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In this roundtable discussion, Dr. Shan Hussain is with Dr. Haider Al-Hakim host of the ‘Surgical Spirit’ podcast, Dr. Paul Polyvios host of the ‘A Doctor’s View’ podcast and Dr. Suhail Hussain portfolio GP for both the NHS and private sectors and senior tutor at 3 London medical schools. Together they discuss the reality of COVID19 and what it is really like on the frontline along with what it could and should be like for the world as we begin the process of moving on from Lockdown.   KEY TAKEAWAYS There is a fear of ‘this thing’ but how much is real, how much is paranoia and how much is hype? The next 6-12 months in the NHS will be critical. There are a huge backlog of cases that haven’t been brought to the attention of GP’s. Why don’t they talk about improving health through nutrition and activity As human beings, we need to take back responsibility for our own health and wellbeing outside of big institutions There should be many options for people to access healthcare but the key is changing perspectives and helping people to increase health through nutrition and activity The infection rates in this country a reflection of our collective health as a population. It has shown there is a lot more we can be doing to look after ourselves and could kickstart a better way forward. Normal before was not a good place to be. There needs to be a rethink about how we run the world.   BEST MOMENTS ‘The people who decided on the type of PPE to be worn are those that would run with speed in the opposite direction if near a patient with covid19’ ‘We can’t out-medicate chronic conditions’ ‘As humans, we all need our connections with others and we need to continue to build and maintain these’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Surgical Spirit Podcast A Doctor's View Podcast   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Joe Delaney is a Consultant Principal Lecturer in Integrative Health Practice, an Associate Lecturer in Postgraduate Medicine and also a recognised teacher of Evolutionary Psychology. He is a Specialist in Integrative Health Practice and creator of the ‘IAM Approach to Health and Wellbeing’. He shares his story as a health professional who has lots of information and has also lived through the experience of stress and anxiety building to a point where it changed his life. There is a difference between living a pretentious life and an authentic life and its vital to look within and find what brings you into balance because what goes on in the body affects the mind and what happens in the mind affects the body.   KEY TAKEAWAYS How we think determines how information is sent through our nervous system to our endocrine glands, these flood the system with various biochemical substances that influence how the cells perform. What goes on in the body affects the mind and what happens in the mind affects the body. What is important is the difference between living a pretentious life and an authentic life. Stress is excessive pressure that takes us out of our wellbeing level. The nervous system kicks in with the flight or fight response, heart rate increases, blood pressure goes up and we go into hypertension. When you are in a continual state of stress you can go into a rapid mind loop as you continually try to cope with the problems. Lots of people also become physically exhausted as they try to cope and this can lead to comfort-seeking behaviours. We become toxic and out of balance. It all begins with self-awareness and being body aware. Learning to put your hand on your heart and breath is the key to achieving balance. At 6 breaths per minute the magic happens, there is a perfect balance between the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous systems of the heart.   BEST MOMENTS ‘There was a whole load of me that I wasn’t paying attention to’ ‘I’d been living everyone else’s life not my life’ ‘All the choices I had made were based on external information’ ‘I’d never made any choices based on how I felt about myself from a place of authenticity’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Dr Joe Delaney website   ABOUT THE GUEST Dr Joe Delaney PhD CSci FIBMS PhySoc Joe is a Consultant Principal Lecturer in Integrative Health Practice with Wirral Metropolitan College and an Associate Lecturer in Postgraduate Medicine with Edge Hill University and also a recognised teacher of Evolutionary Psychology with the University of Liverpool. Previously, he worked for many years as a Senior Research Fellow in Medicine at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, exploring the use of non-medical interventions alongside pharmacological methods for treating hypertension in patients suffering with diabetes and chronic kidney disease. In line with the above role, Joe was appointed as the country’s first NHS Specialist in Integrative Health Practice. His role was to help individuals reduce the stress, tension, depression and anxiety arising from living with a long-term condition and to help them find the power and enthusiasm to make healthier choices. He is the creator of the ‘IAM Approach to Health and Wellbeing’ which is a deliberately developmental, mindfulness-based stress re-education (DD-MBSR) programme that helps individuals to focus on what’s strong in them and not what’s going wrong with them. In this way, they become more empowered, emotionally flexible, mentally alert and much more able to flex and flow in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex and often ambiguous world.  ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you know how to find happiness and what difference it can make? In this episode, Dr. Shan is in conversation with Gary King who after a near-death experience sought to find the answers about how to be happy. Having worked and travelled the world with Tony Robbins he has interacted with millions of people and researched extensively about how to have an amazing happy life. People can think that happiness is all about money but Gary shares the true formula for happiness and discusses why the core of happiness is to do with a deep human connection. Listen in and hear how you can live an extraordinary life being happy.   KEY TAKEAWAYS No matter what you go through depending on how you process things there is happiness on the other side. Happiness is the opposite of fear and being happy produces endorphins in the body. Stress, fear and anxiety produce cortisol in the body and this depletes the body’s immune system. If you are happy you don’t produce cortisol or very little. Stress works against the immune system and is the biggest killer across the planet. If people refuse to forgive others they are in fact not forgiving themselves. Being honest with yourself is key because lying produces cortisol. Self-acceptance, self-approval and self-appreciation are what we seek as children and what shapes our self-worth as adults. The human constitution forms the basis of strength in any human being. It’s the kindness, integrity, empathy, honesty and self-worth of any individual. We live in a world of cause and effect and no one has immunity. Forgiveness, honesty, truthfulness and self-worth are the keys to happiness. An extraordinary life is based on forgiving yourself and other people, being honest and truthful with others, understanding self-worth and where it comes from.   BEST MOMENTS ‘You can change a person’s behaviour with one word’ ‘Your whole life is a happiness experiment’ ‘There is no such thing as an inconsequential lie’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Kyngme2@aol.com   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Shan discusses with Vicki Psarias parenting and the challenges of the day to day life where we are all ‘staying at home’ Vicki is a multi-award-winning blogger, vlogger and best-selling author of ‘MumBoss’ and discusses with Shan the joys of a slower pace of life and the things learnt that will change for the better moving forward along with the challenges of being in physical isolation. Vicki shares some great advice on the importance of looking after yourself, keeping to a routine and be social through virtual channels to support well-being, listen and enjoy.   KEY TAKEAWAYS In pregnancy, you need to understand how strong you are and that you are not alone if things don’t work out the way you are hoping they will. There are ways to be mindful and trust the professionals around you when you are facing medical procedure. Early motherhood is challenging and the reality is most people struggle with motherhood because pregnancy brings such a lot of change. In these unusual times we are physically distancing but need to make sure we are reaching out and communicating with others. We can all suffer from a lack of confidence but it’s important to understand its normal but you must also seek help and talk to someone Being social through virtual channels is vital at this time but curate the sites you are connecting with to ensure you are in control of the information. Work really hard on boundaries and recognise you can’t do everything and it’s better to be more focused rather than undertake a higher volume of activities.   BEST MOMENTS ‘Being social through virtual channels is vital, at this time, for well-being’ ‘It’s important to remember it’s not social distancing its physical isolation and distancing’ ‘It’s important to have gratitude but you can also acknowledge finding it difficult’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Mumboss: The Honest Mum's Guide to Surviving and Thriving at Work and at Home by Vicki Psarias Honest Mum website   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shan is with Rob Moore, serial entrepreneur, best-selling author and host of the Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast. In this fascinating conversation, they discuss the unusual times we are all experiencing and how as imperfectly perfect humans all sharing the planet we need to truly understand our self-worth. We all experience failures and Rob shares why it’s important to make a clear differentiation between the things that have happened and you as a person because you are not your failures, mistakes or flaws and you are also not your successes and wins you are something else and self-worth is vital. In all downsides, there are upsides and conversely, in all upsides there are downsides listen in and hear more, this is a great listen with great content and advice, enjoy.   KEY TAKEAWAYS A lot of stress comes from uncertainty so making a plan can be a productive redirection for anxiety. Uncertainty can perpetuate a lot of illness. Take a deep breath and calm yourself so you can identify how much is reality and how much you are creating. The more you give out the more you get back. The more balanced commentary you put out the more balanced commentary you get back. Uncertainty can affect people’s self-esteem and this can lead to many health issues. You and who you are is not what happens to you. You need to make a clear differentiation between you and the things that happen to you. You are not your failures, mistakes or flaws and you are not your successes and wins you are something very different. You are whole, pure, worthy and imperfectly perfect as is everyone on the planet. Accept yourself and you will understand your self-worth. You need to find self-acceptance and understand that we experience things but these do not define us. Mentors play a vital role in helping you to learn about the difference between perception and reality, this is about mindset. The concept of balance is really about there being an equal opposing set of upsides and downsides in any situation.   BEST MOMENTS ‘It was cathartic for me because it put the potential stress-energy outward rather than inward’ ‘With gratitude, you can love what you didn’t before like’ ‘I had a glass half empty mindset’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast I'm Worth More book by Rob Moore The Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast Rob Moore   ABOUT THE GUEST Rob Moore   Rob Moore is an entrepreneur, investor, 6-time bestselling author and podcaster Rob lives and loves entrepreneurship and property investing, and is the host of the successful UK podcasts, The “Disruptive Entrepreneur” and “Money”. He is on a mission to change the way people think about business and aims to support people around the globe through the Rob Moore foundation.
 Rob co-founded Progressive Property – the UK’s leading property training company – and Unlimited Success with his business partner, before becoming the host of the wildly successful podcast The “Disruptive Entrepreneur” and now The “Money” Podcast, listened to in 192 countries worldwide. This has grown into a complete digital agency: Progressive Media.
 A self-made multi-millionaire by the age of 30, having risen to riches from being heavily in debt in his 20s, Rob has retired and un-retired countless times, each time creating a new innovation, vision, book or entire company.
 He continues to disrupt as an entrepreneur and businessman, with interests ranging from property development to public speaking and digital media. He is a writer, communicator, social media influencer and philanthropist. His 8 books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and received over 9,000 reviews, and 200 1 stars!
 He is a highly sought-after public speaker, having given 1,200 speeches in the last decade and held 2 separate world records for the longest individual speech marathon. Rob holds his audience captive as an engaging and innovative speaker. He has the rare skill of cutting to the chase, using his personal experience to help others and entertain in a disruptive way.
 Through the Rob Moore Foundation, he provides an opportunity for under-privileged individuals, start-ups and small established businesses to gain valuable support, investment and mentorship from some of the best in the business. All his profits from his book Money go to the foundation.   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shan is in conversation with Giles Croft, a psychology graduate and former NHS surgeon who stepped aside from clinical practice for a decade to explore a number of career paths, including health informatics, cycling journalism, public speaking and high street retail with his wife. He is now back in the healing profession, tackling the root cause of stress and its many harmful effects by leading clients to a better understanding of the human experience. When we have a better understanding of where our experiences come from, including stress, then we are able to listen to the inner intuitive voice and look in the right direction. This is a fascinating insight into the human experience and understanding that you just need to take one in-perfect step to change everything. KEY TAKEAWAYS When we start really listening to the quiet voice of intuition and honouring it that’s when we get that sense of ‘shackles off’ We are creative beings and when we let life live us and gently go in the direction we choose then we achieve our true selves. My coaching is completely structureless it’s about being completely present with the other person. We all do have exactly what we need within us, the role of the coach is to help the person find the space to find themselves If you want to hear the intuitive voice you have to quieten the chat. It’s vital to achieve stillness of the mind. Our minds are as homeostatic as the rest of our body we always come back into balance and the only thing that keeps us stuck is ourselves, tinkering around and trying to fix our thinking when it fixes itself with the right environment. A situation can not inherently hold meaning it is our perception. The data goes in via our senses and then our own unique subjective perception is created Look for what is variable and look for what is true, all of experience is variable because all we are ever experiencing is our perception and our perception is variable. The answers we are looking for all lie within; we just need to start looking in the direction.   BEST MOMENTS ‘You need to get out of your head and ask the questions’ ‘If you point yourself in a particular direction and start moving then the opportunities will appear’ ‘The constant is the intuitive voice and the deep drivers’ - wisdom, creativity, common sense and love these can be relied on.    VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Website: www.gilespcroft.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gpcroft Twitter: ‪@gilespcroft The Inside-Out Revolution book by Michael Neill     ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coronavirus – Getting Accurate Information  – Interview with Dr Shan Hussain Community GP & host of the ‘Enduring Health’ podcast   ‘It’s not about you and me it’s about all of us, we need to protect everybody’  In this episode packed with information, Jay is checking in with Dr Shan Hussain host of the Enduring Health podcast and community GP with 20 years of professional experience. They discuss the vital importance of getting accurate and legitimate information in a time where social media is a part of everyone’s lives and can be the source of much misinformation. There is great practical advice and tips that everyone can implement in this podcast, listen in and find out more.   KEY TAKEAWAYS If someone has an underlying narrative and see something that supports it, it’s very easy to share without fact-checking or thinking about it first. If you see something on social media from an unofficial source,  check it and see if it’s accurate before sharing. Coronavirus is a type of flu virus there is no actual treatment or vaccine for it at this time. It’s spreading much faster than anticipated. There will be people walking around with no symptoms who can pass it on to someone else. Most people who get it will have mild to moderate symptoms and will fight it off. It is those vulnerable groups, for whom it is potentially much more serious, that the current restrictions are seeking to protect. We have to do everything we can reasonably do to slow the spread. People should not panic; you need to do everything you reasonably can to protect yourself without causing yourself increased anxiety and stress. A difference between coronavirus and seasonal flu is the mortality rate, with the mortality rate for coronavirus being much higher. There is no definitive evidence currently about whether you are immune after you have had it or if it will reoccur in the coming years. There is no cure so it’s about how to protect yourself, and if you get it, what you can do to fight it. Good nutrition through real foods is key to keeping healthy and this is something everyone can do. What we do now will potentially determine how long it lasts into the future. Everyone needs to do what they can to look themselves and each other.   BEST MOMENTS ‘I think testing should be rolled out for all health workers because they are treating others’ ‘Panic buying is a reflection of how fearful people are, but that fear doesn’t serve anyone’ ‘Everybody is working so hard and it makes you proud to be part of the health profession’ ‘It’s great to have a resource such as the NHS to hand’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Recruitment Boss http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com Enduring Health Podcast   ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few. Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.   CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.comSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘Top-down, bottom-up, sideways in - the changes need to come from all ways and we need to look after each other’ Dr. Shan Hussain is in conversation with Amandip Sidhu, Founder of Doctors in Distress. His brother, a consultant cardiologist, worked to the point of burn out and ultimately felt he only had one way out. This personal tragedy led Amandip to create Doctors in Distress; to raise awareness of the importance of looking after the health and well-being of those medical professionals who dedicate their lives to caring for everyone. Amandip shares the key messages for change that need to be embraced in order for everyone to be able to move forward together and the ways change can be facilitated in this thought-provoking episode. KEY TAKEAWAYS There is huge pressure on doctors institutionally but there is also a failure to give them the right level of support and ensure the right amount of oversight exists and is in place. Doctors work with an obligation and moral pressure to do their best for their patients, this can make it very hard to walk away even if you are exhausted. There needs to be change, so that people feel they can speak up say that they need help Professionals in the system need to challenge themselves to look at the teamwork and ask themselves is the best way for everyone within the team? rather than allow individuals to pick up high workloads. Doctors in distress Doctors in Distress was created as a vehicle to raise issues around doctors mental health and facilitate the learnings from my brother’s experience. Stigma Stigma prevents doctors from speaking out.There must be routes through which people can ask for help without fear of it impacting on their careers or feeling they are failing. Good Leadership We advocate that there is good and effective leadership for doctors and healthcare workers to make sure that the right systems are in place to monitor workload. Good leadership involves treating doctors with dignity and respect and remembering that when doctors feel they can do no more for a patient it is very destructive mentally for them as individuals. Culture and behaviours The culture within the medical profession is a competitive one and this ethos has driven medicine to where it is now but is it the right culture moving forward? It’s now time to rethink the dynamics within the medical profession. Its currently very fragmented with different ‘tribes’ such as GPs, the surgeons, the anaesthetists and in some areas there are even sub-tribes. There needs to be a change in culture and a move towards looking after each other. BEST MOMENTS ‘The culture is focused on the patient comes first in absolutely everything even if it’s at the expense of your own health and  well-being – you should just be able to get on with it’ ‘Being signed off sick can be perceived by a medical professional as the ultimate level of failure as a doctor’ ‘The NHS and health systems have not really expanded in relation to the population explosion’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Doctors in Distress website   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth        Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Bennett is a serial entrepreneur, founder of Primal Living health products, and author of several books including Fat And Furious. We catch up with Steve after our first interview in Episode 4 of Enduring Health to find out what’s new, and talk about his latest book and podcast “Fat And Furious” devoted to supporting optimal health through natural means. KEY TAKEAWAYS Fat And Furious is a collaborative effort between Steve and numerous medical contributors, with the format seeing Steve asking questions of how to improve certain facets of his health, and the doctors giving multiple answers, so as to provide a real depth of knowledge. We should be eating the foods that our bodies were designed to eat. We should be moving and exercising in a consistent way with our body’s design. We can achieve optimal conditions for our bodies using the LEON method: L - Lifestyle - Ensuring we get enough sleep, rest, exercise. E - Environment - Reducing the amount of toxicity in our everyday surroundings. ON - Optimal Nutrition - Ensuring that our dietary intake is designed in accordance with our body’s natural needs. Science evolves at a breakneck speed. Findings that are accepted today may be outdated and refuted within a few years. As students of science, we must always be prepared to have our expectations confounded as more information is known. Incredibly, life expectancy has begun to fall. Subsequent generations are expected to live for ten years less than us. Steve credits this to a large-scale deception by big corporations. We have over 40 trillion human cells in our bodies, and each one has a cell membrane comprised of fatty acids that we cannot produce on our own. We need fats in order to exist. In order to save the human race, companies will have to change the root of what drives them. At present it’s money, but this is ultimately unsustainable. Consumers will eventually drive the key factors behind company growth. Ethical factors will be a selling point that soon becomes harder to ignore. Steve advocates a vegan and vegetarian diet, but only for the right reasons. If you choose to eat that way because of animal cruelty, then you are to be praised. If you are doing it because you believe that it will save the planet, he believes this to be wrong.  BEST MOMENTS ‘I’m a bit annoyed because I had this idea myself!’ ‘We should be living a lifestyle that the body wants us to live’ ‘Follow the logic and not the money’ ‘I’m furious that the truth is so simple’ ‘Making money doesn’t have to be your key driver’ ‘I haven’t found a doctor yet who’s said that being a vegan is healthier’ VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Steve Bennett Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehealthdaddy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Fat And Furious by Steve Bennett (Amazon) Fat And Furious Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fat-furious/id1495158540 ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth        Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘As doctors and physicians ultimately, our main goal is the well-being, health and wellness of our patients. We all entered medicine for that reason.' In this fascinating roundtable discussion, Dr. Shan Hussain is with Dr. Haidar Al-Hakim host of the ‘Surgical Spirit’ podcast, Dr. Paul Polyvios host of the ‘A Doctor’s View’ podcast and Dr. Suhail Hussain portfolio GP for both the NHS and private sectors and senior tutor at 3 London medical schools. Together they discuss wide-ranging topics in a very honest dialogue that is both refreshing and entertaining. In bringing together their experiences they provide an enthralling insight into the issues faced by doctors and physicians every day across the NHS and private practice.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Hidden racism There is a subjective perception about racism, but it’s the hidden and insidious racism that needs to be called out. Evidence shows that British medical graduates who are minority ethnics and of black heritage are 3 times more likely to fail the RCGP exam than white Caucasian British graduates. We have to meet certain expectations, but still be ourselves and connect with others. Any institution mirrors the thoughts of society and there is inherent bias moving down from above, but there are steps being made towards change. The important thing is that we do our jobs to the best of our ability. Racism is everywhere and it’s a reality that we don’t have enough doctors. It’s vital that a way is found to accommodate everyone’s beliefs. Being human It’s impossible to be on top of everything all of the time but as doctors, the expectation is for perfection all of the time. We are all human, and that human connection with our patients is a vital part of the work.  It’s a very fine balance, and it seems to be moving away from being human and more towards being algorithmic and protocol-driven. Being human is ultimately what is going to save the medical profession.  There is not enough time, personnel, or support for struggling doctors and there is still a stigma about coming forward and asking for help. The fear lies in being adversely judged or having your fitness-to-practise questioned. The unsustainable model of healthcare practice and the well-paid institutions that supposedly support practitioners must be effectively reviewed. Change needs to happen. Recruitment and retention is a huge issue. Early retirement alongside the lack of commitment to long term contracts has led to a fractured and disjointed workforce that doesn’t know colleagues or most importantly patients. The End of the NHS? The mechanism of healthcare is very complicated and the stress of the logistics is huge, making life much more difficult within hospitals. It’s the variables that throw people – the protocols in place and the fear of doing something wrong. If something is not part of a pathway then trainees can find it more challenging to deal with in today’s practice. There has never been a more important time for us to look after our own health. It’s about coming together and looking after ourselves and each other.   BEST MOMENTS ‘The official line is they (British-trained BAME candidates) are not working as hard as their white counterparts.’ ‘If people don’t want to see me on the basis of my skin colour, then I’m not the doctor for them. I would rather help people who want my help.’ ‘We are all human and we suffer the same problems our patients do.’ ‘An overstretched ED unit is one of the last places you can practice common sense medicine.’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Surgical Spirit Podcast A Doctor's View Podcast   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re joined by the inspiring Professor Tim Noakes of The Noakes Foundation, author of over 750 books and articles, and a member of the National Research Foundation in South Africa. Professor Noakes is dedicated to educating the world about the benefits of optimum nutrition, mainly through advocating a low carb diet, and has in the past faced-off against the establishment in order to do so.  In this very special show, Professor Noakes discusses the factors that made him determined to change the way the world eats, the benefits of following his nutritional advice, and the incredible battle that led to his vindication.    KEY TAKEAWAYS   Athletes don’t die of dehydration - they die of over-hydration. Professor Noakes and his team were among the first to recognise this, and began to advise the health industry, who were fixed on selling hydrating products to athletes. The court case that almost destroyed Professor Noakes’ career was painful and arduous, but he is now glad he endured it, as it allowed him to prove, legally, that the low carb diet was safe and effective. Obesity, Type II Diabetes and Insulin Resistance all share one common symptom: hunger. If you don’t beat the food cravings, you can’t beat the problems that come as a result. You get hungry, but what drives that hunger, and the subsequent problems, are high-carbohydrate, sugary foods that are being perpetually sold to us by corporations in search of profits. What you eat determines what you eat next. Carbohydrates stimulate our need for more, which increases our sugar intake and causes us to pile on the weight. Diabetes is a disease of behaviour, and so if we don’t treat the behaviour, we cannot control the disease. The incidence of Type II Diabetes have increased four-fold in the past 35 years. Current treatment costs in the US are around 245 billion dollars per year. Within the next ten years, this has the potential bankrupt nations. On the back of his huge best-seller, Professor Noakes realised that he could use his newfound means to invest in low-carb research, and so was born The Noakes Foundation. Academia is unfortunately beset by a bullying culture. In Professor Noakes’ opinion, we must do all we can to eradicate bullying and agenda, in order to clearly see the truth behind each argument without prejudice.   BEST MOMENTS ‘I could tell you where every molecule of glucose went, from your mouth to your muscles.’ ‘I had to do this or face the consequences’ ‘It took me forty years to build up Sports Science. Sports Science no longer exists at the University’ ‘I just want you to drown (the prosecution) in science’ ‘It’s difficult to get a man to understand something if his salary depends on his not understanding it’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Lore of Nutrition: Challenging Conventional Dietary Beliefs by Tim Noakes   ABOUT THE GUEST Professor Tim Noakes Professor Noakes has published more than 750 scientific books and articles. He has been cited more than 19 000 times in scientific literature, has an H-index of 71 and is rated an A1 scientist by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. After coming across research which denounced current international dietary guidelines as fallacy, Prof Noakes started researching the effects of carbohydrates, proteins and fats on the human race. His research convinced him that a high fat, low carb diet is the healthiest option for many. After being left frustrated by a decline in his personal health, Prof Noakes has made it his mission to reverse the global trend and redefine the dietary guidelines. The Noakes Foundation is the catalyst for this change. It seeks to reveal what genuine healthy nutrition looks like and, in doing so, make a difference in the lives of millions of people. The Noakes Foundation The Noakes Foundation is a Public Benefit Organization founded for public benefit which aims to advance medical science’s understanding of the benefits of a low-carbohydrate healthy high fat (LCHF) diet by providing evidence-based information on optimum nutrition. The Foundation’s key goal is to change the way South Africa eats because the epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes are set to cripple national healthcare within the next 10 years. The Foundation purely relies on funding to carry out this mandate, visit our website to find out how you can help: www.thenoakesfoundation.org/donate Connect with Professor Noakes Website: www.thenoakesfoundation.org Facebook: The Noakes Foundation, Eat Better South Africa and Nutrition Network. Twitter: @ProfTimNoakes For any media enquiries please contact jana@thenoakesfoundation.org For more information about Nutrition Network please contact candice@nutrition-network.org     ABOUT THE HOST   Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 20 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work   CONTACT METHOD ·       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/ ·       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shan is in conversation with Stephanie Webster a Nutritional Therapist who specialises in fat loss, gut health and hormone optimisation. They talk about the complex relationships we have with food, created early on in life and the addictive nature of the fat, sugar and salt combination that is part of the many people’s diet through the processed food we are surrounded by. This is a thought-provoking episode that explores the links between our nutrition and the health problems many face as part of daily life in the modern world. Listen in and find out more about what you can do to make the changes to a diet that nourishes your body.    KEY TAKEAWAYS Nutrition I help people understand their bodies better and work on nutrition, working with individuals to create their own instruction manual to treat their bodies. It’s about having a sense of what’s right for you and understanding what your body needs at a particular time. Body composition matters, it’s about your belief system and values. To change you need to become a different person who is doing want’s right for your body. Is it good for me? should be the question you are always asking We can be very emotionally involved with food, it can mean love, connection, guilt, shame and processed foods stimulate dopamine in ways that a food such as spinach doesn’t Gut health Your gut is the main place in your body where you absorb your nutrition without gut health you cannot rebuild, repair and restore tissue properly. The gut is affected by what you eat and levels of stress No processed food – it doesn’t provide anything that is needed No processed thought -no negative self-talk as it affects levels of stress, the gut-brain axis is real No processed people – review the tribe around you and make sure they are supportive of you in the best possible way, they emotionally nourish you Hormone optimisation After the age of 40, hormone levels can drop providing challenges for keeping lean. We don’t live lives designed for the human condition. The human body is not designed for the world most of us live in every day. Taking small steps can be part of the journey that over time make a difference. Each day is an opportunity to get closer to a healthier version of you. We are all built differently and it’s about knowing your own body and understanding what works for you and your body. It’s about getting a balanced diet in the right way.   BEST MOMENTS ‘The right combination of sugar,  salt and fat stimulates you and is addictive’ ‘Processed food doesn’t nourish you or give you anything you need’ ‘If you do not optimise your gut health you will not be well overall’ ‘If you are emotionally nourished by your tribe you will not look to food for emotional soothing’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Urban Health Method website   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD ·       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/ ·       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shan is joined this week by James Goolnik BDS MSc, a UK dentist and author, who has made it his mission in life to help the world realise that sugar does more damage to our bodies than we realise, and that it’s easier to remove it from our diet than we think. By following James’s guidelines and advice, people can reboot their health and see instant benefits to their wellbeing, and more importantly, to their children’s wellbeing. Key Takeaways Schools and nurseries have an inherent problem, in that they tend to reward good behaviour with sugar. This leads to behavioural patterns that continue throughout life, whereby sugar is associated with positivity.   Stickers and other physical items are a much healthier, and prized, form of reward. James has even developed a series of adult stickers for use in his practice, which has been a huge hit.   People trust their health and wellbeing to professionals, and so we have a responsibility to ensure that we are doing the best we can with it. We should be optimising their treatment at all times, including aftercare and pre-emptive treatments.   Teeth and enamel do not regenerate. You can harden the enamel with products, and you can reverse early decay, but once they’re gone, it’s impossible to get them back.   If you have sensitive teeth, you need to talk to a dentist to find out the cause. It might be a dietary problem, and can be easily solved. It’s about neutralising the acid, and fixing the problem pre-emptively.   Fruit and fruit juices have long been touted as excellent sources of nutrition, but contain high amounts of acid and sugar. In many cases they can be more harmful than colas and sodas.   After six days of cutting down on carbohydrates and added sugars, your taste buds recalibrate, meaning that sweet things often taste sweeter. It’s a useful tool in demonstrating how accustomed we are to sweeter things.   Often we snack because we’re bored, not because we’re hungry. Analyse the difference when you feel the urge to eat something. Are you hungry, or do you just want to east? If it’s the latter, try moving, or occupying your mind in some other way. The need to eat will be greatly reduced. Best Moments ‘Enamel is the hardest substance in our bodies, and we’re destroying it’ ’There must be a better way’ ’None of the toothpaste out there will restore the enamel. Once it’s gone, it’s gone’ ‘Food isn’t just nutritious. It’s supposed to be fun’ ’Sugar is not for breakfast, lunch and dinner’ ABOUT THE HOST Dr Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   HOST CONTACT METHOD Dr Shan Hussain • Connect with Dr Shan Hussain through his website at http://www.thehealthstudio.net. • If you would like to support our Podcast, please visit our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/enduringhealth   ABOUT THE GUEST: James Goolnik BDS MSc is a UK dentist and founder of the Bow Lane Dental Group which is based in the City of London, England. James is past-president of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He qualified from Kings' College Dental School in 1992 and went to study his Masters degree in Conservative Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Institute. James lectures internationally and has delivered over 1000 seminars and authored two books. His first book Brush is a number one best seller on Amazon in 2011 with all the profits go to Dentaid. The first project was in Malawi where James installed a two surgery dental practice and lead a dental team to deliver a skills transfer workshop. His second book 'Kick Sugar' is a collaboration to help people reboot their health by kicking sugar over a 14 days challenge.All profits go to The Rewards Project, a charity founded to help tackle sugar being used as a reward for children www.rewardsproject.org Follow James on Twitter Learn more about James Valuable Resources Purchase “Kick Sugar” on Amazon Download the Insight Timer App Purchase “Fat And Furious” by Steve BennettSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Dr Hussain is joined by choir director and Liberty singer, Kari Olsen-Porthouse, who also runs workplace wellbeing initiatives with singing workshops. Kari has joined the discussion today to discuss the many health benefits of singing, as well as the difference it can make to individuals, to businesses, and to communities. Key Takeaways Singing as a group promotes teamwork, good feeling and camaraderie, which in turn brings happiness and comfort. In Kari’s eyes, the singing comes secondary in many cases, and a “good singing voice” is certainly not a prerequisite for joining. Kari has begun to shy away from using the term “choir” as it makes prospective members believe that some level of expertise or experience is required in order to join. This is not the case. People seem to learn better when music is involved. This is especially true of children, who find it much easier to absorb information if it is in the form of a song, such as the alphabet song, or times tables. Scientific studies have shown that singing has a positive effect upon health in numerous ways such as improved posture, inducing a better quality of sleep, strengthening the immune system, and c an act as a natural anti-depressant. One of Kari’s members has reported that her heart condition is improved since becoming part of the singing group. Her breathing, also, has drastically improved. Workplace singing is something Kari is a passionate advocate of, as she feels that it promotes wellbeing, communication and team spirit. It also gives the sometimes lesser-spotted talents a chance to shine. Best Moments ‘When people say to me “I can’t sing”, I say “Who says?”' ‘I do everything by ear’ ‘If you can speak, you can sing’ ‘All I ever want to do is share it’ ‘Are you woodwind players, or are you singers?'   ABOUT THE HOST Dr Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   HOST CONTACT METHOD Dr Shan Hussain • Connect with Dr Shan Hussain through his website at http://www.thehealthstudio.net. • If you would like to support our Podcast, please visit our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/enduringhealth   ABOUT THE GUEST: Kari is a freelance choir director who graduated from Middlesex University with a Performance Art degree in music and technical theatre. After a period of time working to edit commercials for television, she went on to complete a psychology degree moved into a career in primary school teaching. As a specialist music teacher, she ran five different school choirs for junior school children and began a community choir for the parents. She left teaching in 2017 to fully devote her time to choral singing. Operating out of Nottingham she now runs a hugely successful community choir, and also runs workplace singing workshops as part of wellbeing initiatives. Her clients have included NutraCheck, NHS Digital, The University of Nottingham, Hillarys and the Post Office. She believes that everyone can sing and that we can all learn and make improvements to our vocal sound. She teaches singing in a way which aims to be accessible for everyone. Most of all, she helps deliver confidence to singers through informal teaching methods and great sense of fun. She believes in the power of choral singing, and the sense of community and good feeling it creates, and the proven associated health benefits we can derive Valuable Resources Liberty Singer: www.libertysinger.com Liberty Singer Facebook: www.facebook.com/libertysinger Kari Olsen-Porthouse Twitter: @libertysinger73 Email Kari at: libertysinger@gmail.com    Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Shan talks to Dr. Mohan Sekeram about Social Prescribing and the positive impact of having the social prescriber embedded as a part of the primary care team. This engaging episode provides an invaluable insight into the social prescribing pilot that has been running in Merton, and the positive data set and evidence confirming the benefits of embedding a link worker within a practice.   ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Mohan Sekeram has been working as a GP for over 10 years in East Merton, London, and is the Clinical Lead for Social Prescribing for Merton and Wandsworth CCGs. Mohan led on the development and implantation of the Merton Model of Social Prescribing which aims to address the social determinants of health. This model has resulted in significant reductions in GP and Accident and Emergency attendances, and has demonstrated a positive impact on patient measures of wellbeing. He is passionate about harnessing the opportunities in the local community and wants to ensure the local voluntary sector receives adequate support to help empower them and build resilience. Mohan is also a member of Merton LMC and a GP trainer. He grew up in South West London and in his spare time enjoys many types of exercise and is a keen AFC Wimbledon fan.    KEY TAKEAWAYS A person's health and well-being are affected by many factors, including social factors such as employment, education, bereavement, relationships and isolation. Social factors can manifest as physical symptoms resulting in individuals being in primary care. Social Prescribing enables a social prescriber working within the practice to spend time exploring the root cause with the patient and finding out what services in the community can be effectively targeted to support their need and get them on the right journey. Often patients who have their social root cause issue identified and tackled appropriately, find the physical symptoms are also resolved. Having a GP endorsement makes it easier for individuals to take up the opportunity of the link worker. Getting the link worker, the social prescriber, embedded in the practice is a new model. They have an understanding and knowledge of social factors, health coaching, and are able to find out what support the patient requires.  In the Merton pilot study, 77% of patients reported an improvement following social prescribing, GP appointments dropped by a third, and hospital admissions halved. This data correlates with similar work being done in Rotherham and Bexley. The NHS has pledged to fund a link worker for every practice by 2021 It will be within the scope of the practice to decide how best to utilise the link worker within the demographic of the practice.   FURTHER INFORMATION What Is Social Prescribing? Social prescribing: a GP’s perspective Social Prescribing Project: The Patients’ Story Follow Dr. Mohan Sekeram on Twitter   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our Podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Shan interviews Dr Samanta Nagpal, a consultant psychiatrist with the NHS and host of 'The Therapy Suite' with UK Health Radio. Today, we highlight the importance of maintaining brain health and function. According to Dr Nagpal, we can prevent (and combat) many mental health ailments through mindfulness, nutrition and exercise. Being mindful is a powerful skill which can be done anywhere regardless of whatever you’re doing. Certain nutritional deficiencies can also result to illness that can improve once recognised and addressed. Discover also how your gut bacteria is linked to mental health and why exercising should be done no matter how busy life gets.. KEY TAKEAWAYS According to World Health Organisation (WHO), depression and heart disease will be among the most common illnesses in 2020. When we or anything in our environment undergo a sudden stressful change, our body’s adrenal glands release cortisol, the stress hormone. High levels of cortisol can result to anxiety, depression, fatigue, etc. Stress resilience can be practised through: Mindfulness Healthy Diet Exercise Mindfulness does not clear your thoughts; it helps you become present and aware. “Observe your thoughts and allow them to pass. Don’t give them energy.” Mental health issues can sometimes be linked to nutritional deficiencies: Low B12 and folate is associated with depression and poor cognition.  Magnesium is an element which can be found in leafy greens, seeds, and fibre-rich carbohydrates. Deficiency of magnesium has been linked with depression and anxiety. Low iodine can cause thyroid problems and subsequent mood changes. Low Vitamin D has recently been linked to autism. Omega-3, an essential fatty acid which can be found in fish oil, can treat and prevent depression. Gut bacteria can play a role in supporting our mood and mental state. The more diverse the bacteria are, the heathier the gut is. Exercising might be a difficult habit to fit in our daily schedule if you’re too busy, but it can prevent and improve many different mental illnesses. BEST MOMENTS “As psychiatrists, we’re taught to look at the person not just the illness.” “Lives are different these days. Pressures are different, expectations are different. People’s finances are not in the way they used to be.” “When we’re stressed, we make poor choices.” “Mindfulness might bring stuff from the past. But that’s good, just let it go.” “Exercise is a natural antidepressant. It can boost the natural 'happy hormones' – serotonin, dopamine, and adrenaline.” VALUABLE RESOURCES Move Nourish Change UK Health Radio ABOUT THE GUEST Dr Samanta Nagpal is a consultant psychiatrist working in the NHS. Graduating as a doctor from Imperial College, London, Dr Nagpal started her training in psychiatry in New Zealand, and then moved back to London where she continued her training mainly in South London, on the Guys, Kings and St. Thomas’s hospital training scheme and then the St George’s training Scheme. Dr Nagpal has worked as a consultant for several years both in London and the north west of England. She has experience of a range of specialities within psychiatry and has worked in various departments including the community, on inpatient wards, psychiatric intensive care units, early intervention services, old age and child psychiatry, addictions, forensic, eating disorders plus others. She has also worked in Ghana in a psychiatric hospital, to train mental health professionals and also help set up mental health services. Dr Nagpal also has a keen interest in holistic and alternative therapies and the role they can play in treating mental health conditions. She has trained in energy healing, and regularly practices meditation and yoga. Email: samnagpal375@gmail.com Twitter: @NagpalSamanta Facebook: Dr. Samanta Nagpal Consultant Psychiatrist and Presenter UK Health Radio ABOUT THE HOST Dr Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work. CONTACT METHOD Dr Shan Hussain Connect with Dr Shan Hussain through his website at http://www.thehealthstudio.net. If you would like to support our Podcast, please visit our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘You don’t know what you can be, just take the first step and see where the journey takes you. Sooner or later, you will feel better ‘  Dr. Shan Hussain is discussing the benefits of dynamic running and movement therapy with William Pullen, psychotherapist and specialist in dynamic running therapy. They discuss the importance of movement for all humans and the ways we can all move actively towards feeling better and achieving empowerment and confidence.     KEY TAKEAWAYS  What drew you towards running as a therapy?  Running is something you can do almost anywhere at any time; it is amongst the most accessible of all exercises.  There are many proven studies showing how running can be beneficial to our health.  The physical body is designed to move, but with the advent and continuing progress of technology we have less reasons to move.  Depressed people develop rigidity about themselves, it’s part of the condition and the opposite of moving.  If you want to feel better, get moving. It can be anything from intellectual movement, emotional movement, musical movement or physical movement.  It’s important to have social connections around us that help us take the next step.  I’ve developed empathy walks and runs – this technique focuses on one person talking for ten minutes whilst the other individual simply listens.  If you give someone a chance to talk uninterrupted, then it’s likely that you will find out the reason for their emotions and their validity. It's about taking the time.  Tell me about your day to day work in psychotherapy?  I have my practice as a dynamic running therapist, this is therapy but on the move,  its approach is fundamentally humanistic so there is a focus on the quality of the relationship between the therapist and the client.  There are many, many upsides to doing therapy outdoors, when you take people and move with them from A to B. It’s not just the movement - there is a sense of accomplishment and empowerment.  I also have a regular practice where I see adults facing challenges across areas such as depression and low confidence.  No matter how stuck you are, no matter how big your dream is, don’t be intimidated by the journey to get better or to get to where you want to be.  All you need to do is something very simple, just take the first step and keep moving no matter what it looks like.     BEST MOMENTS  ‘There are lots of proven ways about how running is beneficial to our health’  ‘The only things that don’t move in life are dead things’  ‘It’s great to talk, but it's also about the action you take’  ‘We can craft the world into whatever we want it to be’  ‘Just one simple healthy activity incorporated into our daily lives can help transform our emotional well-being’  ABOUT OUR GUEST  William Pullen B.Sc., M.A., MBACP (Accred) is a London-based psychotherapist, author, and founder of Dynamic Running Therapy. His approach uses a fusion of movement, mindfulness and talk therapy. He is also the developer of the app “Dynamic Running Therapy”. His book, “Running For Your Life“ has been published in 8 countries. William is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. He provides short and long-term psychotherapy to adults and young people on an individual basis. He works with people suffering from difficulties including depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, negative childhood experiences, relationship and work related issues and substance abuse as well as many others. VALUABLE RESOURCES AND LINKS  Download the Dynamic Running Therapy App “Run for Your Life: Mindful Running for a Happy Life” by William Pullen Watch  William’s TEDx talk: “Movement Is Medicine” Follow William Pullen on Twitter Learn more about William Pullen    ABOUT THE HOST  Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit.  As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner.  Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems.  His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.     CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our Podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shan talks to Dr Shawn Baker, a doctor, athlete, father, and proponent of a carnivorous lifestyle. Dr Baker is a world-class athlete, with several titles of Championships and National Records to his name. He has managed to break three world records after turning to a full carnivore diet. He talks about this diet in detail, about its nutrition and health benefits. He talks about the sleep benefits he has received from the diet and an overall feeling of well-being. His upcoming book contains in-depth information about adapting and living a Carnivore diet lifestyle.   KEY TAKEAWAYS A conventional doctor who has done a lot of work in Orthopaedics talks about his work beyond that. I trained as an Orthopaedic surgeon in the United States. I definitely was a conventionally trained allopathic doctor, MD. I did that for a number of years, quite enjoyed that, and had some interesting experiences. I practiced military surgery, spent a lot of time doing war trauma in places like Afghanistan. I have been a nuclear weapons officer, and an athlete for most of my life. I was World Champion in Highland Games for the Masters Class, All American Masters Athlete Track and Fuel Athlete, I was National Record Holder and Powerlifter. So I have had a different background than a lot of people. In my 40s my health started to go not in the way I wanted it to with regards to putting on weight, blood pressure, metabolism and so forth. Despite the fact that I was still training intensely, being in athletics I started running in issues with health, nutrition, lifestyle and that's what has brought me to where I am today, nearly a decade later.  Journey around nutrition. You learn about vitamin nutrient deficiencies, you learn the basics about macronutrients, amino acids and essential fats. In medical school, you don't really get much as far as how nutrition potentially has a role in mitigating, treating or even potentially curing certain diseases. You are told people eat junk food, they eat too much, you're lazy, no exercise. That's the kind of background information you take away from medical school. As I came to find out with myself that nutrition has a much greater role in not just maintaining some healthy body weight but in every single disease process we deal with. In even acute diseases, nutrition plays a role in healing surgical patients. Nutrition plays a tremendous role with chronic diseases, and even some genetic disorders seem to respond to nutrition.  Nutrition led to carnivorism. That was being objective about what was going on with my personal health. It was experimenting to see what actually works for me and be open enough to explore what things are out there and what things I can try. It was not like one day I decided I'm gonna eat a bunch of meat. This is an evolutionary process. It took 7, 8 years. I was never happy with a low-fat diet, I was hungry constantly, never satisfied with the food. Therefore I thought this is not sustainable for the long term. With my desire to compete athletically I started to look into the potential benefits of animal source nutrition. I started looking into how the weightlifters and bodybuilders had done it. I came across a community of people who were doing a carnivore style diet. They have been doing it for close to two decades. They were seemingly doing extremely well in exhibiting vitamin health and had no medical issues. I thought I would try it for a short period of time, for a couple of days a steak and eggs diet. In late, 2016 I thought I would do it for 30 days. I went back to my standard diet after 30 days and after a day or two, and I did not feel as good. I felt fatigued, I felt pains started to come back. So I went back to the meat-based diet. For me, it is 98% meat, some eggs, a little bit of dairy, seafood. It's been almost 3 years now since I switched to a carnivore diet, and my athletic performance went up. I could see an 8 to 10% increase in power output. Without any changes in training, I was able to set three world records shortly after I turned 50 years of age as a full carnivore.  30 days of an all-out carnivore for the first time. My blood pressure was normal, I just had a mild headache for about a week to 10 days. My digestion was wonderful, no problem with bowel movements. It was a very pleasant experience, great energy. I saw the mild aches and pains I had to go away.  How is your sleep in the carnivore diet? I fall asleep usually within 10 minutes. 90% of the time I sleep straight through without interruption for about 6 to 7 hours. I generally always wake up before the sun comes up. I wake up naturally and do not usually require an alarm clock. As a part of the community, I have realised that your sleep quality improves and your sleep volume drops by about 10 to 15%.  The Carnivore diet is deficient in carbohydrates and essential vitamins like Vitamin C, how do we make up for that? When I wanted to do this I was curious about this as well. You will see a number of potential deficiencies around this diet. There is no role of fibre in this diet. With Vitamin C we know there are some transporters across different cell membranes. In a higher glucose environment, Vitamin C is competitively inhibited and therefore we see less absorption of Vitamin C. We also see that interestingly human red blood cells do have the capacity to actually recycle Vitamin C which is something that not many people are aware of. One of the major function of Vitamin C is that it is an antioxidant. In low carbohydrate states our antioxidants systems particularly things like glutathione are regulated. We may obviate some of the need of antioxidants of the Vitamin C by regulating around systems in a low carb diet. Also, Vitamin C is very important in the function of carnitine which is part of the fat cycle. When we are ingesting carnitine we have actual transporters in the gut which can take up full carnosine. It is a misconception that we can only take amino acids, a number of di and tripeptide transporters that are contained within our gut. The other function of Vitamin C is when we don't have sufficient Vitamin C relative to our needs, we start to develop symptoms of scurvy, bleeding gum problems, teeth falling out, sores and cuts won't heal. This is all due to the collagen synthesis. If we look at Vitamin C's role in collagen synthesis, it helps to take proline and lysine, hydroxyproline and hydroxylysine. In meat-based diet, we are getting that in ample amount. Even a steak has 3% of its content as collagen. There are all kinds of compensatory mechanisms.  Quality of meat. If you are trying to make a diet of salami and spam, you are going to fail. You need to have fresh primal cut meat or maybe ground beef.  Vegan movement supposedly saving the planet. As a cynic, I see this plant-based movement has been co-opted by these processed food companies. They are trying to greenwash or health wash their products because they contain plants in them, but really they are these cheap ingredients that are highly profitable. A typical day in Shawn Baker's life. I eat a fully carnivorous diet. I am 6 foot 5 inches and about 240 to 250 pounds. I am putting away a close to about 4 pounds of food a day. I take two meals a day. If I want to lose weight I will eat a little less and if I want to put on weight I will eat a little more. Usually, it is breakfast and an early dinner. 95% of my food comes from red meat, typically I eat steaks and burgers. I would eat eggs a couple of times, I might eat seafood a couple of times, I have a little bit of dairy here and there although for me if I eat too much dairy it turns negative. I try to limit that. The nice thing is I do not have cravings to eat other kinds of food.  New book by Shawn Baker - 'The Carnivore Diet.' It's going to be a lot of peoples' first exposure to carnivorism. I talk about my background, and then we go into the theoretical stuff, the evolutionary, historical stuff, and the science behind it. We talk about some of the success stories, and then how to implement a diet. I do talk about the general philosophy and some of the psychology that goes behind it.  Absolute favourite meat dish of Shawn Baker. I am pretty partial to rib eye. I think the reason for that is if we look at human evolution, humans went through this evolutionary process and somewhere around the period of homo erectus they became very good hunters and they became very good at killing things like mammoth, elephants and so on. That was their food of choice. Those animals had a lot of fat and that fat led to human brain development. That is why that appeals to us. Humans got very good at killing those animals and once our easy source of energy went away, now we have to compensate that with cuts of meat like cows.   Best Moments  "Nutrition has a much greater role in not just maintaining some healthy body weight but in every single disease process we deal with." "Nutrition plays a tremendous role with chronic diseases." "I was never happy with a low-fat diet, I was hungry constantly, never satisfied with the food." "Without any changes in training, I was able to set three world records, shortly after I turned 50 years of age as a full carnivore." "They are trying to greenwash or health wash their products because they contain plants in them, but really they are these cheap ingredients that are highly profitable. " "If you are trying to make a diet of salami and spam, you are going to fail." "Your sleep quality improves and your sleep volume drops by about 10 to 15%."   VALUABLE RESOURCES Learn more about the Carnivore Training SystemOrder ‘The Carnivore Diet’ by Shawn Baker, MDFollow Dr. Shawn Baker on Twitter   ABOUT THE GUESTShawn Baker  Shawn Baker is a doctor, athlete, father, and proponent of a carnivorous lifestyle.  Notable achievements: - Bachelor Of Arts University Of Texas At Austin - Biology 1989 - Doctor Of Medicine Texas Tech Health Science University - 2001 (Graduated With Honours) - Completed 5 Year Orthopaedic Surgical Residency - University Of Texas 2006  - Chief Of Orthopaedics Kirtland Air Force Base - Chief Of Orthopaedics Luke Air Force Base - Chief Of Orthopaedic Trauma - Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan 2007 - 600 Surgeries - Lead Surgeon Of 12 Provider Orthopaedic Surgical Group Private Practice Until 2016  - Nuclear Weapons Launch Officer USAF X 5 Years - Distinguished Graduate US Air Force Officer Training School - Nuclear Weapons Combat Commander Of The Year 90 Operation Group 1996 - Luke Air Force Base Air Force Athlete Of The Year 2010  - Semi-Professional Rugby, Cambridge New Zealand (played In Waikato Premiere League And Faced Off Against Several New Zealand All Blacks) - Selected All US Air Force And Combined Military Services Rugby Squads - All Western USA Rugby Select Side - Texas Rugby Select Side  - 1st Place Texas Strongest Man (300lb Class 2004) - 5th Place USA Strongest Man Contest (North American Strongman Society) (300lb Class)  - American Record Deadlift 772lbs (350kg) Natural Association Of Strength Athletes (pure Division - Lifetime Drug-Free Class) 2000 - Sub-master World Record Deadlift 738lbs World Association Of Benchpress AndDeadlift - Masters American Record Deadlift (40+ Category) 711lb USA Powerlifting 2007  - Highland Games US Invitational Masters National Champion 2009 - Highland Games Masters World Champion 2010  - USA Track And Field Masters All American Status Discus, Weight Throw, Superweight Throw 2009  - Set Concept 2 Indoor Rowing World Records For 1min (40+) 100m (50+),1 Min (50+), 500m All Of This Accomplished As A Life Time Drug-Free Athlete ABOUT THE HOST Dr Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work. HOST CONTACT METHOD Dr Shan Hussain Connect with Dr Shan Hussain through his website at http://www.thehealthstudio.net. If you would like to support our Podcast, please visit our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/enduringhealth  Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shan interviews Sam Feltham, founder and director of the Public Health Collaboration, a registered charity based in the UK since 2016. Sam talks about his journey from starting out as a fitness trainer, to his endeavours that led to creating the Public Health Collaboration. He also shares three of his experiences with different food types and how each of them demonstrated interesting and insightful results.   Self-experiments on diets, nutrition and exercise. In 2013, I was trying to think of a way on how to help people connect the dots of how a body expresses different foods. I decided to do some self-experiments to overeat twice as much as I usually would. I did it on three different diets, I did it for three weeks and I would have three months in between to biochemically reset.   First experiment was low carb real food diet. I ate almost 6,000 calories a day. Over those three weeks, after the protein thermogenic effect of food, loss of calories from fibre, and also any exercise I did, I ended up in a 47,000 calorie surplus. According to the calorie formula, I should have put on 6.1 kgs. But by the end, I had actually put on only 1.3 kgs. I lost 3 cms from my waist. That was an incredible and interesting finding. What is more interesting is the follow-up experiment.  Low-fat fake food diet. Three months after I biochemically reset I decided to do low-fat fake food. My calculator said it will be the same number of calories. I ended up in the same calorie surplus of 47,000 calories. I should have put on 6.1 kgs according to the calorie formula but in reality, I put on 7.1 kgs. I actually put on 9.3 cms around my waist. That was rather disconcerting. Those were two very interesting examples that you can have the same calorie surplus but two very different results depending on the type of food you eat. Very low-fat vegan diet. On that one, because I was eating 175 grams of fibre per day, I ended up with 40,000 calorie surplus. 7,000 calories less than my previous two experiments. According to the calorie formula, I should have put on 5.2 kgs but I ended up putting on 4.7 kgs. I put on 7.75 cms around my waist. The experiments were a powerful demonstration of the quality and types of food you eat can effect the body a lot more than the quantity.   Real Food Rocks. “This event will be running up in the Lake district on Saturday, the 20th of July. That will be organised by Dr. Jen Unwin. She is one of our scientific advisory board members. She's a clinical psychologist but newly retired. She offered to put this festival together. She has done an outstanding job. It is a family-friendly day that focuses on real food, real music and real fun. So if people want to check that out you can buy tickets on the website www.realfoodrocks.co.uk  Adult tickets are £10, child tickets are £5, and children that are five and under go for free.”  Real Food Day on the 19th of June, Wednesday. “It is an awareness day that is dedicated to highlighting the power of real food. I mean, really trying to demonstrate to the public that real food lifestyles have a huge impact on our daily lives. If you are living with diseases and conditions like Type II Diabetes, Obesity and conditions like that, it is possible to reverse those through a real food lifestyle. On the website, we have got lots of examples of real food stories of people.” Future of Public Health Collaboration. “One of our focuses at the moment is our Ambassadors Programme. That is a network of volunteers/representatives of PHC at the local level. Now we have about 150 ambassadors across the country. They have all gone through an interview process and training. They try to inform local health care professionals about the PHC, what we are trying to achieve, why we are doing it, how we can help them. One of the main ways we are trying to help them is by helping set up free public monthly meetings for the patients to attend. So that they can find out all the information about real food lifestyles and then implement it in conjunction with the health care professionals in the NHS. Down the line, we would have hopefully reversed the obesity and Type II Diabetes epidemics. In this country that is really the bottom line of it all, and it would massively reduce the amount of money we are spending on drugs for these conditions. It is a long road ahead but we are starting to make a headway.”   BEST MOMENTS "We have been trying to inform and implement healthier decisions for better public health." "On the whole there is a big shift to strength training as well as the focus on nutrition." "Anybody who is a fitness trainer knows that essentially the six pack is made in the kitchen." "The old saying that you can't out exercise a bad diet is certainly ringing true." "It is a powerful demonstration on the fact that food quality and the types of foods that we eat can affect our body a lot more than the quantity." "A real food lifestyle can help to treat and reverse conditions like Type II Diabetes and Obesity.”   ABOUT THE HOST Dr Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   HOST CONTACT METHOD Dr Shan Hussain • Connect with Dr Shan Hussain through his website at http://www.thehealthstudio.net. • If you would like to support our Podcast, please visit our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/enduringhealth   ABOUT THE GUEST Sam Feltham is the founder and director of the Public Health Collaboration, a registered charity based in the UK since 2016. Sam has been in the health and fitness industry for over a decade after studying at the European Institute of Fitness and qualifying as a Master Personal Trainer. During 5 years of running a fitness boot camp business, Sam noticed an increasing number of doctors coming out to support real food and smart exercise to treat and prevent diseases and conditions, instead of just prescribing drugs and pushing fake food.  He decided to move away from that business in order to fully focus on improving public health by setting up and directing the Public Health Collaboration, a singular organisation to help inform the public and empower the medical community on the science and solutions of health.   RESOURCES Purchase “Why We Get Fat: And What To Do About It” by Gary TaubesLearn more about Real Food RocksLearn more about Real Food DayLearn more about The Public Health CollaborationFollow Sam Feltham on TwitterSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘The only way to lose weight is to work with your body not against it, to provide it with the macronutrients it needs’ Dr. Shan is in conversation with Dr. Zoë Harcombe who provides a fascinating insight into the research and trials that have shaped policy and the evidence for the key advice to eat real food and choose foods that provide the nutrients we need. This episode explains the importance of macronutrients and the groups of nutrients that are vital for us to stay healthy and fit. KEY TAKEAWAYS • The only way to lose weight is to work with your body not against it. • Somewhere along the line, we misapplied the laws of thermodynamics to the body. • There is not a single law that states that energy in equals energy out. • Carbohydrates are good for energy, but not for much else. • You do not need any more carbohydrate than you require for energy in a day. This varies for individuals but can be as little as 500 calories a day. • The body can make carbohydrate if needed, through a process called gluconeogenesis. • Focusing on eating real food and choosing real food for the nutrients it provides will get most people to where they need to be. • It's not easy, but food diaries are the best way to work out what you can and can not eat. • The impact we can have with diet is even more dramatic than what we can achieve with medication. • Fibre may be a marker of health but is not a maker of health, there is a really big difference. • There are many things that make for fantastic gut flora and none of them has anything to do with fibre. • Gut Flora - If you want a fantastic gut flora – choose super healthy parents, be born naturally, be breastfed for as long as possible, have no antibiotics in childhood, eat good food healthy food and avoid junk food.   BEST MOMENTS ‘Focusing on eating better and living your life doing as you please’ ‘Why are we drawn to carbohydrates, and in particular the combination of carbohydrates and fat which does not appear in nature except in nuts?’ ‘It was piecing all the bits together to understand what could be eaten and the combination’ ‘I can spot a carb addict in the street, the puffy face, the water retention the almost closed eyes’ ‘We are being told that the stuff that we can’t digest is what’s making us healthy’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast   ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Zoë Harcombe   Dr. Zoë Harcombe is a researcher, author, blogger and public speaker in the field of diet and health. Her particular areas of interest and expertise are public health dietary guidelines (especially dietary fat), nutrition and obesity.   Zoë graduated from Cambridge University with a BA and MA in economics and mathematics. In 2016, she was awarded a Ph.D. in public health nutrition after struggling to find anything that was being taught in 'conventional' nutritional worlds that was true or evidence-based. Her thesis was entitled was “An examination of the randomised controlled trial and epidemiological evidence for the introduction of dietary fat recommendations in 1977 and 1983: A systematic review and meta-analysis.” The full document is available on her website www.zoeharcombe.com She has authored several books including: • The Harcombe DIet • The Diet Fix • The Real Food Cookbook • The Obesity Epidemic • An Apple A Day Won’t Keep The Doctor Away • Diet And Health Today Zoë's personal values are health, relationships, personal development, mutuality and integrity. The order of the first two has not changed in 20 years. Her personal goal is two-fold and complementary - to do whatever can be done to reverse the horrific, man-made, obesity epidemic and to make a difference in the lives of others. Zoë's dietary advice can be summed up as follows: • Eat real food • Eat a maximum of three times a day • Manage carbohydrate intake Follow Dr. Zoë Harcombe on Twitter Website and contact information         ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD ·       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/ ·       If you would like to support our Podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.