees meer
After studying at Cambridge University, Dr Harriet worked in the NHS for over a decade, specialising in paediatric oncology. It’s this experience that gives nutrition advocates like myself and Harriet a unique perspective of the landscape and the interplay between nutrition and medicine.
Dr Harriet has authored two books 'Eating During Pregnancy', that she wrote to provide mums to be with credible information on pregnancy nutrition and ‘Postpartum Nutrition: An Expert’s Guide to Eating After a Baby’, to support new mums, and their journey through motherhood and weaning. Dr Harriet also has a number of virtual courses on nutrition on her website www.healthyeatingdr.com, the links to which are on the podcast show notes.
These are topics that I’m asked about a lot for the podcast so I’m delighted that Dr Harriet was able to talk with us and share her knowledge and experience with you all. On the show we talk about foods and supplements that may support your fertility
Carbohydrates and the types that are more beneficial
The importance of male fertility, sperm nourishment and lifestyle
Dairy and soy and there links with fertility
Fats and the importance of omega 3
The environmental impact on fertility with a particular focus on pesticides and pollution
Alcohol and supplements that you may want to consider
There’s also an article to support today’s podcast that you can find on the doctor’s kitchen website by clicking this link which lists some of the evidence base used for the recommendations and I hope you find it a useful resource for you and your loved ones.
Do check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and social media links for this and all other episodes.
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BONUS EPISODE Turning Vulnerability into my Superpower, with Seb Tucknott and Mesha Moinirad
24 mei 2021 · 1 uur 35 min
On the show this week we’ll be talking about Inflammatory Bowel Disease - but this time from a patient point of view. On this podcast, as well as sharing the research on nutrition, the importance of lifestyle medicine, we also have to be respectful of individual variation in experience as well as the different paths people can take to control their condition. Lees meer
Today I’ll be talking with Seb Tucknott and Mesha Moinirad who wanted to share their stories with you - in the hope of spreading awareness about these two conditions and how different people may require different management.
Mesha is a Personal trainer and rehabilitation coach. 8 years ago he was rushed to hospital with a burst appendix and since then his battle with health continued and he developed Ulcerative Colitis. And after years of unsuccessfully trialling medications with a poor response he had a stoma bag fitted and started blogging under the name “mrcolitiscrohns”
Seb was diagnosed in 2008 with UC that completely changed his life. It shaped the person he is to the work he does and the people he surrounds myself with. He ultimately was able to take a diet and lifestyle approach to maintain remission in his disease and now runs ibdrelief.com which aims to improve care and access to information for patients.
Today we talked about:
Their diagnosis story
Their different treatment paths
Owning their conditions
Making their vulnerability a strength
Their future goals and aspirations with respective projects
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#101 Ending Food Allergy with Professor Kari Nadeau
19 mei 2021 · 30 min
Have you noticed the rapid rise in childhood food allergies? Peanuts, dairy, wheat, egg. All of these appear so commonly removed from children's diets in schools and it’s not just children that are suffering. Adults are too. But is this a real phenomena and if so, why? Lees meer
The numbers do not lie. Food allergy is a global phenomena afflicting 32 million Americans. One in 13 children in the US are diagnosed each year and the numbers are similar for the UK. One in 10 adults in both the US and UK have at least one food allergy. It costs 40 billion a year and worse still ... it’s on the rise?
But today, I’m speaking to an esteemed colleague who is at the forefront of the fight against it and she believes that today is the beginning of the end of food allergies and we are at the start of curing this disease for good.
Professor Kari Nadeau is Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and For more than 30 years, she has devoted herself to understanding how environmental and genetic factors affect the risk of developing allergies and asthma, and the molecular mechanisms underlying these diseases. Her research is laying the groundwork for a variety of potential future therapies to prevent and cure.
On today’s podcast we talk about:
Professor Kari’s early career and how she got interested in food allergy
The definition of food allergy and how that differs from intolerance
The environmental impact
Maternal diet and early infancy diet with food allergy
Addressing parental guilt
Retraining the immune system to cure food allergy
The role of the microbiota
The D’s of food allergy – Dryness, Dirt, DNA, Detergent, Vit D, Dogs, Diversity
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BONUS episode RUN TALK RUN with Jess Robson
14 mei 2021 · 39 min
*trigger warning* eating disorders is discussed on this podcast episode Lees meer
Jess Robson is my guest today on the podcast and she is the driving force behind Run Talk Run. A global mental health support community that uses running as a means to facilitate peer support. Having experienced a difficult relationship with formal therapy, Jess found solace in opening up with ease whilst running and chose to open up that space to other people struggling with mental ill health.
Jess is an advocate for making running less intimidating - without care for pace, without care for PBs - she believes running can simply be a means to connect with our peers.
We have a wonderfully honest conversation talking about her own issues with eating disorders during her teenage years, how bulimia is a chronic condition that needs to be managed, the importance of personal responsibility online as well as food and exercise as tools for health as well as harm.
Please do check out Jess’ website and if you’re experienced in grant writing or fundraising I think Jess would welcome the opportunity to talk!
Enjoy the show!
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#100 - Four Lifestyle Formulas Everyone Needs to Know with Dr Rupy Aujla
12 mei 2021 · 45 min
It’s the 100th episode of the podcast and today I’m going to be introducing four formulas for lifestyle that everyone should know. This is essentially a super condensed version of everything that I’ve learnt over the past few years of doing the pod, my masters in nutrition, patient experience, and having the opportunity of speaking to people off the podcast too. These formulas cover nutrition, behaviour change, happiness and productivity. Lees meer
Over the past three years we’ve had the privilege of inviting a plethora of guests from bestselling authors, thought leaders across medicine, nutrition, economics, fair-trade as well as inspirational people whose stories have deeply touched me.
In the spirit of breadth of conversation, I want today’s episode to cover a range of topics, including:
Four lifestyle formulas everyone needs to know
How to approach health problems
The two things we can control in life
Habits to start today
The links to books, concepts and people will be found on thedoctorskitchen.com/podcast page so do check them out. Enjoy!
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#99 The Olive Oil Episode with Dr Simon Poole
5 mei 2021 · 1 uur 26 min
Over the years you’ll have heard me talking about the Mediterranean way of eating and extra virgin olive oil quite frequently and today on the show I’m delighted to be joined by an expert in all things to do with olive oil and the history of a Mediterranean in general, Dr Simon Poole. Lees meer
Everything you need to know about olive oil is in today's episode. It’s origins, it’s therapeutic uses, its impact on heart and brain health. Its potential anti-cancer and weight maintenance effects. The alchemy of olive oil and food.
Today’s podcast was absolutely fascinating .. for me! I learnt so much from Dr Poole who is a Cambridge based GP and is an internationally renowned authority on the science and application of the Mediterranean Diet and lifestyle. He is co-author of the Gourmand Prize winning book The Olive Oil Diet and speaks regularly on the subject of communication and change management in population and individual nutritional health.
We talked about the following:
What the origins of olive oil are
How the oil is produced
It’s regenerative impact on soil and climate health
Diocles of Carystus and Hippocrates and olive oil
The types of phenols in olive oil
Olive and heart health
Alzeihmers and Weight loss with olive oil
Grading olive oil and what to look for
The smoking point of olive oil
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BONUS EPISODE Lifestyle and Long Covid with Professor Robert Thomas
30 april 2021 · 44 min
Professor Robert Thomas is back on the podcast talking about all things to do with Long COVID and some preliminary results from the UK’s only Covid nutrition intervention trial - The Phyto V study. A randomised double blind placebo controlled trial evaluating the influence of a phytochemical rich whole foods capsule plus a probiotic capsule on clinical outcomes among individuals with covid-19 viral infection. The hypothesis for this study is that starting a nutritional intervention in covid-19 positive patients displaying symptoms could shorten the severity or duration of illness. This may or may not have an impact on Long Covid and there are some anecdotes of benefit, however we can’t say for certain whether it’s useful for everyone. Lees meer
What polyphenols were included in the supplement I hear you ask? The researchers used ones that show promise in other viral illnesses and are found in common foods including: The flavanone polyphenol hesperetin found in citrus fruits; the Anthraquinone derivative aloe emodin found in Aloe Vera; Quercetin, a flavonoid found in, onions, apple, pomegranate and citrus fruits; Apigenin a polyphenol found in parsley, chamomile tea and fruit. Curcumin curcuminoids found in turmeric; ellagic acid found in pomegranate.
As a reminder, Professor Robert Thomas is a Consultant Oncologist at Bedford and Addenbrooke’s Hospitals, a clinical teacher at Cambridge University and visiting Professor of Sports and nutritional science at the University of Bedfordshire. He is lead of a Lifestyle and Cancer Research Unit, and is also medical advisor to the website Cancernet.co.uk. Through his amazing work - Prof Robert Thomas has previously been awarded The British Oncology Association’s “Oncologist of the Year” and The Royal College of Radiologist medal.
On Today’s podcast you will learn :
About the details of the study that is yet to be published
The theory behind using a probiotic and a nutrient dense supplement
The tips for covid that are evidence b…
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BONUS EPISODE, Living with Long Covid with Dr Joanna Herman
28 april 2021 · 1 uur 11 min
Today I chat with Dr Joanna Herman, a Consultant in Infectious Diseases and during the first wave of the Pandemic, she contracted COVID. Despite being defined as a ‘mild’ case, with no risk factors for severe disease, she is still significantly debilitated by symptoms of ‘Long COVID’, and has been unable to return to work as a hospital physician for the past year. Lees meer
As you will hear on the pod, Joanna is a very well established physician with years of experience. She has taught at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for 14 years, and has been on the Council of the British Infection Association since 2015. She has worked for Médecins Sans Frontières, is a medical writer, and a specialist medical advisor for the BBC programme Holby City. She is also a qualified Ashtanga Yoga teacher.
Joanna wrote for The Guardian about her experience with Long COVID which is how I came upon the story. And it was particularly touching for me as Joanna also has the perspective of a doctor as a patient, and her experience has highlighted a system that is struggling to help those with a condition not yet understood.
Last year, Joanna set up a yoga group for people who were experiencing significant lung problems following their COVID infection. Combining medical and yoga knowledge, Joanna has helped them learn how to access their lungs and breathe again, and regain their physical pre-viral strength.
There are some absolute nuggets of inspiration that I personally found useful during our conversation and I do hope you enjoy this.
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BONUS EPISODE The Immune System and Covid with Professor Danny Altmann
26 april 2021 · 49 min
Today I’m speaking with Professor Danny Altmann from Imperial College about Covid-19 and the post viral syndrome associated with its infection currently referred to as “Long Covid”. Not a lot is known about this chronic condition which for some people is absolutely debilitating, it could affect 500,000 people in the UK or more and we really need to further research this condition and build the infrastructure to tackle it. Lees meer
Professor Altmann heads a lab at the Hammersmith Hospital Campus of Imperial. Key research interests are the immunology of infectious disease including severe bacterial infections, Zika virus and Chikungunya virus. Other projects focus on autoimmune disease including the role of the microbiota in rheumatoid arthritis.
Today we refresh our memories about what we know about covid:
Danny gives us a quick recap on the immune system
How the virus enters cells via the ACE-2 receptor which is found on multiple sites of the body
The inflammasome, why it’s useful and what goes wrong with covid
The >50 symptoms of long covid including fatigue, headache, loss of attention and SOB
The theoretical mechanisms of long covid – multi organ fibrosis, persistent undetected infection, AI/inflammatory conditions
The parallels with other post viral syndromes such as EBV and post Ebola
Diagnostic uncertainty in Medicine
Vaccine and Variants
The different types of Antibodies
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#98 A Brain Healthy Diet with Dr Dean Sherzai and Dr Ayesha Sherzai
21 april 2021 · 1 uur 41 min
Dementia is the defining disease of our time. In the UK it’s the leading cause of death, almost a million people suffer with it and 1 in every 14 of the population aged over 65. And it’s growing. Lees meer
The most common type is Alzheimers and the treatment? Well there are none. After decades of research and billions of dollars spent, we have a few drugs that mildly improve symptoms but nothing close to a cure. And so when I came across lifestyle measures including diet, exercise and community based interventions that could reduce the risk of getting dementia by 70, 80 or even 90% I had to get Dr. Dean and Dr. Ayesha Sherzai on the pod to talk about their research
They are a unique husband and wife team on the cutting edge of brain science, are dedicated to educating people on the simple steps to long-term health and wellness through their work as Directors of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center, with patients, as well as through online writing, videos, and books at teamsherzai.com
Dr. Dean Sherzai is a behavioral neurologist & neuroscientist whose entire life has been dedicated to behavioral change models at the community and population level. Dr. Ayesha Sherzai finished two residencies at Loma Linda University; preventive medicine and neurology. She also holds a master’s in advanced sciences from UCSD and completed a fellowship in vascular neurology from Columbia University. They are also authors of the book, The 30 Day Alzheimer’s Solution.
We talk about:
How they became interested in brain health and plant based eating
The prevalence of dementia in the US and UK
The brain as a huge energy and oxygen consuming organ
Their community based research in Loma Linda involving over 3000
Creating habit loops
What you will learn:
Why plant forward eating is critical to preventing dementia
Specific foods that Team Sherzai call out as helpful for the brain
The issues around nutritional science and why this information is taking so…
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BONUS EPISODE The Power Hour with Adrienne
19 april 2021 · 1 uur 2 min
I’m joined today by Adrienne, a leading wellness professional, TEDx speaker, Podcast Host, Author and marathon runner. Lees meer
Adrienne is the epitome of the modern digital entrepreneur! Ever since I’ve known her she’s been a vibrant ball of energy who’s so motivating. I always feel happier after speaking to her or listening to her on her incredible weekly podcast 'The Power Hour' where she dives into the first hour of the day with guests including Trevor Nelson, Fearne Cotton, Tom Daley (and me).
Her new book “Power Hour” is all about How to focus your goals and create a life you love.
On today's pod you’ll learn:
All about the Power Hour Concept and the Importance of a morning routine
How to develop an empowered mindset and focus on achieving personal and professional goals
Top tips to improve sleep, which is the foundation for a fantastic day
How to develop your own Power Hour
We also have quite an honest discussion about excuses and taking control of your situation regardless of what life has thrown at you.
I’m sure you’ll find hearing about Andrienne’s journey and story as motivating and inspiring as I do.
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#97 Emotional intelligence, Ego & Becoming Plant Powered with Dr Gemma Newman
14 april 2021 · 1 uur 31 min
Today I had the pleasure of spending time chatting with my good friend Dr Gemma Newman. GP with over 17 years experience in medicine, whole food plant based advocate and now best selling author of the book “The Plant Power Doctor”, A simple prescription for a healthier you. Lees meer
I’ve known Gemma for a number of years and she is one of the most kind hearted and knowledgeable individuals, not only on the subject of nutrition but also on how to empathise and coach behaviour change with patients. She is a founding member and ambassador for PBHPUK, she has a specialist interest in holistic health, plant based nutrition and lifestyle medicine. Through her practice she has come to understand that body, mind and soul are not separate, and that it is only in addressing the root causes of stress and disconnection that we can truly heal, from the inside out.
Another passion of hers includes the promotion of no-till conservation agricultural techniques in order to bring health back to our soil and our farming systems, so as to allow healing of the ecosystems that sustain human life. Planetary health is inextricably linked to human health, and she has spoken on this topic to other health care professionals at a debate at Imperial College as well as during the Extinction Rebellion events.
Today we touch on a range of these subjects including:
Gemma's journey to plant based eating
Food prescriptions and how Gemma coaches patients
BLEND IT - an acronym for behaviour change
How hard GP life is
Regenerative agriculture and the current 6th mass extinction event
Ego and how to detach from one’s perception that the world revolves around them
How Gemma overcame negative events on social media
Do check Gemma out on social media @planntpowerdoctor and her website gemmanewman.com which is full of fantastic free resources too along with Gemma's book - The Plant Power Doctor which is a super read!
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#96 Can We Eat To Beat Depression? with Dr Drew Ramsey
7 april 2021 · 1 uur 8 min
Mental health is a hugely complex multifactorial issue with many causes that can have its roots in pain, psychological trauma, childhood and the complexity of family life. But, through the lens of traditional psychiatry, food, inflammation, the importance of gut health and nutrition have largely been ignored. Lees meer
We’ve had some incredible guests on the pod to talk about this subject in the past including Professor Felice Jacka, Dr Uma Naidoo and Dr Ramsey himself. But the magnitude of the problem and the need to address these issues that are responsible for the leading cause of disability worldwide motivates me to continue having these difficult but important conversations on the podcast.
Drew Ramsey, MD is a leading innovator in mental health, combining clinical excellence, nutritional interventions and creative media. He is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia and in active clinical practice in New York City.
His latest book 'Eat to Beat Depression' is perhaps his best yet, which includes a practical guide to how and why food is central to psychiatry and how you can take care of your brain and mood with food.
As always, Dr Drew Ramsey brings his unique and humble style of humour, joy and playfulness to what is a difficult topic to talk about, not to understate the subject but to make it more accessible and provide an invitation for more discussion around these subjects.
I humbly tip my hat to all the work he’s done and continues to do in teaching both the public and fellow clinicians the value of nutrition in medicine.
I hope you enjoy todays discussion
You can find the recipe Drew made me on YouTube and the Podcast show notes, plus the links to his courses and TED talk at thedoctorskitchen.com
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BONUS EPISODE Sustainable Weight Loss with Dr Nick Fuller
6 april 2021 · 1 uur 4 min
On the podcast today we have the amazing obesity researcher Dr Nick Fuller who brings together a diversity of skills having held positions in both the industry and academic sectors. His current position as Commercial and Industry Program Leader within the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney involves working with government and industry to identify and develop cost-effective treatments for the treatment and management of obesity and related physical and mental health disorders. Lees meer
He has a proven track record of commercialising research in this field to improve not only the health of Australians but the rest of the globe, and continues to receive significant funding and awards for his work with the Interval Weight Lossprogram. He is also the author of three best-selling books on the Interval Weight Loss program.
Nick's work has resulted in policy change in the field of obesity and metabolic disease and his research has been published in The Lancet and JAMA.
On today’s podcast you will learn about:
The Brain body weight regulation in the hypothalamus
Why we’re geared to protect against weight loss, more than gain
The impact of hedonic influence and how dopamine affects food intake
Why rapid diet-induced weight loss brings about negative changes to energy storage, appetite & ultimately weight regain
Why people aren’t failing on their weight loss attempts due to a lack of willpower, they are failing due to the biology
How interval weight loss is a sustainable weight loss programme and why it works alongside lifestyle changes
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#95 Weight Series (Part 2 of 2). The Sugar Episode with Professor Michael Goran & Dr Emily Ventura
31 maart 2021 · 57 min
SUGAR. It’s everywhere and in everything and in various guises. Fake sugar, artificial, refined, raw, natural, low calorie sweetener and table. Over 200 names for it exist. And if you google sugar and health you could be told it’s as innocuous as water or it’s as dangerous and as addictive as cocaine and worse than alcohol for your liver. Lees meer
To get to the crux of what’s really going and how dangerous sugar is in our food system (and it’s artificial counterparts) I’m speaking with Professor Michael Goran - Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and Dr. Emily Ventura a nutrition educator, public health advocate, writer, and cook with a Masters in Public Health and Doctorate of Philosophy in Preventive Medicine. They’re also co-authors the fantastic book “Sugarproof” in which they explain the hidden danger that sugar poses to a child’s development and what options there are for parents and carers to mitigate sugar consumption.
Professor Michael Goran has also published over 350 peer-reviewed articles and reviews. He is the Editor of the “Childhood Obesity: Causes, Consequences and Intervention Approaches” published in 2017, co-editor of “Dietary Sugars and Health” published in late 2014, and currently serves as Editor- in-Chief for Pediatric Obesity.
This is the podcast I’ve been asked to do so many times. So finally we can lift the lid on sugar and its impact. Listen to the end for my top tips and do check out the book Sugarproof on the podcast show notes
On the show today we talk about:
Types of sugar and their various forms
Why Artificial sweeteners could be just as problematic
Why children are uniquely vulnerable to sugar
How problems with sugar can be independent of weight
Why sugar IS addictive
Refined carbohydrates and how they can have similar effects
Sugar, Inflammation and the brain
The mechanisms of how sugar impacts the liver, behaviour and mood
Policies to protect ourselves in the future
Tips to lessen our sugar burden
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#94 Weight Series (Part 1 of 2). Why We Eat Too Much with Dr Andrew Jenkinson
24 maart 2021 · 1 uur 13 min
On the show today I’m delighted to welcome Dr Andrew Jenkinson, a consultant surgeon with a special interest in advanced laparoscopic, (or keyhole) surgery who treats bariatric patients. Lees meer
He is part of an expert team developing advances in gastrointestinal surgery at University College Hospital and author of the book “Why we eat too much”.
Obesity is a particular problem for the UK having the 6th highest prevalence of obesity where 26% of adults are classified as obese and it disproportionately affects both adults and children in lower socioeconomic groups. Because of the prevalence and the dire comorbidities associated with the condition, there is a strong public health incentive to find effective treatments and preventative measures. Yet the debate about obesity is shrouded with oversimplification a lack of appreciation of the foundations of how we got here as well as a lack of empathy for sufferers of this disease.
On the other hand, people whose interests are to protect the mental health of those who suffer with being overweight (whilst their intentions may be genuine) fail to appreciate the need for recognising that there is a problem which needs treatment.
This isn’t an episode geared toward fat shaming or pointing the finger at obese people (as commonly occurs in the media) in the same way previous episodes about eating for migraines, PCOS or IBD are not geared toward pointing the finger at those people for having those conditions. This is for general informational purposes only and to help everyone understand the mechanisms behind why some people struggle with weight vs others, cease the oversimplification of Calories in vs out and recognise the potential interventions before we have to entertain drastic measures such as bariatric surgery.
On the show today we talk about:
How patient stories encouraged Andrew to dig deeper into the mechanisms behind obesity
Why obesity is better defined as a disease and what that means for treatment
NHS Obesity preju…
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#93 Ending Childhood Hunger (Part 2 of 2) with Owen Burton from One Feeds Two
17 maart 2021 · 1 uur 8 min
On the podcast we are continuing the critical conversation around child poverty and hunger that, quite frankly I’m embarrassed to have to be talking about in 2021. Lees meer
Rather than complaining or pointing out a desperate situation I want to shine a light on some incredible initiatives. On that note, I want you to ponder on this:
Can we use hunger to end hunger?
This is the simple revolutionary formula that my next guest and his colleagues founded over 10 years ago. Owen Burton co-founded One feeds Two. A charitable organisation that partners with food brands and work to provide school meals to children living in poverty across the globe.
Thus far, One Feeds Two's partners have donated over 10 millions school meals - and in 2021 alone, they hope to donate over 6 million school meals. The school meals are locally sourced, largely plant-based and typical of the local cuisine - "what the kids would be eating if they were eating at home".
On the show today we talk about:
Owen’s travel and corporate background
The early foundations of one feeds two
Why school meals are magical and the impact on poverty
What we can learn from One feeds Two as it relates to child poverty in the UK
Owen’s current projects and his new drinks brand “Fount”
Do check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes for this and all other episodes
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#92 Ending Childhood Hunger (Part 1 of 2) with FareShare and Magic Breakfast
10 maart 2021 · 1 uur 28 min
This is one of the most pressing conversations of the moment. Lees meer
The extent of childhood hunger and food insecurity that exists not in third world countries, but here in the UK. It is absolutely astounding that 1 in 8 people are food insecure coupled with the fact that a third of food is wasted along various parts of the supply chain.
To open up this discussion I’m inviting representatives from 2 incredible organisations working to tackle these issues in their unique ways, for a fairer and more compassionate society. One where nobody is left unseen nor hungry.
Rather than complaining or pointing out a desperate situation I want to shine a light on these incredible charities
First I speak with Alyson Walsh, Commercial Director with responsibility for Fundraising, Marketing Communications and Volunteering at Fareshare. With 25 years’ experience in the food and retail sector, Alyson possesses a wealth of industry and consumer knowledge,
Later in this pod, I also speak with Emily Frezza (a former primary school teacher) and Alysa Remtulla from Magic Breakfast, a registered charity providing healthy breakfasts to children in the UK who arrive at school too hungry to learn. We talk about the foundations of the charity and the scale of the issue of food insecurity amongst children in the UK. 2 million children in the UK suffer hunger and Magic Breakfast extend their expert support to their partners across 960 Primary, Secondary, ASL/Special Educational Needs Schools and Pupil Referral Units in disadvantaged areas of England and Scotland. They reach around 167,000 children to ensure they start their school day with the energy and nutrition they need to be able to make the most of their morning lessons.
On the pod today we cover the following:
Overview of the problem
What is Food insecurity – what it is, how much of an issue it is, how it’s increased since the pandemic.
Food insecurity is a pre-pandemic problem
How to tackle the stigma surrounding food insecurity
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#91 Solving Happiness with Mo Gawdat
3 maart 2021 · 1 uur 19 min
*Warning. Today’s podcast contains details of parental bereavement. Caution advised* Lees meer
Today I feel like I’ve had one of the most impactful conversations on a personal level. I vividly remember watching Mo Gawdat’s interview on channel 4 news back in 2017 when he was touring and promoting his international bestseller “Solve for Happy”. His story of loss deeply touched me and changed my perspective on happiness and how to attain it. Mo wants you to achieve happiness and wants you to understand that “Happiness is easier to achieve than we’ve led to believe“. For me to have the opportunity to interview him 4 years later is just such a surreal privilege I cannot explain.
Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer of Google [X], author of the international bestselling book Solve for Happy and founder of One Billion Happy.
After a long career in tech, Mo has made happiness his primary topic of research, diving deeply into literature and conversing on the topic with some of the wisest people in the world. Mo is also the host of Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat, where he has the most wonderful conversations with the greatest minds of our time, including Dr Tara Swart, Alain de Botton, Mark Williamson. I highly recommend you dive into this library and if you find Mo’s voice as soothing and rhythmical as I do, you’ll love listening back to his episodes.
A bit of back story to Mo, in 2014 he endured the tragic loss of Ali, his 21 yr old son, after routine surgery. Motivated by his loss, Mo began pouring his findings into his book, Solve for Happy. His mission to help one billion people become happier, #OneBillionHappy, is his attempt to honor Ali by spreading the message that happiness can be learned and shared.
And this is exactly what you’ll hear about in today’s podcast. We talk about:
Mo’s intention for the year
Flow and the various definitions of ‘flow state’
The inability to sit with ourselves
The tragic loss of Mo’s son and how that pushed his mission to ‘so…
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BONUS EPISODE: Preventing the next Pandemic , The Blunt Reality of Microbial Resistance with Dr Ravina Kullar
1 maart 2021 · 37 min
If we do not take action now, 30 years from now, over 10 million people will die every year due to antibiotic-resistant infections. Lees meer
Dr. Ravina Kullar is an Infectious Diseases global expert and researcher, who has spent almost 15 years researching in the infectious disease space.
She is actively leading strategies worldwide to educate the public about various infectious diseases topics. She has been invited to provide 3 TED talks, sharing her own personal patient stories and providing action items that everyone can implement to be a part of the solution of infectious diseases outbreaks. She has also published over 40 research papers, and has been an invited speaker worldwide, educating both clinicians and the public.
Dr. Kullar has been a public health advocate during this COVID-19 pandemic, educating the public via various media outlets. She is the Founder of duXsana, where she serves as the infectious diseases expert, and her team of building experts and interior designers help businesses in reopening safely, keeping infection prevention at the forefront.
We talk about:
Her painful experience with antimicrobial resistance and how that sparked her career in infectious disease
The state of play with microbes and COVID-19
The need for better investigations
5 tips for reducing Antimicrobial resistance that we can be part of
The need to take vaccines
Check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes on this and all other episodes.
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#90 Preventing The Next Pandemic (Part 2 of 2) Quantum Biology & Bacteria with Professor Johnjoe McFadden
24 februari 2021 · 59 min
Professor Johnjoe McFadden is on the show today, he is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey. His principle field of research is in molecular genetics, particularly of microbes that cause infectious diseasesand particularly antimicrobial resistance. Initially he did his PhD at Imperial College London and went on to work on human genetic diseases. Lees meer
As well as studying infectious disease he has also been an advocate for Quantum Biology for nearly twenty years.
In 2014, he, with the physicist, Jim Al-Khalili wrote ‘Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology’, describing recent exciting discoveries of quantum mechanisms in photosynthesis, bird navigation, enzymes and maybe even consciousness.
Today we talk about:
What causes resistant bacteria
The ‘scary twin’ phenomenon
What we can learn from multidrug resistant TB (MDRTB)
Issues with the current use of antimicrobials and how we can reduce the burden
How quantum biology relates to human consciousness
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#89 Preventing The Next Pandemic (Part 1 of 2). Antimicrobial Resistance with Professor Dame Sally Davies
17 februari 2021 · 43 min
*CAUTION - Explicit Language in this episode* Lees meer
How much would you worry about a simple cut ? Probably not much as long as you can get to a medical professional on time and obtain the correct treatment. But what if I was to say that in a few years to come, antibiotics will no longer work? And a simple cut could leave you hugely at risk of sepsis and death. This could be the situation unless we address resistant microbes in our environment and joining me on the podcast to talk about this subject is Professor Dame Sally Davies.
Dame Sally was the Chief Medical Officer for England and Senior Medical Advisor to the UK Government from 2011-2019. Dame Sally Davies was appointed as the UK Government’s Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in 2019. She is also the 40th Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University.
In the 2020 New Year Honours, Dame Sally became the second woman (and the first outside the Royal family) to be appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) for services to public health and research, having received her DBE in 2009.
On the show we talk about
Dame Sally Davies incredible medical career
What sparked her interest in antimicrobial resistance
How Bacteria become resistant
Where food has a role in resistance
What we can do as consumers?
Check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and social media links for this and all other episodes
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BONUS EPISODE: The Journey to Happiness with Stephen & David Flynn of ‘The Happy Pear’
15 februari 2021 · 57 min
The journey to happiness with Stephen and David Flynn from The Happy Pear! Lees meer
The Happy Pear started out back in 2004 with Steve, Dave, a tiny shop and a dream of helping people to eat more veg. Fast forward 15 years, The Happy Pear now consists of cafes, food products, online courses, cookbooks, a farm, a roastery, and a hundred amazing employees with a community of over 1 million people living healthier!
Their latest book is the happy health plan, with information and recipes distilled from their online courses that have helped over 50,000 people globally live healthier lives.
On the show today we talk about:
Their journey from rugby playing, beer drinking lads to meditating, vegan veg shop owners
Their business as a force for good
The importance of healthy environments that allow health to flourish
Being vulnerable and authentic as key to living fulfilled lives
Their failures as well as successes
Laughter, Joy and contentment as the superfoods that enrich their healthy lifestyles
Check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and social media links for this and all other episodes
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#88 Nutrition Science Series (Part 3 of 3) The Supplementation Series with Kamal Patel
10 februari 2021 · 46 min
*CAUTION - Explicit Language in this episode* Lees meer
Confused about supplements? Struggle to understand nutrition science? Constantly bombarded by conflicting headlines about which diet is better than another? How do we make sense of all this information when the noise-signal ratio is so disproportionate?
Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Kamal Patel who is the co-founder and director of Examine.com. The world’s largest unbiased, internet site that peer reviews academic literature on diet, supplements and nutrition knowledge to give the most uncoerced information you can find anywhere. A site that I have personally used during my masters, recommended and supported throughout my nutrition journey.
Kamal holds two master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University, in business and in public health, he’s published peer-reviewed articles on vitamin D and calcium, as well as on a variety of clinical research topics. He’s also been involved in research on fructose and liver health, on nutrition in low-income areas, and on mindfulness meditation.
There are SO MANY things we talk about in this pod that I’ve decided to split it up into 2 parts. The amount of information we talk about is quite overwhelming to listen to, but trust me it’s worth a good listen and there are so many insights I picked up on from Kamals wealth of knowledge:
Circadian Zeitgebers
Non diet Paleolithic perspective
How misinformation and bias starts from the Research labs
Multivitamins, fish oil, vitamin D
Supplements and Lifestyle for Stress, Sleep, Anxiety and
Nootropics and Adaptogens
The Placebo effect
Brain and Cognitive enhancing supplements, green tea, choline, berries, fish oil
Supplements for Vegans - B12, choline, creatine, carnosine, fatty acids
Collagen for arthritis and skin
Contaminants in supplements
How to choose supplements
The precautionary principle with supplementation
Immunonutrition
Corona Virus supplements - Zinc, elderberry, Vitamin D, Garlic, Vitamin C
Health …
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#87 Nutrition Science Series (Part 2 of 3) The Supplementation Series with Kamal Patel
3 februari 2021 · 1 uur 9 min
*CAUTION - Explicit Language in this episode* Lees meer
Confused about supplements? Struggle to understand nutrition science? Constantly bombarded by conflicting headlines about which diet is better than another? How do we make sense of all this information when the noise-signal ratio is so disproportionate?
Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Kamal Patel who is the co-founder and director of Examine.com. The world’s largest unbiased, internet site that peer reviews academic literature on diet, supplements and nutrition knowledge to give the most uncoerced information you can find anywhere. A site that I have personally used during my masters, recommended and supported throughout my nutrition journey.
Kamal holds two master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University, in business and in public health, he’s published peer-reviewed articles on vitamin D and calcium, as well as on a variety of clinical research topics. He’s also been involved in research on fructose and liver health, on nutrition in low-income areas, and on mindfulness meditation.
There are SO MANY things we talk about in this pod that I’ve decided to split it up into 2 parts. The amount of information we talk about is quite overwhelming to listen to, but trust me it’s worth a good listen and there are so many insights I picked up on from Kamals wealth of knowledge:
Circadian Zeitgebers
Non diet Paleolithic perspective
How misinformation and bias starts from the Research labs
Multivitamins, fish oil, vitamin D
Supplements and Lifestyle for Stress, Sleep, Anxiety and
Nootropics and Adaptogens
The Placebo effect
Brain and Cognitive enhancing supplements, green tea, choline, berries, fish oil
Supplements for Vegans - B12, choline, creatine, carnosine, fatty acids
Collagen for arthritis and skin
Contaminants in supplements
How to choose supplements
The precautionary principle with supplementation
Immunonutrition
Corona Virus supplements - Zinc, elderberry, Vitamin D, Garlic, Vitamin C
Health …
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#86 Nutrition Science Series (Part 1 of 3) Why Everything About Nutrition Could Be Wrong with Professor Tim Spector
27 januari 2021 · 59 min
Is everything we have been told about nutrition wrong? And have we questioned prevailing dietary dogma enough? Are we asking the right questions in nutrition science and if not, how do we rectify it? Lees meer
Professor Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Kings College London and honorary consultant Physician at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals is my guest this week and we dive into these questions and more.
He is the lead researcher behind the world’s biggest citizen science health project – the Covid Symptom study app. This free tool has been used by more than 4 million people in the UK, US, and Sweden. The app identified new symptoms of the disease and risk factors as well as monitoring its progress to warn health authorities.
He has published four popular books- including the best-selling Diet Myth and more recently, Spoon-Fed, a Sunday Times bestseller that I think is absolutely fantastic.
On the show today we talk about:
Why the calorie in calorie out dogma is entirely flawed
Why salt may not be the prime suspect
The approach to pesticides we should take
Artificially sweetened beverages
Practical suggestions for how to live healthier
What the future of personalised nutrition could hold
Check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and social media links for this episode
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#85 The Brain Series (Part 3 of 3). Transforming your Brain with Dr Tara Swart
20 januari 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
What if we could harness the power of our thoughts to change the function of our brain and manifest the perfect life we’ve always wanted for ourselves. You might think I’m talking about new-age self help sensationalism, quantum physics and hype. But I’m actually talking about concepts rooted in ancient philosophy, that are being proven by breakthroughs in neuroscience and neuroimaging. Lees meer
I’m delighted to be chatting with Dr Tara Swart - a neuroscientist, medical doctor, executive advisor, Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan, and author of best-seller ‘The Source’. A book that distills the principles and actions of how we can harness the power of our conscious mind to alter the world around us.
Tara is passionate about disseminating simple, pragmatic neuroscience-based messages that change the way people live and work. She personally advises a small number of individuals via personal recommendation only, and speaks at major conferences globally.
Today we talk about:
The field of nutrition, the microbiota and how that has an impact on our thoughts
Ancient wisdom and how this has been gradually explained through the lens of neuroscience
The science explained the “law of attraction”
How to manifest your thoughts into reality
Brain agility and how we train it
Neuroplasticity
Psychobiotics
Brain healthy foods, Brain healthy exercises and Brain healthy thoughts
Why action boarding works
Tara’s personal story of leaving her job, divorce and moving country all at the same time and how she harnessed the power of her mind to maintain resilience
“There’s no fate but what we make for ourselves” – The Terminator
Do be sure to check out The Doctor's Kitchen Website for full show notes and social media links for this and all our other episodes.
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#84 The Brain Series (Part 2 of 3). Eating for ADHD with Dr Rachel Gow
13 januari 2021 · 1 uur 21 min
Research highlights a crucial link between nutrition, ADHD and brain health, and there is some evidence, although not fantastic quality evidence, but some nonetheless, that indicates smart food choices for ADHD and Brain Health and data on supplementation which can influence cognitive Function. Lees meer
On the show we have Dr Rachel Gow, Ph.D who is both a nutrition professional and experienced researcher plus a parent of a child with ADHD who has the experience of being in the position of not knowing what to do to help their child. ADHD affects 1 in 20 children - 500,000 in the UK and roughly one in every classroom. And there are some incredibly well known figures in business, the arts and dance who are diagnosed with ADHD, but there is also a darker side to the condition that doesn’t get as much airtime and is something that we should be mindful of.
Rachel is a London based psychologist specialising in child and adult mental health and has specific expertise in ADHD, Autism, Depression, Anxiety and related learning and behaviour conditions. In addition, Dr. Gow is a Registered Nutritionist and has a Masters of Science in Psychological Research Methods, She has published approximately 22 peer reviewed book chapters and scientific papers, and her first book “Smart Foods for ADHD and Mental Health” is being published by Hachette in February 2021.
Dr. Gow frequently lectures at London Metropolitan University, the University of Surrey and has an honorary role at The Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
On the show today we talk about:
Rachel’s personal story with her child's development
OMEGA-3 Fatty acids and why they are critical for the brain and it's function
Clinical trials looking at supplementation
The impact of the gut on Serotonin, Dopamine, Neurogenesis and Brain Inflammation
OMEGA-3 for depression and ADHD
Do check out The Doctor's Kitchen Website for full show notes and social media links for this episode and others.
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New Year Bonus Episode: Why 3-2-1 will change the way you cook forever
11 januari 2021 · 34 min
In today's bonus episode, I'm basically going to tell you everything that is in my new book, 'Doctor's Kitchen 3-2-1'. I'm going through each chapter and giving you a summary of how the book came about, why I think it will change the way you cook and eat forever and my aspiration to help 10 million people eat Doctor's Kitchen meals everyday. I talk about: Lees meer
The formula for 3-2-1
Why eating more Fruit and vegetables is the core focus of my book
How fats are just as important and fruits and vegetables
The mechanisms behind the medicinal effect of food
The flaws surrounding Nutritional Science
Fasting and how it works
The functional benefits of food
If you haven't seen a copy, check it out wherever books are sold (here's a link to the Amazon page) and make sure you subscribe to the newsletter for weekly recipes and healthy eating inspiration.
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#83 The Brain Series (Part 1 of 3). Food, OCD and Anxiety with Dr Uma Naidoo
6 januari 2021 · 1 uur 7 min
Dr Uma Naidoo is a Harvard trained psychiatrist, Professional Chef and Nutrition Specialist. It is a pleasure to host this internationally regarded medical pioneer in this more newly recognized field of Nutritional Psychiatry. Lees meer
In her role as a Clinical Scientist, Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based clinical service in Nutritional Psychiatry in the USA. She is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry & Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School.
Dr Uma is a professionally trained chef as well as working as a Psychiatrist, and after listening to this podcast you’ll understand why Michelin-starred David Bouley described her as “the world’s first “triple threat” in the food as medicine space”
Dr. Naidoo, has been asked by The American Psychiatric Association to author the first academic text in Nutritional Psychiatry. But she’s already the author of a book you can get your hands on in the UK called “The Food Mood connection” and in the States it’s “This is your brain on FOOD”.
On the show today we talked about:
Uma’s upbringing, family roots in ayurveda and how her grandmother influenced her love of medicine and food
Culinary School and why she went
Nutritional Medicine it’s scientific shortcomings and her dietary agnosticism
Food Irritants to mental health, including transfats, additives and sugar
Spices, Fibre and Plants
Her perspective on Nootropics and Adaptogens
The vagus nerve as a bidirectional superhighway of information between the gut and brain
The connection between diet and OCD, PTSD and Anxiety
Her culinary hacks for making healthy food taste incredible
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Bonus Episode: Learnings from 2020
9 december 2020 · 47 min
This year has been an interesting test of patience, and for a lot of us it has been tragic. My time in hospital and working in emergency has been pretty harrowing at times, but today I want to share with you a number of coping strategies I’ve maintained. I also want to put a spotlight on my learnings from 2020 in this solo episode to round off the year. Lees meer
Today I talk about:
Gratitude and why I practice it
3 key learnings from my Nutritional medicine masters
What I learnt from the podcast this year
Inequality and how this existed before the pandemic
The pandemic is our Third World War - Jon Snow
Food, purpose and community
The power of routine and how my morning shapes my day
The importance of journaling
My aspirations for the new year
A huge thanks again to all our amazing guests this year on the podcast and for all of you who listen and enjoy the content - we hugely appreciate the support!
Do check out The Doctor's Kitchen Website where you can see all our episodes and supporting show notes.
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#82 Wellness for Entrepreneurs (Part 3 of 3) Building a Brand for Life with Liz Earle MBE
4 december 2020 · 52 min
Liz Earle MBE, is an absolute phenomena. She has 35 books to her name, multiple TV shows, a global beauty brand, a magazine and a hugely engaged and connected community online. Lees meer
Her work in beauty and wellness started way before the trend and her commitment to this area, along with many other businesses, built the foundations for the wellness industry currently valued at over a trillion dollars globally.
Today I’m going to be chatting with Liz about her entrepreneurial journey, her experiences and what she has learned along the way. I want to share her story, her strategies for maintaining personal wellbeing, creating a support system around her as well as what excites her about the landscape right now.
This is quite a personal podcast from both sides and we share a number of anecdotes which I hope will help you the listener understand the journey of an entrepreneur a bit better.
This episode is for anyone who wants to know more about what it takes to be a founder in a unique industry as well as the added complexity of maintaining authenticity and safety for consumers, as is so important in Wellness.
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#81 Wellness for Entrepreneurs (Part 2 of 3) Coping with Startup Stress with Zanna van Dijk and Natalie Glaze
3 december 2020 · 1 uur 24 min
Entrepreneurship has a real glamour to it these days. With images of global startups such as Tesla, Lyft, Gymshark, Monzo and more. But what is startup life really like? And is it as desirable as people make it out to be? Lees meer
I’m thrilled to welcome along good friends of mine to the show - Zanna van Dijk and Natalie Glaze. These entrepreneurial, passionate ocean lovers wanted to create a business which was a force for good. A business that aligns with their morals and actually serves the planet.
To fulfil this desire they co-founded Stay Wild Swim in 2018, an ethical and sustainable swimwear brand made from regenerated ocean plastic in the heart of London. Since the launch it has quickly become a leader in the sustainable fashion industry with a radically transparent supply chain, showing that you can consciously produce clothing without compromising style and quality. I personally know just how much effort goes into sourcing the raw materials, the fulfillment process and the seasonless slow fashion approach.
Featured in Vogue, showcased at London Fashion Week, stocked in Selfridges and approved by Anna Wintour - Stay Wild Swim has seen huge success in a short period of time and is set to continue shaking up the fashion world.
But what are the costs of startup? Beyond the glamour and the success what is the day to day like? The stresses, the sacrifice and how do these young business women stay grounded? What is their secret?
On the show today we talk about:
How Zanna and Natalie connected and grew the concept of what became Stay Wild
Their rapid journey to success, features across both luxury magazines and the biggest social media account
What stresses they have encountered on their short journey
What coping mechanisms they have learnt along the way
Zannas personal illness that led to her understanding the value of stopping and taking time for herself
What advice Natalie and Zanna have for listeners to cope with anxiety and stress, regardless of whether they…
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#80 Wellness for Entrepreneurs (Part 1 of 3) The Business of Wellness with Lauren Armes
2 december 2020 · 48 min
On the podcast today, I welcome Lauren Armes. Lauren is a business coach, speaker, writer and entrepreneur who founded Welltodo, a global industry network for the wellness industry, in 2014. Lees meer
Welltodo is now respected as a definitive voice for the business of wellness, spotlighting innovation and trends, case studies and insights. As a company, Welltodo helps people to build incredible businesses and careers in the wellness industry – through its events, recruitment and coaching services, and more.
I have known Lauren for a number of years now and this episode is centred around how the success of wellness, which has become so pervasive in every aspect of our lives, will yield even more importance and impact in years to come.
On the show today we talk about:
Lauren’s background in the wellness industry and how she got started
The initial issues with wellness and its pitfalls
How every company of the future will be a wellness company
Diversity in the wellness industry
The responsibility of an industry predicated on health
The future trends in wellness
How people should think about starting their own wellness product or brand
How welltodo itself has had to pivot in response to the pandemic
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BONUS EPISODE: Squats, Purpose and Plants. Your Healthy Ageing Prescription with Dr Kate Gregorevic
30 november 2020 · 41 min
“One of the greatest gifts of being a doctor for older adults is the constant reminder that life is fragile, finite and precious.” Lees meer
On the show today is Dr Kate Gregorevic - a geriatrician and internal medicine physician. She works in both acute hospital medicine and community settings and has completed a PhD looking at the impact of positive psychosocial factors in the development of frailty in older adults
Lifestyle medicine is a core feature of Kate’s clinical practice, and nutrition, exercise and sleep are integral to developing plans to optimise her patients’ health. Her approach goes beyond physical, by working with people to identify their own priorities and values, and always centring these in any management plans.
On the show today we talk about:
How we balance the need to change health behaviours to improve longevity with the need to enjoy today
Why we should focus on creating health in the present, as something that is valuable in its' own right and helps us engage in life, rather than something for the future
The importance of including social and emotional wellbeing in any definition of health
The perspective of a Geriatrician
Assessing someone’s readiness to change and tips to motivate them
Sarcopenia and how to prevent this
Your prescription for healthy ageing (Squats, Purpose and Plants)
The impact of loneliness and how it activates a stressor response
Please do check out Dr Kate's book - Staying Alive - it's a really great read and has some fascinating information
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#79 The Keto Series (Part 2 of 2), How Keto Saved My Child with Alex Ash
25 november 2020 · 1 uur 15 min
A slightly different podcast episode today to give an authentic human experience of what effect a ketogenic diet could have in certain circumstances - we’re talking with Alex Ash, a colleague of one of my best friends in America, who reached out to me a while ago wanting to share his personal experience with the use of a Ketogenic diet for his son’s medical condition. Lees meer
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe form of childhood epilepsy with multiple types of seizures and as you’ll hear, Alex and his partners experience has not been a straight forward one in the slightest.
For any of you listening with children, with or without a chronic condition, I just want to say from the outset that this episode could be triggering so I would exercise some caution if you do not want to listen.
Alex’s story has a positive ending but I understand this is not the case for a lot of people struggling with epilepsy and many other conditions. As a medical doctor I witness the daily battle many parents and carers have to endure for the sake of their loved ones.
As always, none of the information spoken about on today’s podcast is taken to be medical advice, always speak with your practitioner about changes to medication, dietary or supplement regimen.
And there are a few explanations for how the keto diet may yield an effect offered by Alex that are not technically accurate, but for the purposes of this special podcast I’ve chosen to completely unedit our conversation. If you’re interested in the more nuanced opinion of a practitioner I would listen to the previous podcast with Sue Wood that I've linked here for you.
I hope you enjoy listening to Alex tell Jachin’s story, it’s certainly hit home a lot of truths to me.
Remember to check out The Doctor's Kitchen website where you can find full show notes and social media links for this episode
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BONUS EPISODE: Bread and Bliss with Roly Allen
23 november 2020 · 54 min
Have you noticed the sourdough trend sweep through the globe during lockdown? Lees meer
People have developed a new love of home cooking and slowed down sourdough is top of the menu. But Roly Allen’s story started before the pandemic.
After an exhausting couple of decades spent working, commuting, travelling and raising two children, Roly Allen baked his first sourdough loaf in his mid 40s because he’d been made redundant and needed a healthy pursuit while he got back on his feet.
On the pod today Roly talks me through the process of baking and how sourdough saved his life.
We chat about many things on the pod today but I highly encourage you to try a sourdough bake yourself. If not for the health of your body, then for the mindfulness benefits that bread baking can have.
And do check out Roly's book - 'How to Raise A Loaf' - it's super interesting and full of great advice and hints and tips for baking bread
And do check out The Doctor's Kitchen website where Roly has shared a 'Working Day Sourdough' recipe and we have all other show notes and social media links
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#78 The Keto Series (Part 1 of 2): What is the Ketogenic Diet, with Sue Wood
18 november 2020 · 1 uur 39 min
Susan Wood has worked as a UK registered dietitian for over 35 years, predominantly in the NHS, treating a wide range of paediatric and adult conditions. In 2008, the referral of one young adult for the dietary management of drug resistant epilepsy sparked her interest in ketogenic diet therapy (KDT) and since then she has been pioneering the development of adult treatment protocols in the UK and raising the awareness of dietitians and adult neurologists to the potential that KDT can offer to adults. Lees meer
In 2009 she started to work alongside the Matthews Friends Charity offering support to adults and their neurology teams seeking treatment. Sue continues to oversee the treatment of adults & children with drug resistant epilepsy and mentors NHS teams keen to explore KDT use in adults. She has recently co-authored reports on; the brain tumour patient experience of the use of KDT and the first international recommendations for the management of adults treated with ketogenic diet therapies. She is a member of the UK based Ketogenic Dietitians Research Network (KDRN) and a visiting lecturer at Surrey University.
In today’s pod we talk about:
What the ketogenic diet entails
The history of KD therapy
Myths and misinformation about the ketogenic diet
The therapeutic utility of KD in epilepsy, cancer and metabolic disorders
The mechanism of KD
The biochemical changes that the ketogenic fuel-switch offers
From the plate to the petri dish, we need more understanding
The adverse effects of KD
The future of research
Patient resources and support networks
Do check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and social media links for this episode
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BONUS EPISODE: From Hospital Radio to Pints with the Prince with Radio 1 DJ Chris Stark
16 november 2020 · 1 uur
Today on this bonus episode for books that I’m recommending for Christmas, we have Radio 1 DJ Chris Stark, co-host of the award winning “That Peter Crouch Podcast“ with millions of listeners and now author of the new student cookbook initially titled “Eat Sleep Rave Reheat” and now changed to “Eat Sleep Zoom” .. for obvious reasons. Lees meer
We chat about Chris’ humble beginnings in hospital radio, his passion for the platform, spreading humour and of course THAT famous 5 minute interview with Mila Kunis that introduced him to the world stage of A-list celebritydom, plus how his latest podcast has led him all the way to hanging out with Prince William at Kensington palace.
We also talk about his future plans, following your dreams and the importance of being your most authentic self.
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#77 Why You Should Eat Sprouts, with Dr Chris D’Adamo
11 november 2020 · 59 min
What are the issues with nutritional research, how do we create a robust culinary medicine teaching system for doctors … and why should we eat sprouts? These are the questions I put to Dr Chris D’Adamo - Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine on today’s podcast! Lees meer
Dr D’Adamo is a medical research scientist with expertise in the synergistic effects of healthy lifestyle, environmental exposures, and genetics on human health and wellness. And his research, clinical, and educational network includes leaders in the fields of integrative medicine, functional medicine, and lifestyle medicine.
On the show today we talk about:
Epidemiology and his background in studying research
How his culinary medicine programme was set up
What phytonutrients cruciferous vegetables have in them and how they are processed
Sulforaphane and where it comes from
What the mechanisms are behind this nutraceutical found in broccoli, cabbage and sprouts
The anti-viral activity of Sulforaphane
The impact on Heat Shock Proteins and Neuro-inflammation
How Sulforaphane impacts detoxification mechanisms and why this is important
How supplements are to be used exactly as a ‘supplement’ to the foundation of a healthy diet and lifestyle
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#76 Can You Eat for COVID with Professor Robert Thomas
4 november 2020 · 55 min
I’m delighted to welcome back Professor Robert Thomas to the show. Lees meer
You may remember we spoke with Prof Robert previously on one of our earlier episodes and I’m thrilled that he could join me again.
Professor Robert Thomas is a Consultant Oncologist at Bedford and Addenbrooke’s Hospitals, a clinical teacher at Cambridge University and visiting Professor of Sports and nutritional science at the University of Bedfordshire.
In addition - he is lead of a Lifestyle and Cancer Research Unit and is also medical advisor to the website Cancernet.co.uk. Through his amazing work - Prof Robert Thomas has previously been awarded The British Oncology Association’s “Oncologist of the Year” and The Royal College of Radiologist medal.
On the show today we talk about:
Professor Roberts current experience of COVID on the ward as a consultant
His latest trial using food supplements and probiotics as an addition to conventional treatment
The formulation of the product with industry and the issues it may pose
His experience of conducting the research and comparing that to the POMI-T trials
Why lifestyle modification and prevention of comorbidities has to be the foundation rather than supplements alone
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