What the Health?!

Is suncream really the best anti-aging product? Should you wear SPF every day in the UK? Can sunscreen affect Vitamin D, your skin microbiome or even become unsafe if it's stored incorrectly? In this episode, host Claira Hermet is joined by NHS Consultant Dermatologist Dr Ellie Rashid to answer the biggest questions surrounding SPF, skincare, skin cancer prevention and healthy aging. We discuss: W...

This week on What The Health?!, host Claira Hermet is joined by Dr James Hopkisson — one of the UK's leading fertility specialists, UK Medical Director at TFP Fertility, and a doctor who has been working in IVF and reproductive medicine since 1993. If you have ever Googled your fertility at midnight, wondered whether you have left it too late, or just wanted someone to give you straight answers wi...

This week on What The Health?!, host Claira Hermet sat down with Kim Modlinger-Ali, known to her worldwide community as Kimmy Fitness - personal trainer, pre and postnatal specialist, single mum of two, and one of the most refreshingly honest voices in women's health today. This episode covers everything the mainstream fitness world has been getting wrong about women's bodies, and everything your...

Host Claira Hermet , a self love and confidence coach and trained PT, is joined by PT Leyla Mehmet for a full episode dedicated entirely to your questions. No topic is off the table. We're covering everything from gym anxiety and how to actually start lifting weights with confidence, to body image struggles and the relationship between how we move and how we feel about ourselves. We get into menta...

This week on What the Health?!, host Claira Hermet sits down with Malakai Hagley , a 19 year old professional surfer from Devon who is quietly becoming one of the most talked about names in big wave surfing. After a video of him taking on one of Mullaghmore's biggest ever waves went viral, the messages came flooding in from some of the most famous athletes on the planet - including Kelly Slater hi...

This week on What the Health?! with Claira Hermet , we have two guests and two stories that prove fitness is about so much more than how you look. First, Claira is joined by Ifende Ozuko, known to her community as MsFitQueen , a four time bodybuilding champion, fitness coach and someone whose relationship with fitness began in one of the darkest moments imaginable. In 2013, Ifende lost her sister...

This week, Dr Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, the resident sex expert from Celebs Go Dating, joins host Claira Hermet to answer the questions people are too embarrassed to ask out loud. Expect unfiltered conversation about sex, relationships, libido, orgasms, periods, pornography, sexual compatibility, fantasies and the biggest myths people still believe about intimacy. Nothing is off limits! Claira Herm...

This week on What the Health?! with Claira Hermet , we sit down with one of the most extraordinary humans we have ever had on this show. Amber Forte is a Red Bull athlete, world record holder, stunt performer and the fastest female wingsuit pilot on the planet. She jumps off mountains for a living, treks solo across remote Norwegian coastlines carrying everything she needs, and is currently prepar...

Kat Suchet is a women's health physiotherapist, former competitive CrossFit athlete, founder of Hatch Athletic and mum of two. She has spent her career sitting at the intersection of intense training and female physiology. Which is exactly what makes her story so important. Because despite all of that knowledge, all of that training and all of that expertise, the postnatal period still brought her...

At just 18 years old, on the cusp of a professional dance career, Esmee Gummer was told she would never walk again. This week on What the Health?! with Claira Hermet, she joins us in the studio to talk about everything that came after that moment - the dark days, the mental battle that was harder than any physical challenge, the resentment and jealousy nobody talks about when everyone else's life...

This week on What the Health?! with Claira Hermet, we have two guests and two stories that will make you angry, move you to tears and leave you feeling genuinely inspired. First, Amy Peckham-Driver joins Claira to talk about an infuriating and heart-breaking example of medical dismissal. At just 14 years old, Amy was passing out from period pain so severe she could barely function. She asked her d...

Some stories are so extraordinary you have to hear them twice to believe them. This is one of those stories. Anna Ponomarenko, known in the breaking world as B-Girl Stefani, is a Ukrainian Olympic breakdancer who in 2017 woke up in a hotel room in Turkey completely unable to move. Paralysed from the neck down, she was told surgery was her only option. The catch? She would never dance again. She re...

One in four British girls aged 9 to 12 are using retinol. Primary school children are turning up to dermatology clinics with skin damage caused by products designed for women in their late twenties. And Sephora and Benefit Cosmetics are currently under investigation for how they market skincare to children. This week on What the Health?! with Claira Hermet, we're getting into the skincare crisis t...

This week on What the Health?! with Claira Hermet, we have two guests who between them cover every angle of the fitness and weight loss conversation. First up, Sanchez Brown, personal trainer, actor and founder of Get Up Get It Done , a fitness brand built on one simple belief: movement is for everyone. Sanchez gets into the biggest mistakes people make when they start training, why most people qu...

This week on What the Health?! with Claira Hermet, we have Meg Robson-Austin , a triple world record holder and was crowned World's Strongest Woman in 2024. But that headline only tells a fraction of the story. Meg didn't start lifting until her 30s. Before that, she was expelled from school at 13, became emotionally reliant on drugs and had to find her own way back from rock bottom - a journey th...

This week, host Claira Hermet is joined by Katie Piper OBE - presenter, activist, author and one of the most recognisable voices in conversations about beauty, resilience and self-acceptance. Katie spoke about Britain's growing obsession with extreme skincare hacks, from salmon sperm injections to egg yolk facials, and why chasing the perfect fix could be doing more harm than good. But the convers...

This week we're covering the topics that don't get nearly enough airtime. First up, we're joined by Dr Amber and Dr Becca , the doctors behind the Taboo Topics podcast. There's a mass exodus happening right now of women coming off hormonal contraception - but why? We dig into what's actually driving it, break down every contraceptive method from best to worst, and answer the questions most people...

Two powerful conversations about the body, identity, and the realities many people are living with but rarely talk about. First, we’re joined by Talia Cecchele , a specialist nutritionist who works with people struggling with eating disorders , breaking down the psychological and physical realities behind conditions like anorexia, bulimia, and disordered eating. From the early warning signs to the...

For a decade, we were told to love our curves and celebrate our "flaws". But almost overnight, the cultural tide has turned. From A-list celebrities seemingly shrinking before our eyes to the quiet removal of plus-size ranges from high-street racks, "Shrinking Girl Summer" has arrived -and with it, a resurging worship of the noughties-level skinny. Journalist Rose Stokes joins host Claira Hermet f...

At her lowest point, Becky Gilmour couldn’t leave her house. Years later, she would skateboard 2,700 kilometres along one of the most rugged and unforgiving coastlines in Europe. Becky joins host Claira Hermet for an incredible discussion about how after losing a close friend to suicide, Becky felt a pull toward the sea - the place where she had always felt most connected to him. She didn’t want t...

From scaling cranes and skyscrapers to surfing moving trains and base jumping, George King has built a life around confronting fear head-on - even when the consequences are severe. Known worldwide as The Shard Climber , George joins us for a raw and unfiltered conversation about the mindset that led him to climb London’s tallest building without ropes or any safety gear, and the heavy fallout that...

From bargain procedures abroad to life-altering complications, this episode exposes the hidden fallout of modern cosmetic surgery. We’re joined by leading UK plastic surgeon Dr Anil Joshi , who shares unfiltered stories of reconstructing severely damaged faces, correcting catastrophic cosmetic surgery failures, and managing the growing impact of medical tourism on NHS services. As the conversation...

Think lifting weights will make you bulky? Think gyms are welcoming spaces for everyone? Think being “fit enough” protects you from body image struggles and weight gain? Think again. In this raw and deeply honest episode, we sit down with Emily Killick , owner of Embody Training , 3x Commonwealth Gold Medal–winning powerlifter , and one of the UK’s most experienced strength coaches, to explore the...

This week Georges is exploring the topic all over social media this new year - Dry Jan! He is joined by Dryy app founder Matt Pink who discussed the biggest misconceptions around going sober and the importance of community. Later in the show, Georges was joined in studio by Matt Torbit, ambassador for Alcohol Change UK who opened up about his difficult past with alcohol and attempts with sobriety....

This week it's the Christmas special! Georges breaks down his biggest tips to not lose progress over the festive break and breaks down the calories in our favourite Christmas dinner meal. He is also joined by dermatologist Dr Derrick Phillips who broke down how we can keep our skin healthy in winter. As always Georges in on hand to answer all your health and fitness questions.