The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast

How does our food environment dictate our health? Well, as it turns out it’s incredibly important! Can you believe that in the 1950s and 60s, Americans had comparable obesity levels to the Europeans? What shifted their diets, and ultimately their waistlines, is a number of factors including public policy on nutrition, but also the food environment including portion sizing and the sheer number of c...

What  an amazing conversation of positivity, mindset and resilience you’re about to hear today. Myra Ali is a freelance celebrity and lifestyle journalist, and BBC Guest Editor with bylines in British GQ, BBC, Marie-Claire, and the New York Post. She Interviews A listers such as Tom Holland, Riz Ahmed, Samuel L Jackson, Jake Gyllennhaal, Timothy Chalamet to name a few. Myra’s story, however,...

Do you calorie count? You’re not alone. It’s a multi-billionaire dollar industry for weight loss, nutrition labelling and of course mandated on food packaging in most countries. Calorie counts are hard to miss. But how accurate are they? Giles Yeo is a geneticist with over 20 years' experience dedicated to  researching obesity and the brain control of food intake. He obtained  his PhD fr...

Finally, I can say I watched a genuinely balanced documentary about food and the environment. I’ve seen all the classics: “What the Health”, “Forks over Knives”, “Gamechangers”, “Food Inc” “Seaspiracy” and others like “Kiss the Ground”. I’m constantly asked about it on social media and friends. Did you see INSERT DOCUMENTARY NAME. What did you think? And invariably I always have to point out the f...

Today I’m talking with Dr Sylvia Tara all about the internal and external forces that govern fat. How we gain fat, how we lose fat, why your body refuses to let go of fat and how you navigate the confusing diet and fitness world that is constantly telling us that it’s all about calorie balance. It’s not that I don’t believe in calories (obviously they exist), but it’s certainly not the most import...

Today, I think I found my new favourite person. Somebody whose experience and intellect I respect and look up to. I am confident that if you love listening to this podcast you’ll love him too.  And I’m going to put this out there. If you know anyone who works in the NHS. A nurse, doctor, physio, dietitian, administrator, manager, literally anyone. Gift them this book: THE PAIN-FREE MINDSET. N...

Eczema is the topic of today’s  conversation with Dr Ruth Cammish. An NHS GP, a GP trainer and the Regional Director for the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine in Manchester.  She has been a GP for 13 years, mostly working in a deprived inner city area and her own experiences as a patient with severe eczema has highlighted how holistic care is a vital part of any long term condition,...

Skin, lifestyle and diet. Perhaps some of the commonest things I get  asked about by patients, the doctor’s kitchen community and honestly one of the least understood at this point. In today’s episode we dive into acne, a bit about the gut skin axis, we also talk about Dr Harriet’s background in science from the lab to the plate or pill as well as our thoughts on collagen! Make sure you liste...

I’m super excited to have Poppy Jamie on the show this week. She is such an inspiration to all entrepreneurs out there and has accomplished so much in the space of just a few years of hard graft. As you will hear on the pod she has a beautiful way of translating wisdom for a wider audience and our conversation touches on William James, Carl Jung, Shakespeare, Viktor Frankl and many more. There is...

My producer was complaining about having to edit 2 scary pods back to back (one about the rise of fertility problems and the other about how machines will take over the world), so I thought I’d take a break from the frightening realities and bring some humour and personality back into the pod this week! Feedback from the 100th episode was really positive and lots of you have  asked...

You might have noticed over the last few episodes that I’ve been keen to discuss subjects slightly leftfield of nutrition and what I’ve traditionally talked about, but fascinating nonetheless. And I hope you as a listener, who’s time and attention I value so greatly, will trust me as I take you on a  bit  of a ride. Because ultimately, I hope you agree that the topics I share are always...

“For our children and grandchildren” was the dedication at the start of my next guests book,  Countdown, by Dr Shanna Swan , and since reading the book I now understand why. Because a man today has only half the number of sperm his grandfather had. Essentially a 50% drop in sperm counts over the past four decades. But, as you will hear, this isn’t just affecting male fertility. Dr S...

Can we beat ageing?   This is the topic of today’s discussion and whilst you might think this is yet another dive into our narcissistic tendency to want to live forever and reduce the appearance of wrinkles, the field of ageing and how to reverse it ( known as biogerontology) is actually about beating cancer, dementia, strokes and all the things that become exponentially more likely afte...

Today I am joined by  Barbara Bray MBE - a  TEDx speaker  and  director of Alo Solutions  - a consultancy driving and delivering food safety in food supply chains and that helps develop sustainable nutrition strategies for food businesses. Prior to consultancy Barbara worked in the Ugandan agri-business sector after graduation and then spent fourteen years in the chilled f...

On today’s podcast we’re taking a step away from the usual conversation and you’re going to hear a story. A story about a young man called  Raphael Rowe  and his career that was born as a result of spending 12 years in a British prison for crimes he did not commit. This story will be triggering for a lot of people. Despite a history of criminality, theft and violence, Raphael found himse...

Today I welcome the  award-winning science communicator, Professor Jim Al-Khalili  to the podcast. Renowned around the world through his writing and broadcasting, he is also a  leading academic making fundamental contributions to theoretical nuclear physics and quantum biology  as you will hear. He is also host of the long running “Life Scientific” on Radio 4. Today’s conversat...

Watercress! It’s a beautiful ingredient. Peppery, vibrant, grown in the UK and fantastically healthy for you. It’s a vegetable from the Brassicaceae family. That includes other favourites of mine including broccoli, cabbage, sprouts and bok choy and more. A few studies demonstrate their ability to reduce DNA damage which could explain the association between brassica vegetable intake and reduced c...

This special bonus episode of The Doctor’s Kitchen podcast, brought to you in partnership with The Mayor of London. And today we’re going to be talking specifically about the Covid-19 vaccines that are being offered to adults.   COVID is still a serious disease. At the time of this recording tens of thousands of cases are still occurring daily which can lead to deaths and potentially long-las...

Dr Yael Joffe is a registered dietitian in South Africa who specialises in nutrigenomics and Functional Nutrition. She has been involved in several research collaborations with key academic partners from around the world, and is often to be found at the front lines raising awareness about nutrigenomic and Functional Nutrition applications for health practitioners and the public alike. In addition...

Fat! This curious, wonderful and often misunderstood organ is the subject of today’s podcast with  Professor Liesbeth van Rossum, MD PhD and Dr Mariëtte Boon MD PhD authors of the incredible book “Fat. The Secret Organ”.  And yes it is an organ. Professor Liesbeth van Rossum, MD, PhD is  internist-endocrinologist at the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam . She is&nbsp...

For someone who was playing as a professional rugby player at the highest level for over 10 years to then suffer a serious accident that left them paralysed from the neck down, you wouldn’t expect for them to consider themselves ‘lucky’. But this is exactly how my next guest refers to himself as. In April 2017, after diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool,  Ed Jackson  broke his...

Jessica Murnane is an author, speaker, and creative consultant  who has written two books, the cookbook  One Part Plant: A Simple Guide To Eating Real One Meal At A Time  and  Know Your Endo: An Empowering Guide To Health + Hope With Endometriosis. A fantastic resource for people with endometriosis backed up by research, personal experience and true compassion . Jessica ran a c...

Today I speak with the wonderful  Emily Johnson , a patient expert living with  seronegative arthritis  for 7 years who has been documenting her journey through food, lifestyle, stress and its impact on her chronic condition on the  “Arthritis Foodie”  on social media. Through starting an online community, Emily discovered all kinds of natural remedies, lots of conflicting...

Dan Murray-Serter is my guest on the pod today, he is a multi-award winning serial entrepreneur, who talks openly about failure, mental health, mental performance, and 'braincare'. We have a very honest conversation about his startup successes and failures, what led him to create his latest company “Heights", imposter syndrome and a lot more. I think if you enjoy stories about entrepreneurship, ho...

Brain fog is one of the commonest symptoms I come across as a doctor in primary care, yet the least understood.  On today’s podcast I speak with  Dr Sabina Brennan PhD  about her incredible career from Soaps to Science and everything to do with brain fog. Dr Sabina is a  chartered health psychologist (C.Psychol.,PsSI.), neuroscientist (PhD), host of the Super Bra...