The Health Spot With Omar The Health Spot Uk

In this episode I have a chat with Nese (Nesh) Schaffer-Halil. A model who had an interest in nutrition and wellness for such a long time until she found the right course to make the decision to become a coach. We go into how she got into modelling and what influenced her to get into nutrition. Nesh also speaks about the impact of the passing of her sister, whose disease could have been prevented. She also talks about microwaves, the reason why she is gluten free, DNA testing and much more.

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/cookfreshwithnesh/?hl=en-gb

https://www.instagram.com/freshnesh_/?hl=en-gb

Digestive Wellness Book:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Digestive-Wellness-Strengthen-Prevent-Digestion/dp/0071668993

DNA Test - Nesh did the DNA Health test :
http://nordiclabs.com/EDetail.aspx?id=1991

In this Episode I talk with the legendary Patrick Holford.
Patrick is a Nutritionist, Entrepreneur, Author of over 45 books, selling millions worldwide and a pioneer in innovative approaches to health problems using nutrition.
He has spent 40 years studying health and what helps people reclaim it – not with drugs, but with a good, healthy diet, lifestyle and natural remedies. He has discovered drug free solutions for staying free from diabetes, heart disease, some cancer, Alzheimer’s and other preventable diseases.

In this episode we talk
- Covid 19
- Alzheimer's
- Cholesterol
- Homocysteine
- Coffee
- What is the natural way to day
- What is optimum nutrition

You can find Patrick here -
https://www.patrickholford.com/https://www.patrickholford.com/

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/patrickholford.uk/

Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd7wKACi_bJGdReZtu-FjSg

FREE - FOOD FOR THE BRAIN COGNITIVE TEST
Brain size is shrinking, IQ is falling, mental health problems are rising. A recent EU report has declared a ‘global brain health emergency’. One in six children are neurodivergent, many with autism or ADHD. While one in four over 80 have pre-dementia - memory decline is happening for many in their 30’s. One in four adults are on anti-depressants, sleeping pills or tranquillisers. What is going wrong and how do we recover?
 
After 45 years of research Patrick Holford, founder of the charitable foodforthebrain.org, has the answers and wants to show you how to:
 
·  Improve your mood and get a good night’s sleep 
· Deprogram anxiety and build stress resilience
· Free your brain from addiction (including sugar, alcohol and coffee)
· Recover your memory and rebuild the brain’s connections
· Build healthy young brains to prevent neurodivergencehttps://foodforthebrain.org/the-cognitive-function-test/

Its really good and gives you a free report and what is mentioned in this show.

UPGRADE YOUR BRAIN SUMMIT -
24th April 2024 – Save the Date!
The full line up, schedule and registration details for the Upgrade Your Brain (UYB) Summit, hosted by the Nutrition Collective, will be published before the end of January. 
Speakers confirmed include:

Professor Michal Crawford
Dr Georgia Ede
Professor Bill Harris
Patrick Holford
Professor Robert Lustig
Dr David Perlmutter
Professor Julia Rucklidge
Dr Victoria Sampson
Assistant Professor Tommy Wood

Register here:
https://foodforthebrain.org/uybsummit/

In this episode I talk with Emma who is the director at Miindfulness.
Mindfulness Supports children's mental health and wellbeing, provide practical & affordable products, free advice and resources as well as working in the criminal justice system, education and other sectors.
In this episode we talk about how to emotionally regulate our children, how we are far away from just "getting on with things" as we use to in the past and tips on how to help our children.
be emotionally intelligent and such a fast paced world.

You can find Emma and her team here:

Website: https://www.miindfulness.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/miindfulness/?igsh=MWlmc2pzdzhnanc0MA%3D%3D

Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@miindfulness

In this episode I have a chat with one of my heroes when I started my wellness journey, Award winning Journalist and Author, Joanna Blythman.
In this episode we chat about the processed food industry, Her experience in investigating how Ultra processed food is made and the importance of whole foods.
We also have a chat about George Orwell and her experience of her visit to the West bank in Palestine in 2009

Haseeb is a tech entrepreneur and when he looked into the pros and cons of traditional schooling, it was a no brainer to homeschool his three kids. In This episode we dive into the world of Homeschooling. How it works, the pros and cons and the process of getting into it.

Now Haseeb helps others on how to homeschool, providing courses, tips and creating a community.

I had so much fun on this episode and we are definitely going to do a part 2 as there is so much more to discuss.

Haseeb can be found here

In this episode I talk to Dale Pinnock - BSc, BSc (Hons), Pg Dip (Nutr Med) famously known as the Medicinal Chef.

Dale has over 30 years experience in nutrition and has been on mainstream television giving out his expert advice doing shows such as This Morning, The Alan Titchmarsh Show, QVC, Ireland AM, ITVs Lorraine and Eat,Shop,Save to name a few ;)

Dale has a degree in

- Human nutrition
- Herbal medicine
- Post grad in nutritional medicine

We go down the rabbit hole of calorie counting.

How are they measured?

Do we need to calorie count?

Is it healthy?

What is Metabolism?

How does it work?

How do we get it to work?

We also touch on having a gastric band to lose weight.

Book recommendations

1. The power of three by Dale pinnock

2. The Optimum Nutrition Bible by Patrick Holford

3. Fit for Life by Harvey Diamond


You can find Dale here

Instagram :

https://instagram.com/themedicinalchef?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==


YouTube:https://youtube.com/@the_medicinal_chef?si=_Z81adfpZLJdXnb7