The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast

Johann Hari is back on the podcast today and he looks completely different to the last time I saw him. He’s lost an incredible amount of weight, his face looks completely different and it’s all because of a drug you’ve probably already heard of. Ozempic.

Also known as GLP-1 agonists, these drugs were initially used by doctors like myself in General Practice for type 2 diabetics, but have now found a use case to treat obesity...

Today’s snacksize Doctor’s Kitchen podcast is all about foods for brain health from episode #98 A brain healthy diet.

I speak with Dr Dean and Dr Ayesha Sherzai, the unique husband and wife team on the cutting edge of brain science, who are dedicated to educating people on the simple steps to long-term health and You can find out more about them and their online writing, videos, and books at teamsherzai...

For most of medical history, in the West at least, the idea that there could be a relationship between the mind and the immune system was inconceivable. 

At medical school, I was taught that there is no relationship whatsoever between our mindset and our ability to stave off infections like viruses, colds and even reduce our susceptibility to cancer.

But that is now thought to be completely incorrect...

Today’s snacksize Doctor’s Kitchen podcast is all about framing happiness so you can experience more positivity day to day.

Taken from the full episode #100 Four Lifestyle Equations Everyone needs to know, where I talk about a selection of formulas that I try and put into practice each day.

Mo Gawdat first talked to us about this equation back on episode #91 Solving Happiness, which is one of my favourite episodes to date...

A number of lifestyle related illnesses have uncontrolled inflammation at its core. Whether that’s obesity, heart disease or even dementia, inflammation appears to play a role...

Today’s snacksize Doctor’s Kitchen podcast is about the rise of allergies in both adults & children globally taken from episode #101 Ending Food Allergy with Professor Kari Nadeau.

Have you noticed the rapid rise in childhood food allergies? Peanuts, dairy, wheat, egg. All of these appear so commonly removed from children’s diets in schools and it’s not just children that are suffering...

Olive oil is a hot topic. We first dived into the benefits of olive oil back on episode 99 with Dr Simon, but I thought it was time for an update...

Today’s snacksize Doctor’s Kitchen podcast is all about choosing which mode of therapy appropriate for you, taken from the full episode #190 How to be your own therapist with Dr Owen O’Kane.

You may have heard of CBT, REMT, Psychotherapy. How do you know which one is for you. In this conversation Dr Owen and I discuss the various modalities of therapy and how one might get started from scratch.

Owen’s latest book is “How to be your own Therapist”...

From blood sugar and gut health to inflammation ginger has many people espousing its benefits. There are tons of folklore remedies using ginger for indigestion, headaches, infections...

Today’s snacksize Doctor’s Kitchen podcast is all about a general framework for healthy eating that I apply.

This is a very broad overview of how I think about diet and dietary changes and doesn’t zoom in on the specifics of healthy eating (such as spices, brassica vegetables and fermented foods) but I think it holds value when thinking about diet at a population level...