Diet and Health Today

Zoë chats with James Goolnik about dental health

Dentist James Goolnik discusses the connection between dentistry and nutrition, specifically focusing on the impact of sugar on dental health. He emphasizes the importance of regular dental checkups and explains how dentists can identify early signs of tooth decay and oral cancer. For detailed shownotes, transcript and video, visit https://www.zoeharcombe.com

Zoë chats with Nick Thompson, aka The Holistic Vet

Nick Thompson is a vet. He has been fighting for responsible, species-appropriate raw food feeding for pets for over 25 years. His tireless drive for healthy pets from birth to graceful old age brought him to raw feeding in the mid-1990s. We struggled to keep this to an hour covering so much of interest to animal lovers and pet owners – as well as anyone interested in diet and health…  For video of interview and transcript, visit https://zoeharcombe.com

Gary Taubes and Zoë chat about science, diabetes, journalism and books

In this really varied podcast (a bit over an hour), Gary and Zoë cover topics from bad science to sugar. There were many prepared questions, but the first question took a really interesting direction, which led to the uncovering of many varied topics. For video and transcript, visit https://zoeharcombe.com

Zoë chats with Dr Georgia Ede about diets

In this wonderful meeting of minds, Georgia and Zoë  talk about why the dietary guidelines are just about the opposite of what we should be advised to eat.  They discuss how they both got into the world of diet and health and why they now think as they do. Georgia shares when and how she personally realised that many plants were ‘not her friends’ and how she resolved this. They cover animal foods vs plant foods, nutrients, anti-nutrients and what we need to base meals on. For full show not...

Gareth Wyn Jones and Zoë chat about modern farming

In a lively hour, Gareth and Zoë discuss all things farming from BAFTA nominations, supermarket power, fair prices for produce, diversification, the weather, the ‘Beast from the East’, to Brian May, badgers and, of course, Clarkson’s Farm.

Ian Lake chats with Zoë about living with Type 1 Diabetes

Dr Ian Lake is a UK General Practitioner and a person with Type 1 Diabetes, T1D. He was diagnosed with LADA (Late Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults) Type 1 Diabetes, at age 36 and managed it with a DAFNE (Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating) style approach for the first 20 years. He changed his approach to a very low carb diet approximately 9 years ago and he shares his learnings and experiments in this podcast.  For show notes and full video of our chat, visit https://zoeharcombe.com

Jason Fung chats with Zoë about Type 2 Diabetes

In this episode, Jason Fung and Zoë discuss low carb, low calorie and fasting as tools for putting T2D into remission. The discussion included the metabolic challenge with low calorie diets and why fasting avoids this. Jason sorts out thermodynamics along the way! Full show notes, video and transcript over at https://www.zoeharcombe.com/

Zoë chats with Ben Rubin about the UK NHS health system

A fascinating two part chat with Ben Rubin in which we explored the NHS, Ben’s personal connections with the NHS, why it’s so complex, the costs, how the NHS should be designed (human centred) and how it is designed (layer upon layer of tech projects and upgrades).  Part 2 is available at zoeharcombe.com and dietandhealthtoday.com

Zoë chats with Prof. Marcantonio Spada about substance and behavioural addiction

Professor Marcantonio Spada is Professor of Addictive Behaviours and Mental Health in the School of Applied Sciences at London South Bank University where he is Deputy Lead of the Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research and Course Director of the MSc Addiction Psychology and Counselling. Professor Spada also serves as both Editor-in-Chief of Addictive Behaviours and Addictive Behaviours Reports, and as Associate Editor of Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. He has significant expertise in ...

Liz Earle chats with Zoë about the importance of maintaining great mid-life health

Liz Earle MBE has been a trusted authority in the world of wellbeing for over 30 years. She has written more than 35 books on many aspects of nutritional, hormonal and gut health, as well as being a regular wellness TV presenter and host of the popular Liz Earle Wellbeing Show podcast. She is passionate about improving the health of mid-life women and beyond, especially helping women from all backgrounds achieve a better ‘second half’. Full shownotes over at https://www.dietandhealthtoday.com/

Zoë chats with Dr Malcolm Kendrick about his new book... The Clot Thickens

Dr Kendrick is a GP living in Macclesfield, England. He has spent over 30 years researching the reasons for heart disease, which you can now read about in his new book "The enduring mystery of heart disease... The Clot Thickens"

Zoë chats with Monya Kilian Palmer about keto recipes

Monya is a chef and culinary consultant originally from Cape Town, South Africa. Since moving to the UK in 2012, she has worked for both Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck Group and Le Cordon Bleu.

Zoë chats with Zoë Clews about what can be achieved with hypnotherapy

Zoë Clews is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Mental Health Campaigner, businesswoman & one of the most recommended and highly regarded Hypnotherapists working in the UK today. As a Complex PTSD, Anxiety & Depression specialist she has nearly 20 years’ experience working with private clients to treat a wide range of conditions and is the founder of Zoë Clews & Associates which is an 11 strong team of Hypnotherapists, Therapists & Coaches providing a one stop shop for emotional & psychological issu...

Dr Jen Unwin chats with Zoë about her work, her book and sugar addiction

Dr Jen Unwin is a Consultant Clinical Health Psychologist. She was a past Chair of the UK Association for Solution Focused Practice and winner of the British Psychological Society Karen Ehlert Lifetime achievement award in clinical health psychology. in this podcast, she chats with Zoë about her work, her book and sugar addiction

Zoë chats with Frédéric Leroy about the global demonisation of livestock farming

In essence, Frédéric is a unique expert in being able to discuss the food supply from a global perspective – considering both human health and planet health. He understands the role that ruminants play from in factors from nutrition to topsoil and his understanding of the big food companies and other major organisations trying to influence what we eat, is second to none.

Zoë chats with Davs Dennis about his passion for puppy training

Davs (Dafydd) Dennis is a former Royal Marine, paramedic, current CrossFit seminar staff flow master and CrossFit affiliate owner. The important part of Davs’ bio for this podcast is that he is the owner of Cardiff Dog Training! Davs is all these things in his brief bio, but far more importantly he’s a friend and as fabulous a person as his dogs think he is!

Zoë chats with Paul Kaye about the issues raised in his book 'The Killing Fields'

Poacher turned gamekeeper, Paul Kaye, takes an insiders look at the games played by the food industry and supermarkets to ensure we make bad food choices.

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.

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.

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.

Zoë Chats with Dr Campbell Murdoch - Part 2

Zoë Chats with Dr Campbell Murdoch about the future of healthcare, medicine and personal lifestyle changes.

Zoë Chats with Dr Campbell Murdoch - Part 1

Zoë Chats with Dr Campbell Murdoch about how he got into medicine, what's important to him and challenges that he has faced.

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.

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

Graham Harvey on mixed farming, feeding everyone and the vegan mistake

Zoë chats with Graham Harvey about the benefits of mixed farming food systems.

Dr Joanne McCormack – How a GP fixed herself and now tries to help others

Dr Joanne McCormack is a UK General Practitioner (GP) and the named GP for children’s safeguarding for Warrington. Jo has been a GP for over 25 years in the Warrington area and ran her own practice for many years.

Dr Robert Cywes Part 2 - What does a carb addict eat?

Zoë chats with Dr Robert Cywes about carbohydrate addiction and obesity. This is Part 2 – What does a carb addict eat? Shownotes over at http://www.dietandhealthtoday.com

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!

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/

Carbohydrate addiction - Part 1. With Dr Robert Cywes

In this series, Zoë chats with Dr Robert Cywes about carbohydrate addiction and obesity.

Childhood Obesity

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

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

What you need to know about fats

Zoë Chats with Bill Padley about fats, and why we shouldn't fear them

Health news roundup with Bill Padley

Zoe chats with Bill Padley from TRE about calories

Health news roundup and running on low-carb

Zoë Chats with Pippa Jones about the Tim Noakes Trial and running around Wales on low-carb

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.

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

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 av...

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...

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 favour...

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.

Dietary guidelines for Americans 2015

Zoe Harcombe chats with Pippa Jones about the recently released dietary guidelines for Americans for 2015

Top tips for Christmas

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

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.

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"

Talking Carbohydrates

Zoe chats with Pippa Jones about carbohydrates and the TV doctors

Obesity and weight loss surgery

Zoe discusses obesity and weight loss surgery with Pippa Jones of Talk Radio Europe

Diabetes

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

Fizzy Drinks

Zoe chats with Pippa Jones at TRE about the new SACN recommendations on sugar.

The 5 A Day Con. Interview with Pippa Jones

Zoe chats with Pippa Jones of Talk Radio Europe about the 5 A Day Con and the recent study that suggests we should be consuming 7 a day