This Week In Wellness

This Week In Wellness Dr. David Ludwig, Endocrinologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and Professor at Harvard Medical School has published a paper with the bold claim that over consuming processed carbs rather than overeating is the primary cause of the worldwide obesity crisis. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210913135729.htm https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/advance-article/doi/10.109...

This Week In Wellness I launch my new online community Healthy Lifestyle Choices. In a world full of information, misinformation, bias, hyperbole and conspiracy theories it is not hard to find information but it is hard to know which information to trust. And in a social media inspired world of echo chambers, where black and white thinking abounds, it is hard to find a place to have a balanced hea...

This Week In Wellness a team of American researchers have shown that reducing sugar by just 20% in packaged foods and 40% in drinks could prevent half a million deaths and save over 2 billion dollars in the US alone within the first 10 years. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210827082431.htm The post TWIW 122: Reducing sugar could save $160 billion appeared first on The Wellness Couch...

This Week In Wellness with Iceland and Israel in the midst of their biggest Covid outbreaks despite 86% of those over 16 being fully vaccinated in Iceland and Israel having 78% of those 12 and over vaccinated, questions are being asked about whether we will ever be able to reach herd immunity. https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/iceland-deals-with-growing-delta-outbreak-as-high-vaccin...

This Week In Wellness the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has reported that prescription rates of anxiety and depression medication have risen dramatically in recent months amidst the ongoing uncertainty created by the Government’s response to Corona virus. https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/use-of-anxiety-and-depression-medication-spikes-as The post TWIW 120: Anti-anxiety...

This Week In Wellness popular American Osteopath and wellness blogger Dr. Joseph Mercola’s, who’s website is reported to get over 1.9 million visitors each month, has removed over 15,000 articles from his website published over the last 25 years in response to pressure from media and regulators alike, including the US-based FDA. https://www.fox4now.com/news/coronavirus/local-doctor-removing-health...

This Week In Wellness Bayer Monsanto have announced that they will no longer sell glyphosate-based herbicides to residential U.S. gardeners as of 2023, following costly lawsuits over the cancer causing weedkiller, under the label Roundup. https://sustainablepulse.com/2021/07/29/bayer-confirms-end-of-sale-of-glyphosate-based-herbicides-for-us-lawn-garden-market/#.YQOsP44zY2z The post TWIW 118: Baye...

This Week In Wellness new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that the so-called “good cholesterol”, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) has a previously unknown role in protecting the liver from injury. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210722171210.htm https://science.sciencemag.org/content/373/6553/eabe6729 The post TWIW 117: Good Cholesterol may...

This Week In Wellness urban Aboriginal diabetes lifestyle program Too Deadly for Diabetes is creating overwhelmingly positive results in regards to weight loss, blood pressure control and glycaemic control in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people using a low-cost easy to prepare diet and flexible exercise program, providing links to YouTube videos that were sent to participants each week. h...

This Week In Wellness researchers from Duke University have taken a deep dive into the metabolomics of meat and so called “near meat” showing that not surprisingly they are as different as plants and animals. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210706153026.htm The post TWIW 115: Fake meat and meat are not nutritionally equivalent appeared first on The Wellness Couch .

This Week In Wellness a diet high in fatty fish has been shown to reduce both the frequency and intensity of migraines when compared to a diet high in vegetable oils. Researchers from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) studied 182 adults with frequent migraines using a 16-week dietary intervention. https://www.sciencedaily.com/r...

This Week In Wellness a three-generation cohort study has shown that high fruit and vegetable consumption during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of developmental delays in the resultant children at age 2. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/fruit-and-vegetable-consumption-before-and-during-pregnancy-and-developmental-delays-in-offspring-aged-2-yea...

This Week In Wellness The Wellness Couch podcast network has announced that the LAST EVER Wellness Summit will be taking place online in less than a week. I am joined by my co-director Marcus Pearce as we discuss what a Wellness Summit is, talk a bit about the past Summit’s and most importantly what you can expect at this year’s LAST EVER Wellness Summit. To find out more and secure your ticket (n...

This Week In Wellness research published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease no less, has suggested that “spiritual well being” could help to reduce multiple risk factors and potentially help people age Alzheimer’s free. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210511123727.htm The post TWIW 111: Journal says “spiritual wellbeing” may help guard against Alzheimer’s appeared first on The Wel...

This Week In Wellness the cancer Council is reporting that only 16% of Australian secondary school children meet the recommended guidelines for physical activity and the story is even worse for our girls with just 9% reaching that mark. This despite over ¾ of the students acknowledging that both their parents and their school had encouraged them to participate in sport and physical activity. https...

This Week In Wellness a small group of researchers are pushing for the clinical construct ‘Sluggish Cognitive Tempo’ characterised by mental fogginess, hypoactivity, sluggishness, staring frequently, inconsistent awareness and slow working speed to become an officially recognised diagnosis paving the way for sufferers to get extra help and medication. https://www.statnews.com/2021/04/12/sluggish-c...

This Week In Wellness a world first study investigating the levels of plastic in store bought rice has shown that Australians may be consuming up to 13mg of plastic per serve. And this plastic appears to be primarily as a result of plastics used in both agriculture and processing practices rather than packaging. https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/health-and-wellness/wash-your-rice-to-get-rid-of-m...

This Week In Wellness whilst the US Government and the European Union have indicated a willingness to discuss waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, Germany, home to a large pharmaceutical sector and the pharmaceutical companies themselves are rallying against the idea. Drug company share prices have slipped as a result. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/eu-considers-covid-19-vaccin...

This Week In Wellness Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders have discovered a potential role of DHA (docosahexanoic acid) in guarding against the impact of maternal stress (linked to neurodevelopmental disorders) on unborn males during early development. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210...

This Week In Wellness higher mushroom consumption has been associated with a decreased risk of cancer according to a new study published in Advances in Nutrition. The systematic review and meta-analysis carried out by Penn State Cancer Institute examined 17 cancer studies, with the oldest dating right back to 1966 and a combined database of 19,500 patients. The results showed that those who ate an...

This Week In Wellness a review conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney and published in the Medical Journal of Australia has concluded that paracetamol (commonly sold in Australia as Panadol) is no more effective than placebo for most common illness and injuries and in that it’s most ineffective use was for back pain. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/paracetamol-ineffective-for-...

This Week In Wellness a study of 700 Geelong infants has shown that those whose dummies (or pacifiers) were sterilised or otherwise cleaned at 6 months of age were more likely to have a food allergy by 12 months of age. The Barwon Infant Study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, showed that babies whose dummies were clean with antiseptic were more likely to develop food a...

This Week In Wellness the Australian Federal Government has announced that they will spend $15 million funding research into psychedelics for the treatment of mental illnesses including depression, addictions and eating disorders. The trials are set to include both naturally occurring and lab produced psychedelics with the list set to include magic mushrooms, ketamine and MDMA. https://www.abc.net...

This Week In Wellness Australian of the Year and Ophthalmologist James Muecke, former Australian Cricket Doctor Peter Brukner and Orthopaedic surgeon Gary Fettke have written an open letter to the Australian public asking for help participating in a current review of the Australian Dietary Guidelines by the NHMRC (the National Health and Medical Research Council). https://m.facebook.com/story.php?...

This Week In Wellness we celebrate our 100th episode. And rather than make it a self indulgent celebration of us, we decided to make it an episode about gratitude. In particular gratitude to our long term podcast producer Joseph who is going through a tough time. If you are as grateful to The Wellness Couch as I am I would love for you to join me in supporting Joseph in this difficult time and con...