The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast

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BONUS EPISODE! Ask Me Anything with Dr Rupy Oct 14, 2020

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This week we have a special bonus episode of The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast - where I'll be answering some of your most commonly asked nutrition and lifestyle medicine questions, and I'll be answering them whilst I cook up a delicious meal!

This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Sainsburys - I'm delighted to be working with Sainsburys who are helping you cook up something magical this Autumn.

During the episode, I'll be cooking a delicious roasted vegetable and freekeh and feta salad - a recipe that you can find here on the Sainsbury's website

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#72 The Cancer Series (2 of 3). Integrative Oncology with Dr Catherine Zollman Oct 07, 2020

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Today I’m chatting with a good friend and colleague Dr. Catherine Zollman, who is Medical Director at Penny Brohn UK, a charity which in provides Integrative Support and Self-Management Education for people affected by cancer.

She is also an NHS GP, an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Bristol, and was Macmillan Clinical Cancer Lead for BNSSG Clinical Commissioning Group 2014-2019. She studied medical oncology before specialising in General Practice and completing a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine (University of Arizona).

On the podcast we discuss a number of topics including:

What integrative oncology means?
The need to bring the worlds of conventional medicine, lifestyle medicine and complementary medicine together
Intelligent combinations of lifestyle and integrative approaches to deliver better outcomes
Explaining the services that PBUK usually offers, and what it offers now during lockdown
Breaking down the barriers and why healthcare still feels so "siloed" and oppositional?
Why is evidence on the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions not better known or understood by the conventional medical system?
Why does medicine/conventional healthcare not harness the power of the activated patient more?
Working with Possibility vs Probability - how to avoid False Hope and False Hopelessness and find a middle path of Realistic Hope.
How to enthuse conventional healthcare professionals and students about the power of nutrition, movement, breathing practices, nature, therapeutic relationships, creativity, realistic hope, love, meaning and purpose to help people live better and need less medication.
Challenges in researching lifestyle and complementary approaches
Outcomes as measured in a realistic and methodical way to inspire and enact change

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#71 The Cancer Series (1 of 3). What to eat for Cancer with Professor Robert Thomas Sep 30, 2020

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In today’s podcast we talk about everything to do with the “emperor of all maladies”, the big C.

Myself and Professor Robert have met on a couple of occasions at conferences geared toward healthy lifestyle and cancer, and I could not think of a more educated and enthusiastic person to have on the podcast who is up to date with the evidence and continues to wave the flag for lifestyle medicine and oncology.

Professor Robert Thomas is a Consultant Oncologist at Bedford and Addenbrooke’s Hospitals, a clinical teacher at Cambridge University and visiting Professor of Sports and nutritional science at the University of Bedfordshire. He is lead of a Lifestyle and Cancer Research Unit conducting designing and conducting government backed studies evaluating the impact of exercise, diet and natural therapies.

More recently, he led the analysis of the 155,000 patient data set (PLCO) which has linked sugar with an increased cancer and tea and broccoli with cancer prevention. In 2019, he wrote the book “Keep Healthy after Cancer”, and remains medical advisor for the lifestyle and cancer website Cancernet.co.uk.

We frame our conversation into 3 distinct areas to avoid confusion. What to eat to prevent cancer, during cancer and post cancer with the aim of reducing risk and improving outcomes. As cancer is an extremely broad field and confusing for even medical professionals to understand it’s biology, I want to remind listeners and viewers that this is general information and not to be taken as medical advice.

In today’s pod we talk about

What Cancer is
The balance of genetic vs acquired cancer and the influence of lifestyle on risk
The general principles of how to avoid cancer
What foods to eat
How food exerts a positive impact on cancer risk
How we investigate the anti-cancer impact of food
Gut health and cancer
The Warburg effect
The implication of excess sugar on cancer risk
What to eat during cancer
The potential for ‘prehab’ initiatives
Vitamin D, Polyphenol and Probiotic supplements, Vitamin Supplements
Post Cancer lifestyle regimens to reduce the risk of recurrence
What an anti-cancer diet looks like
The Future of Oncology: Individualised medicine, Immunotherapy and Metabolic Oncology

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#70 Nurturing The Most Critical Source of Nutrition, The Soil with Abby Rose Sep 23, 2020

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Abby Rose is Physicist and further studied nuclear and particle physics for her masters, and has now become a leading voice in a new dawn in farming. A farmer and soil health advocate, Abby was named one of 50 New Radicals by The Guardian and Nesta in 2018 for her work developing simple apps that help build ecology, profitability and beauty on farms around the world.

Five years ago, -founded the award-winning British podcast, Farmerama Radio, as a way for farmers to share their experiences and ideas in creating a more ecological farming future. The monthly show has quickly become a leading voice in the global regenerative movement, highlighting the positive role farmers play in determining the future of the earth and its people.

Abby splits her time between working on her family farm, Vidacycle, in Chile, and visiting farms on multiple continents learning from soils and understanding what it's going to take to build a more ecological farming future

Today we discuss:

● What is regenerative farming? Regenerative vs sustainable farming

● Why soil health on farms is important and how does it link to our health?

● How can we eat more regeneratively? What does that mean?

● Nutrient Bioavailability in food and how to measure it

● How are we going to feed the world? Who really produces the world’s food?

● Seed and Grain heritage and sovereignty

● Politics, Brexit and EU structures that traditionally have disabled progress

● How can people get more involved in the farming movement today

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#69 Eat for your Hair, with Dr Ingrid Wilson Sep 16, 2020

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I’m delighted to be joined on the show today by Dr Ingrid Wilson, Director of Crewe Hair and Skin Clinic which primarily helps people with hair loss, scalp problems and skin concerns.

Having been a GP in the NHS for 20 years, Dr Wilson takes a holistic approach to hair and skin, and provides hair treatments in the clinic to help care for textured hair.

She is one of the few trichologists in the country able to prescribe for hair loss conditions, and she enjoys collaborating with other trichologists from other professional backgrounds so that clients can access hair replacement systems, hairdressing and scalp micropigmentation from the clinic.

Today we talked about:

The different types of hair loss
How Dr Ingrid assesses the root cause of hair loss
Nutritional considerations for healthy hair
The new tests that help determine what treatments are worthwhile
Supplements that may be useful in hair loss
Pharmaceutical options and other hair treatments
Greying and what could help
Answering some of your questions about hair products, oils and more

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BONUS EPISODE! ‘Exhale’ with The Breath Guy, Richie Bostock Sep 14, 2020

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I’m joined by Richie, or “The Breath Guy”, for a great bonus episode on breathwork and to celebrate the release of his new book “Exhale”

Richie is a leading figure and evangelist for Breathwork, the next revolution in health and wellness. He is a Breathwork coach, author and speaker and it is his mission to spread the life changing possibilities of Breathwork to the world. We finish up with an energising breathwork session that I know you’ll enjoy!

On the show today we talk about:

The process of writing a book and taking the reader on a journey through the importance of breathing
The utility of breathing for different conditions
His anecdotal experiences of breathwork
An ‘energiser bunny’ breathwork session

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#68 Eating for Migraines with Dr Jessica Briscoe and Dr Katy Munro Sep 09, 2020

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Dr Jessica Briscoe and Dr Katy Munro are my guests from The National Migraine Centre which is the only national charity that provides a clinic for migraine sufferers and cluster headache patients. They have been delivering expert and evidence-based support for 40 years

In addition, they are committed to advocating their desperate cause and educating healthcare professionals and started their own podcast called Heads Up, which aims to provide useful information for those suffering with headache.

Migraine is the third most common chronic disease in the world, affecting an estimated one in seven people and two to three times more women than men. In the UK approximately 25 million days are lost each year from work or school because of migraines which is why I wanted to do a comprehensive podcast on this topic discussing food and Lifestyle measures for migraine sufferers.

We discuss:

Why regular eating is key and maintenance of glucose and insulin levels to avoid attacks
Migraine Diet myths and potential food triggers
Low carb, high protein & fat balance measures
The potential use of Ketogenic diets for chronic pain and migraine
Food supplements with evidence: Magnesium, Vitamin B2, Co-enzyme Q-10
More info about migraine lifestyle, prevention and stress reduction techniques

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#67 Eating with your Genes, with Registered Dietitian Rachel Clarkson Sep 02, 2020

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On the show today I’m delighted to welcome Rachel Clarkson. Rachel is a leading Nutrigenomic Specialist Dietitian - using world renowned, next generation technology and expert analysis to create Personalised Wellness programmes for her clients under the name of The DNA Dietitian.

She is a guest lecturer for St Mary’s University MSc in Genetics & Nutrition and sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of two health tech platforms.

On the show today we chat about:

Her background in dietetics and why she decided to specialise in personalised nutrition
The basics of what a gene is
Epigenetics and how this relates to food and environment changes
The difference between nutrigenetic tests and deterministic gene investigations
Disease risk versus modifier (metabolic) gene tests
Why a one size fits all model in medicine and nutrition is not good enough anymore
Rachel’s approach to consulting with patients in clinic
How to personalise diets for fertility, obesity and more
Out of the 10s of 1000s of single nucleotide polymorphisms, how do we determine which ones are important

This is an incredibly interesting field of nutrition and medicine that is definitely something which will become the norm in the future.

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#66 More Than Medicine (3 of 3). How to Create a Bulletproof Mindset, Cultivating Kindness and Building Self Esteem with Dr David Hamilton Aug 26, 2020

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My guest today is David Hamilton PhD. A writer, columnist, speaker and author of 10 books covering the science of kindness, self esteem, and the mind body connection. He is the ‘Kindness Tsar’ and has been featured on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch Live in the UK, and on CBS Sunday Morning in the US.

We talk broadly about the subjects of kindness, self esteem, mind body medicine as well as his personal journey from organic chemist at a well known pharmaceutical company, to now having the courage and confidence to preach what he practices.

On the show today we talk about:

The placebo effect
Cultivated Inner self confidence and esteem
Manifesting physical changes in the body and brain with visualisation and mental exercise
The antidote to stress hormones
The virality of Kindness
The difference between toxic positivity and empathy
Kindness and Positivity as a muscle that needs to be worked

I’d definitely recommend that you go and check out David’s selection of published books - covering Kindness, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body and Self Love - all of which can be found here on his website

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#65 More Than Medicine (2 of 3). Music as Medicine with Professor Nigel Osbourne Aug 19, 2020

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Today I discuss the wonderful world of musical therapy with Professor Nigel Osbourne. His works have been featured in most major international festivals and performed by many leading orchestras and ensembles around the world. He has also composed extensively for the theatre and through his Institute in Edinburgh, is exploring the interfaces of music and science in important areas such as mental and physical well-being.

He has also pioneered methods of using music and the creative arts to support children who are victims of conflict. This approach was developed during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992-95), and since then the work has been implemented widely in the Balkan region, the Caucasus (Chechnya), the Middle East (Palestine, Syria and Lebanon), East Africa and South East Asia. He is currently working with Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, and planning a new intervention in Yemen. In 2009 he was awarded the Freedom Prize of the Peace Institute, Sarajevo, for his work for Bosnian children during the siege of the city.

In today’s podcast we discuss:

Nigel’s background and experience in Bosnia, Sarajevo, during the conflict
The wave of energy hitting you if you spark joy in children with music
How this led to a deeper understanding and exploration of the neuroscience of musical therapy
The Neurological, Biological and Psychological impact of music
How music is the social glue that enhances our sense of wellbeing and is universally recognisable across cultures
The applications across disciplines such as ADHD, Dyslexia, PTSD, Depression, Mental Health and Neurodegenerative disease
X-System – A project that aims to predict our neurophysiological reaction based on computational data allowing personalised music therapy
How music sculpts our inner senses, our autonomic nervous system and our hormones

We also wanted to share with you a project that is very close to Nigel's heart - Edinburgh Direct Aid. Nigel is currently supporting a music therapy project they are running in Lebanon. The Director of the project - Dr Denis Rutovitz, is a former Human Geneticist and Medical Researcher, and the Medical Adviser, Dr Colin Cooper, a hugely respected retired Edinburgh GP. Please do have a look at the work they do, they would be delighted with any support.

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