The Wellness Scoop

• Best Time to Exercise, Lab Grown Meat & Microplastics

  This week on The Wellness Scoop we’re diving into some of your most requested topics. First up, is there really a best time of day to exercise, and does it matter if you train before breakfast. Then we explore lab grown meat, what it is, how it’s made, and whether it could help cut emissions and reduce animal agriculture. Finally, we unpack the latest on microplastics and whether fibre might be one of our strongest natural defences. We’re also answering your brilliant listener questions on stress and simple ways to protect your mental health during busy seasons, nutrition after menopause, and whether fasted morning workouts affect hormones if you eat soon after. This week’s recommendations:- CurrentBody LED mask ⁠ChatGPT Brain Rot Debate on the Diary of a CEO with Stephen Bartlett⁠ Caff's book: The 30 Plan Check out the Rhitrition Clinic where you can find more expertise, information or book in for a consultation with the fully registered clinical team. US listeners, grab your copy of Rhi's book - ⁠The Unprocessed Plate Keep your questions coming to [email protected] or via Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and please leave your name so we can say hello. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• How to Be a Super-Ager and Reduce Inflammation

  This week, we’re talking about how to be a “super-ager,” people in their eighties whose memory performs like someone 30 years younger, and why friendships, not fitness, turned out to be their secret weapon. We’re also digging into a huge new study on potatoes and type 2 diabetes, showing that eating chips three times a week raises risk by 20%, while swapping them for whole grains cuts risk significantly. Plus, the surprising number of almonds you should eat each day to boost your gut health, and what that means for heart health, antioxidants, blood sugar and inflammation. We’ll also look at whether whole almonds or almond butter give you the bigger benefit. And for our wellness trend of the week, we’re exploring why reading books for just 30 minutes a day could add nearly two years to your life, and how swapping even a fraction of your scrolling time for reading could transform your health. All that, plus personal updates and the news that The Wellness Scoop is now going twice weekly! Recommendations:  Ella's book recs: Blue Sisters, by Coco Mellors; A Well Behaved Woman, by Therese Anne Fowler and; There are Rivers in the Sky, by Elif Shafak US listeners, grab your copy of Rhi's book - The Unprocessed Plate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• Organic Food, Acne & Blood Sugar — Myths vs. Reality

  This week, we’re tackling some of the biggest listener questions. Do organic foods really make a difference to your health, or is it just clever marketing? Can what you eat actually trigger or clear up acne? And is the buzz around blood sugar spikes and glucose monitoring helping us eat better, or just fuelling food anxiety? We also share our personal recommendations before diving into your brilliant questions — from what we’re always buying on our weekly food shop, to fuelling properly for fitness on a plant-based diet. This week’s recommendations: Ella: Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors, and the Current Body LED mask Rhi: her new reformer machine, plus a few family and beauty finds + Bodkin and Roo Playdough For more information on skin-care from the excellent Dr. Thivi Maruthappu, get your copy of her book SkinFood: Your 4-step Solution to Healthy, Happy Skin HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• How to Cut Cancer Risk, Cellulite and Extra Weight

  This week, we’re talking about why vegetarian and vegan diets can cut cancer risk by up to a quarter, the “worst foods for cellulite” and what the science actually says, and the first UK trial to prove that home cooking and minimally processed foods lead to twice as much weight loss as ready-made UPFs. We also get into the rise of blueberries, how they went from totally unknown in the UK just a few decades ago to outselling apples, pears and even oranges today, and what that means for British farming. Plus, all our personal updates, this week’s wellness trends and news about new Wellness Scoop episodes!  For listener questions, please either email [email protected] or leave them on spotify/apple podcasts and leave your name, we love knowing more about you!  And for 50% off Ella’s new book ‘Quick Wins’ with the code ‘QUICKWINS50’ (enter code at checkout) https://www.waterstones.com/book/quick-wins-healthy-cooking-for-busy-lives/ella-mills/9781529316759 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• Are You Stuck in a Perfectionism Trap? & The Truth About Supplements

  In this summer bonus episode of The Wellness Scoop, we’re asking if perfectionism could be quietly holding back your health goals and revealing the truth about supplements: which are worth your money, which aren’t, and how to know the difference. We’ll also look at why healthy eating is still a privilege for so many, pets vs partners when it comes to happiness, and the latest wellness trends, from the rise of sobriety to the morning routine obsession and the buzz around “OAT-Zempic.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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