Nutrition, health and performance explained by scientists, clinicians and entrepreneurs.
Episodes
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Doctor Chris George is a full time NHS medical doctor and in this episode we discuss his experience during the pandemic and ways to support mental and physical health and wellbeing.
Once Chris discovered the benefits of an evidence-based approach to lifestyle medicine and preventative healthcare he changed his perspective on the delivery of traditional medicine. He then changed career paths into General Practice so that he could focus on a more holistic approach to healthcare.
https://www.drchrisgeorge.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/dr.chris.george/?hl=en
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7177487/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0JX2JsM37Y
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
I was fortunate enough to sit down with Dr Ally Jaffee and Dr Iain Broadley, the founders of Nutritank.
In this fascinating episode we discuss:
- The impact of nutrition in medicine
- Integrating nutrition and lifestyle medicine into the medical curriculum
- The evolving landscape of healthcare
- How to get involved in this movement
Nutritank is a triple-award winning non-for-profit organisation established in 2017 by then medical students Dr Ally Jaffee and Dr Iain Broadley. Nutritank’s mission is to increase nutrition and lifestyle medicine education within medical training. Nutritank have produced key research, informed policy, featured in media with celebrities like Jamie Oliver and have created a national network of like- minded individuals.
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Sumantra (Shumone) Ray is a Licensed Medical Doctor as well as a Registered Nutritionist (Public Health), with special interests in Nutrition Education in Health Systems and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Since 2008 he has been Founding Chair and Executive Director of the NNEdPro Global Centre for Nutrition and Health, headquartered in Cambridge and working across twelve regional networks across six continents including a highly active Indian contingent. In 2018 he became the Co-Founder and Chair of BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health. Shumone is a Director of Research in Cambridge and a Bye-Fellow of Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge. He holds Visiting Professorships in Imperial College London School of Public Health, Ulster University Schools of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences as well as further afield in Wollongong Australia. He is also Honorary International Dean for the Lord Rana Foundation Charitable Trust’s Cordia Colleges in Punjab, India.
In this conversation we talk about:
- Nutrition education in healthcare
- New nutrition education methods such as The Mobile Teaching Kitchen
- The importance of linking nutrition research, policy, and clinical practice
- much, much more
Within the University of Cambridge TIGR2ESS Programme, Shumone is Co-Lead of Flagship Project 6 seeking to Impact Wellbeing in Rural and Urban Communities by exploring the relationships between education and empowerment, lives and livelihoods, better food and nutrition leading to improved health and economic outcomes. FP6 evaluates theories of change spanning the assessment of needs through to piloting innovative intervention models. FP6 and the NNEdPro Global Centre for Nutrition and Health, led by Shumone has co-developed and adapted the award-winning ‘Mobile Teaching Kitchen’ or MTK intervention for use.
BMJ paper - https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/02/bmjnph-2020-000072
NNEdPro - https://www.nnedpro.org.uk/
MTK - https://www.nnedpro.org.uk/mtk
Article - https://www.nnedpro.org.uk/post/a-13-year-journey-towards-implementing-improved-medical-nutrition-education-in-the-uk-and-beyond
COVID-19 microsite - https://www.nnedpro.org.uk/coronavirus
IANE - https://iane.online/
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Dr David Unwin FRCGP works at the Norwood NHS Surgery in Southport near Liverpool, UK where he has cared for the same population since 1986 as a family doctor. To date 105/206 of his patients with T2 diabetes have achieved drug-free remission. This gives a remission rate of 50% at 30 months duration of a lower carb diet, one of the best results for any clinic in the world!
I had the pleasure of meeting David at the IHCAN Summit in 2021 where he blew me away with his impressive results in not only type 2 diabetes but also weight loss and blood pressure. In this fascinating conversation, we discuss:
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Low carb diets in reversing type 2 diabetes
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Benefits of low carb for cholesterol and triglycerides
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Low carb diets for weight loss
- Addictive properties of wheat and dairy
For the past few years, David has been a UK Royal College of General Practitioners expert clinical advisor on diabetes. As a result of his interests in both better communication with patients and type 2 diabetes he was made Royal College of General Practice National Champion for Collaborative Care and Support Planning in Obesity & Diabetes in 2015.
Public Health Collaboration - https://phcuk.org/
PHC Resources - https://phcuk.org/resources/
BMJ paper - https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/02/bmjnph-2020-000072
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33317019/
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Mark Hollingsworth is the CEO of the Nutrition Society, a scientific learned society, based in London, United Kingdom, a position he has held since 2014. I met Mark in 2017 when I was fortunate enough to work for the Nutrition Society and we have stayed in touch ever since.
In this fascinating episode we discuss:
- Dealing with stress during military service
- Strategies to handle emotionally testing situations
- Resilience in a leadership position during COVID-19
- Coping with the death of loved ones
- and much, much more
A graduate of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, Mark began his career by serving for 16 years in a variety of roles as a military officer in the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force, serving in Belize, Germany, Canada and the UK. Upon leaving the Royal Air Force Hollingsworth then developed extensive leadership experience in the non-profit sector, serving as a Director, Vice-President, Executive Director and Board Chair in Canada. This was followed by a two- year period as a visiting lecturer on Leadership at the University of Winnipeg in Canada, during which time he published two books on the basic skills of leadership. He returned to the United Kingdom in 2014 to take up his role as CEO of the Nutrition Society.
He was awarded CEO of The Year for life sciences in 2018 by CEO Today Magazine, the Global 100 CEO of the Year for Life Sciences in 2019, and has been named in 2021 as one of the Top 20 Most Dynamic CEOs in the United Kingdom by CEO Publications.
Links
https://www.nutritionsociety.org/
https://markhollingsworth.org/
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Dr Jenna Macciochi is an immunologist, author and is on a mission to unravel the science around the immune system and help people decode exactly what it takes to be well in the modern-day.
In this episode we discuss the topic of immune resilience. Not just how we stop getting ill but how we can bounce back from illness.
In this fascinating discussion we touch upon:
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Exercise, fitness in relation to immunity
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How vegetables, fruit and polyphenol intake affects immunity
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Vitamins and minerals and the immune system
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Supplements
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And much, much more
Jenna has over 20 years’ experience researching the impact of diet and lifestyle on the immune system and her curiosity about the human body in health and disease has driven her research, deepening her understanding of how what we eat and how we live affects out health and wellbeing.
IG @dr_jenna_macciochi
Twitter @drjmacc
University of Sussex https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p404979-jenna-macciochi
website www.drjennamacciochi.com
1-2-1 work www.healthpath.com/practitioners/
1st Book https://smarturl.it/immunitybook
2nd book which is out Feb 24th next year: https://amzn.to/3cyx3ae
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Emma Beswick is a Nutritional Therapist and nutrigenomics specialist. She is the founder and CEO of Lifecode Gx®, the UK’s leading nutrigenomics testing, research and training company. Emma lectures widely on the subject of nutrigenomics and is well respected for her knowledge and ability to present complex aspects of nutrigenomics in an accessible and clinical relevant way.
I found this conversation hugely interesting which highlights our bio-individuality and how our lifestyle and diet can have enormous effects on our stress responses and overall health.
In this fascinating conversation, we cover:
- How stress is related to our genetics
- How our diet and alcohol can influence our stress levels
- What vitamins and minerals support our stress response
- Our personal stories and realisations
and much much more.
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Dr Sarah Berry is an Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences at King's College London and her research interests relate to the influence of dietary components on markers of cardiovascular disease risk, with a particular focus on:
- Precision nutrition
- Postprandial metabolism
- Food and fat structure
Since commencing her research career at King’s in 2000, she has been the academic leader for more than 30 human nutrition studies in cardio-metabolic health.
Sarah has been working on the PREDICT studies which look at how our microbiome can influence our responses to certain foods and how we can personalise nutrition to improve our health.
Podcast with Yael Joffe on Nutrigenomics
https://functionalhealth.podbean.com/e/50-dr-yael-joffe-nutrigenomics-the-relationship-between-nutrition-and-genetics/
Podcast with The Mac Twin
https://functionalhealth.podbean.com/e/35-the-mac-twins-gut-stuff-how-to-improve-your-gut-health-why-gut-health-is-linked-with-whole-body-health-and-what-you-can-do-to-improve-yours/
PREDICT 1 Study
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32528...
Dietary Inflammation
https://joinzoe.com/whitepapers/dieta...
https://academic.oup.com/cdn/article/...
Glucose Dips
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33846...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10444...
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
The Essential Oils Apothecary Book
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Yael is at the forefront of nutrigenomic education and has helped develop and supervise nutrigenomics courses around the world. She is currently an Adjunct Professor, teaching Nutrigenomics at Rutgers University and MUIH.
In the rapidly-evolving discipline of nutrigenomics, Yael is globally acknowledged as a leading expert in the field. She is a highly sought-after speaker, has co-authored two books, ‘It’s Not Just Your Genes’ and ‘Genes To Plate’, and has been published in multiple peer-reviewed scientific journals. Yael is also a faculty member of the Institute for Functional Medicine and is involved in advancing the understanding and integration of Functional Nutrition in South Africa.
She is co-founder and Chief Science Officer of https://www.3x4genetics.com/
In this episode we cover:
- What genes can tell us about our health
- Pros and Cons of DNA diets
- How our genes can affect our carbohydrate and fat tolerance!
- The greatest predictors of disease risk
- What to look for in a genetic test
- and much more.