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Diet and Health Today

Zoë Harcombewww.zoeharcombe.com
Come and enjoy Zoë Harcombe and guests chat about what’s important to you in the world of Diet & Health Today. This show has something for everyone who’s concerned about their own health and the health of their family and friends, with up-to-date science, advice and tips from leading diet, health and exercise professionals.

Episodes

Laura Dodsworth talks about her new book 'A State of Fear'

Laura Dodsworth is an author, journalist, photographer and filmmaker. In her latest book 'A State of Fear', she investigates how the government weaponised our fear against us – supposedly in our best interests – until we were one of the most frightened countries in the world.

May 16, 202141 min

Davs Dennis chats about the importance of maintaining functional fitness

Davs (Dafydd) Dennis is a former Royal Marine, paramedic, current CrossFit seminar staff flow master and CrossFit affiliate owner. In this episode on fitness, Davs and Zoë use their shared knowledge and experience of the CrossFit terminology and principles to talk about fitness generally.

May 12, 202134 min

Nina Teicholz chats about the Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Nina Teicholz is a wonderful trail blazer in our real food world. She is a passionate advocate for nutrient-dense food and is working so hard to protect our rights to be able to consume it. In this episode, she chats with Zoë about the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Apr 23, 202138 min

Dr Robert Cywes Part 3 - How do we overcome carb addiction?

Robert shares fascinating insights into the types of people who develop carb addiction. Not everyone is vulnerable. “Not everyone is capable of getting fat.” The answer lies in parenting styles. You’ll spot immediately if you are at risk and you’ll start to understand how not to parent a child....

Jan 08, 201942 min

Adam Pike, Tim Noakes' Lawyer on 'that trial'

Zoë chats with Adam Pike, Professor Tim Noakes’ lawyer. Adam is the man who has been core to the legal team, which successfully defended Tim against the charge that followed from what has now become known as the £1.5 million tweet!

Jun 22, 201859 min

Graham Harvey: How and when nitrates and chemicals changed British farming

Graham Harvey gives us a concise history of the introduction of nitrates into British farming and the impact of World War I and World War II on the chemical fertiliser industry (and concomitant explosives industry!). For show notes, please visit http://www.dietandhealthtoday.com/

Jun 14, 201833 min

Childhood Obesity

Zoë chats with Bill Padley about the Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall initiative on childhood obesity

May 24, 201823 min

Carbohydrates and cardiovascular disease

Zoë chats with Bill Padley about the recent report looking into carbohydrates and cardiovascular disease. For show notes, visit http://dietandhealthtoday.com

Apr 05, 201817 min

Health news roundup with Pippa Jones

The headlines on Friday 17th March were effectively “Call off the search – we’ve found the healthiest hearts in the world.” They had been found in the Tsimane people of Bolivia. The headlines came from a study in The Lancet.

Mar 30, 201720 min

Health news roundup

Zoe and Pippa Jones chat about general health topics in the news this week, plus an overview of Low Carb Breckenridge 2017

Mar 08, 201717 min

The NHS - What's the future?

In 2011 I presented at the Brighton Science Festival. A fellow presenter was Professor Klim McPherson – an esteemed epidemiologist. Professor McPherson was asked a question about the future of the UK National Health Service (NHS) and he answered that he thought Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) would ‘break’ the NHS by 2020. How prophetic his reply is proving to be. With three years to go, the NHS is currently showing signs of breaking point. T2D alone may not be responsible, but it could well be the avoida...

Jan 20, 201721 min

The HPCSA vs Prof. Tim Noakes

The HPCSA vs Prof. Tim Noakes. I finally got on the stand on Friday 21st October. I finished giving evidence Monday lunchtime and was then cross-examined until some time on Tuesday. Nina Teicholz was next and finished evidence and cross-examination on the same day leaving us one final day for Caryn Zinn to give evidence and be cross-examined and for one last ‘play’ by the defence...

Nov 11, 201620 min

The Lancet Statin Study

On Friday 9th September 2016, an article was published in The Lancet with a quite extraordinary editorial. The editorial has been brilliantly dissected by Dr Malcolm Kendrick and I suggest that you check that out on his site.. The newspaper headlines were glowing “Statins prevent 80,000 heart attacks and strokes a year in UK, study finds“ and “A third of adults should take statins, new research suggests”. Taking out a full page advert, in every UK newspaper, could not have been more favourable....

Sep 15, 201623 min

Just eat real food and the PHC

May 2016 was the saw the launch of the Public Health Collaboration (PHC). PHC has been set up by Sam Feltham, a former personal trainer who has closed down his profitable “Smash the fat” organisation to focus on running PHC as a crowd funded charity. Zoë chats with Pippa about the impact that the news had.

May 23, 201622 min

Top tips for Christmas

Zoe chats with Pippa Jones about how to keep on track and in shape over Christmas.

Dec 20, 201512 min

High protein diets, weight & death

On May 8th 2015, The Independent, and a few other newspapers, reported “High-protein diets increase risk of weight gain, study finds”. In this study, the researchers used the PREDIMED (PREvencion con DIeta MEDiterranea) data to look at the association between protein intake and weight and then protein intake and deaths.

May 15, 201514 min

The Obesity Epidemic is Government-funded

Pippa Jones of TRE talks with Zoe harcombe and Brian Wilson about Brian's recent article titled "The Obesity Epidemic has been Government-funded"

Mar 14, 201521 min

Talking Carbohydrates

Zoe chats with Pippa Jones about carbohydrates and the TV doctors

Nov 11, 201421 min

Diabetes

Zoe talks with Pippa Jones at Talk Radio Europe about Diabetes and healthheadlines in the media.

Jul 08, 201422 min
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