The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast

On the podcast we are continuing the critical conversation around child poverty and hunger that, quite frankly I’m embarrassed to have to be talking about in 2021. Rather than complaining or pointing out a desperate situation I want to shine a light on some incredible initiatives. On that note, I want you to ponder on this:Can we use hunger to end hunger?This is the simple revolutionary formula that my next guest and his colleagues founded over 10 years ago. Owen Burton co-founded One feeds Two. A charitable organisation that partners with food brands and work to provide school meals to children living in poverty across the globe.Thus far, One Feeds Two's partners have donated over 10 millions school meals - and in 2021 alone, they hope to donate over 6 million school meals. The school meals are locally sourced, largely plant-based and typical of the local cuisine - "what the kids would be eating if they were eating at home".On the show today we talk about:Owen’s travel and corporate backgroundThe early foundations of one feeds twoWhy school meals are magical and the impact on povertyWhat we can learn from One feeds Two as it relates to child poverty in the UKOwen’s current projects and his new drinks brand “Fount”Do check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes for this and all other episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is one of the most pressing conversations of the moment. The extent of childhood hunger and food insecurity that exists not in third world countries, but here in the UK. It is absolutely astounding that 1 in 8 people are food insecure coupled with the fact that a third of food is wasted along various parts of the supply chain.To open up this discussion I’m inviting representatives from 2 incredible organisations working to tackle these issues in their unique ways, for a fairer and more compassionate society. One where nobody is left unseen nor hungry.Rather than complaining or pointing out a desperate situation I want to shine a light on these incredible charitiesFirst I speak with Alyson Walsh, Commercial Director with responsibility for Fundraising, Marketing Communications and Volunteering at Fareshare. With 25 years’ experience in the food and retail sector, Alyson possesses a wealth of industry and consumer knowledge,Later in this pod, I also speak with Emily Frezza (a former primary school teacher) and Alysa Remtulla from Magic Breakfast, a registered charity providing healthy breakfasts to children in the UK who arrive at school too hungry to learn. We talk about the foundations of the charity and the scale of the issue of food insecurity amongst children in the UK. 2 million children in the UK suffer hunger and Magic Breakfast extend their expert support to their partners across 960 Primary, Secondary, ASL/Special Educational Needs Schools and Pupil Referral Units in disadvantaged areas of England and Scotland. They reach around 167,000 children to ensure they start their school day with the energy and nutrition they need to be able to make the most of their morning lessons. On the pod today we cover the following:Overview of the problemWhat is Food insecurity – what it is, how much of an issue it is, how it’s increased since the pandemic.Food insecurity is a pre-pandemic problemHow to tackle the stigma surrounding food insecurityThe logistical issues surrounding food redistributionHow to get involved with both Fareshare and Magic BreakfastPlease do check out The Doctor's Kitchen Website for full show notes and details on this and all other podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*Warning. Today’s podcast contains details of parental bereavement. Caution advised* Today I feel like I’ve had one of the most impactful conversations on a personal level. I vividly remember watching Mo Gawdat’s interview on channel 4 news back in 2017 when he was touring and promoting his international bestseller “Solve for Happy”. His story of loss deeply touched me and changed my perspective on happiness and how to attain it. Mo wants you to achieve happiness and wants you to understand that “Happiness is easier to achieve than we’ve led to believe“. For me to have the opportunity to interview him 4 years later is just such a surreal privilege I cannot explain.Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer of Google [X], author of the international bestselling book Solve for Happy and founder of One Billion Happy. After a long career in tech, Mo has made happiness his primary topic of research, diving deeply into literature and conversing on the topic with some of the wisest people in the world. Mo is also the host of Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat, where he has the most wonderful conversations with the greatest minds of our time, including Dr Tara Swart, Alain de Botton, Mark Williamson. I highly recommend you dive into this library and if you find Mo’s voice as soothing and rhythmical as I do, you’ll love listening back to his episodes.A bit of back story to Mo, in 2014 he endured the tragic loss of Ali, his 21 yr old son, after routine surgery. Motivated by his loss, Mo began pouring his findings into his book, Solve for Happy. His mission to help one billion people become happier, #OneBillionHappy, is his attempt to honor Ali by spreading the message that happiness can be learned and shared.And this is exactly what you’ll hear about in today’s podcast. We talk about:Mo’s intention for the yearFlow and the various definitions of ‘flow state’The inability to sit with ourselvesThe tragic loss of Mo’s son and how that pushed his mission to ‘solve happy’A midlife crisis at age 29How his happiness equation is received cross culturallyDeath and a perspective on the pandemic that everyone should try I sincerely hope you enjoy it and that it inspires you to listen to more of Mo’s work including his own podcast and workshop videos on YouTube recorded at Stamford university, the links to which are on the podcast show notes found at www.thedoctorskitchen.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If we do not take action now, 30 years from now, over 10 million people will die every year due to antibiotic-resistant infections.Dr. Ravina Kullar is an Infectious Diseases global expert and researcher, who has spent almost 15 years researching in the infectious disease space.She is actively leading strategies worldwide to educate the public about various infectious diseases topics. She has been invited to provide 3 TED talks, sharing her own personal patient stories and providing action items that everyone can implement to be a part of the solution of infectious diseases outbreaks. She has also published over 40 research papers, and has been an invited speaker worldwide, educating both clinicians and the public. Dr. Kullar has been a public health advocate during this COVID-19 pandemic, educating the public via various media outlets. She is the Founder of duXsana, where she serves as the infectious diseases expert, and her team of building experts and interior designers help businesses in reopening safely, keeping infection prevention at the forefront. We talk about:Her painful experience with antimicrobial resistance and how that sparked her career in infectious diseaseThe state of play with microbes and COVID-19The need for better investigations5 tips for reducing Antimicrobial resistance that we can be part ofThe need to take vaccinesCheck out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes on this and all other episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Johnjoe McFadden is on the show today, he is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey. His principle field of research is in molecular genetics, particularly of microbes that cause infectious diseasesand particularly antimicrobial resistance. Initially he did his PhD at Imperial College London and went on to work on human genetic diseases.As well as studying infectious disease he has also been an advocate for Quantum Biology for nearly twenty years. In 2014, he, with the physicist, Jim Al-Khalili wrote ‘Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology’, describing recent exciting discoveries of quantum mechanisms in photosynthesis, bird navigation, enzymes and maybe even consciousness.Today we talk about:What causes resistant bacteriaThe ‘scary twin’ phenomenonWhat we can learn from multidrug resistant TB (MDRTB)Issues with the current use of antimicrobials and how we can reduce the burdenHow quantum biology relates to human consciousnessCheck out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and social media links for this and all other episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*CAUTION - Explicit Language in this episode*How much would you worry about a simple cut ? Probably not much as long as you can get to a medical professional on time and obtain the correct treatment. But what if I was to say that in a few years to come, antibiotics will no longer work? And a simple cut could leave you hugely at risk of sepsis and death. This could be the situation unless we address resistant microbes in our environment and joining me on the podcast to talk about this subject is Professor Dame Sally Davies.Dame Sally was the Chief Medical Officer for England and Senior Medical Advisor to the UK Government from 2011-2019. Dame Sally Davies was appointed as the UK Government’s Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in 2019. She is also the 40th Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University.In the 2020 New Year Honours, Dame Sally became the second woman (and the first outside the Royal family) to be appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) for services to public health and research, having received her DBE in 2009.On the show we talk aboutDame Sally Davies incredible medical careerWhat sparked her interest in antimicrobial resistanceHow Bacteria become resistantWhere food has a role in resistanceWhat we can do as consumers?Check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and social media links for this and all other episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The journey to happiness with Stephen and David Flynn from The Happy Pear!The Happy Pear started out back in 2004 with Steve, Dave, a tiny shop and a dream of helping people to eat more veg. Fast forward 15 years, The Happy Pear now consists of cafes, food products, online courses, cookbooks, a farm, a roastery, and a hundred amazing employees with a community of over 1 million people living healthier! Their latest book is the happy health plan, with information and recipes distilled from their online courses that have helped over 50,000 people globally live healthier lives.On the show today we talk about:Their journey from rugby playing, beer drinking lads to meditating, vegan veg shop ownersTheir business as a force for goodThe importance of healthy environments that allow health to flourishBeing vulnerable and authentic as key to living fulfilled livesTheir failures as well as successesLaughter, Joy and contentment as the superfoods that enrich their healthy lifestylesCheck out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and social media links for this and all other episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*CAUTION - Explicit Language in this episode*Confused about supplements? Struggle to understand nutrition science? Constantly bombarded by conflicting headlines about which diet is better than another? How do we make sense of all this information when the noise-signal ratio is so disproportionate?Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Kamal Patel who is the co-founder and director of Examine.com. The world’s largest unbiased, internet site that peer reviews academic literature on diet, supplements and nutrition knowledge to give the most uncoerced information you can find anywhere. A site that I have personally used during my masters, recommended and supported throughout my nutrition journey.Kamal holds two master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University, in business and in public health, he’s published peer-reviewed articles on vitamin D and calcium, as well as on a variety of clinical research topics. He’s also been involved in research on fructose and liver health, on nutrition in low-income areas, and on mindfulness meditation.There are SO MANY things we talk about in this pod that I’ve decided to split it up into 2 parts. The amount of information we talk about is quite overwhelming to listen to, but trust me it’s worth a good listen and there are so many insights I picked up on from Kamals wealth of knowledge: Circadian ZeitgebersNon diet Paleolithic perspectiveHow misinformation and bias starts from the Research labsMultivitamins, fish oil, vitamin DSupplements and Lifestyle for Stress, Sleep, Anxiety and Nootropics and AdaptogensThe Placebo effectBrain and Cognitive enhancing supplements, green tea, choline, berries, fish oilSupplements for Vegans - B12, choline, creatine, carnosine, fatty acidsCollagen for arthritis and skinContaminants in supplementsHow to choose supplementsThe precautionary principle with supplementationImmunonutritionCorona Virus supplements - Zinc, elderberry, Vitamin D, Garlic, Vitamin CHealth tracking, wearable devices and investigationsHow often research makes Kamal change his mindDo check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and social media links for this episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*CAUTION - Explicit Language in this episode*Confused about supplements? Struggle to understand nutrition science? Constantly bombarded by conflicting headlines about which diet is better than another? How do we make sense of all this information when the noise-signal ratio is so disproportionate?Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Kamal Patel who is the co-founder and director of Examine.com. The world’s largest unbiased, internet site that peer reviews academic literature on diet, supplements and nutrition knowledge to give the most uncoerced information you can find anywhere. A site that I have personally used during my masters, recommended and supported throughout my nutrition journey.Kamal holds two master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University, in business and in public health, he’s published peer-reviewed articles on vitamin D and calcium, as well as on a variety of clinical research topics. He’s also been involved in research on fructose and liver health, on nutrition in low-income areas, and on mindfulness meditation.There are SO MANY things we talk about in this pod that I’ve decided to split it up into 2 parts. The amount of information we talk about is quite overwhelming to listen to, but trust me it’s worth a good listen and there are so many insights I picked up on from Kamals wealth of knowledge: Circadian ZeitgebersNon diet Paleolithic perspectiveHow misinformation and bias starts from the Research labsMultivitamins, fish oil, vitamin DSupplements and Lifestyle for Stress, Sleep, Anxiety and Nootropics and AdaptogensThe Placebo effectBrain and Cognitive enhancing supplements, green tea, choline, berries, fish oilSupplements for Vegans - B12, choline, creatine, carnosine, fatty acidsCollagen for arthritis and skinContaminants in supplementsHow to choose supplementsThe precautionary principle with supplementationImmunonutritionCorona Virus supplements - Zinc, elderberry, Vitamin D, Garlic, Vitamin CHealth tracking, wearable devices and investigationsHow often research makes Kamal change his mindDo check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and social media links for this episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is everything we have been told about nutrition wrong? And have we questioned prevailing dietary dogma enough? Are we asking the right questions in nutrition science and if not, how do we rectify it?Professor Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Kings College London and honorary consultant Physician at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals is my guest this week and we dive into these questions and more.He is the lead researcher behind the world’s biggest citizen science health project – the Covid Symptom study app. This free tool has been used by more than 4 million people in the UK, US, and Sweden. The app identified new symptoms of the disease and risk factors as well as monitoring its progress to warn health authorities. He has published four popular books- including the best-selling Diet Myth and more recently, Spoon-Fed, a Sunday Times bestseller that I think is absolutely fantastic.On the show today we talk about:Why the calorie in calorie out dogma is entirely flawedWhy salt may not be the prime suspectThe approach to pesticides we should takeArtificially sweetened beveragesPractical suggestions for how to live healthierWhat the future of personalised nutrition could holdCheck out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and social media links for this episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.