In this episode, Martin speaks with Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed, also known as SalihaCooks, a gastroenterologist who won Masterchef in 2017, and has since been using her platform and best selling books to educate on healthy eating. They talk about her time on Masterchef, the art of writing science for a lay audience, the relationships between food and medicine, and her opinions on turmeric lattes.

Episode transcript available at bma.org.uk/inspiringdoctors

You can find Saliha's latest book The Kitchen Prescription, as well as Foodology and Khazana here: https://linktr.ee/kitchenprescription

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