Best Patrick Holford Podcasts (2024)

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Genes Unplugged: To what extent is your health destiny pre-determined? 1:01:09

6d ago1:01:09

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To what extent is your health destiny pre-determined? Is it nature or nurture – what you eat and how you live that determines your health history? My guest in this podcast is a specialist in nutrigenomics. That is the field of rich interactions between your genes and your environment. Emma Beswick is not only a nutrigenomic expert but also a gradua…

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Metabolic Psychiatry: Is this the Mental Health Revolution we've been praying for? 1:17:01

27d ago1:17:01

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Dr Christopher Palmer is a Harvard psychiatrist and researcher working at the interface of metabolism and mental health. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Founder and Director of the Metabolic and Mental Health Program and Director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education, both at Harvard…

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The Lancet Omission: Is Ignoring Nutrition Prevention Bad Science? 1:27:39

2M ago1:27:39

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The latest iteration of the highly influential Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, authored by numerous professors from around the world, led by University College London’s psychiatry Professor Gill Livingston has, for the third time, ignored the hardest hitting evidence for homocysteine lowering B vitamins, misrepresented the science on omeg…

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Obesity is Widespread 1:09:06

4M ago1:09:06

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I’m talking to Steve Bennett, author of The Fibre First Diet, a book which proposes that simply re-ordering the foods you eat can trim your waistline and prevent diseases. We get under the hood of what’s really going on and how to gain control of your weight and health without feeling deprived. We will explore insulin resistance and how to reverse …

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Anti-Age Your Brain Think Tank 1:09:00

5M ago1:09:00

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Keeping your brain young is a science. Ageing happens because of oxidation (think wrinkly skin). Nowhere is there more oxidation activity than the brain because your brain uses more energy than any other organ and generates more oxidants. There are 7 key antioxidants which, together recycle each other. These are vitamin C, E, glutathione, anthocyan…

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The Brain Fat Think Tank 1:03:14

7M ago1:03:14

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In this podcast, I bring the three top scientists who know more about fats and the brain than any others - Professor Michael Crawford, visiting Professor at Imperial College London and head of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, Professor William Harris from the Fatty Acid Research Institute (FARI) and neuroscientist Dr Simon Dyal…

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What Makes Food Super-Nutritious? 51:33

7M ago51:33

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My guest today is Dan Kittredge, who knows more about what makes food nutritious than anyone I know. Dan Kittredge has been an organic farmer for more than 30 years and is the founder and executive director of the Bionutrient Food Association (BFA), a non-profit whose mission is to “increase quality in the food supply.” Known as one of the leading …

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Making Alzheimer's Prevention a Reality: Meet the Experts 43:34

8M ago43:34

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Ask the man in the street what’s driving Alzheimer’s and they’ll probably say a third is in the genes. Or that it’s just what happens when you age. Neither of these statements are true. Alzheimer’s is a largely preventable disease and my guests today are tackling the two fundamental questions. Firstly, what are the positive and negative behaviours …

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Can a Keto Diet Transform Your Mind? 1:01:36

10M ago1:01:36

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My podcast guest is Dr Georgia Ede, MD, a Harvard-trained, board-certified psychiatrist based in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. Her interest in nutrition arose after discovering a new way of low carb ketogenic eating that reversed several bewildering health problems. Her speciality is nutritional and metabolic psychiatry and ketogenic diets. Her …

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Calm Your Mind with Food 55:27

10M ago55:27

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My guest today is Uma Naiidoo who founded and directed the first and only hospital-based program in Nutritional, Lifestyle and Metabolic Psychiatry and is Director of Nutritional and Psychiatry Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and serves on the faculty of Harvard Medical school. Her books Your Brain on Food and The Food Mood Connection are…

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The Lowdown on Omega-3 for Brain & Body 50:53

11M ago50:53

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My podcast guest today is a legend in the world of omega-3. Dr Bill Harris is Professor in the Department of Medicine in the Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota. He has been a front runner in measuring omega-3 status and developed the omega-3 index, running studies on the effects of omega-3, with more than 300 published pie…

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Why Our Brains Are Shrinking 1:08:40

1y ago1:08:40

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Homo sapiens brain size is 20% less than it was 29,000 years ago. IQ is also falling 7% a generation. Mental illness is on the increase. Why? Why are our brains shrinking? Today’s guest is Professor Michael Crawford. He discovered that brains are made out of omega-3 DHA in the 1970s. He is the Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human …

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Can Nutrition Stop Alzheimer’s? 1:17:50

1y ago1:17:50

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For a change, in this month’s podcast I’m interviewed by Philly J Lay, a long-standing advocate for our health and that of our planet. She is passionate in her belief that everything is connected and that when we learn to heal ourselves, we will start to heal this beautiful planet. After a near death experience and years of grief, resulting in a ra…

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The Myth Stories That Sell Drugs 59:41

1y ago59:41

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We are told serotonin deficiency causes depression; too much cholesterol excess causes heart disease; too much acid causes heartburn. Now we are being told too much amyloid causes Alzheimer’s. These statements are the key rationale for selling antidepressants, cholesterol lowering drugs, antacids and soon, anti-amyloid antibody injections. But are …

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Your Brain on Ketones 57:59

1+ y ago57:59

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Why does your brain fuel on either glucose or ketones, derived from fat? Why do the brains of babies need ketones for rapid building on their neural network? Can eating fats, such as C8, help prevent or reverse brain ageing? Do you have to go ketogenic to get the benefit? How can a ketogenic diet or supplements help mental health and mental illness…

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Autism Has Quadrupled. Why? 1:08:56

1+ y ago1:08:56

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The number of children diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders has escalated from 1 in 250 to 1 in 58 last year in the US. Although often described as ‘genetic’ obviously the genes haven’t changed, so what’s going on in the environment that’s driving this rapid breakdown in neurodevelopment? Paul Shattock OBE has spent his life researching autis…

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Cancer - Is It Metabolic or Genetic? 1:01:42

1+ y ago1:01:42

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Professor Thomas Seyfried is renowned in the field of cancer for helping keep people with aggressive cancers stay alive by following his science-based protocols. How? That’s what we will find out. Thomas Seyfried is Professor of Biology at Boston College and received his PhD in Genetics and Biochemistry from the University of Illinois back in 1976 …

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The Soil - Food - Gut - Brain Superhighway 1:03:52

1+ y ago1:03:52

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In this podcast I interview two pioneers in making food healthy, from the soil up. Bob Quinn is a botanist with a PhD in plant biochemistry, who helped convert thousands of acres across Montana to growing ancient grains (Kamut) organically. He was the first in Montana to mill whole grain, organic flour starting in 1986. By 1991 he had certified his…

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The Role of Vitamin D in Reducing Risk of Alzheimer’s & Dementia 28:42

1+ y ago28:42

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In this podcast I’m talking to Dr William Grant, regarding the recent study showing that those who supplement vitamin D have much less risk for Alzheimer’s and dementia. He knows more about vitamin D and the effects of sunlight than anyone I know. He’s not a medical doctor but a PhD - in physics with an entire career at NASA. After retiring from NA…

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Are You Hooked on Anti-Depressants? 1:14:46

1+ y ago1:14:46

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Do you even need them? Is a lack of anti-depressants really the cause of our suffering and are they causing their own suffering in withdrawal? One in two who try to come off them have significant withdrawal symptoms, half of which are classified as severe. I interview John Read who is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of East Londo…

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What’s Driving Excess Cardio Deaths? Covid, mRNA jabs, lockdowns or NHS overloads? Are statins the answer? 55:12

2y ago55:12

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Both the UK and US report record-breaking excess deaths mainly from cardiovascular disease. Why? Is this a covid infection or lockdown knock on effect? Should we be concerned about repeated mRNA vaccines? Is it the consequence of health service overload? Are statins the answer, as UK government proposes? What’s going on and what can you do to reduc…

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The Politics of Health: Who’s Driving Healthcare Policy & What Needs to Change 1:04:06

2y ago1:04:06

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Healthcare is broken. Both costs and disease rates are rising. The NHS in the UK is the fastest growing failing business. Who is driving the health agenda? Why is prevention ignored and natural medicine under accelerating attack? Are we the losers and big Pharma the winners? In this podcast I explore this subject with Dr Rob Verkerk, founder of the…

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Should We All be Dropping Acid? 1:05:35

2y ago1:05:35

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Patrick Holford in conversation with Dr David Perlmutter. My guest this month is Dr David Perlmutter - a legend in the field of nutritional medicine. He is a Board-Certified Neurologist and serves on the Board of Directors and is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He is six-time New York Times bestselling author. In fact, you may have r…

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Why is Our Immunity Under Attack? 1:12:00

2y ago1:12:00

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There’s a massive increase in both the number of children and adults with allergic-like reactions to foods and chemicals and the severity of these reactions, as well as auto-immune disease, where the immune system, which should be our friend, starts attacking, not only foods and chemicals but our body. Many people are cruising out of covid or vacci…

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Psychiatry Unplugged - The Way Up from Down 51:19

2+ y ago51:19

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Has the covid pandemic left you feeling depressed and unmotivated? My favourite psychiatrist, known for her expertise in non-pharmaceutical approaches to depression and mental illness, is Dr Hyla Cass. I had the pleasure of co-authoring a book with her - Natural Highs, in 2001. At that time Dr Cass was an assistant clinical professor at the Univers…

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Health Heroes Series - Microbiome Facts & Fallacies 55:12

2+ y ago55:12

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Are you confused about the microbiome? Are you unsure what all the new research you keep reading about actually means and what you’re meant to do as a result? Ben Brown, Director of the Nutritional Medicine Institute (NMI), an educational, advocacy and research group committed to advancing the science and practice of nutritional medicine, unravels …

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Brainstormers Series - What can psychedelics teach us about mental health? 58:13

2+ y ago58:13

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Psychiatrist Stanislav Grof said “Psychedelics, used responsibly and with proper caution, would be for psychiatry what the microscope is for biology and medicine or the telescope is for astronomy.” Today’s podcast is on the subject of psychedelics with Amanda Feilding. She is the Director of the Beckley Foundation, a charitable organisation set up …

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Health Heroes Series - Which childhood vaccines are worth having and when? 1:00:22

3y ago1:00:22

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Which childhood vaccines are worth having and when? Is there a risk with MMR? How safe are vaccines and multiple vaccines? Is there any case for HPV or COVID vaccines for young people? I explore these questions with vaccine expert and former GP Dr Richard Halvorsen, author of ‘Vaccines: Making the Right Choice for Your Child.’ Dr Halvorsen has been…

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Flu Fighters Series - All Things Covid – Latest News – Part 2 1:01:24

3y ago1:01:24

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In today’s podcast I’m joined once more by the award-winning medical journalist Jerome Burne for an ‘emergency’ discussion of all things Covid, following the reports that the virus was leaked from the Wuhan Lab and top people knew early on. We will also be looking more closely at new information about the prevalence of adverse effects and deaths as…

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Flu Fighters Series - Why are you vaccine hesitant? 1:14:40

3y ago1:14:40

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A few people have expressed concern that some of my content supports a covid vaccine-hesitant position. With one third of the UK population unvaccinated, and to give both sides of the argument a fair airing, in today’s podcast I’ve invited Dr Bnar Talabani, a hospital doctor and a scientist currently completing a PhD in immunology. She has been vol…

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Health Heroes Series - What really cause heart disease? The clot thickens 1:12:38

3y ago1:12:38

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Malcolm Kendrick is a GP who lives and works for the NHS in Cheshire. He has an enduring passion for heart disease. What causes it and what doesn’t. Here’s one clue - it is not cholesterol in the diet - or the bloodstream. His first book ‘The Great Cholesterol Con’, written in 2007, remains a thorn in the side of the cholesterol theory. He has writ…

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Flu Flighters Series - Other Approaches to Covid 1:02:51

3y ago1:02:51

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Vaccination is one approach to covid, triggering acquired immunity. But what else can be employed a) to support innate immunity and b) to supress viral replication? In this month’s podcast I’ll be updating you on three strong candidates – vitamin C, vitamin D and the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin – by talking to vitamin D expert Dr David Grimes and…

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Flu Fighters Series -All Things COVID 58:29

3y ago58:29

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Today my podcast guest is the award-winning medical journalist Jerome Burne who has exposed many a scandal, been first to the press with numerous breakthroughs, both in complementary and mainstream medicine. His latest piece, in the Daily Mail last month was on Long covid. In this podcast, we’re going to discuss all things covid related, from vacci…

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Health Heroes Series - How To Starve Cancer 1:04:47

3+ y ago1:04:47

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There’s nothing like impending death to sharpen resolve. Faced with grade 4 lung cancer secondaries (there’s no grade 5), my podcast guest Jane McLelland sharpened her scientific mind and delved deep into how to starve cancer and kill it, which she did twice when it returned as leukaemia. Her (just out) new second edition of her book ‘How to Starve…

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Health Heroes Series - How Junk Food Kills People 1:01:40

3+ y ago1:01:40

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In this podcast, I interview Dr Robert Lustig who is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He specializes in the field of neuroendocrinology, with an emphasis on the regulation of energy balance. His research and clinical practice have focused on childhood obesity and diab…

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Health Heroes Series - Food Allergies & Food Intolerances 53:16

3+ y ago53:16

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This week I’m speaking to Dr Gill Hart about food allergies and food intolerances, whom I consider to be the most informed scientist on food intolerance as well as an expert biochemist with over thirty years’ experience in the development and validation of hospital standard diagnostic tests and testing services. She has had her finger on the pulse …

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Health Hero Series - Soil Is Food's Medicine 1:02:13

3+ y ago1:02:13

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This week I’m joined by Craig Sams. He has always been a mover and shaker in the world of whole foods, but also where food comes from - the soil. In the 60’s he founded Whole Earth Foods, introducing the first organic brown rice for the emerging natural foods market. In the 90’s Craig and his wife Jo started Green & Blacks, the first organic chocol…

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Flu Fighters Series - Nutritional Approaches To Long Covid 48:28

3+ y ago48:28

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This week I am joined by Professor Shirley McIlvenny, a doctor originally from Northern Ireland but now on the Gold Coast of Australia who works at the National Institute of Integrative Medicine and has been both a Professor of Family Medicine and Education. She is an expert in post covid, or long covid and how to recover naturally. Dr Shirley has …

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Health Heroes Series - Why You Need Vitamin D 1:00:21

4y ago1:00:21

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In this month’s podcast, I’m talking to my ‘go to’ guy for anything to do with vitamin D. For more years or decades than I care to remember, Dr William Grant has been the ultimate vitamin D ferret, squirreling away all the studies, digging deeply into the mechanisms, and working closely with the Grassroots health Initiative - which we’ll talk about…

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The Fat Burners Podcast - The Low GL Revolution 59:07

4y ago59:07

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My podcast guest is an award-winning general practitioner, Dr. David Unwin, MD, known for pioneering the low-carb approach in the UK. In 2015, Dr. Unwin was made a UK Royal College of General Practitioners expert clinical advisor for his dedicated efforts within the areas of patient communication and type 2 diabetes. Then, in 2016, Dr. Unwin won th…

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Flu Fighters Series - Can Vitamin C in Critical Covid Save Lives? 1:17:55

4y ago1:17:55

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Can vitamin C in critical Covid save lives? That’s the topic of this podcast. I’m going to be talking to three of my co-authors of our review on vitamin C and Covid - Professor of Medicine Paul Marik, who is Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School and Dr Marcela Vizcaychipi, Head of Research …

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Brainstormers Series - Nutrition Solutions For Mental Health 48:54

4y ago48:54

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In this podcast, I’m talking to Lorraine Perretta, originally a New Yorker, who is a Fellow of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION)where she trained with me as a nutritional therapist back in the ‘90s. Lorraine is the Senior Clinical Nutritionist at ION’s not-for-profit clinic, Brain Bio Centre in Richmond. Lorraine is also a member of BANT an…

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Brainstormers Series - Food For The Brain 1:03:22

4y ago1:03:22

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Today’s guest is Professor Michael Crawford. He is the Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition. As you’ll find out he really put omega-3 on the map and, in so doing, discovered why our mental health is in decline and what we have to do to preserve humanity. Unfortunately, there was some unavoidable interference when recordi…

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Brainstormers Series - How We Really Evolved 35:11

4y ago35:11

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How did Homo Sapiens evolve and what were we eating? Around six million years ago our ancestral line splits from gorillas and chimpanzees with ever-increasing brain size until Homo Sapiens appears over 100,000 years ago. How did this happen? What were we eating and what does this tell us about our own optimum nutrition for brain health and why brai…

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Brainstormers Series - Alzheimer's Is A Preventable Disease 56:53

4y ago56:53

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In my latest podcast, I talk to Professor David Smith, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford, about a decade of ground-breaking research showing that brain shrinkage can be reduced by as much as 70 per cent with the right nutrients and why it’s vital to screen early for cognitive function and homocysteine to identify those …

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Women's Health - What You Need To Know About Hormones, Health and Nutrition 58:13

4+ y ago58:13

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In this month's podcast, I am joined by Dr. Marilyn Glenville PhD, The UK's leading nutritionist specialising in women's health and an expert on hormones. We are going to delve into the nutritional secrets of hormone health and will discuss what a woman needs to do to optimise hormonal health naturally through diet, supplements, and herbs, as well …

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How to Reboot Your Health, Energy and Immune System in 5 Days 41:47

4+ y ago41:47

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Award-winning medical journalist and co-author of the Hybrid Diet, Jerome Burne, talks with me about autophagy, intermittent fasting, cell rejuvenation, and my new book the 5 Day Diet, available NOW, www.fivedaydiet.co.uk. Pioneering research has shown that a diet that is low in carbs and calories and high in good fats that trigger ketosis can coun…

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Flu Fighters Series - Ep 5 - Vitamin C and The Importance Of Your Immune Health and Beyond 1:00:17

4+ y ago1:00:17

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In the last episode of my Flufighters series, join me and Dr Thomas Levy as we discuss his 25 years of clinical practice using high dose oral and intravenous vitamin C. My new book FLU FIGHTERS is available NOW go to www.flufighters.netBy patrickholford

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Flu Fighters Series - Ep 4 - The Sharp End of Treatment - How Intravenous Vitamin C is Saving Lives 1:21:32

4+ y ago1:21:32

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In this episode join me and my three special guests, Professor Marik, Dr Rensburg and Dr Mcllvenny as we discuss the use of Vitamin C for frontline staff. My new book FLU FIGHTERS is available NOW go to www.flufighters.netBy patrickholford

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Flu Fighters Series Ep3 - What We Know About Vitamin C and Infections 53:32

4+ y ago53:32

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In this episode of this 5-part series, join me and Prof Harri Hemila, from the Department of Public Health at the University of Helsinki in Finland, where we explore the increasing body of evidence for the power of Vitamin C. My new book FLU FIGHTERS is available NOW go to www.flufighters.netBy patrickholford

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