The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast

Dr Jessica Briscoe and Dr Katy Munro are my guests from  The National Migraine Centre  which is the only national charity that provides a clinic for migraine sufferers and cluster headache patients. They have been delivering expert and evidence-based support for 40 years . In addition, they are committed to advocating their desperate cause and educating healthcare professi...

On the show today I’m delighted to welcome  Rachel Clarkson . Rachel is a  leading Nutrigenomic Specialist Dietitian  - using world renowned, next generation technology and expert analysis to create  Personalised Wellness programmes for her clients under the name of The DNA Dietitian.  She is a guest lecturer for St Mary’s University MSc in Genetics & Nutrition an...

My guest today is  David Hamilton PhD . A writer, columnist, speaker and  author of 10 books covering the science of kindness, self esteem, and the mind body connection . He is the ‘Kindness Tsar’ and has been featured on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch Live in the UK, and on CBS Sunday Morning in the US. We talk broadly about the subjects of  kindness, self esteem, mind body medicin e as...

Today I discuss the wonderful world of musical therapy with  Professor Nigel Osbourne . His works have been  featured in most major international festivals  and performed by many leading orchestras and ensembles around the world. He has also composed extensively for the theatre and through his Institute in Edinburgh, is  exploring the interfaces of music and science in importan...

My guest today is  Tom Bates , a  performance psychologist  who applies fast, easy and accessible  performance enhancing techniques to elite sports men and women based on the Science of Psychology. His work has extended into other sports beyond premiership football including GB athletes in Basketball, Swimming, Boxing, Rugby, Golf and Fencing and is working toward Tokyo 2021. O...

My guest today is  Dr Hannah Short , a  GP and women's health specialist  who has personal experience of surgical POI (primary ovarian insufficiency), having undergone a total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of the womb, fallopian tubes and both ovaries) at the age of just 35.  She now sees patients from across the POI spectrum and uses a&nbs...

My guest today is a world renowned scientist and researcher  Professor Valter Longo.  Most well recognised for his work in the  longevity field  and fasting., Valter has thirty years of experience in the field of longevity and healthy eating. He is the  Director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California  – Leonard Davis School of Geronto...

My guest today is Dr Rudrani Banik MD, an award-winning Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine who also serves as principal investigator for 5 multi-centered clinical trials in neuro-ophthalmology. Dr. Banik is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Exam Development Committee and helps to set the standards for board certification in her field. She...

My guest on the show today is  David A. Sinclair, Ph. D , a tenured  Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School , he is best known for his work on  genes and small molecules that delay ageing , including the Sirtuins, NAD precursors, Resveratrol and other epigenetic modifiers.  He has received many honours including a feature on  TIME magazine’s list of the “100 most...

Today’s podcast is with the wonderful  Dr Lisa Mosconi, PhD , author of the brand new book  “The XX Brain”  and the director of the  Women's Brain Initiative  and the associate director of the  Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College , where she also serves as associate professor of Neuroscience in Neurology and Radiology.  She is a  b...

For the second part of our reversing ageing series, my guest today is  Dr Daniel J. Levitin .   A neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and bestselling author . He is Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco, and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on...

My guest today is  Sue Armstrong , journalist and author of the fantastic book  “Borrowed Time – The Science of How and Why We Age”. We have a conversation about all things related to ageing,  why it occurs, why there’s renewed interest in it and what we can do about it. Sue beautifully lays out the history of longevity research in her book, the origins of this fascinating scientifi...

My guest today is the truly inspirational   Dr William W. Li, MD . An  internationally renowned physician, scientist, and author of the New York Times Bestseller 'Eat to Beat Disease  -  The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself' .  His groundbreaking work has led to the development of more than 30 new medical treatments, has impacted more than 50 million...

Today on the show I'm absolutely delighted to welcome along  Henry Firth and Ian Theasby, the duo that make up BOSH! It's likely that you've already heard of  BOSH , they're the  UKs leading Vegan influencers .  They launched  BOSH  to show people  how great plant-based food  could be and back in 2016 they posted a video that pretty much went viral over...

Today I speak with author and activist Jonathan Safran Foer about the current pandemic, how he is coping and an inconvenient problem that dwarfs the impact of Covid. The big C – Climate. Jonathan is the author of three award-winning and internationally best-selling novels. He won The Guardian Book Prize for his debut novel, was included in Granta’s “Best of Young American Novel...

Welcome to a special episode of  The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast - LIVE! Today’s podcast was filmed recently on Zoom with a live audience of 20 people online - what a great experience and a real pleasure to connect with those in the audience. Earlier this year, I introduced the idea of what I wanted to create as an immersive Doctor’s Kitchen experience - a supper club event w...

Today on the podcast I welcome along  George Monbiot  - who is is an  author, Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner. George cowrote the concept album  Breaking the Spell of Loneliness  with musician Ewan McLennan; and has made a number of viral videos. One of them, adapted from his 2013 TED talk,  How Wolves Change Rivers , has been viewed on YouTube ov...

In today’s episode I talk to  Head of Research at  Combat Stress , Dr Dominic Murphy .  Combat Stress are the  UKs leading charity for veterans' mental health .  For a century they have been  helping former servicemen and women deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression . Today they provide  specialist treatment and suppor...

In today's podcast I speak with  Dr Jeffrey Rediger  where we talk about spontaneous remissions or ‘medical miracles’ that he has been studying for over 15 years. Dr Jeffrey Rediger  is an  Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Medical Director for the McLean SouthEast Adult Psychiatric Programs. He has a  Master of Divinity degree from Princeton...

In this weeks podcast I speak with  Professor Guy Standing . A professorial research associate and  former professor at SOAS University of London  and  world expert on Universal basic Income. He is also a co-founder and current co-president of the  Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) , an international non-governmental organization that promotes basic income as a right. In l...

Today I chat with the amazing Dr Sheri Dewan - who is a board-certified neurosurgeon, and who was inspired to become a doctor after her mother was rushed to the hospital with a ruptured brain aneurysm. Dr. Dewan is one of just 219 female neurosurgeons in the United States (there are just less than 4,000 neurosurgeons nationally, in total) - she works at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPa...

On the podcast today I welcome along  Dr Attam Singh  for another special episode relating to COVID-19. Originally, Dr Singh was coming onto the podcast with me to talk about the use of CBD in healthcare. He is a  clinical associate  of the  London Pain Clinic  and a  consultant in pain medicine . He qualified in qualified in anaesthesia before bec...

On the podcast this week we're taking a slightly different approach - we usually cover topics such as food, medicine and lifestyle, but in light of the current situation I thought it would be pertinent to share something else with you this week. We're delaying our future episodes for the time being and I wanted to talk to you today about the COVID19 situation - there's a lot of details out there a...

In light of the current Coronavirus pandemic - we thought it was a good opportunity for us to re-release a fantastic podcast that we recorded with  Immunologist - Dr Jenna Macciochi,  who specialises in understanding how  nutrition and lifestyle interact with the immune system in health and disease . There's a lot of information around at the moment concerning our  immune healt...

On the podcast today I have the great pleasure of introducing you to  Alexandra Adams , who quite simply really is one of the most amazing and special people that I have ever met. I can guarantee that  you will not fail to be inspired, amazed and in awe by this young lady  - she is incredible and is certainly making waves in the field of medicine with her approach and dedication and...