Fat & Furious

'A patient come to me who had been on blood pressure pills for 15 years and went on my diet plan, started walking again and nothing else. Within three months stopped taking 3 of the 4 pills blood pressure medications he'd been on of 15 years, and had never felt better.' - Aseem Malhotra 2019 In this episode your host Steve Bennett and his guest Dr Aseem Malhotra expose whether to much exercise can cause a heart attack. Aseem is both a practicing Cardiologist and a Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine. He is a founding member of Action on Sugar and has led work highlighting the harm caused by excess sugar consumption in the United Kingdom, particularly its role in type 2 diabetes and obesity. Aseem has written for several publications including the BMJ, The Guardian and Observer, BBC online, Huffington Post, The Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and the Washington Post. In 2018 he was ranked by Onalytica as the number 1 doctor in the world influencing obesity thinking

“Carbs do not satisfy hunger – they stimulate it. Most of the food in question is processed and developed with one purpose in mind: to make you want more. They are tested and refined to the point where they are as addictive as they are destructive.” Tim Noakes is a South African scientist and an emeritus professor in the Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine at the University of Cape Town. He is a proclaimed author, amongst his best-sellers are The Real Meal Revolution, The Lore of Running, and The Lore of Nutrition. In 2012 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from South Africa’s National Research Foundation for his contribution to sports science research. His most recent book, Real Food on Trial, tells the true story of his four-year-long court hearing in South Africa, where the establishment tried to silence his dietary opinions. Tim was victorious. He is ranked on Twitter as the 4th most influential scientist across the globe! Twitter/Instagram/facebook - @ProfTi

“Insulin is kind of a boss hormone. Insulin is designed to get rid of sugar because sugar in the blood is dangerous. So, in a sugary environment, insulin switches off your ability to burn fat. Our body is like a hybrid car. It can either burn sugar or fat, but not at the same time.” Twitter - @lowcarbGP “David is a GP in Southport, where he has been practising for over 30 years. During that time, he has become fascinated by how people can become really healthy without using medication. In 2016 David was bestowed the NHS Innovator of the Year award. He is Ambassador for the all-party Parliamentary Group on Diabetes, the Senior Medical Advisor to www.diabetes.co.uk, who have helped over 50,000 people put their diabetes in remission and is a founding member of The Public Health Collaboration. David says that one of the things he enjoys most is helping patients make lifestyle changes in order to make it possible to deprescribe their medication.”

'Before cars and fridges our food was fresh and organic and we ate a lot more of it, because we had to chop the wood, fetch the water and we moved around. That organic whole food provides a level of vitamins and minerals that if we wanted to achieve the same level of nutrition today we would have to supplement!' - Patrick Holford 2019 In this fascinating episode of Fat & Furious, your host Steve Bennett & leading nutrition expert, Patrick Holford discuss the role suboptimum nutrition plays in our overall health. From the western diet, lifestyle factors and man made medicines, how much is contributing to both your physical and mental health? Website - PatrickHolford.com Twitter/Facebook/ - @patrickholford Patrick is a leading spokesman on nutrition in the media, specialising in the field of mental health. He is the author of 40 books, translated into over 30 languages and selling millions of copies worldwide, including The Optimum Nutrition Bible, The Low-GL Diet Bible, Opt

“Our brains are constantly narrating to us all the time but it’s our thoughts that give us our feelings...What is it about? It is about capturing those thoughts and re-framing them to a way that makes sense for you, because it’s our thoughts that give us our feeling. For every feeling we have there is a thought first.” – Dr Anna Symonds 2020 This weeks guest is a clinical psychologist Dr Anna Symonds. Join Steve and Anna as they discuss the thought process or lack of thought behind what we put into our mouths. Twitter @dr_symonds Instagram @drannasymonds YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC96Oz6Fk-_0f-YKQWzFqoNQ Websites https://www.dr-annasymonds.co.uk/ https://www.elysianpsychology.co.uk/ Dr Anna Symonds is a Clinical Psychology provider to young people and adults. She is registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Chartered with the British Psychological Society. She qualified at the University of Leicester with a Doctorate in Cli