Real Health with Karl Henry

Stress is bad? Some stress is good? What is stress? and does it have an image problem? This week on Real Health, Karl was joined by Lifestyle medicine physician and longevity expert, Dr Alka Patel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Overcoming depression, managing a business and most important, baking for others. This week on Real Health, Karl was joined by celebrity baker, owner of 2210 Patisserie and best-selling author of ‘Sweet Therapy,’ Una Leonard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darina Allen joins Karl on the Real Health podcast this week to share why she wrote a book about bread, the importance of cooking from scratch and why its healthier to cook for yourself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Real Health, Karl is joined by musician, frontman of Bell X1 and music therapist, Paul Noonan, to discuss the healing power of music therapy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Real Health, Karl is joined by award winning chef, TV host and now author Mark Moriarity to discuss his new book ‘Flavour: Every Day Food Made Exceptional'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Using food as medicine is a central feature of Jess Redden’s work and in her new book ‘’The Food Pharmacy’’ she dives into how food can be utilised in treating common ailments as well as over 100 delicious recipes. On Real Health today, Karl was joined by the author and pharmacist, Jess Redden. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fractures and falls are a leading cause of older people losing independence, requiring homecare or having to live in a nursing home.  With one in three people aged over 65 and one in two over 75 having had a fall in the past year. On Real Health this week we speak to Geriatrician at Beaumont Hospital, Professor Frances Dockery, on the importance of calcium and protein for older people. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Sunday, bright and early some 20,000 runners will take to the streets of the capital for the Dublin Marathon. On his own Marathon journey is the Irish Independent’s own Group Head of visuals in media house, Dave Conachy, who is chasing Everest in a sub-three-hour time. Karl was joined on The Real Health Podcast by both Dave and his trainer, Irish Olympian and former winner of the London, Berlin and Amsterdam Marathons, Catherina McKiernan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The stars in the sky, Dinosaurs and vaccines can all be understood through science. Science can be our friend, it's a very messy world out there. There's all kinds of worries and concerns and uncertainties that can be simplified. On Real Health this week Karl sits down with the Science teacher we all wish we had, Professor Luke O’Neill to chat about his new book ‘’ To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this weeks episode of The Real Health Podcast Karl dives into the world of open-water swimming. The extreme situations offered by ice swimming allowed Nuala Moore an escape of kinds and a chance to find her true north. She's a fearless, open water swimmer, an adventurer. She spent decades as a scuba diving professional and helped shape the standards for ice and channel swimming. And she holds not one, but two Guinness World Records for extreme cold water swimming. Karl is joined by Sea adventurer and Cold Specialist, Nuala Moore, who details what goes through her mind when she’s in freezing water in her memoir ‘’Limitless’’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.