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How Small Diet Changes Can Add Years to Your Life – Dr. Federica Amati

Feb 19, 2025

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.

44:15

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Federica Amati

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Quick takeaways

Transforming our relationship with food is crucial to counteracting fear and emphasizing its role in long-term health benefits.

Focusing on nutrition during the critical first thousand days of life significantly impacts children's future dietary habits and overall health.

Deep dives

The Evolution of Our Relationship with Food

Fear surrounding food has increased, overshadowing its enjoyment and health benefits. This relationship needs to be transformed, recognizing that food has evolved alongside humanity and serves as an essential ally to our health. It is vital to reconnect with the origins of our diets, which include fiber-rich natural foods that support our gut microbiome. Understanding that our gut health influences brain function emphasizes the importance of a diet rich in whole foods, rather than processed options that often overlook the nutrients our bodies need.

Intro

3min

Nutrition's Crucial Role in Health

17min

The Crucial First Thousand Days: Nutrition and Resilience

3min

The Crucial Role of Nutrition in Early Development

5min

Reclaiming Nutritional Wisdom and Education

4min

Sustainable Dietary Shifts

11min

Empowering Dietary Changes for Lasting Health

2min

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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