Dr. Federica Amati, Head Nutritionist at ZOE and expert in maternal and childhood health, shares her insights on nutrition's vital role in longevity. She emphasizes that a staggering 80% of premature deaths are linked to poor dietary choices, surpassing smoking as a risk factor. Dr. Amati discusses the importance of nurturing a positive relationship with food, advocating for plant-based diets, and highlights crucial nutrition in the first thousand days of life. Listeners will discover practical dietary shifts to enhance health and well-being.
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Diet's Impact on Premature Death
Poor diet is now the leading cause of premature death, surpassing smoking.
80% of premature deaths are preventable through lifestyle changes, with diet being the most impactful.
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Hidden Additives in Processed Foods
Many unhealthy additives in processed foods go unnoticed due to a lack of clear labeling.
These foods often carry misleading health marketing, making it challenging for consumers to make informed choices.
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Prioritizing Nutrition Over Convenience
Challenge the idea that nutrition should be solely about convenience.
Prioritize food preparation like any other health practice, even if it means sacrificing some screen time.
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What simple diet changes can help improve long-term health? This week, in the second installment of our Longevity Series, WHOOP SVP, Research Algorithms and Data, Emily Capodilupo sits down with Dr. Federica Amati, Head Nutritionist at ZOE, Nutrition Topic Lead at Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine, and Head of Nutrition Science at Wellfounded Health. Dr. Amati’s primary focus within the health and nutrition space focusses on maternal and early childhood health, women’s health, and the gut microbiome as a modifier for nutrition to improve overall health. ZOE runs the world's largest study in nutrition-science and provides its members with personalized nutrition plans to live healthier. At Zoe, Dr. Amati communicates and provides up-to-date evidence-based research, using food as a tool to transform member health.
In this episode, Emily and Dr. Federica Amati discuss Dr. Amati’s journey through medicine to nutrition (00:47), the percentage of health that begins and ends with nutrition (03:28), the surprising additives in today’s food (05:41), why nutrition shouldn’t be about convenience (10:15), why we need to start caring about our gut microbiome (13:57), the benefits of having plants in our diet (16:29), and Dr. Amati’s new “5-a-day” to prioritize in our diet (18:55). Dr. Amati amplifies the need to regain a positive relationship with food (20:57), reframing how we approach food (26:57), the importance of nutrition in the first 1000 days of life (28:32), and understanding food agency (29:24). Dr. Amati highlights the benefits of the Zoe Diet in helping to improve your overall health (31:56) and why it’s never too late to start taking control of your health (39:50).
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