In this episode, Dr Hazel is joined by Dr Lisa Mosconi who is the Director of the Women's Brain Initiative, where she serves as an associate professor of neuroscience in neurology and radiology. In addition, she is an adjunct faculty member at the NYU Department of Psychiatry. She is the author of Brain Food and The XX Brain. This episode covers:- How is the female brain different from the male?- The role of oestrogen in brain function?- Common myths when it comes to women's brain health?- Uniqu...
Mar 16, 2022•52 min
You might think you’re at your peak fitness - you’re exercising regularly, maybe even competing or running marathons, you’re strict on your nutrition and perhaps you’ve even lost weight but you’re periods have gone? This is a lot more common than you might think. In fact one study of regular exercising women, found that half had menstrual disturbances and over a third had no period at all. If this sounds like you - the road to recovery can be long and daunting but hopefully this episode will hel...
Mar 09, 2022•29 min
This episode covers the impact of the combined contraceptive pill on performance, training and recovery from exercise. To read more visit www.thefoodmedic.co.ukLink to the research: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32666247/If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 04, 2022•4 min
Do you want to live in a way that not only supports your health and fitness goals, but also supports the planet? This is the episode for you. In this episode Dr Hazel is joined by Ryan D. Andrews - a sustainable food systems advocate, dietitian, yoga instructor, and strength and conditioning specialist. He currently writes and speaks about health and sustainability, is an instructor at Purchase College, is an expert reviewer for Insider, and is an adviser with Precision Nutrition. He has recentl...
Mar 02, 2022•37 min
This episode covers protein needs, sources and advice to ensure you’re getting the right amount. Check out www.thefoodmedic.co.uk for further reading. If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 25, 2022•4 min
Never before has the immune system had so much air time - but what actually is the immune system? Can it be boosted? What kind of things influence it? Does vitamin C really fight off a cold and there truth in the old wives tale - feed a cold, starve a fever? I’m Dr Hazel Wallace, host of the food medic podcast and on this episode we are answering all those questions with immunologist and author Dr Jenna Macciochi. Jenna has a PhD in allergy immunology from Imperial College London and has previou...
Feb 23, 2022•40 min
This week Dr Hazel explores whether exercise can speed up how fast caffeine is eliminated from the body. If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. @thefoodmedic/www.thefoodmedic.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 18, 2022•4 min
This episode is all about nutrition and training and some common mistakes that people often make. Dr Hazel is joined by Liam Holmes who has worked in elite sport for over 12 years and now blends working with competitive athletes alongside the general public. His previous experience includes working at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the Republic of Ireland national team, FC Copenhagen and at Fulham Football Club - but he also works with everyone from first time gym goers, those training for a s...
Feb 16, 2022•42 min
This week's listener question covers the mediterranean diet - what it is, some example meals, and what is not included. If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. @thefoodmedic/www.thefoodmedic.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 11, 2022•6 min
In this episode dr Hazel is Joined by Krissy Cela.Krissy Cela first turned to fitness during a particularly challenging time in her lifeand started posting her workouts on social media while studying for a law degree. Her following quickly grew, and she now has a loyal and devoted community of more than 3.5 million followers on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. . In January 2019 she launched the app, Tone & Sculpt, comprising over 500 workouts, and achieved more than 250,000 downloads in its firs...
Feb 09, 2022•36 min
This week's listener question covers how to fuel for a marathon and how to avoid triggering IBS or gut symptoms. Please note that the information provided here is for informational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice or replace that of your usual healthcare provider. If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. @thefoodmedic/www.thefoodmedic.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
Feb 04, 2022•6 min
In this episode Dr Hazel is joined by Dr Karen Gurney a clinical psychologist and psychosexologist. Karen is the Lead Psychologist for a busy central London NHS clinic specialising in sexual wellbeing. She is also director of The Havelock Clinic, an independent multidisciplinary sexual problems service. As part of her mission to educate, inform and challenge widely held ideas that harm people’s sex lives she did her first TEDx talk and wrote the bestselling ‘Mind The Gap: the truth about desire ...
Feb 02, 2022•43 min
This mini episode covers fasted training, pros and cons and advice on how to do it so it doesn’t affect your health and performance.If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. @thefoodmedic/www.thefoodmedic.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 28, 2022•4 min
This week Dr Hazel is joined by Dr Brendon Stubbs from season 1 episode 2 of the podcast. Brendon is a Physiotherapist and a leading researcher in physical activity, exercise and mental health and the relationship between the mind and the body. He has published over 650 International academic papers, and his research has had substantial impact, for instance informing several World Health Organisation guidelines. Find Brendon on Instagram @brendon.stubbsIn this episode they cover: - The link betw...
Jan 26, 2022•49 min
Welcome to Ask Dr Hazel our new mini episodes that will be dropping throughout this season 7.This mini episode covers what to eat and when to eat on a night shift. If you would like to submit a question to the podcast - on any topic related to health, fitness, nutrition, or mindset - please send your voice recorded question to [email protected]. If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. @thefoodmedic/www....
Jan 21, 2022•4 min
Dr Hazel is joined by influencer, Online Coach and Podcast host Lucy Mountain for a very honest and open conversation about being a person online, rejecting diet culture, her anti-diet fitness app NOBS, and embracing your best life as a single person. You can find more from Lucy over on Instagram: @nobsapp @lucymountain If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. @thefoodmedic/www.thefoodmedic.co.uk Hosted on Acas...
Jan 19, 2022•43 min
Welcome to Ask Dr Hazel our new mini episodes that will be dropping throughout this season 7.This mini episode covers urinary incontinence and self help tips to reduce symptoms. If you would like to submit a question to the podcast - on any topic related to health, fitness, nutrition, or mindset - please send your voice recorded question to [email protected]. If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. @the...
Jan 14, 2022•7 min
In this episode Dr Hazel sits down with running coach and footwear expert Emma Kirk Odunubi. Emma is a running biomechanics nerd who matches the perfect footwear to the individual runner, and takes pride in being known as the trainer geek. Day to day she coaches treadmill classes at Thirdspace and on a 1-1 level works with a variety of sports men & women, seeking to crush their running goals with her and her partners business Bulletproof Athletic. Find out more over on www.bulletproofatheltic.co...
Jan 12, 2022•50 min
Welcome to Ask Dr Hazel our new mini episodes that will be dropping throughout this season 7. If you would like to submit a question to the podcast - on any topic related to health, fitness, nutrition, or mindset - please send your voice recorded question to [email protected]. If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. @thefoodmedic/www.thefoodmedic.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Jan 07, 2022•5 min
In this episode Dr Hazel speaks to author of Essentialism and Effortless Greg Mc Keown on how to pursue less to achieve more and how to make it easier to do what matters most. Most people equate more effort to better results or faster results, but getting ahead doesn’t have to be as hard as we make it - and Greg has a better way. This conversation covers the following topics:- The pursuit of less to achieve more- How to think like an essentialist- Setting boundaries and learning to say no- How t...
Jan 05, 2022•49 min
Trigger warning: this conversation discusses suicide.Firmly established as one of the crossover superstars of British music, the Hackney born and raised rapper has released two Top 3 albums and amassed a career tally of over 2.5 million combined sales in the UK alone. He has completed five headline tours and performed on the main stages of countless festivals such as Glastonbury, V Festival and Wireless.Over the past couple of years Professor Green has presented five critically acclaimed BBC doc...
Sep 08, 2021•30 min
Jamie Simmonds (formerly Jamie Greene) is a four-time CrossFit Games athlete and two-time podium finisher, once in 2016 with team CrossFit Yas and once in 2019 as an individual. She’s been a national champion for six years and finished on the podium on prominent Sanctionals such as Strength in Depth and the Down Under CrossFit Championship. Jamie started CrossFit only in 2013 but her background as a gymnast and rugby player certainly helped secure her as one of the top crossfit athletes in the w...
Sep 01, 2021•31 min
Dr. Ruairi Robertson has a B.Sc in Human Nutrition from University College Dublin and a Ph.D in Microbiology from University College Cork. He has worked in a number of Universities and research institutes around the world including Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital and University of British Columbia. His research examines the many ways the gut microbiome affects human health, from belly to brain. He is currently based in the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, wh...
Aug 25, 2021•43 min
Tara Swart is a neuroscientist, former medical doctor specialised in psychiatry, author of best seller ’The Source’ and Faculty at MIT Sloan.Tara is also executive coach to a small number of clients in hedge funds and investment banks; Trustee at the Lady Garden Foundation for gynaecological cancers; and an ambassador for brands in health, beauty, fashion, and manifestation.This episode covers:- Science and spirituality - The law of attraction- How to harness an abundance mindset- Manifestation ...
Aug 18, 2021•51 min
Jordan Feigenbaum is a physician, strength coach, and powerlifter. He started Barbell Medicine in 2012 in an effort to bring the best of modern medicine to strength and conditioning and vice versa. Jordan is passionate about a variety of issues related to public health, education, and sport.This episode covers:- The story behind barbell medicine: bench to bedside- Health benefits of resistance training- Why recommendations to do resistance training are not more widespread in medical practice - H...
Aug 11, 2021•48 min
Millie Gooch is the founder of the Sober Girl Society and is one of the voices leading the sobriety movement in the UK. As a journalist, she has written for a range of publications, and her campaigning work has been featured everywhere from ELLE and Stylist to the BBC and Evening Standard. The Sober Girl Society Handbook is her first book.This episode covers:- Inspiration behind the sober girl society- Why breaking up with alcohol is like breaking up with a toxic ex- Hangxiety, palpitations, the...
Aug 04, 2021•36 min
Dr. Marc Bubbs is the Performance Nutrition Director for Canada Basketball and performance nutrition consultant for a portfolio of professional and Olympic athletes preparing for Tokyo 2021. Marc is the author of the highly-acclaimed and best-selling book PEAK – The New Science of Athletic Performance That Is Revolutionizing Sports which highlights the tactics and strategies of elite athletes and performance staff in professional sport. His upcoming new book PEAK40 – The New Science of Mid-Life ...
Jul 27, 2021•44 min
Amelia Nagoski, D.M.A. (Doctorate of Musical Arts), is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music at Western New England University. Amelia is co-author, with her twin sister Emily, of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. I first came across Emily and Amelia on Brene Brown's podcast and instantl;y bought their book - which I urge you to do so too! Emily couldn't join us for this recording but Amelia did an incredible job of telling us what we need to know when it comes to burnout...
Jul 20, 2021•45 min
Kristen Holmes is the Vice President of Performance Science at WHOOP. She works with top researchers and hundreds of the best tactical, pro and collegiate athletes and teams in the world to optimize training, recovery and sleep. In addition to her extensive professional and academic background, Kristen was a 3x All American and 2x Big 10 Athlete of the year at the University of Iowa competing in both Field Hockey and Basketball. She was a 7-year member of the U.S. National Field Hockey Team and ...
Jul 13, 2021•51 min
"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”James Clear is a writer and speaker focused on habits, decision making, and continuous improvement. His book, Atomic Habits, is a New York Times bestseller and more than 1,000,000 people subscribe to his weekly newsletter at jamesclear.com. His work has appeared in Entrepreneur Magazine, Time Magazine, the New York Times, and on CBS This Morning. His strategies have been used by coaches and teams in the NFL, NBA,...
Jul 07, 2021•45 min
