E33 - Nutrition facts with Dr Simon Steenson, British Nutrition Foundation

Nutrition & hydration week this year is 14-20 Mar. It’s one of the NHS health awareness days to highlight and educate on the importance of food and drink to maintain health and wellbeing.

I receive lots of great nutrition questions when delivering wellbeing webinars and as it will soon be N&H week I thought Dr Simon Steenson could help me answer a few of these popular questions. Simon is Nutrition Scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation, a charity that provides impartial, evidence-based information, resources and training on food and nutrition.

We discuss in this episode:

1. How much liquid should we drink per day and does tea/coffee count?
2. Does intermittent fasting appear to be a sensible way to maintain a healthy weight?
3. How important is 5-a-day, or should we be thinking about 30 per week challenge?
4. Do you think there are some nutrients which may become deficient in next few years – perhaps as a result of eliminating some food groups?

Bio

Simon graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BSc in Nutritional Biochemistry, after which he spent 18 months working as a researcher within the Medical Research Council’s Human Nutrition Research unit in Cambridge, investigating the effects of vitamin D status on bone health. Simon completed his PhD in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Surrey in September 2018, and his doctoral research focused on the impact of fructose sugar on cardiovascular disease risk, with a specific focus on its effects on fat metabolism in the small intestine. Simon joined the BNF in November 2018 as a Nutrition Scientist.

Link to free BNF resources for Nutrition & Hydration week (including activities, posters, certificate, online events): https://www.nutrition.org.uk/healthy-eating-week/why-healthy-eating-week/

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