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Cut Through Nutrition

Dr Joshua Wolrich & Alan Flanagan

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.

  • 6 episodes
  • Updated Jul 22, 2019
  • Explicit

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Episodes6

  • Jul 22, 2019 · 45 min

    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 g

  • Jul 15, 2019 · 58 min

    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 actuall

  • Jul 8, 2019 · 45 min

    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 nutritio

  • Jul 1, 2019 · 49 min

    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. If you enjoyed this episode please do rate, review and subscribe

  • Jun 23, 2019 · 50 min

    '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 th

  • Jun 9, 2019 · 29 min

    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.