After Hours with Dr Vincent

A question came up on the podcast this week that sounds trivial, but really isn’t: Is something wrong with me if I don’t like a food everyone else loves? It came from my co-host, an Inner West Sydneysider surrounded by avocado on toast… who still can’t stand avocado. And the answer is no. Food preferences aren’t a character flaw. They’re biology, memory, culture, and expectation working together....

Many of the health sayings we still repeat today did not come from science. They emerged from humoral theory, early physiology guesses, cultural symbolism, and trial-and-error medicine that often mistook confidence for correctness. What survived wasn’t the mechanism or the evidence. It was the rhyme, the metaphor, the phrase that sounded right. Over time, these sayings detached from their origins,...

As we step into 2026, it’s clear that better health isn’t going to come from another extreme plan, biohack, or viral trend. We already know more about health than any generation before us, yet chronic disease, burnout, anxiety and inflammation are still rising. That tells us the problem isn’t knowledge, it’s the systems, habits, and defaults we’ve accepted as “normal.” This episode of After Hours...

In this After Hours episode, Marty and I talk about something I care deeply about this time of year: how to start the New Year without burning out by February. We unpack why consistency always beats extremes, how the “new beginning” effect can work for or against us, and why your environment and season matter more than motivation. An Australian summer makes movement easier. A Northern Hemisphere w...

Rosacea is something I do not just treat and research. I live with it. In this After Hours episode, I open up about my own journey with rosacea… the redness, the heat, the unpredictable flare-ups and the emotional impact that most people never see. This is a personal episode. No filters, no scripts, no clinical distance. Just me sharing what it’s actually like to manage a chronic inflammatory skin...

On this episode of After Hours , we talked about what it really means to get smarter. Not smarter on paper or in an exam sense, but smarter in everyday life. Thinking clearer, learning faster and remembering more. One of the biggest myths we still carry is that intelligence is fixed. It is not. Your brain is constantly changing, adapting and rewiring itself based on how you live. Every day, your h...

In this episode of After Hours , Christian and I unpack the real story behind ultra processed foods and why they have become so hard to escape. We talk about how these products are engineered for convenience, speed and hyper-palatability, not nourishment. They are foods made in factories rather than kitchens, designed to override your natural hunger cues and keep you reaching for more. For many pe...

In this episode of After Hours , Christian and I dive into the uncomfortable yet empowering truth about illness. We often think of getting sick as something that happens to us, a random strike of bad luck, but the body is always talking long before symptoms appear. Illness is not just an event. It is a signal, a consequence, a pattern that has been forming quietly in the background. When we unders...

Inflammation is one of those words people love to throw around without really knowing what it means. Most people picture a swollen ankle, a red rash or a puffy joint and think, “That’s inflammation.” Yes, that is one version of it, but it is only the surface. Inflammation is actually one of the most powerful communication systems in your body. It is how your cells send a distress signal and say, “...

Hydration is one of the simplest, cheapest and most overlooked parts of health. In this week’s After Hours episode, Christian and I talk about why so many people feel exhausted, foggy or irritable all day. They don’t realize the real problem isn’t sleep, stress or sugar. It’s dehydration. Your body is roughly 60 percent water and your brain is around 75 percent. Lose even a tiny amount and your mo...

We’ve all heard it: “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” But is it really? New research suggests that for many people, skipping breakfast can actually be a smart and beneficial choice, especially if your goal is weight management without obsessively counting calories. The Calorie Buffer Effect The simplest reason skipping breakfast works is math. Most breakfasts range between 300–600...

In this week’s episode of After Hours, Christian and I dive into one of the most overlooked pillars of health: sleep. What makes a good night’s rest? Why do some people wake up tired even after eight hours? And what really happens inside your body when you dream? We live in a world that glorifies productivity, where sleep is often treated like an inconvenience rather than a necessity. But sleep is...

Listen to the full episode: After Hours — The Science of Weight Loss Where science gets personal. We’ve been told that weight loss is simple. Eat less, move more. But the truth is, your body isn’t a calculator. It’s a chemistry lab. Calories matter, yes, but how your body processes them depends on far more than diet and exercise. In my latest After Hours episode, we unpacked the science of weight...

In this week’s episode, Christian and I dove into two things we don’t usually think of together — gut health and day drinking. On the surface, it feels light and social: brunch mimosas, Aperol spritz in the sun, rosé by the pool. But we pulled back the curtain on what’s really happening inside your gut when you drink during the day. Alcohol isn’t just about the buzz, it reshapes your microbiome. I...

In the latest episode of After Hours , Christian and I dove deep into one of my favourite topics — gut health . I called the episode Gut Feeling because our digestive system is far more than just a place where food is broken down. It’s central to how we feel every single day — influencing mood, energy, focus, and even how we respond to stress. Listeners often tell me they “trust their gut” when ma...

The future of healthcare isn’t coming, it’s already here. From AI and robots in hospitals to immunotherapy that teaches your immune system to fight smarter, we’re standing on the edge of a medical revolution. But the question is: will it actually make us healthier? In this episode of After Hours , Christian and I dive into the messy, fascinating world of tomorrow’s medicine. We talk about the trau...

Walk into any beauty store and you’re greeted with walls of serums, creams, masks, and tonics, each one promising to be the secret to perfect skin. The skincare industry has mastered the art of marketing hope in a bottle. But beneath the glossy packaging lies what I call the skincare trap : the cycle of overbuying, overlayering and overlooking what really matters. The truth is, your skin doesn’t n...

Parenting is magic… and mayhem. In this raw, funny, and unfiltered episode, Dr Vincent and Christian pull back the curtain on what kids actually do to your body and mind—why new parents lose ~700 hours of sleep in year one , how constant worry spikes cortisol, and why “making your child the only priority” can quietly wreck your health (and theirs). It’s honest, practical, and deeply relatable. You...

In this episode of After Hours with Dr Vincent , we explore how addiction blurs the line between biology and behaviour. Why can one person binge drink every weekend and stay “fine,” while another spirals after a single glass? Why do some of us need a pill to fall asleep? We break down the science of addiction, from dopamine’s powerful grip on the brain’s reward system to the difference between phy...

In our very first episode of After Hours , I sit down with my co-founder and long-time friend, Christian , to share the untold story of how Renovatio began. From a crazy idea in the lab to building a company that’s now touching lives around the world, we pull back the curtain on how we met and how we started Renovatio. This isn’t your polished press release version, it’s the real, messy human stor...