Dr Sam Manger: The health tests to get through your decades

What can we do today to set ourselves up for this wonderful second half of life? The obvious answer is eat well, exercise, don’t smoke, sleep well, and all those amazing lifestyle choices we make. But let’s say we are doing these things pretty well, is there anything else we could be doing to help prevent disease and help prolong not just our lifespan but our health span? Host Amelia Phillips and esteemed GP Dr Sam Manger discuss what holistic health actually means, the most important tests we should get in our 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond. They talk about novel new tests, such as genetic screening, whole body MRIs, APOE4, Nutrigenomix, coeliac gene test, BRCA and more). 

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CVD Calculator: https://www.cvdcheck.org.au/ 

About the guest:

Dr Sam has won multiple awards including 2021 QLD GP of the Year.  He holds multiple professional roles, a Senior Lecturer and researcher at James Cook University, Advisor to the Shaping a Healthy Australia project, Ambassador for Equally Well Australia, President of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) and host of The GP Show podcast. 

About the host:

Amelia Phillips is an exercise, nutrition, parenting and business expert with a career spanning 26 years in health. She's a registered exercise scientist, nutritionist and researcher (with a masters of human nutrition). She is the co-founder of health tech company 12WBT which grew from start-up.  After 10 years and a successful exit, she now consults to health companies, presents and appears in the media. Amelia had four kids in five years and is dedicated to empowering women to build a life after kids on the foundation of health (mental and physical), connection and purpose. 

If you have a question for Amelia, reach out via Insta @_amelia_phillips, email [email protected] or text an audio question to: 0417458772

Find out more at www.ameliaphillips.com.au

CREDITS

Host: Amelia Phillips                                                                                                        

Guest: Sam Manger                                                                                                                  Audio Producer: Darren Roth

Music: Matt Nicholich                                                                                                      Production Partner: Nova Entertainment Pty Ltd

Healthy Her acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. 

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