It's the start of Mens Health Week which is about raising awareness about health issues that impact the male population.

Our social evolution has brought about terms like "man up"  and "boys don't cry" which has made it difficult for men to open up about mental health issues.

In this episode I talk with Alex Manzi who is an author, coach, podcaster but above all a human soul, (who happens to be male!) who has experienced mental health ups and downs like the rest of us. He was kind enough to share his story of how he battled with depression in his 20's and his journey to a better state of being.

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The Search For Clarity by Alex Manzi (book)

In The Moment (Podcast on Spotify)

In The Moment (Podcast on Apple Podcasts)

Alex as a guest on the TeachStrong podcast

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Dr Charlotte Marriott is a Consultant Psychiatrist in the NHS and a Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician with a particular interest in neuroscience. She is also Chair of the BSLM Mental Health Special Interest Group. Charlotte likes to inspire and empower her patients to make small changes to their lifestyle habits to improve their physical and mental health and reduce the burden of medication side-effects.

In this episode we talk about:

Charlotte was an absolute pleasure to speak to and I for one learnt a great deal from this one conversation. I hope you do too!

Please check the show notes for a list of self-help resources that Charlotte has been kind to share.

The views in this episode are Charlotte's personal opinions and do not reflect those of her employer or any other organisation she is associated with.

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The Lifestyle Psychiatrist Instagram

The Lifestyle Psychiatrist Website

The Lifestyle Psychiatrist Linked In

Self-help resources:

NHS apps library has a range of apps recommended for improving mental health:

www.nhs.uk/apps-library/ and select the mental health filter.

My Possible Self app for helping with stress, anxiety and low mood:

www.good-thinking.uk/resources/my-possible-self

Recovery college has a free online course, Coping with the Pandemic:

www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk

Sleepio, a clinically proven sleep improvement programme:

www.sleepio.com

Mind Charity, for a wealth of information and support:

www.mind.org.uk

Samaritans, for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year support:

Call free on 116 123

www.samaritans.org

And for key workers: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/health-and-care/our-frontline/

Shout for support in a crisis:

Text: 85258 in a crisis

https://www.giveusashout.org/

NHS Every Mind Matters advice and support:

https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/

UCL Coping with Coronavirus self-help guides:

https://www.copingwithcoronavirus.co.uk/self-help-guides.html

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Dr Mishkat Shehata MBBS, MRCGP, MPH, DRCOG, Dip IBLM/BSLM is a GP, a certified lifestyle physician and the founder of The Lifestyle Code Clinic. She holds a dual Masters degree in public health, health service delivery and disease prevention. She is also a Regional Director (London) for the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

She joins me to talk about how she is using lifestyle medicine to help couples improve their fertility. We discuss her own journey into using lifestyle to overcome health issues, why she founded the Lifestyle Code Clinic and the pillars of lifestyle medicine and how they impact our fertility This is a fascinating conversation so you may want to grab a pen and paper and take some notes!

References to some of the studies discussed can be found on the show notes page of the website.

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Lifestyle Code Clinic Instagram

Lifestyle Code Clinic Website

Lifestyle Code Clinic Facebook

Dr. Mishkat Shehata Instagram

Dr. Mishkat Shehata LinkedIn

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In this episode Anisha and I talk about what we have been up to with regards to our own health and wellness. It's a more general conversation in which we cover running, yoga, motivation, environment design (when it comes to habit change) and much more.

Let me know what you think of this new format and whether you want to hear more content like this in the future.

To find out more please check the links in the episode description or the show notes page on my website.

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3100: Run and Become (Documentary)

Skid Row Marathon (Documentary)

How Running Can Transform Your Life with Sanjay Rawal (Podcast episode)

Sanjay Rawal On Running As Spiritual Practice (Podcast episode)

Bluezones (Website)

Couch To 13.1 Miles with Anisha Patel (Podcast Episode)

How Atomic Habits Changed Our Lives with Anisha Patel (Podcast Episode)

Alo Moves (Yoga and Workout Website)

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Lifestyle medicine has become increasingly popular within the last 10 years. But what exactly is it? And what does a Lifestyle Doctor do?

In this episode I had the privilege of talking to not one, but two lifestyle doctors, Raj Karsandas and Chang-Sun Park to answer those questions plus many more.

Raj (along with his wife) founded the Lifestyle Doctors which is a private practice that aims to deliver holistic, whole person care that helps to reverse or treat patients conditions. Raj has been a General Practitioner (GP) and more recently completed a diploma in Lifestyle Medicine with the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine (BSLM). Raj is passionate about supporting patients in overcoming psychological factors and stressors which lead to ill health.

Chang has been in general practice since 2009 and in that time she has witnessed the impact that stress and lifestyle has on patients. Her passionate belief is that finding health in every sense requires dedicated and generous attention to the whole of our being – physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual.

She has also been practicing yoga for over 10 years and is a qualified yoga teacher. Chang uses yoga as a lifestyle intervention to help patients improve their overall wellbeing. She too has completed her diploma in Lifestyle Medicine from the BSLM.

We discuss lifestyle medicine, some of the obstacles facing this movement, as well as their top tips on how we can all improve our own wellbeing through 5 simple practices.

To find out more please check the links in the episode description or the show notes page on my website.

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The Lifestyle Doctors Website

The Lifestyle Doctors Instagram

The Lifestyle Doctors Facebook Page

Chang Yoga

Chang e-mail address

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Every 2 minutes someone is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. 4.7 million people in the UK have diabetes and there are a further 12.3 million people at increased risk. By 2030 more than 5.5million people will have diabetes. 10,350 people in the UK have kidney failure because of their diabetes. Every week diabetes leads to 169 lower leg amputations, 680 strokes, 530 heart attacks, nearly 2000 cases of heart failure and 500 premature deaths. (Source: Diabetes.org.uk)

There is good news. Type 2 diabetes is preventable. Even better news is that it is preventable without taking any medication. Following a balanced healthy diet, engaging in physical activity, managing stress and improving your sleep can be the road away from type 2 diabetes. Good things come in 3's: help is at hand and you no longer have to navigate the the world of living a healthy lifestyle on your own. The NHS Diabetes Prevention Prevention Programme (NDPP) is a free service to anyone living in the UK who is at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This is a lifestyle change programme that will raise your awareness of what impacts your health and provide you with the tools to you need to successfully reduce your risk and live a happier and healthier life.

You no longer need a GP referral or blood test to qualify for the programme. You can simply go online and fill in the Know Your Risk tool which will ask you a few basic questions about you and your health. If your risk is high enough you will be able to self refer to the programme.

You can also self refer if you have previously had gestational diabetes (a type of diabetes that some women get during pregnancy).

In this episode I speak with Lauren Munnelly who is a Regional Manager for the NDPP with Xyla Health and Wellbeing (formerly ICS Health and Wellbeing). We talk about why it is important for all of us to know our risk, what the programme is all about and how you can refer yourself.

To find out more please check the links in the episode description or the show notes page on my website.

Show Notes Page Link

Lauren Munnelly LinkedIn

Diabetes Fact Sheet

Know Your Risk Calculator

Xyla Health and Wellbeing

NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme

Know Diabetes Short Video on NDPP

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Energy medicine is a branch of complementary and alternative medicine which draws its knowledge from the ancient wisdom of an ever-present, all-encompassing life force. It is this energy that interacts continuously with our bodies to bring back homeostasis - a state of healthful balance. The field of energy medicine synergistically unites this invaluable knowledge with the emerging science of quantum physics. This has given rise to a new branch known as bioenergetics.

Maximilian is a Certified Bioenergetic Practitioner, Accredited Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher as well as a Certified Wholistic Guide for Health and Wellness. He joined me for a fascinating discussion into the world of energy medicine and bioenergetics. Grab your notepad and a hot drink and enjoy the conversation!

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Maximilian Links:

Wholistic Guide Website

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Energy Medicine Links

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396053/

https://www.neshealth.com/human-body-field/

https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3859661/NES_Health_November2017/pdf/The+Coming+Medical+Revolution.pdf

https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3859661/NES_Health_November2017/pdf/human+biofield.pdf

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Christmas is over. January is here. However it feels a bit different this year. Perhaps there isn't the same level of optimism that usually arrives with the new year. For some it is also a stressful time. Lockdown 3.0 means more of us working from home again, kids homeschooling, worrying about new strains of the virus. All of this can impact the levels of stress in our life.

In this episode I sit down with the lovely wife, Anisha Patel to talk about what we have been doing to help us deal with the stresses that this new way of life has brought about.

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Over half a million adults were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in the last 5 years (source: NHS). The long term impact on health is severe; stroke, heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, limb amputation and early death.

To combat this the NHS is delivering a new programme which provides a low calorie diet as treatment for those who are overweight and Type 2 diabetic. This programme has been born from two clinical trials (DiRECT and DROPLET) which showed that those individuals can reduce diabetes related medication and in some cases put their Type 2 diabetes into remission (no longer have diabetes).

In the DiRECT trial 25% of participants achieved a weight loss of 15kg or more and of these 86% put their diabetes into remission (after 12 months).

In this episode I talk with Tara Abi-Chahine who is a dietician at ICS Health & Wellbeing. She has been responsible for replicating these trials through ICS's own pilot programme which is being rolled out in a number of locations in the UK. We talk at length about her findings, what the programme consists of and how it is works practically for participants.

It is a fascinating area of research which is helping so many live happier and healthier lives. To find out more about the programme and to see the research check the links in the show notes.

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Tara Abi-Chahine LinkedIn 

NHS Low Calorie Diet

DiRECT Trial 1

DiRECT Trial 2

DROPLET Trial 

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Health coaching is a relatively new area within the healthcare system. But what exactly is a health coach and what do they do? In this episode I am joined by fellow health coach and podcaster Corey Dion Lewis. Corey is a Primary Care Health Coach and founder of Action Health which is a consulting firm that helps organisations design and implement health coaching into their health strategy.

He has over nine years experience as a Health Educator. In this episode we discuss what the role of a health coach is, how it is applied in a primary care setting and how important the role is in helping to spread evidence based lifestyle changes to the general public. To learn more about Corey please check out the links in the show notes below.

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