The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast - #55 Being a Healthy Vegan with BOSH!

#55 Being a Healthy Vegan with BOSH!

06/10/20 • 80 min

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Today on the show I'm absolutely delighted to welcome along Henry Firth and Ian Theasby, the duo that make up BOSH!

It's likely that you've already heard of BOSH, they're the UKs leading Vegan influencers. They launched BOSH to show people how great plant-based food could be and back in 2016 they posted a video that pretty much went viral overnight.

Since then, they've had an amazing 2 billion views online, with an average of 26 million views a month - quite incredible isn't it and just shows what a following they have and how interested we are as a nation in plant based eating. Henry and Ian and are the UK’s bestselling vegan authors with 4 published books so far. And with their latest book - Healthy Vegan being a Sunday Times Bestseller.

And to top everything off, they now host the first vegan cookery series on mainstream TV, called Living on The Veg which you can find on ITV. It's a fantastic show and helps to make plant based eating so much more accessible - definitely do go and check it out!

On the episode today you'll hear us chat through the following

How Henry and Ian first got into plant based eating
The mission for BOSH in the UK and further afield
Veganism and nutrition
How they create such a great culture within their company
What it's like running a business together

I really think you're going to love this episode - it's such a great conversation with two super guys who are completely open and honest throughout our conversation and what a great community they have built up together.

And you absolutely must check out the most recent BOSH cookbook - Healthy Vegan it's a super book with tons of great recipes that you will absolutely love - and do have a look at the other books too.

All other social media links for BOSH are noted below here.

Make sure you check out the recipe I cooked for Henry and Ian too on The Doctor's Kitchen YouTube Channel. I re-created a recipe from their book - it's a Goan style curry and is delicious.

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Today on the show I'm absolutely delighted to welcome along Henry Firth and Ian Theasby, the duo that make up BOSH!

On the episode today you'll hear us chat through the following

How Henry and Ian first got into plant based eating
The mission for BOSH in the UK and further afield
Veganism and nutrition
How they create such a great culture within their company
What it's like running a business together

All other social media links for BOSH are noted below here.

Make sure you check out the recipe I cooked for Henry and Ian too on The Doctor's Kitchen YouTube Channel. I re-created a recipe from their book - it's a Goan style curry and is delicious.

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#54 How to Save The Planet at Breakfast with Jonathan Safran Foer

Today I speak with author and activist Jonathan Safran Foer about the current pandemic, how he is coping and an inconvenient problem that dwarfs the impact of Covid. The big C – Climate.

Jonathan is the author of three award-winning and internationally best-selling novels. He won The Guardian Book Prize for his debut novel, was included in Granta’s “Best of Young American Novelists” issue as well as The New Yorker’s“20 under 40” list of the best young writers in the US; and his books are published in over 30 languages

And I know what you’re thinking. Yes it’s important. Yes I know I should be doing more. And no I’m not doing enough. It’s too hard.

In today's espisode we talk about:

How the actions of ordinary people as a collective can have huge impacts
Not to rely on the government for action and how we can act
The simplest most effective solution is diet
How we are all hypocrites and a layer of realism is useful
Why climate change and global warming has a branding problem

Jonathan Safran Foer's book, We Are The Weather, is out now, definitely do go and check it out. Along with another one of Jonathan's books - Eating Animals, it’s certainly one of my must reads for anybody interested in nutrition and how food choices impact the environment.

And don't forget to subscribe to The Doctor's Kitchen newsletter where we will be continuing to share weekly science based recipes lifestyle hacks and more tips to help you live the healthiest and happiest lifestyle possible - and please do give us a 5* rating on your podcast player to help support our podcast through this difficult time.

Check out the podcast notes on The Doctor's Kitchen Website for links to more articles and books on this subject.

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#56 Food as Medicine with Dr William Li

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My guest today is the truly inspirational Dr William W. Li, MD. An internationally renowned physician, scientist, and author of the New York Times Bestseller 'Eat to Beat Disease - The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself'.

His groundbreaking work has led to the development of more than 30 new medical treatments, has impacted more than 50 million people worldwide, and covers more than 70 diseases including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity. His TED Talk, “Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?” has garnered more than 11 million views. Dr. Li has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, CNN, and CNBC and has been featured in USA Today, TIME, The Atlantic, and O Magazine. Dr. Li is President and medical director of the Angiogenesis Foundation.

We talk about a range of topics from his latest book including the 5 defence systems of the body:

Your Microbes, stems cells, immune system , angiogenesis, your genes and how nutrition and lifestyle can positively influence them. As a food as medicine pioneer who started these conversations way before I even thought of The Doctor’s Kitchen, Dr Li has been a true inspiration of mine.

On this episode we talk about

The microbiota, how certain foods can improve your body’s ability to regulate sugar
What stem cells are and the different types of foods that can help promote regeneration
The difference between pro and anti-angiogenesis and why both are helpful and harmful depending on the circumstance and how food can positively help with both.
The benefits of food for the immune system support
The utility of combining epidemiology, lab studies and human trials to determine which foods we should consume.
The future of food prescriptions and how medicine could look in 10-15 years time
The impact of food to positively impact the efficacy of medicine in the field of cancer, cardiology and neurology.

And definitely go and check out Dr William Li's book - 'Eat to Beat Disease - The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself' - it's a fascinating book and most certainly well worth a read.

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