The Food Medic – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode Dr Hazel is joined by Dr John Kennedy, an O&G doctor who qualified from University College Dublin in 2000.  

He has been working exclusively in fertility medicine since 2013 and is the clinical lead at Thérapie Fertility Clinic, with his expert team who have helped intended parents in Ireland to build their families

This episode covers:

• Reasons someone might freeze their eggs
• What is the best age to do it and is there an age cut off?
• Benefits of freezing embryos over eggs?
• Success rates with egg freezing
• Cost of egg freezing
• What practically happens (stimulation med’s and collection day)
• Should you check you AMH if you’re considering egg freezing?

Interested in more content like this? Check out www.thefoodmedic.co.uk

In this episode Dr Hazel is joined by Mr Martin Hirsch, a consultant gynaecologist and endometriosis specialist practicing both in the NHS and privately.

He can be found on instagram as @endometriosis.surgeon.uk

This episode covers:

• What is endometriosis?
• The symptoms of endometriosis
• Who gets endometriosis?
• What causes delays in diagnosis?
• New, faster diagnostic tests
• How nutrition and lifestyle can support symptom management
• Andenomyosis and how it differs from endometriosis

Endometriosis and diet webinar: https://the-food-medic.mykajabi.com/store

In this episode Dr Hazel is joined by presenter, fitness guru, author, mother and “accidental” activist Davina McCall

This episode covers

• Becoming an “accidental activist” in womens health
• Davina’s experience of the perimenopause and menopause
• Fears and misconceptions about HRT
• Davina’s pill revolution documentary
• How Davina’s fitness routine has evolved after the menopause
• Davina’s partnership with FoodSpring and the importance of protein after the menopause

Interested in more content like this? Check out The Female Factor which shares advice on how to stay healthy after the menopause.

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.

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/.

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

*THESE LISTS ARE NOT EXHAUSTIVE*

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.

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.

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.