Chew On This with Dr Anna Colton

I am so thrilled to have the wonderful Michaela Thomas - clinical psychologist, ADHD specialist, and author of The Lasting Connection - joining me for this fascinating deep dive into the ADHD brain. We’ve talked about neurodivergence on the show before, but rarely do we look at it through the lens of our relationship with food. Michaela completely shifted my perspective by explaining that ADHD isn...

Trigger Warning: This episode does include discussion of eating disorders and disordered eating, so please take care while listening. In this episode of  Chew on This , I’m joined by personal trainer, author and trainee eating disorder psychotherapist  Elle Mace  for an honest conversation about recovery, body image and what it really takes to rebuild a relationship with food. Elle shares her live...

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr Helen Wall, GP, menopause specialist and author of Menopause and ADHD . We explore what’s really happening during perimenopause—not just physically, but in the brain—and why so many women are left feeling anxious, foggy and unlike themselves without understanding why. Helen explains how fluctuating hormones impact mood, memory and emotional regulation, and why so...

In this episode, I’m joined by registered dietitian and fertility nutrition specialist Ro Huntriss for a thoughtful and reassuring conversation about what the evidence really says when it comes to food, fertility and trying to conceive. We explore why fertility can become such an emotional space to navigate, how nutrition is often one of the first things people reach for when they feel powerless,...

In this episode, I am joined by Charlotte Ord - counselling psychologist, body image specialist, eating disorder specialist, and author of Body Confident You, Body Confident Kid — for a thoughtful conversation about body image, food, control, and the messages we pass on to the next generation. Together, we explore how body image develops, why it becomes so entangled with eating behaviours, and how...

In this episode of  Chew on This , I’m joined by Professor Giles Yeo — Cambridge geneticist, obesity researcher, and one of the leading scientific voices in the conversation around weight, appetite, and GLP-1 medications. We unpack what it really means to describe obesity as a brain-based, genetically influenced chronic disease, and why the narrative of “just eat less and move more” doesn’t come c...

In this episode of Chew On This , I’m joined by Charlotte Stirling-Reed - registered nutritionist, bestselling author, and one of the UK’s most trusted voices on feeding babies and children. We talk about the pressure parents are under at mealtimes, why “high-stakes feeding” backfires, and how building a healthy relationship with food starts way earlier than most of us realise. Charlotte shares th...

This week on Chew On This, I’m joined by Dr Emily Leeming — registered dietitian, nutrition scientist at King’s College London, former chef, and self-confessed gut microbiome nerd. Emily is the author of Genius Gut and she’s back to talk about her new book Fibre Power, plus why gut health doesn’t need to be extreme, expensive, or obsessed-over to actually make a difference. We get into the real-wo...

In this week’s episode of Chew On This, I’m joined by Joanna Rodriguez, a health psychologist who works with the nervous system, stress, and trauma and who describes her work as helping people feel less shit. We talk about why the mind and body aren’t separate, how that false divide creates unnecessary suffering and shame, and why so many struggles with food aren’t about willpower or control at al...

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Dr Joshua Wolrich, a NHS doctor, nutrition counsellor and author of  Food Isn’t Medicine . We talk about why food has become such a fraught subject, including the rise of shame and “shoulds”, weight stigma in everyday life and in healthcare, and the way diet culture can start far earlier than we imagine. Joshua shares his own journey from dieting and public “accou...

In this episode of  Chew On This , I’m joined by nutritional scientist and public health expert Dr Federica Amati  for a deeply clarifying conversation about nutrition, gut health, and why food advice has become so confusing. We unpack how misinformation spreads online, why nuance and evidence struggle to compete with punchy wellness trends, and what nutrition science actually tells us about healt...

In this episode of  Chew On This , I’m joined by clinical psychologist and burnout specialist  Dr Claire Plumbly , author of  Burnout: How to Manage Your Nervous System Before It Manages You . Claire and I dive into what is actually happening inside your nervous system when you’re burnt out – and how it can quietly disrupt your hunger, appetite and eating patterns long before you realise something...

In this episode of  Chew On This , I sit down with the brilliant Dr Liz O’Riordan, former consultant breast surgeon, three time breast cancer patient and all round myth buster, to talk about one of the most confusing topics out there: the link between cancer and food. Together we unpack the claims that flood social media, from “sugar feeds cancer” and alkaline diets to fasting before chemo, clean...

Welcome to Chew on This, a new podcast about our lifelong relationship with food. In this opening episode, clinical psychologist and eating disorder specialist Dr Anna Colton shares why she created the podcast, drawing on over 20 years working in specialist eating disorder services and her passion for prevention and early intervention. She reflects on why Christmas and New Year can be such a diffi...

Welcome to Chew on This . I’m Dr Anna Colton. For years, in my work as a psychologist, I’ve sat with people trying to understand why food can feel so complicated - why it can be soothing one moment and overwhelming the next, why family patterns stick, and why changing our habits is so hard, even when we desperately want to. This podcast is an invitation to explore those questions together. We’ll l...