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  • Ep 35 on why low-fat diets have 'done a lot of damage' with Dr Trudi Deakin
    Dr Trudi Deakin is a registered dietitian, and chief executive of the charity X-PERT Health, who specialises in training healthcare professionals to prevent and manage Type 2 diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome.
    I caught up with her at the Public Health Collaboration Annual Conference 2019 in central London, where she was one of the key speakers addressing an audience of health professionals and patients who want to see changes made to conventional NHS eating guidelines.
    In this episode, you’ll hear Trudi’s views on:
    🔹The best way to lose excess fat for health gains (and it isn’t calorie counting)
    🔹Why eating less and exercising more doesn’t work for everyone
    🔹Symptoms that could mean you have metabolic syndrome
    🔹Why eating good fats can help you lose fat
    🔹Which fats to steer clear of
    🔹The best fats to cook with
    🔹Why carbohydrates aren't essential nutrients
    🔹How Trudi would update the NHS healthy eating guidelines
    🔹The reason it’s not your fault when your weight-loss plateaus
    🔹How the frequency of your meals is key for weight-loss
    🔹How sleepless nights and stress can ruin the effects of your low-carb diet
    🔹Why angry discourse in the nutrition community is a waste of energy
    Get the show notes at healthhackers.uk
    32 min
  • Ep 34 with mental strength trainer Amy Morin
    Mental strength trainer Amy Morin has a powerful and moving backstory. Her husband and mother both died when she was in her twenties, then another relative was diagnosed with a terminal illness. During her grief, and while working as a psychotherapist, she decided to figure out what made some people mentally tougher than others. After publishing a list online - it went viral - and she later released the bestselling book ’13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do,’ plus two follow-up titles; ’13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do,’ and later ’13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t Do.’
    In this episode, you’ll discover:
    🔹Ways to train your brain to make you mentally stronger
    🔹A quick fix to stop feeling sorry for yourself when things go wrong
    🔹How to handle days when you wake up feeling the opposite of mentally strong
    🔹One thing parents should stop doing right now if they want their children to develop mental strength
    🔹What to say when your child is really not talented at something
    🔹The key things mentally strong women don’t do
    🔹Why compliments make you feel uncomfortable and how to get past it
    🔹How to tell if you are becoming mentally stronger
    🔹The effects of social media on our mental health
    Get the show notes at healthhackers.uk.
    34 min
  • Ep 33 on allergy parenting with author Emma Amoscato
    To mark the start of Allergy Awareness Week 2019, I’m joined by allergy blogger and journalist Emma Amoscato, who recently published ‘Living with Allergies’ - a book that the charity Allergy UK has endorsed as “the first comprehensive book ever” on allergies.
    As a mum of two children with multiple allergies, Emma couldn’t find a handy guide to help her navigate the medical information and everyday management of allergies, so decided to write one herself. In it, she brings together straight-to-the-point, useful knowledge from leading experts.
    Emma is a brave and inspirational mum who blogs at: freefromfarmhouse.co.uk/
    FYI: This episode covers issues close to my heart and consequently involves me sharing a few of my own experiences with allergic living.
    In this podcast, you’ll hear…
    🔹What you can do to help prevent your baby from developing allergies
    🔹What to do if you suspect your baby is allergic to something
    🔹Advice for managing allergy anxiety
    🔹Practical tips for starting nursery or school
    🔹Steps for making eating out as safe as possible
    🔹Handy advice for travelling
    🔹How Emma helps her children to understand their allergies
    🔹What led to her baby son’s first anaphylactic reaction
    🔹Why you don’t need to be afraid of adrenaline auto-injectors
    🔹Insights into taking your children for food challenge tests
    🔹Which allergies are more likely to be outgrown
    🔹What factors increase your child’s likelihood of outgrowing their allergy
    🔹How immunotherapy could help reduce the severity of reactions in some cases
    🔹The most common reasons other allergy parents get in touch with Emma
    Get the show notes at healthhackers.uk
    32 min
  • Ep 32 with mindfulness trainer, psychotherapist and author Padraig O’Morain
    Making mindfulness easy for busy people.
    Mindfulness teacher, psychotherapist and author Padraig O’Morain wrote the books: ‘Mindfulness on the Go,’ ‘Mindfulness for Worriers,’ and ‘Kindfulness.’ He’s been practising mindfulness for more than 25 years and teaching it for over a decade.
    In this episode you’ll discover:
    🔹A quick and easy mindfulness practise to try right now
    🔹Why you don’t need to spend ages doing it
    🔹Reasons to start being mindful today
    🔹How you can train your brain to better handle stressful events
    🔹What to do when you’re feeling anxious, sad or angry
    🔹Why you don’t need to ‘let go’ of feelings to find peace
    🔹Advice if you think you’re doing mindfulness all wrong
    Get the show notes at healthhackers.uk
    32 min
  • Ep 31 on motherhood and mindset with four-time Winter Olympian Chemmy Alcott
    Exercising while pregnant & why new mums should believe in themselves.
    Chemmy Alcott’s been described as one of Britain's greatest ever female skiers; she took the British champion title SEVEN times and is the ONLY British female to ever win a World Cup skiing run.
    But during her pregnancies and early motherhood, Chemmy experienced some negative judgement surrounding her decisions to continue physical training and return to work 10 days after having her first baby.
    Following a period of self-doubt, she realised how important it is for mothers to believe in themselves and to do what’s right for them and their families - regardless of what other people think.
    She’s launched a podcast revealing and discussing the realities of motherhood - the type of podcast she searched for when she was pregnant but couldn’t find.
    In this episode, you’ll discover…
    🔹What it feels like to go from professional athlete to new mum
    🔹How fellow gym-users reacted to Chemmy lifting weights while pregnant
    🔹Why overtraining in her first pregnancy caused problems during childbirth
    🔹How Chemmy dealt with negative judgement when she returned to work 10 days after giving birth
    🔹The reason she’s proud of her 49 bone breaks
    🔹How having an athlete’s mindset influenced her experience of pregnancy and childbirth
    🔹Why she felt more attractive than ever whilst pregnant
    🔹What Chemmy would love other new mums to realise
    🔹Why she’s started a podcast covering the realities of motherhood
    🔹How Chemmy’s mother’s death changed her attitude to life
    🔹Why she believes young female athletes won’t admit they want to win
    🔹And how her obsession with being the best was unstoppable, even at the age of 10
    Read my article about Chemmy at healthhackers.uk
    31 min
  • Ep 30 on PTSD with clinical psychologist and trauma specialist David Trickey
    Handling traumatic experiences, and the best treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
    healthHackers ep 30 features consultant clinical psychologist and trauma specialist David Trickey, who has spent nearly 20 years working with traumatised children and families. He has extensive experience in helping children who have witnessed one parent murdering the other. This expertise sets him apart from many practitioners in his field.
    David also acts as an expert witness for the police and the courts.
    In this episode, you’ll hear:
    🔹What makes an experience a traumatic one
    🔹How the effects of trauma can show up
    🔹Why some people get PTSD while others don’t
    🔹What to do if you think you have PTSD
    🔹How you can help yourself if you’ve been involved in a traumatic event
    🔹What a parent can do to help their child avoid PTSD
    🔹The best treatments for PTSD
    🔹How eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) can help
    🔹What could happen if you don’t treat your PTSD
    🔹Plus, a reason why David believes he didn’t become traumatised after being beaten up by a gang of eight men when he was 14.
    Big thanks to the children’s mental health charity - Anna Freud National Centre - for hosting me to film this episode.
    Get the show notes at healthhackers.uk.
    30 min
  • Ep 29 on why some people are always hungrier than others with obesity geneticist Dr Giles Yeo
    Dr Giles Yeo is an obesity geneticist, author and science presenter, who specialises in studying the control of bodyweight. He’s also pretty clued up on the supplements industry after participating in a TV investigation into it, so I made sure we addressed some of your listener questions about vitamin pills.
    In this episode of HealthHackers, you’ll hear:
    🔹the reason why some people will always be more attracted to food than others
    🔹why your brain hates it when you lose weight
    🔹a reason why eating less and moving more may not have worked for you
    🔹why liposuction for weight-loss will increase your chances of dying, according to Giles
    🔹what happened to Giles’ weight when he tried a plant-based vegan diet
    🔹his surprising findings from an investigation into supplements
    🔹which vitamins can be dangerous, and even increase risk of death
    🔹how to be savvy about marketing messages on supplements
    🔹plus, which supplements Giles believes could be considered useful for children, teenage girls, vegans or women trying to conceive
    Thanks to the Royal Institution for having us to record this episode.
    Get the show notes at healthhackers.uk.
    32 min
  • Ep 28 with celebrity therapist, motivational speaker & author Marisa Peer
    The reason we keep sabotaging ourselves & how three words could stop it.
    Marisa Peer has spent more than 30 years as a therapist with a high-profile client list, including award-winning actors, rock stars, athletes, Royalty and CEOs.
    In this episode, you’ll hear Marisa explain:
    🔹the single factor underpinning almost all of her clients’ problems
    🔹why repeating three words could transform your life for the better
    🔹how to teach your mind to love something you hate
    🔹ways to handle online trolls and rude people in real life
    🔹how to create a confident and happy mindset
    🔹why childhood experiences can lead us to overeat
    🔹how your relationship with money is pretty much set by the age of five
    🔹a method to help your child develop great self-esteem
    🔹the best mindset for finding love if you're single
    🔹why she believes rashes, headaches, obesity and physical pain can be the result of suppressed feelings
    🔹plus, the fascinating story of Marisa’s intervention for a super-difficult, drug-addicted Hollywood star
    Get the show notes at healthhackers.uk.
    53 min
  • Ep 27 on handling death and dying with grief psychotherapist Julia Samuel MBE
    Dealing with death, and the best thing you can do for someone who’s grieving.
    I hope this episode will be useful to everyone - because let’s face it, we are all going to die and we should talk about it long before it happens, according to grief psychotherapist Julia Samuel MBE.
    Drawing on 25 years of experience working with bereaved families, Julia provides practical advice and explanations in this interview.
    She’s the Founder Patron of Child Bereavement UK and author of Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving.
    Julia was also a close friend to Princess Diana and is now godmother to Prince George - William and Kate’s son, who would have been Diana’s grandson.
    In this episode, you’ll hear:
    🔹Julia’s advice if a family member is dying
    🔹What you can say to yourself as soon as a loved one dies to help get you through it
    🔹How to best support your partner after your child dies
    🔹Practical tips for resolving grief
    🔹How men and women need different things when they are grieving
    🔹The best thing you can do for someone who’s grieving
    🔹How to handle guilt after someone close to you has died
    🔹The biggest single predictor of a good outcome in grief
    🔹Why you should talk about your death long before it happens
    🔹What a DNR is, and why you need to know whether your parents want one
    🔹How to explain death to a child
    🔹What to do if your elderly relatives refuse to discuss dying
    🔹What happens in a grief psychotherapy session
    🔹Plus, how Julia dealt with the death of her mother, and also her good friend, Princess Diana
    As always, get the show notes at healthhackers.uk
    30 min
  • Ep 26 on building rock-solid confidence with psychologist Dr Joan Rosenberg
    The 90 second hack to build rock-solid confidence and resilience.
    California-based psychologist Dr Joan Rosenberg has developed a technique that encourages you to ride the waves of your most uncomfortable feelings and transform them into inner strength. It’s been nicknamed ‘The Rosenberg Reset’.
    After more than 35 years of helping clients and clinicians to achieve emotional mastery, Dr Joan has written a book about her formula.
    ’90 Seconds to a Life You Love’ details how we can all lean into uncomfortable feelings, putting an end to negative self-talk and fears of being judged by others.
    In this episode, you’ll discover:
    🔹how to ride the biochemical rushes in your bloodstream to become mentally stronger
    🔹why you should lean into your most unpleasant feelings
    🔹what to do when you’re worried about what others think of you
    🔹the most important thing we can all do to grow ourselves, according to Dr Joan
    🔹the positive rewards that come from being your authentic self
    🔹what Dr Joan believes is at the root of all anxiety
    🔹plus, the two biggest and most common mistakes she sees people making with their emotional health
    Get the show notes at healthhackers.uk
    30 min

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healthHackers® is a YouTube channel featuring product reviews and insights from remarkable figures in health, hosted by former British TV news journalist & presenter, Gemma Evans.