About this episode

Experts answer questions on gut health, dementia, and weight loss in a live Q&A.

How quickly can you improve your gut health? Can diet help lower your risk of dementia? And what should you know about food labels and healthy weight loss? In this special live Q&A, Prof Tim Spector, Prof Sarah Berry and Dr Federica Amati answer your biggest nutrition questions and share practical, evidence-based advice you can use today. Drawing on decades of research and data from hundreds of thousands of people, they explain how diet can influence the gut microbiome, brain health, hunger, energy levels and long-term health. They discuss dementia risk, healthy snacking, intermittent fasting, ultra-processed foods, plant diversity, breakfast, food labels and the latest science on weight loss. You’ll learn how quickly the gut microbiome may respond to dietary change, why some foods keep you fuller for longer, how to build a healthier breakfast, and simple ways to make better food choices. The team also explain why small dietary changes can have lasting benefits. If your daily food choices influence your gut health, brain health and future wellbeing, which change is worth making first? 🌱 Try our science-backed and tasty wholefood supplement Daily30 🌿Let your gut microbes…

People in this episode

Host: ZOE

Guests: Prof Tim Spector, Prof Sarah Berry, Dr Federica Amati

Topics covered

• gut health
• dementia
• weight loss
• nutrition
• diet
• food labels

Keywords

• gut microbiome
• brain health
• dietary change
• healthy eating
• intermittent fasting

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