The Functional Health Podcast

Dr. Olli Sovijärvi is the head author of the Biohacker's Handbook. Olli has 15-years of clinical experience in multiple areas of medicine including ER, hospital settings, standard healthcare, GP, and personalised functional medicine. He is a truly fascinating individual and it was a real pleasure meeting him and welcoming him on the show. In this episode we dive into: https://biohackercenter.com/ https://www.holohabits.com

Dr Ashok Gupta has dedicated his life to improving people's well-being and helping them achieve their potential. He is the founder and CEO of two health tech businesses. The Gupta Program is a neuroplasticity brain retraining program for chronic immune conditions such as Long Covid and ME/CFS. Ashok personally suffered from ME/CFS when he was studying at Cambridge University, before completely curing himself of the condition, this led him on a Life-long quest to help others recover from chronic and stress-related illnesses. After extensively studying the brain neurology of illness, he published several medical papers and set up and runs a global stress management clinic for over 15 years, which specializes in the treatment of illnesses such as ME, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia, and associated conditions. Gupta Program The Gupta Program is a friendly easy-to-use online Brain Retraining course, for recovery from many chronic conditions. The Gupta Program is one of the preeminent programs treating Neuro-Immune conditions and thousands of people have gotten their lives back following its protocols. Web sites: guptaprogram.comthemeaningoflife.tvthecoronaviruschallenge.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashok-gupta-8495a0/

Dr. Gaetan Chevalier is an engineering physicist, professor, author, and research scientist in the fields of fusion and plasma physics, biophotons, biofield, and electrophysiology. He received his PhD in Engineering Physics from the University of Montreal Polytechnic School with specializations in atomic physics and laser spectroscopy. He then spent four years researching plasma physics and nuclear fusion at UCLA and then served as a professor at the California Institute for Human Science (CIHS). Dr. Chevalier is currently on the research faculty at CIHS, a visiting scholar in the Department of Family Medicine & Public Health in the School of Medicine at UC San Diego, Director of the Earthing Institute, and Research Director at Psy-Tek. It was incredible to speak to him and learn about the science backed benefits of grounding yourself to the earth. Something I once thought complete bunkum! In this fascinating episode we discuss: https://earthinginstitute.net/research/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shinrin-Yoku-Art-Science-Forest-Bathing/dp/0241346959 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Earthing-Most-Important-Health-Discovery/dp/1591203740 https://groundingofficial.com/

I sat down with my good friend Lorna Driver-Davies to talk about all things peri-menopause - hormones, symptoms, lab tests, foods, supplements and much more. Clinical Nutritional Therapist, Functional Medicine, Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine Dispenser for over a decade focusing on women's gynaecological and hormone nutrition with particular expertise in Perimenopause, early Perimenopause and Endometriosis in Perimenopause. Lorna is frequently asked to comment in the media on women's health and regularly lectures and mentors other nutrition practitioners as well as medics (doctors and nurses). She is also Head of Nutrition at Wild Nutrition women's food based supplement brand. https://www.lornadriverdavies.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lornadriverdavies/ https://www.wildnutrition.com/

I had the pleasure to welcome on the podcast Functional Medicine Practitioner, Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of humanpeople, Dr Geoff Mullan. Drawing on his expansive clinical experience of over 15 years, treating more than 15,000 patients, and three years of rigorous R&D, he’s spearheading an innovative approach to extend healthspan and reduce years lived in ill health. Specifically in the last 7 years this has been focused on a functional medicine approach to longevity utilising frontier technologies like ai and machine learning. In this fascinating episode, we explore the nuances and complexities of acne and skin conditions and how to improve them. We discuss foods to lifestyle to treatments and beyond: Please do check out our wonderful sponsors, humanpeople, who are kindly offering all our listeners 6 months of a high-quality Omega 3 supplement absolutely free with any bundle purchase!! https://humanpeople.co/functionalhealth/ Links https://medicetics.com/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002231662202079X?via%3Dihub

Marek Doyle is a nutritional therapist whose own metabolic problems forced him to see to see the disconnect between the scientific literature, the medical model and real-life outcomes. From his 17 years of experience and reconciling the data from over 3000 patient outcomes and 11,000 test results, he utilises a personalised nutrition approach. He aims to identify the root cause of conditions and dysfunctions and provide answers that are provided by data, not dogma. From a string of outcomes considered ‘impossible’ turnarounds by some, he now finds himself specialising in complex cases. Please do check out our wonderful sponsors, humanpeople, who are kindly offering all our listeners 6 months of a high-quality Omega 3 supplement absolutely free with any bundle purchase!! https://humanpeople.co/functionalhealth/ In this fascinating episode, we dive into: https://www.marekdoyle.com/

Discussing RESET EATING with Dr Rob Verkerk and Meleni Aldridge from the Alliance for National Health International, an organisation with a mission to promote and protect our right to sustainable natural health around the world – by working with nature, not against it. In this fascinating conversation we discuss: ***Our wonderful sponsors - https://humanpeople.co/functionalhealth/*** Notes: https://shop.anhinternational.org/collections/e-books

I sat down with Rick Miller at his clinic in London, UK, to talk all things Men's health for physical performance and longevity. Rick Miller is a clinical and sports dietician who is trained in functional medicine. In this podcast he eloquently explores optimal nutrition and exercise for men to support physical performance and longevity. He discusses the nuances around men and masculinity and how men are less likely to seek support for whole host of common issues such as insulin resistance, mental health, gastric concerns and sexual dysfunction. Interestingly, dopamine excess has been shown to impact libido and he manages this via a dopamine fast and cold exposure. Rick reviews the evidence around macronutrients on testosterone levels and explains his rationale for using an animal based eating approach within his clinic. In this conversation we discuss: Please do check out our wonderful sponsors, humanpeople, who are kindly offering all our listeners 6 months of a high-quality Omega 3 supplement absolutely free with any bundle purchase!! https://humanpeople.co/functionalhealth/ Notes: https://millerandeverton.co.uk/ Rick Miller - https://www.kingedwardvii.co.uk/consultants/mr-rick-miller Professor Alan White - https://www.alanwhitemenshealth.co.uk/ https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/ https://www.annalembke.com/dopamine-nation

Barry Smith is the founder of Symprove, A company built on the belief that recovering and maintaining a healthy gut balance can help you live a fuller life. His vast knowledge on the topic of probiotics is astonishing and he really did blow me away. That, coupled with the lifestyle medicine expertise of Dr Chris George, makes for a fascinating podcast! Chris is NHS Medical Doctor trained in lifestyle medicine and advocates for an evidence-informed holistic approach to healthcare. Please do check out our wonderful sponsors, humanpeople, who are kindly offering all our listeners 6 months of a high-quality Omega 3 supplement absolutely free with any bundle purchase!! https://humanpeople.co/functionalhealth/ In this fascinating episode, we dive in to: - How probiotics can benefit gut health. - Why do probiotic supplements vary so much. - How probiotics affect your overall health. - New discoveries in probiotic science. - Probiotics and neurodegenerative conditions. - And much, much more. Probiotics for IBS Probiotics for Parkinson's Professor Ingvar Bjarnason Dr Chris George Symprove

Dr Tom O'Bryan is a world-renowned speaker and educator with expertise in food sensitivities, environmental toxins, and the development of autoimmune diseases. Tom and his wife, Marzi O'Bryan, recently brought into the world their child, Gio. Marzi is a nutritional therapist with vast experience and Chief Operating Officer at thedr.com. With Tom and Marzi’s unique expertise and experience, I was delighted to talk about their functional health approach to a happy, healthy pregnancy. In this fascinating conversation, we take a deep dive into: Emotional changes during pregnancy Navigating challenges while pregnant Best dietary patterns and nutrition for healthy pregnancy Managing cravings Resources and guides for pregnancy Supplementation for mum and baby Coping with loss And much, much more Podcasts with Tom #1 Dr Tom O'Bryan - The potential link between food and autoimmune conditions #44 Dr Tom O'Bryan - Do chemicals in our environment influence brain health? And how to combat age-related cognitive decline Links https://thedr.com/ https://thedr.com/autoimmune-solution/ https://www.instagram.com/thedr_tom_obryan/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/thedr-com/

Despite being one of the UK’s leading Functional Medicine Practitioners (IFMCP) with a focus in gut health and mould illness, Alex’s interests further extend into physical therapy, movement, resiliency, coaching, biohacking, psychedelics, breathwork, masculinity, spirituality, and the assimilation of ancient wisdom concerning health. With a keen interest in the mind-body connection, currently Alex is training to become a Transformational Breathwork Facilitator, and is a completing a certificate in Somatic Attachment Therapy. He also recently completed the Synthesis Institute Psychedelic Practitioner Training program. Away from clinic, Alex co-founded Healthpath and The Applied Function Medicine Mentoring Program and is the Chief Wellness Officer for Exhale Coffee - the U.K’s healthiest coffee! Alex also lecture at various colleges and institutions including The Institute Of Optimum Nutrition and on the MSc program at The Centre For Nutritional Education and Lifestyle Management.

Dr Jen Unwin is a consultant clinical health psychologist who has spent her professional life focussing on the role of hope in chronic disease and how it can be used to bring about behaviour change and improve quality of life. Her insights teamed up perfectly with Dr David Unwin’s interests in bringing about drug-free type 2 diabetes remission. For nine years they have been running group sessions in primary care to achieve just that, so far for over 100 patients, saving considerable amounts on de-prescribed drugs. Since retiring from the NHS, she has devoted her time to learning about, researching and helping others with sugar addiction. She has published a book called ‘Fork in the Road: A hopeful guide to food freedom’, the proceeds of which are for The Public Health Collaboration. In this episode we cover: - The addictive properties of food - Answering the question 'are carbs addictive?' - How to assess food addiction - The major barriers to lifestyle change - Much more Book - https://forkintheroad.co.uk/ PHC - https://phcuk.org/

The Naked Nutritionist - Daniel O'Shaughnessy - is an award winning Nutritionist and Functional Medicine practitioner. He is also the author of the book 'Naked Nutrition: An LGBTQ+ Guide to Diet and Lifestyle'. In this episode, we discuss: - Daniel's experience as a nutritionist in the LGBTQ+ community - The unique and often overlooked considerations when it comes to diet and lifestyle for LGBTQ+ health - Some of the most common dysfunctions and conditions - Much more.... The Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naked-Nutrition-LGBTQ-Guide-Lifestyle/dp/1800180462 Website -thenakednutritionist.co.uk Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thenakednutritionist/ Podcast - https://www.thenakednutritionist.co.uk/podcast

Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an Integrative Medicine doctor, scientist and educator with degrees in Medicine and Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, as well as an ongoing MSc in Precision Cancer Medicine at the University of Oxford. Dr Fuller-Shavel is a Fellow of them College of Medicine and the Co-Chair of BSIO (British Society for Integrative Oncology). Alongside her scientific and medical training and over a decade’s experience in integrative health, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel holds multiple qualifications in nutrition, integrative medicine, functional medicine (IFMCP), health coaching (FMCA), herbal medicine, yoga, mindfulness and other therapeutic approaches. Dr Fuller-Shavel is the founder and Director of Synthesis Clinic, an innovative multidisciplinary practice in Hampshire, specialising in women’s health and integrative cancer care. Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel has recently won a prestigious Innovation Leader of the Year award at UKBIA 2022 for her inspirational vision for healthcare, excellence in clinical work and leadership of the Synthesis Clinic team. Alongside her work at the clinic, Dr Fuller-Shavel delivers educational programmes for medical and nutrition professionals, as well as participating in research in integrative medicine and precision health and contributing to editorial boards and guideline development panels nationally and internationally. https://www.synthesisclinic.co.uk/ https://www.drninafullershavel.com/ https://www.bsio.org.uk/ Charities to Support: https://yestolife.org.uk/ https://www.pennybrohn.org.uk/ Studies on survival and IO https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/4746712https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00520-020-05961-5 Prehab study example: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2022/01/25/bjsports-2021-104243

Emma Beswick is a Nutritional Therapist and nutrigenomics specialist. She is the founder and CEO of Lifecode Gx®, the UK’s leading nutrigenomics testing, research and training company. Emma lectures widely on the subject of nutrigenomics and is well respected for her knowledge and ability to present complex aspects of nutrigenomics in an accessible and clinical relevant way. We sit down to discuss how are nutrition and genetics are linked to COVID-19. We cover: - Vitamin status - Male vs Female stats - Genetics and risk of severe COVID - And much, much more https://www.lifecodegx.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lifecodegx/ https://www.youtube.com/user/Campbellteaching

Doctor Chris George is a full time NHS medical doctor and in this episode we discuss his experience during the pandemic and ways to support mental and physical health and wellbeing. Once Chris discovered the benefits of an evidence-based approach to lifestyle medicine and preventative healthcare he changed his perspective on the delivery of traditional medicine. He then changed career paths into General Practice so that he could focus on a more holistic approach to healthcare. https://www.drchrisgeorge.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/dr.chris.george/?hl=en https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7177487/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0JX2JsM37Y

I was fortunate enough to sit down with Dr Ally Jaffee and Dr Iain Broadley, the founders of Nutritank. In this fascinating episode we discuss: Nutritank is a triple-award winning non-for-profit organisation established in 2017 by then medical students Dr Ally Jaffee and Dr Iain Broadley. Nutritank’s mission is to increase nutrition and lifestyle medicine education within medical training. Nutritank have produced key research, informed policy, featured in media with celebrities like Jamie Oliver and have created a national network of like- minded individuals.

Sumantra (Shumone) Ray is a Licensed Medical Doctor as well as a Registered Nutritionist (Public Health), with special interests in Nutrition Education in Health Systems and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Since 2008 he has been Founding Chair and Executive Director of the NNEdPro Global Centre for Nutrition and Health, headquartered in Cambridge and working across twelve regional networks across six continents including a highly active Indian contingent. In 2018 he became the Co-Founder and Chair of BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health. Shumone is a Director of Research in Cambridge and a Bye-Fellow of Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge. He holds Visiting Professorships in Imperial College London School of Public Health, Ulster University Schools of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences as well as further afield in Wollongong Australia. He is also Honorary International Dean for the Lord Rana Foundation Charitable Trust’s Cordia Colleges in Punjab, India. In this conversation we talk about: - Nutrition education in healthcare - New nutrition education methods such as The Mobile Teaching Kitchen - The importance of linking nutrition research, policy, and clinical practice - much, much more Within the University of Cambridge TIGR2ESS Programme, Shumone is Co-Lead of Flagship Project 6 seeking to Impact Wellbeing in Rural and Urban Communities by exploring the relationships between education and empowerment, lives and livelihoods, better food and nutrition leading to improved health and economic outcomes. FP6 evaluates theories of change spanning the assessment of needs through to piloting innovative intervention models. FP6 and the NNEdPro Global Centre for Nutrition and Health, led by Shumone has co-developed and adapted the award-winning ‘Mobile Teaching Kitchen’ or MTK intervention for use. BMJ paper - https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/02/bmjnph-2020-000072 NNEdPro - https://www.nnedpro.org.uk/ MTK - https://www.nnedpro.org.uk/mtk Article - https://www.nnedpro.org.uk/post/a-13-year-journey-towards-implementing-improved-medical-nutrition-education-in-the-uk-and-beyond COVID-19 microsite - https://www.nnedpro.org.uk/coronavirus IANE - https://iane.online/

Dr David Unwin FRCGP works at the Norwood NHS Surgery in Southport near Liverpool, UK where he has cared for the same population since 1986 as a family doctor. To date 105/206 of his patients with T2 diabetes have achieved drug-free remission. This gives a remission rate of 50% at 30 months duration of a lower carb diet, one of the best results for any clinic in the world! I had the pleasure of meeting David at the IHCAN Summit in 2021 where he blew me away with his impressive results in not only type 2 diabetes but also weight loss and blood pressure. In this fascinating conversation, we discuss: Low carb diets in reversing type 2 diabetes Benefits of low carb for cholesterol and triglycerides Low carb diets for weight loss For the past few years, David has been a UK Royal College of General Practitioners expert clinical advisor on diabetes. As a result of his interests in both better communication with patients and type 2 diabetes he was made Royal College of General Practice National Champion for Collaborative Care and Support Planning in Obesity & Diabetes in 2015. Public Health Collaboration - https://phcuk.org/ PHC Resources - https://phcuk.org/resources/ BMJ paper - https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/02/bmjnph-2020-000072 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33317019/

Mark Hollingsworth is the CEO of the Nutrition Society, a scientific learned society, based in London, United Kingdom, a position he has held since 2014. I met Mark in 2017 when I was fortunate enough to work for the Nutrition Society and we have stayed in touch ever since. In this fascinating episode we discuss: - Dealing with stress during military service - Strategies to handle emotionally testing situations - Resilience in a leadership position during COVID-19 - Coping with the death of loved ones - and much, much more A graduate of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, Mark began his career by serving for 16 years in a variety of roles as a military officer in the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force, serving in Belize, Germany, Canada and the UK. Upon leaving the Royal Air Force Hollingsworth then developed extensive leadership experience in the non-profit sector, serving as a Director, Vice-President, Executive Director and Board Chair in Canada. This was followed by a two- year period as a visiting lecturer on Leadership at the University of Winnipeg in Canada, during which time he published two books on the basic skills of leadership. He returned to the United Kingdom in 2014 to take up his role as CEO of the Nutrition Society. He was awarded CEO of The Year for life sciences in 2018 by CEO Today Magazine, the Global 100 CEO of the Year for Life Sciences in 2019, and has been named in 2021 as one of the Top 20 Most Dynamic CEOs in the United Kingdom by CEO Publications. Links https://www.nutritionsociety.org/ https://markhollingsworth.org/ https://www.instagram.com/nsociety_ceo/ Age Is Just A Number The Power Of Now