Sophie Smith is founder and CEO of Nabta Health, the company she launched in 2017 to create the Middle East’s first hybrid model of elective, preventative health care. Nabta Health offers a range of online testing for the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic diseases, and unlike so many healthcare startups, they are focusing on women in emerging markets. Sophie also speaks about some of the biggest health problems women are facing today, and what...

Mariam Farag was head of Corporate Sustainability & Social Impact at MBC Group before launching Humanizing Brands, where she helps businesses and media implement global strategies to make their operations more sustainable, diverse and inclusive. She is also a motivational speaker who is passionate about women’s empowerment, community impact and mental health and just having an overall positive mindset when it isn’t that easy.

Livehealthy editor Ann Marie McQueen Zooms with Maria Abi Hanna, Dubai-based dietitian, founder of Nutrition Untold and new member of our expert panel, about food police, giving ourselves permission to eat and why we shouldn’t label food “good” or “bad”. This episode is from our Livehealthy Podcast archives.

Dr Zemer Wang is medical director of Aviv Clinics Dubai, a certified family medicine and hyperbaric physician. Dr Wang talks all about hyperbaric oxygen therapy, his speciality, and how Aviv Clinics is using extensive, daily doses over months at a time to help people either heal or reach optimal levels of health and fitness.

Luke Coutinho is a holistic lifestyle coach based in India who works frequently in Dubai. Luke wrote 2020’s The Dry Fasting Miracle Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Ali Bin Rashed Al Nuaimi, better known as the Green Sheikh, and he’s a passionate advocate of using balanced nutrition, adequate exercise, quality sleep and emotional detox to heal from just about everything that ails us.

قالت مريم بنت محمد المهيري، وزيرة الدولة للأمن الغذائي، إن “التغذية هي إحدى الركائز الأساسية للاستراتيجية الوطنية للأمن الغذائي في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة من خلال تفعيل السياسات والتشريعات ذات الصلة لتحسين التغذية لجميع الأفراد”. ومع ذلك، فإن السمنة منتشرة هنا، حيث تؤثر على أكثر من٧٠٪ من الإماراتيين قبل سن ٢٩ عامًا، وفقًا لدراسة أجريت عام ٢٠١٩ من قبل مستشفى زايد العسكري في أبو ظبي. وهناك ارتفاع في حدوث اضطرابات القلب والأيض بما في ذلك...

Ann Marie McQueen speaks to Chris Leighton, co-founder of the Dubai independent company Airzones, about indoor air pollution and what it is doing to us.

Livehealthy editor chats with Lina Yousef, a Palestinian-American soil scientist, Khalifa University professor and co-founder of De L’Arta, a local, all-natural skin care company. She talks about how the company decided to harness the nourishing power of the UAE’s vibrant, local, drought-resistant plants for skin care.

عمار الصبان المقيم في السعودية وصديقه رامي لم يهدفا لإقامة عمل تجاري اسثماري، وانما كانا يسعيان لمشاركة آرائهم والتعبير عنها للجمهور عند إطلاق برنامج البودكاست الحواري الخاص بهما ، “مستدفر”.   بعد فترة وجيزة، حصلوا على أول رعاية من أوبر واقتنعا بإعداد مكان واستوديو خاص بهم لبدء شبكة مخصصة بالكامل.   وهكذا ، ولدت شبكة “مستدفر” مع مجموعة من 13 بودكاست أسبوعيًا مختلفًا تغطي مجموعة واسعة من الموضوعات بما في ذلك الأعمال والعلوم والرسوم المتحركة...

Livehealthy editor Ann Marie McQueen speaks with Simon Dunn, the co-founder of The Lighthouse Retreat in Ras Al Khaimah. This is the Middle East’s first year-round holistic wellness and detox retreat – I’ve been there for a day and it was pure bliss. We talk about what burnout feels like, Simon’s personal story, and why so many of us who are living on the edge really do need a break.