My producer was complaining about having to edit 2 scary pods back to back (one about the rise of fertility problems and the other about how machines will take over the world), so I thought I’d take a break from the frightening realities and bring some humour and personality back into the pod this week!

Feedback from the 100th episode was really positive and lots of you have asked about me doing some more solo ones .. so here goes!

Today I talk about:

• My information diet including the 1-2 books I read a week, podcasts I listen to and how I keep diversity in my content consumption
• My hack for reading really fast
• A review paper I read about how to use microbe focused treatments to combat depression
• Dairy fat in cheese and why it’s been paradoxically linked to better cardiovascular disease

And if you liked this episode, you’ll love my newsletter “Eat, Read, Listen” that you can find at www.thedoctorskitchen.com

Links to topics discussed in the episode:

Tech and ideas podcast - https://www.mfmpod.com/

How to take over the World - https://www.httotw.com/

The Brain health revolution podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/mk/podcast/science-under-attack-the-battle-between-past/id1474018356?i=1000449556409

A Microbiome-Driven Approach to Combating Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.672390/full

Biomarkers of dairy fat intake, incident cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality: A cohort study, systematic review, and meta-analysis

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003763