113: Oral Health and Performance with Professor Ian Needleman

Shaun sits down with Professor Ian Needleman of UCL's 

Centre for Oral Health and Performance to discuss how cleaning your teeth can shave minutes off your marathon time! Well, sort of...

Since 2012 Professor Needleman has been researching oral health in sport to enhance the performance, overall health and wellbeing of athletes. You can find out more about the research on their website.

It's also the end of an era for the Let's Get Running Podcast this week as we say goodbye to the inimitable, the one and only, Caramel Kid! Jermaine is taking a step back from the podcast to focus on his training for the RAF but will be sure to call in from time to time on the WhatsApp line...

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Runner by Lizzy Hawker

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