Colour, frequency and shape: How your poo should look

About this episode

Sophie Medlin joins Karl Henry to discuss gut health and the impact of modern diets and social media.

Consultant dietitian Sophie Medlin joins Karl Henry on this week’s episode of The Real Health podcast to cut through the noise around gut health, social media and modern diets. We’d love to hear your thoughts on your overall listening experience, it only takes a minute, and your feedback helps us keep improving what we do. When you take part, you’ll also be in with a chance to win a €500 One4All Voucher Just head to mypodcastfeedback.com and enter code; CODE HERE ­ Thank you for helping us shape the future of great content and partnerships. ­ We want to earn your trust and are members of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Karl Henry

Guest: Sophie Medlin

Topics covered

• gut health
• diet
• social media
• modern diets

Keywords

• poo
• frequency
• shape

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