6 episodes
Cut Through Nutrition Dr Joshua Wolrich & Alan Flanagan
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- Health & Fitness
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4.4 • 246 Ratings
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Have you ever wanted to know more about nutrition but felt overwhelmed by the amount of conflicting information on the internet? You're not alone.
Join NHS surgeon Dr Joshua Wolrich and lawyer-turned-current nutrition PhD Alan Flanagan as they aim to cut through the state of nutritional discourse whilst encouraging collaboration between different healthcare professionals. Whether you're a layperson that wants to understand if celery juice can actually cure your eczema (spoiler; it can't) or a GP who wants to know what the current research is about low-carb diets for diabetes, this podcast is for you.
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'Food is Medicine'; benign statement or harmful rhetoric?
"I mean it’s just food, right? Where's the harm?"
If we’re going to make a podcast with the intention of addressing the current state of nutritional discourse, there's nothing more appropriate to start with than the phrase, 'Food is Medicine’.
In this first episode of season 1, we discuss how the phrase came to be; why it's become so trendy; and whether it's helpful or harmful to furthering the public perception of nutritional science*.
Tune in again next week as we unpack some of the important differences between biomedical and nutrition science which will help further explain why this phrase is misguided.
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(please note that at 27:39 'East Asian' should have been 'South Asian')
*We are both aware that the use of this phrase can be an important part of eating disorder recovery; the purpose of this discussion is not to diminish that. -
A Beginner's Guide to Nutrition Science
Join us this week as we unpack some of the important differences between biomedical and nutrition science, helping to further explain why the phrase 'Food is Medicine' might be misguided.
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You Are Not What You Eat (identity politics and flat-earth thinking)
In this episode, we discuss how identity politics are making the conversation around nutrition harder, and why we must do everything in our power to champion agnosticism when it comes to our food choices.
We also discuss how to identify common nutritional fallacies, including the appeal to authority, appeal to nature, appeal to ignorance, exception fallacy and the single cause fallacy.
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The TL;DR of a Healthy Diet
Talking about the pitfalls and the problems with nutritional discourse can often make it feel like nutritional science doesn't know anything. Fortunately, that's just simply not true.
In this episode, we discuss the current evidence around what actually constitutes a healthy diet, and what evidence-based simple advice might look like. Join us for the TL;DR of all nutritional science. No pressure Alan.
Relevant references can be found in the full show notes.
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The Socio-Economic Elephant in the Room
It wouldn't have been right to conclude Season 1 without having dedicated an entire episode on the impact that socio-economics has on nutrition and health. It's a huge barrier to people both receiving and implementing any well-meaning advice that may be given, and one that needs to be acknowledged.
Relevant references for this episode can be found in the full show notes.
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Thank you for joining us for our first season of the Cut Through Nutrition podcast! We hope this may be a solid base to come back to as we move forward. -
Welcome
In this first trailer/episode, we introduce ourselves and explain a little about why we think the current state of nutritional discourse needs to change.
Customer Reviews
Interesting and informative
I’ve always been interested in nutrition and read extensively on the subject. I’ve always questioned which of the advice and information out there is false or misleading and wondered how there could be such a gap in help figuring out what is worth listening to. Your podcast not only filled that gap but discussed the issues surrounding nutrition that makes it so inherently complicated. You both come across as very knowledgable in your respective areas. Less interrupting of each other and on occasion more concise summaries would improve it but overall very good content.
Loved it
Please make another series. This was very informative- I learnt a lot about nutrition, and I love how papers are frequently cited throughout the podcast. It gives you further reading to do and also emphasises that this is an evidence based source of information. As a medic, I am aware of the fog that is nutrition within doctoral roles, and I hadn’t really thought much about the impact of nutritional biases before I listened to this series. Thank you for creating such a well rounded and information packed podcast! Please make more!
Please make another season!
This was such an interesting, educational and clever series, would love another season at some stage!