Diet and Health Today

In this conversation, Jon Furniss shares his personal journey with Type 1 diabetes, detailing his diagnosis, self-education, and the importance of understanding insulin management. He discusses the impact of lifestyle choices, including diet and exercise, on blood glucose levels and shares insights from his experiences with fasting and endurance challenges. We also touch on the significance of gut health and the role of infections in diabetes management, emphasising the need for quality information and community support for those living with diabetes.

In this conversation, Zoë Harcombe and Hannah Sutter discuss the complexities of the ketogenic diet, exploring its history, variants, and applications in both weight loss and medical treatment, particularly for epilepsy. They discuss personal experiences with keto, the importance of compliance, and the need for individualised dietary approaches. The conversation also touches on future research directions and the potential of keto in addressing various health issues.

In this episode, Zoë chats with Dr Benjamin Bikman about GLP-1 agonists, a class of drugs used for weight loss and diabetes management. They discuss the role of GLP-1 in metabolism, the effects of GLP-1 agonists on weight loss and insulin sensitivity, and the potential side effects and limitations of these drugs.

Dr Bikman explains how GLP-1 agonists slow down intestinal movement, leading to feelings of nausea and reduced appetite. He also discusses the paradox of these drugs stimulating the growth of new fat cells while promoting weight loss.

Full show notes and video over at https://www.zoeharcombe.com

In this conversation, I chat with Dr Ahmad Malik, a foot and ankle surgeon, about his experience in the medical field and the impact of guidelines on patient care. We discuss the influence of guidelines on medical decision-making, the commercialisation and privatisation of the NHS, and the erosion of clinical expertise. Ahmad shares his concerns about the de-skilling of surgeons and the focus on efficiency over patient-centered care. He emphasises the importance of critical thinking and individualised treatment in medicine.

Dr Lindsay Browning is an international sleep expert, psychologist and best-selling author. In this conversation we discuss the importance of sleep and the misconceptions surrounding it. Dr Browning explains that sleep cycles consist of different stages, including deep sleep and REM sleep and that it is normal to wake up multiple times during the night.

Dr Lindsay Browning discusses the importance of sleep and provides insights into improving sleep quality. She explains the impact of technology, stress, and caffeine on sleep, as well as the role of circadian rhythms and jet lag. Dr. Browning also shares tips for managing insomnia and the benefits of napping.

For full show notes and video interview,  please visit www.zoeharcombe.com

I really enjoyed this interview. I learned lots and I found Guy’s answers to what seemed like basic questions very interesting. In an hour we covered: Why Guy became interested in omega-3 in the first place? For him and his family; The three top dietary factors that he thinks are part of chronic disease; The forms in which omega-3 comes and what the balance should be and many more fascinating questions.

For full show notes and video interview,  please visit www.zoeharcombe.com

In this conversation, Dr. Christy Kesslering discusses the connection between cancer and metabolic health. She shares her journey as a radiation oncologist and how she discovered the importance of insulin in cancer development. Dr. Kesslering emphasises the role of markers in assessing metabolic health and guiding dietary interventions. She also discusses the evidence for the efficacy of diet in cancer treatment and the use of fasting in combination with keto diets. For full show notes and video interview,  please visit www.zoeharcombe.com

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

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

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

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 notes, transcripts and video, visit www.zoeharcombe.com

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.

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

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/

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

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 psychological therapies and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT).

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/

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"

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 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 issues.

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

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.

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!

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 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 (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 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 about the future of healthcare, medicine and personal lifestyle changes.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 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/

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

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

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

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

Zoe chats with Bill Padley from TRE about calories

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

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.

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

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 avoidable burden that has just tipped the balance from manageable to unmanageable.

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...

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

Zoe chats with Pippa Jones about carbohydrates and the TV doctors

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

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

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

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

This podcast was first aired on CJBK Radio on Thursday 3rd April 2014 during a live chat with Andy Oudman and Pam Killeen.

Zoe chats with Pippa Jones about the recent addition to gastric surgery - Gastric baloons

Zoe talks with Pippa Jones and Talk Radio about the problems caused by eating surar

Zoe chats with Pippa Jones from iTalkFm

Interview with Zoe Harcombe and Pippa Jones talking about the 2013 Australian Dietary Guidelines

This show was originally broadcast on the 29 December 2012 on WLR FM. Thanks to Maria McCann for a lovely interview.

I really have got better things to do than to continually dissect articles from so called scientists, but, when the item under attack is the super food called egg, someone has to leap to its defence. So here goes….Zoe talks with Pippa Jones at iTalk FM about egg consumption... 

Recorded on 7 February 2012 at an open public lecture at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales.

A common question I get is "Am I losing fat or water?" which I answer in this podcast

Zoe shares her views on the October 2011 obesity strategy announced by the England Department of Health.

Zoe gives a brief introduction to her research that culminated in her book The Obesity Epidemic - What Caused It? How Can We Stop It?

Zoe talks about "10 things we've got wronger than a very wrong thing" in the world of obesity and weight loss. Further information and free eBook "20 Diet Myths - Busted" available at http://www.zoeharcombe.com. Introduction by Kansho Robert Sullivan, Founder, GKR Karate http://www.gkrkarate.com/

Discussion on the causes behind our current obesity epidemic and what we can do to reverse it.

Managing your blood glucose for fat burning

Zoe talks about the four stages of addiction and how food can be addictive

Simple tips to help you lose or maintain weight on holidays

Tips on managing your stress and coping mechanisms

Zoe helps you out with top three motivation tips to keep you on track with your diet.

The new American Food Plate was launched on Thursday 2nd June 2011. Zoe shares her concerns in this podcast.

A radio interview with Jamie and Louise where Zoe talks through the causes, symptoms and effects of cravings and food addiction.

Saturated Fat is an essential part of a healthy diet. Far from causing health problems, it alleviates them by helping reduce weight and the absorption of essentual, fat soluble, vitamins.

… “Things we’ve got wronger than a very wrong thing”! As the brilliant Dr Malcolm Kendrick would say – and Black-adder before him!

Why do we say “eat less/do more”? Does it work? What do the laws of thermodynamics actually say? (because it isn’t “eat less/do more”)

Why do we say “to lose 1lb of fat, we need to create a deficit of 3,500 calories”? Is any part of this equation correct? Do the 7 leading public health authorities in the UK know why they say this? Does anyone?

What is human fat tissue? How do we lose it? i.e. how do we lose weight? (because it isn’t “eat less/do more”)

And much more.