Welcome back to season 5 of The Food Medic podcast.

On this episode Dr Hazel is joined by Joe O Brien. Joe is currently completing a doctorate in Health Psychology and runs the Instagram page @headfirst0.

In this episode they talk about new years resolutions, breaking and making habits, emotional eating and binge eating disorders, and the psychology of online dating.

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On the season finale, Hazel is Joined by Dr Amile Inusa. Amile is a Junior Doctor and co-host of the podcast, Life After The Letters. They chat about life as junior doctor - and to what to expect for all the new doctors starting in August - taking less conventional routes in training, juggling side projects alongside medicine, supporting your mental health working in healthcare, and racism in the NHS.

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On this episode, Dr Hazel sits down with Anita Bean - Registered Nutritionist specialising in sports nutrition, published author (of 29 books!), and former British bodybuilding champion. Anita is also the nutritionist for the London Marathon and Good Housekeeping.

In this episode they cover:

- The benefits of a plant based diet for health and performance
- Nutrients that are a bit more tricky to obtain from a plant based diet.
- Good plant-based protein sources and meeting protein requirements.
- Low carbohydrate diets in athletes.
- Gut issues in athletes following a plant based diet.
- Plant based examples of what to eat before, during, and after exercise.
- Carb-loading before an endurance event.
- Hydration and electrolyte replacement.

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This podcast episode includes some sensitive and potentially triggering content relating to eating disorders and body image.

This week we are joined by Roz Purcell - former model and miss Universe contestant, now a bestselling cookery writer, host of the Bite Back Podcast and creator of the Hike Life community.

Dr Hazel chats to Roz about her career as a model and turbulent relationship with her body and food, and how that has evolved over the years, how she avoids the pressure of having the perfect instagram profile and has learnt to be content in her own skin, sustainable fashion and food!

If you have been affected by the topics discussed in this episode, or are looking for additional support, please visit https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/.

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In this two part episode, Dr Hazel is joined by Angela Saini, an award-winning science journalist who holds Masters degrees in Engineering from The University of Oxford, and in Science and Security from King’s College London. Angela is also author of the books Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and Superior: The Return of Race Science.In part 2 they discuss her second book Superior: the return of race science. They discuss the history of race science and Eugenics, why race science is re-emerging, racial disparities in healthcare - including COVID-19, and ancestry tests.

Thank you for listening and please do join in on the conversation and keep it going.

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Reading:
Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. Saad
So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
I Am Not Your Baby Mother - Candice Braithwaite
Brit(ish) - Afua Hirsch
Don’t touch my hair - Emma Dabiri
Why I am no longer talking to white people about race - Reni Eddo-Lodge
How to be an Anti-racist - Ibram X.Kendi

Podcasts
The Nod
Intersectionality Matters!
Code Switch
Pod save the people
New York Times: 1619
About Race
Scene on the radio
White Lies
Slay In your Lane

Watch
13th
Just Mercy
American Son
The Hate U Give
When They See Us
I Am Not Your Negro

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In this two part episode, Dr Hazel is joined by Angela Saini, an award-winning science journalist who holds Masters degrees in Engineering from The University of Oxford, and in Science and Security from King’s College London. Angela is also author of the books Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and Superior: The Return of Race Science.

In part 1 they discuss the effect of sexism on scientific research, how scientists often reinforce sex and gender stereotypes - instead of challenging them, and how sexism influences social beliefs.

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On this episode, Dr Hazel is joined by Olympic champion and three-times world champion heptathlete Dame Jessica Ennis Hill. Hazel chats to Jessica about her incredible career as an Olympic athlete, injuries and setbacks, announcing her retirement, how her day-to-day has changed - including her training, her new app, and being a mum to two young kids.

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On this episode, Hazel chats to Dr Sarah Mc Kay, a neuroscientist and science communicator. Sarah has written a book titled demystifying the female brain (also called the women's brain book on the other side of the world) - The neuroscience of health, hormones and happiness.

They discuss:
*The main differences (if any) between male and female brains
*Common gender stereotypes when it comes to the brain
*How puberty and pregnancy alters the brain
*PMS and mood
*Why mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety are more common in women.

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On this episode, Dr Hazel sits down with Dr Stacy Sims - an Environmental Exercise Physiologist and Nutrition Scientist specializing in sex differences. She is also author of the book ROAR: a comprehensive, physiology-based nutrition and training guide specifically designed for active women.

In this episode they cover:
*Training around your period
*How women compare to men in exercise performance - and in recovery
*Fuelling training throughout the lifespan
*Supplements
*Gut health

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On this episode, Dr Hazel is joined by GP, Dr Philippa Kaye. On this highly requested episode, they cover everything to do with periods - what is normal, what is abnormal, what is irregular, how heavy is too heavy - and also the perimenopause and menopause.

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