Live Well Be Well with Sarah Ann Macklin | Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition

A live episode from the Be Well 2020 summit  What is the real science behind what we eat? We are all increasingly bewildered by the simple question of what to eat. Despite advice from experts, governments and dieticians about the dangers of too much fat, sugar, protein and lack of exercise, our nutrition, and the global obesity crisis, is getting worse. There is one area which scientists do agree on, and that is the importance of our gut health.  In this episode, Dr Tim Spector speaks live at Sarah Ann's Be Well Collective wellbeing event. Tim is a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Guys and St Thomas Hospital. Tm has published over 900 scientific journals, and leads the largest microbiome project in the UK, the Twin Study. Tim explains his wealth of knowledge relating to the gut microbiome, the facts behind what we eat, why people gain weight, fail to lose weight, and why allergy seems to be everywhere.  Show Notes Host: @sarahannmacklin | www.sarahannmacklin.com Mental Health: @be_well_collective | www.be_well_collective.com

This week Sarah Ann Macklin speaks to double Olympic gold medalist, Victoria Pendleton CBE. Mental health problems are one of the world’s most common conditions, with behavioural patterns such as depression and anxiety affecting millions of people every year. Startlingly, 1 in 6 people experience a common mental health problem every week. Victoria shares her personal experience with mental health, relaying the dark times that she experienced at her deepest lows with depression and battling thoughts of suicide. Victoria shares for the first time about her eating disorder, of her struggle with anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Victoria explains how her depression and ultimately extremely low self worth and warped body image lead to her to use food as a control mechanism to regain the power that she felt she had lost. Please note, that for some the content in this podcast may be triggering. For anyone who has been affected by the content in this week's episode, information regarding support and helplines can be found on the Be Well Collective website.  For more information visit @sarahannmacklin | @be_well_collective #LiveWellBeWell

Can we really boost our immune health? This week Sarah Ann Macklin speaks with Immunologist Dr Jenna Macchioci, who specialises and has 20 years experience in understanding how nutrition & lifestyle interact with our immune system in health & disease. How does diet and interestingly fibre play an important role in immune functioning? We find out why the immune system acts like our second brain, and sort fact from fiction in recent misconceptions regarding certain nutrients.  For more information, please visit www.sarahannmacklin.com and follow @sarahannmacklin and @be_well_collective

This episode features Kimberley Wilson, a psychologist and author specialising in how to build a healthy brain, an area I firmly believe in when it comes to nutrition and brain health. In the last four weeks we have all been thrown into an unfamiliar and daunting world. Therefore, it isn’t entirely surprising that two thirds of Britons are reporting that it is harder to stay positive about the future and over half of us find it a struggle to stay positive day-to-day. In this episode we uncover why we may be struggling to cope with a mixture of emotions at present, what strategies we can implement to help and what foods may help support our brains. You will soon be able to tell, Kimberley and I had a lot of fun throughout this podcast and I hope it helps bring some laughter as well as important information to you all too.  Show Notes Host: @sarahannmacklin | www.sarahannmacklin.com Mental Health: @be_well_collective | www.be_well_collective.com

This week, I speak with Dr Aseem to discuss the lifestyle factors you can be implementing in these uncertain times we find ourselves in.   One of the most influential cardiologists in Britain and a world leading expert in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. Aseem is an avid campaigner of preventive measures towards protecting our health.  Show Notes Host: @sarahannmacklin | www.sarahannmacklin.com Mental Health: @be_well_collective | www.be_well_collective.com

In these unsettling times of COVID-19, Vivienne explains the facts from fiction and answers questions many people are still wanting to know. With the UK's hospital admissions rising day by day, and the virus showing no signs of slowing down, this weeks Live Well, Be Well, speaks to Vivienne Parry OBE. Vivienne is a scientist by training who has worked on the joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, advising the government during the period of MMR and the swine flu pandemic and has facilitated a number of G7 and G20 pandemic simulation. A solider in these battle fields before, this podcast will be you some expert knowledge which may surprise you! Recorded on March 28th, all information is accurate as of this date.