I Am Elevated

In this month's episode James Ellis, registered nutritionist and founder of Elevated Food For Life talks to Carole Armitage, founder of high-level chocolate company 80 Noir Ultra. In the episode, we cover a whole range of subjects, from how much, er, faeces is in low-level chocolate to the gender differences between men and women when it comes to hot chocolate80NoirUltra - to buy 80 Noir Ultra chocolateElevated Food For Life - our subscription healthy recipe programmeEndure Nutrition - privat...

In 2017, I took a trip to a mysterious peninsula in northern Greece where the monks who live there in solitude, fast for many hours a day and are pescatarian/vegan show remarkable longevity. That peninsula is Mount Athos. Here I speak to Dr Pete Patitsas - a Greek-American emergency doctor who has taken their methods and turned them into a weight-loss diet. It's a fascinating chat that delves into Covid, obesity and intermittent fasting and looks at how these 1,000-year-old habits ...

How we recover from the stress of life or the stress of an intense exercise programme is super important when it comes to our long-term health. In this episode I welcome world-renowned conditioning specialist Joel Jamieson who talks us through how to cut through the vast amount of data given to us by our wearables to get some meaningful stats, why going 'balls to the wall' is not always the best strategy and how to ensure we live a long and fruitful life. To find out more about Joel, see trai...

In the newly renamed I Am Elevated podcast, James speaks to nutrition therapist Jane Hickey about her new book Good Foods for Anxiety: Five Best Foods for Anxiety.Former teacher Jane tells of how nutrition changed her life when exam stress threatened to derail her career and she became a germaphobe mum, then goes on to outline a number of lifestyle strategies that can help those who suffer from anxiety. To buy Jane's book, click the Amazon link above.

Our microbiome - the vital bacteria that live along and inside us - outnumbers our own cells by three to one, so it's vitally important we look after it. In this episode we talk to Debbie Cotton of Invivo Healthcare about why it's so important, what DNA stool testing can reveal, what prebiotics are and which to take, and whether probiotics are really needed.If you want to dig deep and find out how taking care of your microbiome can aid with all manner of illnesses from asthma to diabetes or h...

In this episode of the Nutrition Lab, James Ellis of Endure Nutrition, Health & Fitness welcomes back fellow clinical nutritionist Sarah Beecroft to talk about some basic biohacking for beginners. For those who don’t know, biohacking is the relatively new practice of trying to optimise your body’s functionality through using nutrition and lifestyle interventions.While it’s normally associated with some high-tech monitoring devices such as the Oura Ring sleep monitor, there are many small ...

Two years ago at Spartathlon, the iconic 153-mile ultramarathon race that takes place in Greece every September, I met ultra legend Dean Karnazes, last year I presented him with a British Spartathlon Team shirt, this year he agreed to come on the podcast and talk about his nutrition strategies! For those who don't know Dean, he is an ultramarathon running legend. Perhaps not the best runner ever, but certainly, outside running circles at least, the best-known ultra runner. His achievements in...

Supermarkets can get a bad rap for selling highly processed food, but in this episode Mark Richmond, food development chef and Instagrammer, goes into what goes on behind the scenes. And it might surprise you. Learn about edible flowers, what the latest trends are, how to make your food images look better and how we need to look back to move forward. See Mark's images on Instagram here

If you would like to listen to the meditation only from Gentle On My Mind, it can be found in this bonus edition of The Nutrition Lab. Please bear in mind, this was recorded at the end of a discussion, hence some references are made to things previously said. This does not affect your ability to listen and use the meditation however.Episode notes from Gentle On My Mind belowOur guts and brain are inextricably linked through the vagus nerve that deals with parasympathetic (rest and digest) ner...

Our guts and brain are inextricably linked through the vagus nerve that deals with parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system control of the heart, lungs, and digestive tract. As research into the connection between the two increases and more is also understood about the microbiome, people are increasingly referring to the gut as the second brain.In this episode of The Nutrition Lab, James speaks to Yasmina Cherquaoui of Ready, Steady Glow (www.readysteadyglow.uk) about meditation, mind...