Brownies - Food, Identity and Modern Family Life with Gavan Knox

Tapioca - Food and Identity in Brazil with Franceska Venzon: Tapioca - Food and Identity in Brazil with Franceska Venzon by Stronger Minds

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Welsh Cakes - Food as Inheritance and Self-Care with Beca Lyne-Pirkis: In this episode my guest is Beca Lyne-Pirkis. Many of you will know Beca as a fellow baker on my series of the Great British Bake Off, which is where we met and bonded over a shared love of personal challenges and Thai food. After the series Beca... by Stronger Minds

46 min listen

Fasting & MS: Could Going Without Food Treat This Disease?: New and ongoing research has shown a link between the microbiome and the body's response to fasting on the health and repair of nerve cells. In this episode I report on the latest research on fasting and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) a common autoimmune... by Stronger Minds

20 min listen

On Grief & Loss: Today, I step away from food for a moment and talk about an important issue that almost everyone will experience, but that doesn’t get very much air time. This episode is about grief. It’s a difficult and painful subject that can leave us feeling... by Stronger Minds

23 min listen

Cheesecake - Dairy Foods and Shavuot with Victoria Prever: In this episode I speak to Victoria Prever, food editor of the Jewish Chronicle, the world's oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper. She tells me about the symbolism of dairy foods during the festival of Shavuot and the role of food in Jew... by Stronger Minds

23 min listen

The Psychobiotic Revolution - The Gut-Brain Axis with Professor John Cryan: My guest is Professor John Cryan, who is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience at University College Cork, and along with his long-time collaborator, Prof Ted Dinan, has lead much of the burgeoning field of... by Stronger Minds

53 min listen

Sheryl Talks Obesity: In this episode I talk to Sheryl Hill. Sheryl is an independent theatre director and her company, Ships in the Night Theatre, in January launched a new project, part-funded by Arts Council England looking in to the complexities and real-life experience... by Stronger Minds

45 min listen

Chocolate Brownies & Fig Cake - Coming Back to Food with Henrietta Inman: In this episode I am breaking bread with Henrietta Inman. Henrietta is a pastry chef, author and cookery teacher, who specialises in whole and heritage grain baking. After graduating with a distinction from the Professional Patisserie Scholarship at We... by Stronger Minds

55 min listen

Have We Pathologised Being Full?: In this episode I talk about something that is part observation and part theory in relation to the way that some people think about food and their bodies. A growing number of individuals seem to be worried that a normal outcome of digestion is a sign o... by Stronger Minds

26 min listen

Understanding IBS: Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a complex and common illness that affects the function of the gut, creating uncomfortable and embarrassing symptoms for sufferers. In this episode I give a brief overview of research in to IBS, outline aspects of the... by Stronger Minds

23 min listen

Cinnamon Rolls: Food as History and Memory with Stella Parks: In this episode I have the pleasure of breaking bread with a food hero of mine. Stella Parks, also known as Bravetart, is a pastry chef who trained at the CIA, the Culinary Institute of America. In 2012 she was named one of Food and Wine’s Best New... by Stronger Minds

74 min listen

Brownies - Food, Identity and Modern Family Life with Gavan Knox: My guest today is baker and activist Gavan Knox. Gavan is a man of many pseudonyms. He has a baking blog and business as Mr. Moms and also answers to The Bearded Baker. Five years ago Gavan and his husband adopted two children, siblings aged four and f... by Stronger Minds

45 min listen

Rosie from Talking About BPD: This is a follow-up to the Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder episode. In this episode I talk to Rosie from Talking About BPDRosie is a blogger, writer and artist. Her blog, Talking About BPD, shares the details of her life with a diagnos... by Stronger Minds

42 min listen

Too Busy To Chew? Honest Review and Thoughts on the Rise of 'Drinkable Meals': 'Drinkable meals' are being touted as the future of food, with the makers claiming they are the perfect nutritional solution for time-poor, ambitious professionals. In this episode of the podcast I take a look at the world of drinkable meals.... by Stronger Minds

35 min listen

Meditation & Mindfulness: Chronic stress underlies a whole range of physical and mental health concerns, driving depression, anxiety, sleep problems, promoting weight gain and your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. It’s not just a psychological phenomenon but has serious ef... by Stronger Minds

55 min listen

Ships in the Night: In this episode I go back to visit Sheryl Hill and Ellen Carr, the directors behind the Sheryl Talks Obesity theatre production looking at the complexities of living with obesity. In this conversation we talk about some of the feedback the team have... by Stronger Minds

37 min listen

Sweet Drinks - Chabeel Day with Gurmeet Dhillon (Bonus Episode): Every year in early summer members of the Sikh community take to the streets to hand out cool, sweet drinks to passers-by offering them relief from the heat. In this episode I talk to Gurmeet Dhillon about the significance of this tradition and the bro... by Stronger Minds

26 min listen

Yogurt Bowls & Turmeric Shots - Food as Recovery with Thomas 'Hal' Robson-Kanu: My guest today is Thomas ‘Hal’ Robson-Kanu. Thomas is a Premier League and Wales International footballer and founder of The Turmeric Co. In this episode we talk about the personal experiences that led to him launching the family business that makes fr... by Stronger Minds

44 min listen

Guided Meditation from Ashley Hunt: If the last episode left you inspired to explore whether meditation might work for you, here is a free guided relaxation meditation from my guest, Meditation Coach, Ashley Hunt. by Stronger Minds

10 min listen

Cream of Chicken Soup - Family, Community and Food Media with Clare Knivett: My guest is Clare Knivett. Clare is the last ever food editor of Jamie Oliver’s Jamie Magazine, which published its last edition in December 2017. She took some time out before setting off on her travels to talk to me about the role, what it was like t... by Stronger Minds

49 min listen

Barbecue Seitan - Intuitive Eating & Fighting Diet Culture with Laura Thomas: Laura Thomas is a registered Nutritionist with a Phd in Nutritional Sciences who specialises in Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size, and non-diet nutrition. Through a non-diet approach she strives to help her clients and followers to develop a healt... by Stronger Minds

75 min listen

Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Goes Bad with Renee McGregor: My guest is Renee McGregor. Renee is a Performance and Eating Disorders Specialist Dietitian. As part of her very impressive career so far she has been the dietitian for athletes at the London 2012, Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralmpic Games, and the 2018 Co... by Stronger Minds

102 min listen

Sausage Rolls - Emotional Eating & Vulnerability with Felicity Morse.: My guest is journalist Felicity Morse who up until very recently was the online editor of the I newspaper, responsible for all the digital news content. She left that role just before Christmas to focus on investigating and writing about sex and relati... by Stronger Minds

60 min listen

Vegan Brain Health Q&A with Sophie Medlin: This episode is in response to some recent news headlines describing some of the nutrients important for brain health that people could potentially be missing on a diet low in animal foods. I had quite a few questions come in about this and thought it ... by Stronger Minds

33 min listen

Kim Kardashian's Bad Science Lollipops: In case you have missed it, Kim Kardashian recently posted an advertisement on her Instagram account endorsing an apparently appetite-suppressing lollipop to her, at that time, 111m Instagram followers. Her caption under the photo said that the lollipo... by Stronger Minds

20 min listen

Breaking Bread - Hot Sauce & Beach Snacks: Identity, Art & Assimilation with Shivi Ramoutar: In this episode I am Breaking Bread with Caribbean cook, author and presenter Shivi Ramoutar. For this episode I joined Shivi at her home which gave me the opportunity to twist her arm and get her to share some of her wonderful classical piano playing,... by Stronger Minds

65 min listen

Iced Buns: Remembering & Moving Forward with Anna Pancaldi: In this episode I am breaking bread with Anna Pancaldi. Anna is a singer-songwriter from glorious Essex who is being tipped as a rising star in the music world. Though still very early in her career she has toured in Europe and the US, and starred in a... by Stronger Minds

74 min listen

Bryan's Story: This is the second follow-up to the Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder episode. In this episode I talk to mental health blogger Bryan. Bryan started tweeting and vlogging about BPD after he noticed that it was rare to see men talking about t... by Stronger Minds

53 min listen

Breaking Bread - Venezuelan Green Sauce: Food for Thought with Heather Heying: Heather is a scientist, educator, and author. She earned her PhD in Biology from the University of Michigan, where she earned the university’s top honor for her dissertation. On top of that she has a B.A. in Anthropology, which is the study of... by Stronger Minds

73 min listen

Rose Harissa - Food as a Moment of Light in the Darkness with Ryan Riley: In this episode, I am Breaking Bread with Ryan Riley. Ryan is a food writer and stylist and the founder of Life Kitchen, a charity he launched in memory of his mother, Krista, who died of cancer. About 50% of people who undertake chemotherapy experienc... by Stronger Minds

58 min listen

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Brownies - Food, Identity and Modern Family Life with Gavan Knox

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