How can I tell if I’m sub-fertile and when to get help? More than 80% of couples will conceive within a year of trying. A couple may be considered to have fertility concerns (or sub-fertile) if they have been trying to conceive for over a year with no success (1). After this time, it is…
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Diet & Acne
Does diet affect acne? Have you wondered if diet affects acne? Does eating greasy food make your skin oily and spotty, or does chocolate cause break outs? There is so much misinformation about whether acne is related to diet, with particular foods and supplements labelled as ‘acne fighting’ superfoods. This article looks at the evidence…
The Doctor’s Kitchen Podcast: #66 More Than Medicine (3 of 3). How to Create a Bulletproof Mindset, Cultivating Kindness and Building Self Esteem with Dr David Hamilton
My guest today is David Hamilton PhD. A writer, columnist, speaker and author of 10 books covering the science of kindness, self esteem, and the mind body connection. He is the ‘Kindness Tsar’ and has been featured on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch Live in the UK, and on CBS Sunday Morning in the US. We…
The Doctor’s Kitchen Podcast: #65 More Than Medicine (2 of 3). Music as Medicine with Professor Nigel Osbourne
Today I discuss the wonderful world of musical therapy with Professor Nigel Osbourne. His works have been featured in most major international festivals and performed by many leading orchestras and ensembles around the world. He has also composed extensively for the theatre and through his Institute in Edinburgh, is exploring the interfaces of music and…
The Doctor’s Kitchen Podcast: #64: More Than Medicine (1 of 3). Cultivating an Elite Performance Mindset with Sports Psychologist Tom Bates
My guest today is Tom Bates, a performance psychologist who applies fast, easy and accessible performance enhancing techniques to elite sports men and women based on the Science of Psychology. His work has extended into other sports beyond premiership football including GB athletes in Basketball, Swimming, Boxing, Rugby, Golf and Fencing and is working toward…
The Doctor’s Kitchen Podcast: #62: Fasting and Medicine with Professor Valter Longo
My guest today is a world renowned scientist and researcher Professor Valter Longo. Most well recognised for his work in the longevity field and fasting., Valter has thirty years of experience in the field of longevity and healthy eating. He is the Director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California –…
The Doctor’s Kitchen Podcast: #60: How to Reverse Ageing (Part 4 of 4). The Future of Longevity Research with Professor David Sinclair
My guest on the show today is David A. Sinclair, Ph.D, a tenured Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, he is best known for his work on genes and small molecules that delay ageing, including the Sirtuins, NAD precursors, Resveratrol and other epigenetic modifiers. He has received many honours including a feature on TIME magazine’s…
The Doctor’s Kitchen Podcast: #59: How to Reverse Ageing (Part 3 of 4) The Female Ageing Brain with Dr Lisa Mosconi
Today’s podcast is with the wonderful Dr Lisa Mosconi, PhD, author of the brand new book “The XX Brain” and the director of the Women’s Brain Initiative and the associate director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she also serves as associate professor of Neuroscience in Neurology and Radiology. She…
The Doctor’s Kitchen Podcast: #58: How to Reverse Ageing (Part 2 of 4). Healthy Ageing with Dr Dan Levitin
For the second part of our reversing ageing series, my guest today is Dr Daniel J. Levitin. A neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and bestselling author. He is Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco, and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the bestselling author…