Unbeatable Mind book : https://amzn.to/3UOWVp3 To be a soldier requires a particular kind of mindset, discipline and mental toughness. And to be a member of the special forces requires serious mastery of the mind. In an effort to tap into this mindset I speak with Navy Seal Commander Mark Divine who by his own admission was the archetypal overachiever physically, but it wasnt until he discovered karate and zen meditation that he really tapped into what he was capable of physically and mentally. ...
May 09, 2024•58 min
Neurologist Dr Ray Dorsey author of Ending parkinsons disease returns to the podcast. Clearly theres a huge interest in all forms of dementia, in Parkinsons disease, Alzheimers disease and Lewy body dementia which is the disease to which Robin Williams sadly succumbed only a few years ago. So in this episode we talk about Parkinsons disease, how it was discovered, its symptoms but crucially why Dr Dorsey and other experts believe it is preventable. We hear of the environmental factors that Dr Do...
May 06, 2024•30 min
Dr Sears's books : https://amzn.to/3XoBXPR In an effort to address the obesity and chronic inflammation epidemics Dr Barry Sears created the zone diet 30 years ago. Dr Sears tells us exactly why its important to eat protein with every meal. We discuss the drivers of systemic inflammation in the body which is itself the root of so much chronic illness including depression. Dr Sears tells us why he thinks the carnivore diet stresses the body. We hear about gut health and how optimising it through ...
May 02, 2024•29 min
Prof Fine Book : https://amzn.to/3X5j5Vx Animals have an incredible effect on us humans, they can dissolve a bad mood in a moment and melt our hearts on demand with a simple touch and to talk to us about the science underpinning this, is Prof Aubrey Fine who is a psychologist, a best selling author and is an expert in the field of children and animal therapeutic interaction. Professor Fine tells us what effects animals have on our psyche but also how they change us physiologically.We hear the po...
Apr 29, 2024•37 min
We're all about happy habits on this podcast and today I'm looking at happiness itself with Professor John Helliwell happiness expert who has studied happiness and the annual world happiness report every year since it was first published in 2012. We ask which countries are the happiest and why? Are those people who are married or in a long term relationship happier than single people? How does an experiment involving dropping wallets in the street, teach us about happiness? Are younger people ha...
Apr 25, 2024•50 min
Dr Tommy wood is an assistant professor in paediatrics and neuroscience, he's also the co-host of the Better brain fitness podcast. In this episode we explore whether you should be concerned about dementia if you are prone to losing things like your keys for example. We talk about the relationship between lifetsyle and cogitive decline. What foods and nutrients are best for supporting brain health. How significant to brain functioning is doing new things and learning new skills ? Plus we also to...
Apr 22, 2024•32 min
Today I welcome back clinical specialist Dr Morgan Nolte, in this episode we talk about the insulin model of sustainable weightloss. Crucially we explore the mindset that we need in order to achieve any goal including weight management goals. Discover the habits needed to bring about sustainable behaviour change such as committing to a goal, embracing discomfort, tracking activities, and controlling the controllables and engaging in what is called autosuggestion, and if that term is new, guess w...
Apr 18, 2024•42 min
Dr Stephanie Seneff author of Toxic legacy has been a loud voice in opposing the use of the weedkilling chemical glyphosate called Roundup by the agricultural sector. In this episode we explore what this chemical is and discuss how it negatively affects not only the health of animals in the laboratory but also livestock. We hear of the environmental implications of its use but chillingly we also hear about how it affects human health, our reproductive and our endochrine systems. Dr Seneff explor...
Apr 15, 2024•27 min
Nina's book : https://amzn.to/4a5rH1z This podcast is about sharing information, quality information about how to become better versions of ourselves, physically and mentally. For information about our physical health we have historicallyrelied on scientists, nutritionists, medics, experts and government guidelines. But what happens when that information is tainted, this is what we explore today as I talk with investugative science journalist and author of The Big Fat Surprise, Nina Teicholz. Ni...
Apr 11, 2024•1 hr 3 min
4 in every 10 people alive right now are obese, its an enormous problem, with that in mind Im speaking with a person today who is passionate about this subject and how to tackle it. Dr Morgan Nolte, is a clinical specialist with a particular interest in sustainable weight loss management using the insulin resistance model combined with mindset and behaviour change. Find out how sleep deprivation and stress impact blood sugar and insulin levels. We hear why, from a glucose regulation perspective,...
Apr 08, 2024•37 min
Link to Dr Mary Newport's book : https://amzn.to/4bFVsYp 24 Million of people worldwide are living with Alzheimers disease, and as people live longer this number is only going to grow. In this episode we speak with author Dr Mary Newport whose own husband was diagnosed with Alzheimers at 54. She defines for us what this illness is and what the symptoms are. We hear how Dr Newport's own research led to her giving her husband coconut oil mixed with MCT or Medium chain triglyceride oil, which had a...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Dr Schuboner's books : https://amzn.to/3wNN75O Chronic pain is an enormous problem across the entire population of the world, and anyone who has experienced pain beyond a period of several days will speak of its debilitating effects on their life. Existing pain management models are exactly that, management models, and this can involve years of prescription pain medications which can bring their own issues and negative health effects. Today I speak with a pain specialist and author of Unlearn yo...
Apr 01, 2024•47 min
Dr Tomas''s books : https://amzn.to/4c23NFl Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is an organizational psychologist, author and entrepreneur. He's the Chief Talent Scientist at Manpower Group, a company focused on workforce solutions. He also serves as a professor of business psychology at University College London and Columbia University. He's also the author of multiple books including: Why do so many incompetent men become leaders. We can all relate to working for someone whos in a leadership role who i...
Mar 28, 2024•41 min
Dr Kaufmann's book : https://amzn.to/4bHE9pM Dr Sandra Kaufmann joins me, she is the author of The Kaufmann Protocol, why we age and how to stop it. Now this book differs from others in this field as it barely mentions, carbs or ketones, the emphasis in the book is about maintaining cellular health because in the end we are made of cells, trillions of them. In this episode we talk about the mechanics of ageing which Dr Kaufmann broken down into 7 categories. We talk about epigenetics and how our...
Mar 25, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 395
I'm speaking with a giant of the field of audiology today Robert Sweetow is a retired Professor of audiology who worked at the Department of Otolaryngology and was former Director of Audiology at the University of California, San Francisco. We find out what audiology is and discover what the main components of the ear are. Expect to find out the difference between hearing and listening and that one these happens in the ear and the one doesn't. We talk about the main causes of hearing loss and ho...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Dr Kristin's book: https://amzn.to/3VpGdx2 I'm joined today by renowned dietitian Kristin Kirkpatrick who has co-authored Regenerative health : discover your metabolic type and renew your liver for life. The liver is a hugely important bodily organ and in this episode we find why and what its role is in some of the 300 bodily processes it's responsible for shaping either directly or indirectly. Expect to learn about the 4 metabolic types and why metabolic type has replaced BMI as a measure of he...
Mar 18, 2024•40 min
Prof Thomas N. Seyfried is an American professor of biology, genetics, and biochemistry at Boston College. He has been very vocal about the medical community's approach to researching and treating cancer, which he believes has been taken the wrong path of focusing too heavily on genetic mutations. We ask why cancer seems to be so ubiquitous today, what exactly is driving this disease. We hear Prof Seyfried's contention that cancer is not a consequence of genetic mutations but that it is in fact ...
Mar 14, 2024•58 min
Today I speak with world renowned neuroscientist, author of Life Time and sleep expert, Prof Russell Foster BSc, PhD, CBE, FRS FMedSc. He is the Director of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and the Head of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute. He is also a Nicholas Kurti Senior Fellow at Brasenose College at the University of Oxford.In this episode we talk about the rhythms of biology which govern our lives and our sleep and we hear how our body temperature, blood pressure and ...
Mar 11, 2024•51 min
Today I'm joined by Dr Nathan Bryan who was recruited by the Nobel prize winner Dr Ferid Murad to research Nitric oxide, a molecule with an enormous potential to prevent disease. In this episode we discuss what nitric oxide is and why its so significant to the human body. We hear the role it plays in optimal cardiovascular function and how an inefficient cardiovascular system negatively affects other body systems including sexual and cognitive function. We hear about the relationship diet plays ...
Mar 07, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 390
If you are someone who is considering your first couch to 5km run or you have been training regularly for yearsm todays guest will be of interest to you. I talk with exercise physiologist Dr Stephen Seiler who has spent years studying the worlds best athletes, so that we can gain more knowledge about how the human body responds when we exercise and what we can do in order to achieve peak performance. We talk about what physical fitness means and why it means different things to different people ...
Mar 04, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 389
In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with remarkable a woman called Maggie Jones. She was given a terminal cancer diagnosis after doctors found tumors throughout her body, and a survival prognosis of 6 to 8 months, that was 6 years ago, incredibly not only is she still alive but she is thriving. We find out about the stress and initial emotional impact of her diagnosis. We hear about her decision to take action as far as her health was concerned only a few days after her diagnosis, and...
Feb 29, 2024•44 min
Prof Ellen Langer also known as the Mother of Mindfulness, became the first woman to receive tenure in psychology at Harvard University, she has spent the last forty-five-years researching mindlessness and mindfulness. She has published hundreds of articles and numerous bestselling books including her latest, The Mindful body. Her research and books focus on the illusion of control, mindful aging, health, stress and decision-making. She is very much a believer in the idea that the mind and body ...
Feb 26, 2024•59 min
Dr David Harper is a health educator, cancer researcher and author of Biodiet. We talk about ketogenesis, what it is, and what the ketogenic diet actually looks like. We hear about the axis of illness and the role carbohydrates play when adopting the ketogenic way of life. Dr Harper discusses the impact modern diets have on chronic inflammation and their contribution to metabolic disease. Expect to hear about insulin resistance and what role it plays in our becoming unwell. Explore why evolving ...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr
Do you notice that your levels of focus and attention are getting worse? Are you finding yourself more easily distracted than you used to be? Well today's guest will be of interest to you. I'm joined by Gloria Mark she is a psychologist and is Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. Shes also the author the recently pubished book, Attention span. Professor Mark is really interested in examining how we can find our focus again and fight dis...
Feb 19, 2024•39 min
Fiona Murden is a performance coach, occupational psychologist, a Ted talk speaker and author of Mirror thinking, how role models make us human. In this episode we ask, what exactly is mirroring is. We hear about an extreme example of mirroring, where a young girl was raised by dogs and mirrored their behaviour in every way. We ask how damaging it is to ones mental helath to be in an unfulfilling career. We learn how we are shaped and influenced by other peoples moods. Expect to learn how to har...
Feb 15, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 384
Andrea Wachter is a psychotherapist and author. Having struggled with her own mental health issues she is perfectly placed to help those people presenting with anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns and she has been doing for the last 30 years. In this episode I ask Andrea about the difference between thoughts and feelings and why awareness of this difference is important in our own mental health journey. We talk about how to deal with worries and negative thoughts. Discover the ro...
Feb 12, 2024•33 min
Dr Ray Dorsey is a professor of Neurology and the co author of the book : Ending Parkinsons disease. As you will hear Dr Dorsey believes this dreadful disease is entirely preventable through taking several simple steps and the case for doing so is becoming more and more pressing given this disease has exploded in case numbers in only the last 2 centuries. In this episode we determine what exactly Parkinsons disease is and how its not purely a disease of the brain. We hear about Dr Heiko Braak's ...
Feb 08, 2024•34 min
Dr Sean O Mara is one of the world's leading health and performance optimising physicians who loves to use his huge presence on social media to educate people on their health and demystify many of the topics that intimidate and confuse thereby, putting people back in the driving seat of their own optimal health management. In this episode we talk about a subject dear to Dr O Mara, that of visceral fat, we ask what it is and why we need to take it seriously. We hear about the different kinds of f...
Feb 05, 2024•44 min
Prof George Bonanno is Clinical psychologist and author of The end of Trauma, and The other side of Sadness. In this episode we define what trauma means as far as the professor is concerned and how it differs from the commonly accepted definition of trauma. Plus we ask why the coventional wisdom on trauma is so at odds with Professor Bonanno's findings. The professor asks why trauma only crops up in the literature a couple of hundred years ago when it should have been present all throught human ...
Feb 01, 2024•38 min
In this episode I speak with Phil M Jones, author and international speaker. We hear why words, something that we use all the time are quite so powerful. I ask if we really understand the significance of the words we use and how they can influence and impact people around us. Expect to learn the one mistake most people make when they are speaking to others. Phil tells us some of the phrases he suggests we incorporate into our language to maximise our influence. Discover why empathy is so importa...
Jan 29, 2024•34 min
