The Wellness Scoop

By The Wellness Scoop

Welcome to The Wellness Scoop! Join Ella Mills, founder of Deliciously Ella, and Registered Nutritionist and founder of Rhitrition, Rhiannon Lambert every Monday for your weekly health inspiratio... more

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How many episodes does The Wellness Scoop have?

The podcast currently has 168 episodes available.

The Wellness Scoop episodes:

February 16, 2022Bite-Sized: Why You Can’t Sleep When You’re Stressed
We’re joined by Guy Meadows, physiologist and leading sleep expert, to discuss how stress impacts our sleep and the small practical tools we can implement to manage stress and sleep better.

Here’s a brief recap:
Why stress impacts our ability to fall and stay asleep
The nervous system and sleep
How to manage everyday stress to sleep better
Chronic stress and sleep
How sleep helps us to manage stress
Small, daily habits for better quality sleep
The power of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for sleep

Guy Meadows:
‘The Sleep Book: How to Sleep Well Every Night’
https://sleepschool.org/

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18min
February 14, 2022How to Change Our Relationship With Stress
We’re joined by Jenna Hope, a Registered Nutritionist, to talk about stress and how it impacts our bodies and our digestive systems, and how it interacts with our diets.

We discuss:
What stress is on a physiological level
How stress affects our overall health
What chronic stress is, and why it’s detrimental to our health and wellbeing
How what we eat contributes to physiological stress
The relationship between stress and caffeine, sugar, and alcohol
The link between stress and appetite
What to eat to help manage the stress response
Breaking the emotional eating cycle
Why stress and gut symptoms are related
How to manage gut symptoms
Stress management tools

Jenna Hope:
@jennahopenutrition
https://www.jennahopenutrition.com

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59min
February 09, 2022Bite-Sized: How Your Diet Affects Sleep
We’re joined by Guy Meadows, physiologist and leading sleep expert, to discuss why what we eat and drink has a profound impact on the quality of our sleep, and which aspects of our diet to focus on to support better sleep.

Here’s a short recap:
The connection between diet and sleep
Why a healthy diet supports better sleep
The impact of caffeine, sugar, and alcohol on sleep
Why when we eat affects sleep
How sleep influences our appetite
The importance of focusing on a healthy, balanced diet over specific nutrients

Guy Meadows:
‘The Sleep Book: How to Sleep Well Every Night’
https://sleepschool.org

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16min
February 07, 2022How to Improve Your Mental Health Everyday
We’re joined by Dr. Julie Smith, a Clinical Psychologist, to talk about the simple, practical tools we can all use to improve our mental wellbeing.

We discuss:
How emotions work
The importance of self-awareness
The power of self-compassion and how to cultivate it
How to build self-confidence
Why failure is a necessary part of learning and improving
How to respond to low mood and anxiety
The foundations of good mental health
How to build a meaningful life

Julie Smith:
‘Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?’
https://t.co/21WBG5HOcL

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49min
February 02, 2022Bite-Sized: Why Sleep Is So Important to Your Health
We’re joined by Guy Meadows, physiologist, and leading sleep expert, to discuss why sleep is such an integral element of our health.

Here’s a quick recap:
Why sleep is so key for supporting and improving our mental health
How long we should be sleeping for
How sleep supports our immunity, and the health of our heart and brain
Sleep cycles
The 2 drivers of sleep
The importance of regularity
How sleep is the bedrock for all aspects of our health

Guy Meadows:
‘The Sleep Book: How to Sleep Well Every Night’
https://www.sleepschool.org

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15min
January 31, 2022Why the Gut is the Key to Health
We’re joined by Dr. Emeran Mayer; a professor, gastroenterologist, scientist, and author about the latest research on the gut microbiome, the connection between the gut microbiome and the immune system, and how we can improve the health of our gut to support our overall health.

We discuss:
What is a healthy gut microbiome
Is it nature or nurture that determines the health of our gut?
The link between the gut microbiome and the immune system
Why diet has a major role in how our immune system functions
How inappropriate activation of the immune system is implicated in chronic disease
How diet can be used to modify the immune system back to its normal state
The importance of fibre, and a largely whole foods, plant-based diet
The role of chronic stress in gut health and immune function
How processed foods impact the gut microbiome
The 3 key things we can do to support our gut microbiome

Emeran Mayer:
‘The Mind-Gut Connection’
‘The Gut-Immune Connection’

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48min
January 26, 2022Bite-Sized: How to Improve Gut Health
Ways to improve our gut health with nutritional therapist Alice Mackintosh.

An increasing body of evidence is demonstrating that the health of our gut microbiome affects the health of numerous other systems in the body and mind. In this bite-sized episode we look at how we can improve our gut health from the importance of fibre-rich plant foods and probiotics, as well as the role of processed foods and stress.

Here’s a brief recap:
Prioritise increasing fibre intakes, but go slowly
Aim for 30 different whole plant foods each week
Include more herbs and spices
Add in fermented foods little and often
Consider probiotic supplements
Try to reduce highly processed foods and burnt foods
Address managing stress levels

Alice Mackintosh:
@alicemackintosh_nutrition

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17min
January 24, 2022How to Escape the Productivity Trap
We’re joined by writer and author Oliver Burkeman to talk about the productivity-trap; the narrative that keeps our sense of self-worth and value tied to how much we get done and achieve. In his new book, Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver argues that this only results in disappointment and unhappiness, and explores how to cultivate a healthier relationship with productivity to ultimately lead a more fulfilling life.

We discuss:
Confronting the mismatch between what we can do and what we think we can do
Disarming perfectionism and the ‘when I’ mentality
The relationship between productivity and self-worth
The catch 22 of getting things done
Why the notion of ‘balance’ may not always be the answer
The benefit of enjoying leisure activities without any end goal in mind
The distraction economy
Ways to approach getting what matters done
How to cultivate a healthier relationship with productivity

Oliver Burkeman:
‘Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How to Use It’
Four Thousand Weeks: Embrace Your Limits. Change Your Life.

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55min
January 19, 2022Bite-Sized: Food to Boost Your Mood
Ways to support our mood with nutritional therapist Alice Mackintosh.

Our mood is influenced by a variety of things including what we eat, and in this bite-sized episode we look at how we can support healthy brain function from the key macronutrients and micronutrients to be mindful of to the importance of whole plant foods, as well as the role of processed and refined foods.

Here’s a quick recap:
Including a variety of high-quality proteins
Including sufficient B vitamins, vitamin D and magnesium
Adding in more herbs and spices
Aim for 30 different whole plant foods each week
Give special attention to dark leafy greens
Ensure to include essential fats (omega-3)
Try to avoid overly processed and refined foods containing trans fats and additives

Alice Mackintosh:
@alicemackintosh_nutrition
www.alicemackintosh.com

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16min
January 17, 2022How a Plant-Based Diet Can Transform Your Health
We’re joined by Dr. Shireen Kassam, an NHS consultant and board-certified lifestyle medicine physician.

Here’s a short recap of what we discuss:
The power of diet and lifestyle factors in health and disease outcomes
What is an unhealthy diet?
The impact of ultra-processed foods in the body
What is inflammation, how is it related to diet and how is it linked to chronic diseases?
Diet and immunity
Why it is never too late to adopt a plant-based diet to improve our health
Healthcare and the commercial industry
How to optimise health on a plant-based diet
The role of diet in cancer
Lifestyle habits to improve our health

Shireen Kassam:
Book: ‘Eating Plant-Based: Scientific Answers to Your Nutrition Questions’
@plantbasedhealthprofessionals
https://plantbasedhealthonline.com
https://plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com

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53min

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