Live Well Be Well with Sarah Ann Macklin | Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition

Science is full of people who disagree with one another . If we all thought exactly the same way, we could retire and call the status quo truth. But when theories have no scientific backing behind them, and when people start to fear food which has no scientific evidence, we have to challenge that.  Following on from last weeks episode with Dr Izzy Smith, we help to clarify some of nutrition m...

The UK is now  drinking  50%  less milk than they were in 1974, and almost a quarter of Britons are consuming plant-based milk alternatives as the popularity of vegan diets continues to grow. Yet there is still a lot confusion about dairy and soy milk when it comes to our health. Does soy affect our breast cancer risk? Does soy interfere with our hormones? We've heard many...

A live episode from the Be Well 2020 summit  What is the real science behind what we eat? We are all increasingly bewildered by the simple question of what to eat. Despite advice from experts, governments and dieticians about the dangers of too much fat, sugar, protein and lack of exercise, our nutrition, and the global obesity crisis, is getting worse. There is one area which scientists do a...

This week Sarah Ann Macklin speaks to double Olympic gold medalist, Victoria Pendleton CBE. Mental health problems are one of the world’s most common conditions, with behavioural patterns such as depression and anxiety affecting millions of people every year. Startlingly, 1 in 6 people experience a common mental health problem every week. Victoria shares her personal experience with mental health,...

Can we really boost our immune health? This week Sarah Ann Macklin speaks with Immunologist Dr Jenna Macchioci, who specialises and has 20 years experience in understanding how nutrition & lifestyle interact with our immune system in health & disease. How does diet and interestingly fibre play an important role in immune functioning? We find out why the immune system acts like our second brain, an...

This episode features Kimberley Wilson, a psychologist and author specialising in how to build a healthy brain, an area I firmly believe in when it comes to nutrition and brain health. In the last four weeks we have all been thrown into an unfamiliar and daunting world. Therefore, it isn’t entirely surprising that two thirds of Britons are reporting that it is harder to stay positive about the fut...

This week, I speak with Dr Aseem to discuss the lifestyle factors you can be implementing in these uncertain times we find ourselves in.   One of the most influential cardiologists in Britain and a world leading expert in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. Aseem is an avid campaigner of preventive measures towards protecting our health.  Show Notes Host: @sarahannm...

In these unsettling times of COVID-19, Vivienne explains the facts from fiction and answers questions many people are still wanting to know. With the UK's hospital admissions rising day by day, and the virus showing no signs of slowing down, this weeks Live Well, Be Well, speaks to Vivienne Parry OBE. Vivienne is a scientist by training who has worked on the joint Committee on Vaccination and Immu...