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91. Physical Hunger Q&A

Monday, July 22, 2024 • Duration 12:08

Why am I hungrier before my period? Am I addicted to cheese? And is it true that we confuse hunger and thirst? I’m answering your questions on hungry in today’s episode.

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82. Shame & Conformity

Monday, May 20, 2024 • Duration 13:12

Conformity, the act of adjusting your behaviour to fit in with group norms or expectations, is one of the strongest, most consistent and yet subtle social pressures that we experience. In this episode I’m talking about the evolutionary roots of shame and its links to conformity and physical pain.

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81. Dementia Prevention

Monday, May 13, 2024 • Duration 13:12

Dementia is the disease that most adults are frightened of and global rates are set to triple by 2050. But too few of us know that there is anything we can do reduce our chances of developing the condition. Yet, research indicates that around 40% of global dementia cases could be delayed or prevented through changes in lifestyle.

In this episode I overview the 12 known modifiable risk factors for dementia and how you can start to look after your long-term brain health starting right now.

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80. The Big Five

Monday, May 6, 2024 • Duration 14:03

The Five Factor Model of Personality is the most empirically supported paradigm for personality assessment, with five traits that have been identified universally – across sex, age, geography and culture.

In this episode I outline the five factors and how they link to physical and mental health.

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79. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Monday, April 29, 2024 • Duration 14:29

Over 50 million people have taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to profile their personality. What can it tell you about yourself and is it worth the money?

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78. “For Nestlé, not all babies are equal” - The (Latest) Nestlé Baby Food Scandal

Monday, April 22, 2024 • Duration 13:10

The world’s largest food and drink company, Nestlé, hit the headlines recently due to unethical practices with baby foods in countries in the global south: Asia, Africa and Latin America. But this isn’t their first rodeo. In this episode I discuss the original baby food scandal from the 1970s, which caused millions of excess infant deaths, and their latest moral failings.

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The original ‘The Baby Killer’ report from 1974

References

The 2024 Public Eye Investigation

Baby Milk Action Chronology

New Internationalist Babies Edition

77. Leaky Gut

Monday, April 15, 2024 • Duration 16:09

This episode is a follow-up to the previous episode: Prebiotics, Probiotics, Postbiotics & Psychobiotics. This time I want to talk to you about leaky gut.

What is it?
How much of a problem is it?
And what, if anything, can we do about it?

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76. Prebiotics, Probiotics, Postbiotics & Psychobiotics

Monday, April 8, 2024 • Duration 14:54

This episode is all about microbes. Specifically, the ones in your gut that we are discovering play important roles in supporting your overall health, including your brain and mental health. But there is a lot of noise out there, and a lot of grand claims being made. In this episode I want to help you cut through the noise and make sense of this fascinating but complex area of research and to know, when it comes to gut health, where you should be spending your time and money.

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75. Ozempic

Monday, April 1, 2024 • Duration 15:18

This episode is all about Ozempic or, more specifically, the GLP-1 receptor agonist medications that have, far beyond their original medical use, taken the dieting and weight loss world like an absolute hurricane and now clinical trials are recruiting children aged 6-18.

In the episode I give a very brief outline of their physical targets and actions, but really I want to talk about the psychology of these drugs and to speculate on what they might mean for body sovereignty and how we relate to weight loss and bodies of different sizes in the future.

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