The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast

On the podcast today I'm delighted to welcome along Dr Rosie Riley - a  Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine , Founder of VITA Training and an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur. Rosie is passionate about seeing an end to modern slavery. Over the past 5 years she has fought to transform the healthcare response, promoting the recognition of modern slavery as a major health challenge to individual...

Today on the podcast I welcome  Nutritional Therapist, Amelia Freer. Amelia embarked on a career in nutrition after years of struggling with her own diet and now  uses her expertise to transform the lives of her clients and readers . Amongst her success stories are famous names such as Victoria Beckham, James Corden and Sam Smith. Amelia takes a s cientific and holistic approach  wi...

Today on the podcast I welcome  Dr Rangan Chatterjee  - a very popular previous podcast guest but also a good friend and colleague. Dr Rangan Chatterjee  is regarded as one of the most influential doctors in the UK. Leading the charge on how healthcare and medicine is understood in the UK, Dr Chatterjee most recently co-created the  'Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine'  course...

On the podcast today I welcome  Eddie Stern Eddie is a yoga teacher, author, and lecturer from New York City. He is known for his  multi-disciplinary approach to furthering education and access to yoga , as well as his teaching expertise in Ashtanga Yoga. His bestselling first solo book,  One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga , examines in clear and simple la...

Today on the podcast I speak with  Drew Ramsey, MD  who is a  leading innovator in mental health , combining clinical excellence, nutritional interventions and creative media. He is an  Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry  at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and in active clinical practice in New York City. His work and writing have been f...

My guest today on the podcast is  Karen O’ Donoghue  who is the Founder of  The Happy Tummy Co.  which she established in Hackney, East London back in early 2014. Having suffered with chronic IBS symptoms since childhood it was in 2013 that Karen cleared up her symptoms for good through applying 2 years of  scientific research on how our gut bacteria like to eat to fe...

Welcome back to The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast! We're kicking off the podcasts again with an amazing guest - Tulsi Vagjiani . This is an incredible episode and you're going to really take a lot from it today! What you will hear on todays podcast is a story of survival, determination and resilience . A story of overcoming one’s inner demons and those of society at the same time. Tulsi is a...

In today’s episode we celebrate some of the earliest podcasts by giving you some clips from the most incredible interviews over the last 2 years of recording. We’ve recorded over 100 hours of conversations so prepare yourself for a whistle stop tour on how to eat healthy over the festive season, the principles of healthy eating and living, avoiding the dreaded winter viruses and of course why...

In their own words, Your Lifestyle Doctors are: A group of doctors who are passionate about helping their patients and the public to live healthier lives. They have a broad and unique set of expertise between them and decided to use their knowledge collaboratively as ‘your lifestyle doctors’. Their focus is on prevention and lifestyle factors to improve and optimise health.  Take a look at th...

Today on the podcast I am speaking with Ben Atkinson. Ben is unique in his perspective having both a formal qualification in nutrition as well as training and an appreciation for functional and lifestyle medicine. Ben is a nutritionist with the core belief that a holistic and functional approach to health is fundamental to optimal well-being. He has held research and science co...

As part of my trip to launch my new book '  Eat to Beat Illness'*  in the US, I caught up with Aussie raised, but New York residing Chef Dan Churchill. Dan studied nutrition at university and made his break in Australia with Best Selling cookbooks and making appearances on American Morning TV, he’s now the official chef for Under Armour clothing brand and on the Centr.com...

My guest today is  Dr Megan Rossi -   who is back on The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast for a second instalment! Dr Megan has been on the show before, talking all things related to the gut and fibre. I’d recommend you listen to that episode from the very first season of podcasts I recorded 2 years ago - and I've linked this here below for you. Dr Megan Rossi,  The Gut Healt...

As part of my trip to launch my new book '  Eat to Beat Illness'   in the US, I caught up with  Michelin star Chef, David Bouley . Let me tell you about why this man is so special! In 1987, Chef David Bouley opened his own restaurant, Bouley, in TriBeCa. Among many accolades, Bouley earned several  four-star reviews in The New York Time s, seven James Beard...

This week on the podcast I'm chatting to  Meik Wiking  - who founded the world's first  Happiness Research Institute  in 2011, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He consults cities, governments and organisations around the world on happiness. He has advised the Minister of State for Happiness in the UAE, the state of Jalisco in Mexico and the city of Goyang in South Ko...

Now the podcast this week came about after I heard quite a heated debate on  Radio 4 called 'The Morality of Fashion' regarding Fashion and Environmental impact - and I thought who better to ask about sustainability than my friend  Venetia Falconer . Venetia is a London based producer, presenter and host of the  Talking Tastebuds podcast . She is extremely passionate...

Today I want to introduce this pod with a quote from my guests latest book “ The Language of Kindness” 'Come with me on the wards from birth to death, past the special care baby unit and the double doors to the medical ward.  Run through the corridors to answer the crash bleep, past the pharmacy and staff kitchen and to the accident and emergency room.  We explore the hospital...

Today on the podcast I talk with Dr Heather McKee who is the  UK’s leading lifestyle behaviour change specialist , consultant and founder of  drheathermckee.co.uk Having studied health behaviour change and weight loss psychology for 10 years her mission is to  offer an evidence-based sustainable alternative  to an industry saturated with quick fixes and health fads. Her passion...

Today I’m speaking with  medical herbalist  and author of  “Root to Stem”  Alex Laird. She runs one of the few  NHS medical herbalism clinics  at Whipps Cross hospital in London alongside a consultant dermatologist and has over 20 years of experience. Trained in  biomedicine and plant pharmacology , Alex is also a visiting lecturer, has published n...

Today on the podcast I am speaking to Dr Zarrin Shaikh, a Consultant Cardiologist who specialised in Cardiac Imaging, specifically advanced echocardiography and cardiac MRI, following her PhD in Sleep at Imperial College London and the Royal Brompton Hospital. We’ll be talking about her exciting new project called  Fresh Heart Project , which stands for food, relaxation, exerci...

Today we’re talking about the importance of teaching children about health with Dr Max Pemberton who’s written a children’s body, mind and anatomy guide for children. Dr Max is a writer, mental health doctor and Journalist. He has written 4 other books including, Trust Me I’m A (junior) Doctor which I read when I was a junior doctor 10 years ago and was serialised on Radio 4. His se...

Today on the Podcast I’m speaking to  Dr Rabia Lalani , a  Gastroenterologist and clinical research fellow  at the Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology from Queen Mary University. Dr Rabia is in the process of creating a guide using slow deep breathing techniques with audio-visual biofeedback for relief of anxiety & digestive discomfort. On this pod we’ll be focu...

Today I’m speaking to  Dr Rahul Jandial  - an American dual-trained neurosurgeon and scientist at City of Hope, a research centre, hospital and postgraduate training faculty in Los Angeles. He’s well known for his  cutting-edge approach to brain surgery and neuroscience  and has transformed the lives of his neurosurgical patients by putting them through his speci...

Food and Mood  is the topic of the podcast this week where we're talking about  'Eating for Mental Health'  with  Professor Felice Jacka, Director of the Food & Mood Centre at Deakin University in Australia . Today I’m speaking to Professor Felice Jacka about her new book BRAIN CHANGER and how diet can save your mental health. The book tells the story of why we need to...

This week I talk to  Dr Brendon Stubbs ,  Head of Physiotherapy  at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and  Clinical Lecturer  at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London. Brendon’s research focuses on physical activity, mental health and the mind-body interface. Brendon and his team have published over 400 academic pap...

Today we’re talking with Dr Claire Hennigan  (@Real Yoga Doctor)  about Yoga as a method of restorative practice, an exercise and even a way of life. Yoga is a practice that I talk about a lot in the new book  “Eat to beat illness”  as a mind body intervention that I believe is essential for our busy modern lives. In this episode, we cover the following: Yoga as a str...