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This is my now traditional podcast review of the year. An extremely unusual year, let's be honest. Featuring  Naomi Bagdonas Brett Moran Donna Lancaster Dr. Dale Bredesen Mark Scott James Nestor Sarah Knight John Gray Celest Pereira Julia Samuel MBE Dr. Matt Cook Wade Lightheart Beth O'Hara Katie Brindle And... the guest who featured on the most listened to podcast of 2020. What was it and who was...

Find Your Calm, Supercharge Your Health, and Perform at Your Best on Zestology today with breathwork expert Richie Bostock. Richie is one of the world's leading teachers of something revolutionary as you'll hear. You can use it to reduce stress and improve energy levels... Check out his website https://www.thebreathguy.com/     What if the ROOT of so much stress we experience…comes down to deficie...

One of the most important decisions you could make in 2021 is work with a coach or practitioner to optimize or even supercharge your health and wellness. So I've got one on today in my friend Alex Manos. We talk: Testing. Where to get tested and how it is effective How to find a good coach or practitioner, something I find hard Oura Ring NLP (a personal passion) Methylation Homocysteine And loads...

It's my Zestology Books Of The Year Show. It's been an intense year, and my most effective way to switch off has been to read. There's been plenty of time to do that for sure, so here are my energising book recommendations based on what I've enjoyed this year.  It's like a book awards, but a bit more informal. The two categories are Non-fiction health and personal improvement. Fiction that makes y...

It's episode 300 of Zestology... and that means I've been doing this about 6 years now.  I suffered from complete burnout a few years ago, and spent a few months in bed unable to do anything much. I wish I'd had Fiona Agombar's book back then. I'm fully on board with her recommendations for mindful gentle healing, and I hope this podcast helps you to re-energise and recover.

Laura is an author, journalist and nutritional therapist (Dip ION) with over 10 years experience. Her features have appeared in The Sunday Times ,  Tatler ,  The Mail on Sunday , Psychologies ,  Cosmopolitan ,  Stylist  and  Healthy. She has  also shared my health tips on national radio programs and recently appeared on The Truth about Cancer , which was viewed by 5 million. Topics for discussion:...

A new workout regime to energise you: I've been banging on about this for quite a while by now - I love Qi Gong. And the wonderful hayoufit, arronpersonaltrainer and katie_brindle managed to beat Tier 2 lockdown by a few hours and come and visit for a socially distanced Qi Gong In My Garden (cos that's the way I roll). Why is a hybrid podcast. Because the first 15 minutes of our chat works perfect...

EMFs affecting our health is a really important area. We have so many powerful devices in our life now, and they can have a genuine impact on our health. Like the phone in your pocket right now! This from the techwellness site: DO PEOPLE REPORT PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS FROM WIFI? Yes.  Here's just a sample: Insomnia and sleep issues Headaches and head pain Tinnitus or ringing in the ears Lethargy and ext...

The average four-year-old laughs as many as three hundred times per day. The average forty-year-old, by comparison, laughs three hundred times every two and a half months. Depressing? Yes. Coincidence? Definitely not 2020 has not been funny, but humour can get you through anything. Naomi Bagdonas is that rare thing, a highly-qualified academic and also a comic. She, along with Jennifer Aaker, has...

More hacks! It's a hacks episode... Coming up: Lithium Orotate and B12.  A sleep tweak Moment App. Methylene Blue. Sensate MassZymes. My lunch today. Your Quaroutine? Verjus The Social Dilemma. Valter Lungo's Longevity Diet. Moderate exercise research Modifying your work environment for energy: Qi Gong Animal Play This podcast is proudly brought to you by my podcast partner - Masszymes. is the mos...

My mate Brett Moran - master meditator, author, and globetrotter. Brett's back. Stuck in paradise during lockdown, he's turned adversity into a positive over the last few months and created something very special. Brett's always honest, and talks us through his failures as well as his wins. I'm delighted for him, as things are going really great for him now, and he's got a killer tip for you on ho...

Donna Lancaster is remarkably happy for someone who has to deal with a lot of people processing grief. She is a well-known life and relationship coach who specialises in the area of grief.  And now, with lockdown, illness, a serious pandemic and everything we've had to deal with over the past year, she's helping people build resilience in these tough times.  She owns and runs The Bridge Retreat wh...

Healthy relationships are so important to your energy and wellbeing. Dr. Ramani Durvasula is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor of psychology and author specialising in narcissistic personality disorder.   And this is a must listen!   She is one of the wisest people you'll ever hear talk about this issue.  "Narcissist" has become a buzzword we often hear. But do you really know how to spo...

Today we are finding foodie joy. Eve Turow-Paul is the author of a new book called Hungry , and she's a brilliant guest. Here are some of her areas of expertise that you will love.  The connection between the "death" of the cereal industry and access to work email on our smartphones How posting images of our dinners on social media both fulfills and feeds our hunger for human connection in an incr...

Troscriptions is the nootropic company started by Dr Ted Achacoso, and they make Blue Cannatine.  It helps you with focus and energy, and... turns your tongue blue! It's pretty powerful and contains a number of strong performance enhancers including nicotine, caffeine, and methylene blue. So what's it like, is it safe, and what can it do for us? Dr Ted is the founder of a practice called health op...

The intro to this podcast is recorded in the blue zone - that's where I am now, in the heart of longevity land.  We then move to mastering the art of long-term thinking. We are addicted to the latest tweet and the 'buy now' button. How can we overcome this frenetic short-termism and extend our time horizons to tackle long-term challenges from the climate crisis to the threats of artificial intelli...

We are optimising sleep and circadian rhythms in today's podcast. Greg Potter's  PhD work on sleep, diet, and metabolic health has been featured all over the world, and Greg really knows his stuff. He's big into looking at fasting, diet and using the rhythms of the day to enhance your health. You may be surprised at the absolute best time to eat dinner, the research behind it, and how it might imp...

I've called this podcast Biohacking a Type A Personality, as I love talking to Angela, and we are both definitely... Type A personalities. Sometimes the most effective stuff for us lot is simply slowing down and doing less, but it's easier said than done.  Angela is the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge and we started by talking about one of the least affordable, but most enjoyable and effective hack...

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He had the Number 1 book in the world for 2 days, surpassing Hillary and Oprah. He's an NYT bestseller… and I love his work. The end of Alzheimer's was groundbreaking, and Dr. Dale Bredesen has a new one out which may well change the way we think about Alzheimer's and cognitive decline forever.  In this podcast we talk about the Apoe4 gene quite a bit. This is the gene that makes you more disposed...

CEO Mark Scott ate like a dog for one month. The results will surprise you! He runs a healthy dog food company, and wanted to see what would happen when he ate human processed food for one month, then test to see what happened when he switched back to a healthy diet (that he feeds his dogs at Bella And Duke). His company is wildly successful and this is a fun experiment, although I would not be ab...

Another solo episode. Interested in biohacking? Listen on. The hacks that have been working for me recently. Including; Oura Ring (and the latest research re coronavirus) The Instant Pot (call me the yoghurt maker) Vegetable oils and something to look out for Antibody testing L-Theanine in the evening (and with coffee And loads more.  THIS EPISODE IS PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Magnesium Breakthrou...

Fresh from his hit appearance on Joe Rogan Experience, James Nestor joins me to talk breathing. Investigative writer James Nestor has written a scientific adventure into the lost art and science of breathing 90 per cent of us – very likely you, me and almost everyone you know – are breathing incorrectly - whoah - and this failure is either potentially causing or aggravating a laundry list of chron...

With my mate and legend Tim Gray aka @TimBiohacker On the agenda:⁣ 1. TMG - miracle supplement?⁣ 2. Thermomix v Ninja, who wins?⁣ 3. Magnesium 4. A guided tour of Tim's biohacker's lair. ⁣ Beyootiful!⁣ THIS PODCAST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MAGNESIUM BREAKTHROUGH Most supplements contain only 1 or 2 forms of magnesium... when in reality there are at least 7 that your body needs and benefits from.  That...

Sarah Knight writes sweary self-help books. The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving A F*ck and & 4 more. Her latest is F*ck No!  You might have heard her on Zestology podcast before. She's awesome.  She gives so little of a... well you get the idea... that she upped sticks and went to live in paradise with a dodgy internet connection. I've tracked her down for this interview, but she got cut off bef...