About this episode

This episode discusses the evolving understanding of nutritional health and the impact of various dietary factors on well-being with Dr. Federica Amati.

How has new research changed the way we see nutritional health? What role do ultra-processed foods, fibre, gut microbes, inflammation and insulin resistance play in the new paradigm? Why does the gut microbiome affect our mental health? How can simply diversifying the quantity of plants in your diet change health outcomes radically? In this episode we have the complex topic of nutrition to get up to date on. There’s been so much research over the last 20 years that has contradicted some of our most deep seated preconceptions about food, so today we clarify science’s new take. We discuss the rise of lifestyle medicine as a solution to western health crises; individualised diet; ultra processed foods; fibre; glycemic index issues; the gut microbiome; inflammation; a variety of foods over restrictive diets; how to support the use of new GPL-1 weight loss drugs; and what the nutritional organisation Zoe is doing to make this all easier for the public to put into practice. Fortunately our guest is a master at untangling all this nuance in a way that’s so easy for us Joe public to understand - medical scientist and clinical nutritionist, senior lecturer and researcher at Imperial…

People in this episode

Host: Freddy Drabble

Guest: Dr. Federica Amati

Topics covered

• nutrition
• gut microbiome
• ultra-processed foods
• lifestyle medicine
• mental health
• diet diversity

Keywords

• nutrition health
• gut microbes
• inflammation
• insulin resistance
• plant-based diet
• lifestyle medicine
• GPL-1 weight loss drugs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Imperial College London, King’s College London, ZOE, WellFounded Health

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