Nutritalk Abigail Attenborough

In the penultimate episode of Season 2, I speak to Maxine Ali, a health writer, linguist and body image PhD researcher and she uses her platform to dissect the language of health and wellness, looking into its toxic and sexist sub-messaging. After falling hard into the clean eating culture whilst being a health journalist for a well-known women’s health magazine, Maxine left the industry in 2017 to refocus her writing and research.
Maxine and I discuss:


Gender disparities and the lack of visual representation of diverse body types in wellness culture - how this exacerbates insecurities and reinforces patriarchal ideals of beauty and femininity.
How the ‘self-improvement’ culture leads from the notion that the fault is always with the individual, never the institution or systems that uphold it 
The ugly side to body positivity and toxic positivity in health communication.
How wellness culture reframes restriction and how to recognise when diet culture is silently co-opting the non-diet language

👉🏻 Scroll down on the show main page to RATE & REVIEW!

Check out @aplus.nutrition on Instagram for more informative posts on health and nutrition, and to catch up on everything else or book a 1-2-1 consultation else head to www.aplus-nutrition.com 

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Dr Jenn Salib Huber, dietitian, naturopathic doctor and intuitive eating coach. Jenn provides expert health and hormone support to women in midlife without a side of diet culture!

Every woman is going to go through menopause at some point in their life, often though it is coupled with trouble sleeping, multitasking, thinking straight and generally coping with everyday life. This can be very stressful and cause depressive symptoms for many women, along with losing zest for life, and many women resort to using antidepressants. So it’s about time we spoke about it!

Jenn and I discussed:


Barriers to discussing the menopause
What actually is menopause and peri-menopause?
Symptoms
Early menopause
The hormones involved
Eating well for the menopause
Alternative therapies to dealing with severe symptoms

PLEASE be sure to give this a review, rating, and share it with someone you think would enjoy it! 

Other useful sources of information:


The NHS www.nhs.uk/conditions/menopause/
The Menopause Charity www.themenopausecharity.org/
The Menopause Exchange www.menopause-exchange.co.uk/index.htm
Women’s Health Concern www.womens-health-concern.org/help-and-advice/factsheets/menopause/
Menopause Matters www.menopausematters.co.uk/

In the 9th episode of Season 2, I speak with personal trainer, strength coach and accredited sports nutritionist Aoife McAuliffe

Aoife and I discuss:


Aoife’s journey to becoming a professional health and fitness expert 
Why being just a personal trainer wasn’t enough to truly help her clients
Eating more and getting leaner!?
Training smarter not harder
Action steps to move from food restriction to food freedom

We also explore why it might be better to adopt a more flexible style to your dietary patterns, and how reverse dieting can enable you to eat more but still get leaner and stronger! We also delve into the adverse effects of eating below maintenance for a prolonged period of time, and particularly relevant to this time of year, Why not asking WHY might be the reason your new year's resolutions fail!



👉🏻 Scroll down on the shows main page to RATE & REVIEW!



Check out @aplus.nutrition on Instagram for more informative posts on health and nutrition, and to catch up on everything else or book a 1-2-1 consultation else head to www.aplus-nutrition.com



Past episodes relevant to today's topic: 

1. Helping to reduce stress around food and finding food freedom with registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counsellor and HAES aligned practitioner Emma Townsin (RD)

2. Society’s Obsession with Weight, Why Diets Fail & How to Lose Weight Sustainably with registered nutritionist Charlotte Turner (RNutr)

Today I speak with Registered Associate Nutritionist and Public Health Researcher Charan Bijlani 

Charan and I discussed:


Charan’s journey to becoming a Nutritionist
Gender differences in the kitchen within a Punjabi household
Charan’s work in public health research at Imperial College London

We also explore the importance of health care professionals working to understand their clients' backgrounds and values around food, and the necessity for wider-based public health advice to be culturally sensitive and relevant - an important one guys!!

Subscribe now on Spotify or Apple podcasts so you can learn what YOU can do TODAY to help share and spark conversation about cross-cultural competence and encourage diverse spaces both personally and professionally!

I have a question for you guys: Do you think we need to be intentional about seeking connections with a diverse network of nutritionists?

COMMENT BELOW IN THE POLL ⬇️

Check out @aplus.nutrition on Instagram for more informative posts on health and nutrition, and to catch up on everything else or book a 1-2-1 consultation else head to www.aplus-nutrition.com

This week's Nutritalk sees me speaking to Registered Nutritional Therapist, Louise Goulding, who specialises in skin health.

The skin has been a hot topic as of recent, especially off the back of the pandemic with just our faces constantly on zoom calls. Our skin is often a reflection of our internal health.  Poor digestion, hormonal imbalances, stress and toxin exposure can all affect it.  But our different diets, lifestyles, environment and genetics mean that we can’t take a ‘one size fits all’ approach to tackling skin conditions. One thing that we do know is a diet that is good for your general health is a diet that is good for your skin! 

Louise discusses with us today simple and sustainable changes you can make to your diet and lifestyle today, including loading up on antioxidants, feeding those gut bugs and loving your omegas!

We also discuss: 


Why Louise specialises in skin health
How to get that healthy ‘glow’
Nutrients for the skin
Skin as an indicator of health status
Ageing skin
Chemical and mineral sunscreens
Skin routines
The biggest lifestyle factors that influence skin health

Click here to download your FREE E-BOOK to discover Louise’s 6 steps to achieving healthy skin!

Check out @aplus.nutrition on Instagram for more informative posts on health and nutrition, and to catch up on everything or book a 1-2-1 consultation else head to www.aplus-nutrition.com 

As always, enjoy, rate and review. Thanks!!

With a long-standing family history involved in selling wine, Elliot Awin now too works in the wine trading industry, running a wine importing business with his father @abswine, and is one of four founding members of the successful sell-out organic wine from Provence @qvvines 

Elliot was also a keen rugby player, but almost 7 years ago now, everything changed. He woke up in the middle of the night with his heart rate racing ~220 beats a minute. After being told to go straight to A&E by the GP, and after seeing many different cardiologists, he was later diagnosed with Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), Atrial fibrillation (AF), and Wolff-Parkinson-White-Syndrome, a heart condition that causes the heart to beat abnormally fast for periods of time.

Elliot was recently fitted with a Pacemaker in 2020 and subsequently had to stop playing rugby, but this has not stopped Elliot from partaking in competitive sport, as he is now training to row across the Atlantic, alone….

In this episode, we discuss:


Why wine?
Passion for rugby and competitive sport
When everything changed with a heart condition diagnosis
Elliot’s current exercise regime and finding a new love for CrossFit
Discipline + training for the world’s toughest rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean in 2023
Finding the balance through ‘conscious consumption'

Confused as to what wine to pick up off the shelf in a supermarket, or what to take to your next dinner party? Elliot hosts weekly social wine tasting or more structured private sessions to demystify wine in any way he can, Find full details here: https://elliot.wine/bookings

Head to www.qvwine.com/qv-shop to pre-order QV Rouge

Hope you enjoy!!