The Wellness Breakdown

It's our first guest episode of the season and a really brilliant one at that! Yes, we are thrilled to welcome DJ, author and altogether fabulous Fat Tony. Tony famously doesn’t take requests so we are truly honoured that he has agreed to take on the challenge of quitting 'the white stuff' aka sugar for 2 weeks. Sugar is one that we can have a bit of a rollercoaster relationship wit...

In this episode Eve sets Rose the challenge of practising meditation for 2 weeks. Meditation might seem like it has gained more popularity over the past two decades with the various apps and such like but actually it has been practised for thousands of years and in many different forms. Once seen as something more spiritual, in recent years meditation has gained a significant body of clinical data...

In this first episode of The Wellness Breakdown Season 2, Rose sets Eve the challenge of following a Ketogenic (aka Keto) diet. The Keto diet is very popular at the moment for weight loss but actually it was originally developed for use in clinical settings for patients with epilepsy and with really rather remarkable effects. The overall premise of the diet is very high fat with low to moderate in...

Eat, drink & be merry is almost synonymous with the Christmas holidays but can too much of a good thing really be that good after all? In this special Christmas episode Eve challenges Rose to experience the two extremes of enjoying the festivities. We've decided on this challenge to question whether we really do have to completely overindulge to just then feel utterly rubbish come the beg...

On this special episode of The Wellness Breakdown, Eve sets her friend, Andrea, the Wim Hof Challenge. The Wim Hof method is a combination of cold water therapy and breathing exercises. Wim Hof, the man who developed this lifestyle routine, did so as a means to help manage his stress levels, and since then, champions of the routine have claimed it improves your overall feeling of wellbeing, reduce...

About the episodeOn this special episode, Rose sets her friend James the high protein diet challenge, with the aim of reducing his sugar intake. We eat way too much sugar. Most already know about the health conditions associated with too much sugar such as weight gain, high blood pressure, poor sleep, skin problems. The list goes on. A key problem with sugary foods is that they are both addictive...

About the episodeIn this episode, Rose sets Eve the intermittent fasting challenge. For many of us, we are constantly consuming. Food is addictive and we are always eating. Some of the problems associated with constant consumption include weight gain, digestive problems and brain fog. If we ate less frequently we might feel more alert, have healthier guts, and increased mental clarity. That’s why...

About the episodeOn today’s episode, Eve makes Rose go completely plant based for two weeks. Increasingly, the decision to have a totally plant based diet is no longer being made simply on ethical grounds, but also for health reasons. There’s been a growing focus on the link between a plant based diet and reduced risk to common health conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular d...

About the episodeIn this week’s episode of The Wellness Breakdown, Rose sets Eve the CBD challenge. In the past decade, the CBD industry has exploded. Now, anyone can find CBD oils, teas, sweets, bars, even soaps. According to industry analysts, the CBD market was worth £300 million in 2020.* That figure is expected to more than triple in the next five years. But CBD remains a contentious topic. A...

About the episodeOn this episode of The Wellness Breakdown, Eve sets Rose a challenge to find out if fermented foods really are worth the gut health hype. Historically, fermenting foods was a practise used as a means to preserve food and drink in the days before refrigeration. But in recent years, fermented foods have made a health comeback. Proponents of fermented foods state that they provide th...

About the episodeThis week on the podcast, Rose makes Eve go caffeine free for a fortnight. Caffeine has become universal in our lives. We use caffeine to wake us up in the morning, we meet friends for a coffee at lunch. We eat caffeinated desserts and drink coffees at the end of meals. Coffee is delicious, stimulating and cultural but it also has a multitude of side effects - addiction, anxiety,...

About the episodeOn today’s episode, Eve sets Rose the challenge of drinking a glass of wine a night. For many, this challenge may seem counterintuitive to a healthy diet but in recent decades our understanding of moderate alcohol consumption has begun to shift. There’s growing research into the beneficial antioxidant levels of wine and the mediterranian diet, which includes two units of alcohol d...

About the episodeIn this episode, Rose set’s Eve the macro tracking Challenge. Macro tracking is when a person tracks their macronutrients daily - writing down everything they eat and drink. Advocates for macro tracking will say monitoring your nutrients can improve a person’s understanding of their own diet, highlight the nutritional value of food, and can help with weight loss. But skeptics clai...

About the episodeOn this week’s episode, Eve sets Rose the digital detox challenge! We all know that digital devices are a fundamental part of modern life. However, just as our usage of technology has increased, so has our dependency. There’s growing research to suggest our devices interfere with our self esteem, our sleep, and our stress levels. Can putting boundaries between ourselves and our ph...

Welcome to The Wellness Breakdown, the show where our hosts, wellness experts Eve Kalinik and Rosemary Ferguson, breakdown the latest health & nutrition trends - giving you expert advice! Every week, nutrition experts Eve Kalinik and Rosemary Ferguson meet new people walking into their clinics asking them about the newest wellness fad that has taken instagram by storm. But these trends can be...