Nutrition for satiety and weight loss | Dr Federica Amati
In this episode, I sit down with head nutritionist at ZOE, researcher, and author of The Appetite Reset, Dr Federica Amati, to unpack the biology of appetite and satiety. Federica holds a PhD in Clinical Medicine Research from Imperial College London, a masters in public health, and a background spanning pharmacology, clinical nutrition, and public […]
The Surgeon Defending Statins, GLP-1s, and Ancel Keys | Dr Terry Simpson
In this episode, I sit down with bariatric surgeon and science communicator Dr Terry Simpson. Terry is a surgeon by training and a virologist by background. He spent his career operating on bariatric patients, became certified in Culinary Medicine, and now spends much of his time pushing back against the steady stream of health misinformation […]
Has Optimisation Culture Gone Too Far? | Sarah Ann Macklin
In this episode, I’m joined by Sarah Ann Macklin to explore why modern wellness can feel more overwhelming, performative, and emotionally exhausting than ever before. Sarah is a registered nutritionist, founder of the Be Well Collective, and author of Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard, a new book examining the hidden psychological costs of perfectionism, optimisation culture, and […]
What the Headlines Get Wrong About the Future of Meat | Bruce Friedrich
Six years on from our first conversation, the world’s appetite for meat is bigger than ever. Global meat consumption has set a new record almost every year since 1961, and by every available measure, the harms of industrial animal agriculture, from the climate to public health, animal welfare, and pandemic risk, are getting worse rather […]
Improving cholesterol and blood pressure with diet | A Masterclass
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death globally, and yet the conversation around prevention has rarely felt more confused. We hear that seed oils are inflammatory, that saturated fat doesn’t matter, that statins do all the work, and that diet is largely beside the point. None of these claims hold up well when you […]
The Peptides Quietly Accelerating Aging | Dr Valter Longo
The peptide and GLP-1 conversation has reached a fever pitch. Walk into any wellness corner of the internet and you will find growth-hormone-releasing peptides being marketed as the new fountain of youth, GLP-1s being framed as the perfect drug for almost everyone, and an aesthetic of optimisation that promises more muscle, less fat, higher IGF-1, […]
The Diet That Lowers Cholesterol Like a Statin | Dr Andrea Glenn
Plant-based nutrition has been pulled in two directions over the past few years. On one side, an increasingly loud chorus arguing that seed oils are dangerous, that animal protein is the only protein that matters, and that nutrition epidemiology is junk science. On the other, a quieter group of researchers continuing to do the careful, […]
Food Labels, Fibre, and Ultra-Processed Foods: What Really Matters | Rhiannon Lambert
Ultra-processed foods have moved from a fringe concern to the centre of the nutrition conversation. They show up in headlines, social feeds, supermarket aisles, and household debates, and yet many people are still unsure what to actually do at the till. In this episode, I sit down with registered nutritionist and Sunday Times bestselling author […]
The Peptide Lie: What a Drug Developer Reveals About the Compounds Everyone Is Injecting | Dr Leigh Baxt
Peptides are everywhere right now. They are being marketed for fat loss, injury recovery, anti-ageing, gut health, energy, and almost every other wellness promise you can imagine. But behind the hype, there is a much more important question: what do we actually know? In this episode, I sit down with Dr Leigh Baxt to unpack […]
Preventing and reversing osteoporosis | Dr Belinda Beck
In this episode, I sit down with Dr Belinda Beck to unpack one of the most misunderstood areas of health and ageing: bone strength. For decades, the message has been to “take it easy” with osteoporosis, but Belinda’s research challenges that idea, showing that the right kind of exercise can not only be safe, but […]
