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 ...
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Fancy being wrong about something? That's a rhetorical question, of course, you don't... no one does. The thing is, once the initial discomfort has passed, it's truly the best way way to grow as a human being. Welcome to Willing To Be Wrong, a podcast with the intention of doing just that. My name is Dr Joshua Wolrich and I'm an NHS surgical doctor, nutrition MSc student, author and accidental influencer. Like all healthcare professionals, I was taught by a system that practises medicine in ...
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#9: Anna Sweeney - Navigating Diet Culture as a Dietitian Living with Multiple Sclerosis
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Anna Sweeney, MS, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and owner of Whole Life Nutrition Counseling, a weight inclusive nutrition therapy practice dedicated to the thoughtful treatment of eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns. She practices …
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In this episode, I get to have a conversation with the wonderful Zoe Pearce, a 28-year-old mother of two from the north of England who was diagnosed with Lipoedema at the age of 24, although it was something she recognises as having had since her teenage years. For the last few years, she’s been trying to do as much as possible to spread awareness …
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#7: Sarah Nicole Landry - #PassTheMic, Privilege, Detoxes and Cupcakes
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In this episode, I get to have a conversation with the fantastic Sarah Nicole Landry who is a body confidence advocate, speaker, writer, model, weekly podcast host, and mother to 4 kids (the youngest of which is only a few months old). We talk about the hashtag #PassTheMic, and why it's so crucial not just to 'sit down and shut up' on topics such a…
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#6: Stephanie Yeboah - Body Positivity, the Medicalisation of Size and COVID Mortality
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In this episode, I get to talk with the brilliant Stephanie Yeboah. She is an author, journalist, fat acceptance advocate, and content creator who is passionate about fat liberation and centering plus size people of colour in discussions around body positivity. The body positivity movement is one commonly misrepresented online, especially on social…
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#5: Teddy Okechukwu - Are Medical Students Taught about Weight Stigma?
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Teddy Okechukwu is a final-year medical student in the UK who creates content online in relation to her studies and mental health. When I first came across her a couple of years ago she was one of the very few UK medical students actually using social media identifiably. She was thrust into the public eye a couple of months ago after winning a mass…
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#4: Pixie Turner - Emotional Eating, Wellness Wankery and Coffee Enemas
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In this episode, I get to have a conversation with the fantastic Pixie Turner, who is a registered nutritionist, trainee psychotherapist, science communicator and author of several brilliant nutrition books. This dual training gives her incredible insight into such topics as emotional eating. A quick google search might convince you that it's the w…
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#3: Amanda Lee - Medical Weight Stigma, the History of the BMI and Why Weight-Centric Healthcare Is Just Lazy
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TW: weight stigma In this episode, I get to have a conversation with Amanda Lee, who is an actress, singer and photographer who went viral last month after she posted an incredibly emotional video online about her experience of medical weight stigma. After telling her doctor that she hadn't been able to eat because of how much pain she'd been exper…
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#2: Callie Thorpe - The Predictable (yet Painful) Response to the Cosmo Cover, 'This is healthy!'
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TW: weight stigma In this episode, I get to talk with the incredible Callie Thorpe, who is a speaker, writer and model who most recently featured on the cover of the February 2021 issue of Cosmopolitan. You may have seen one of the many stigmatising news articles, television segments and concern trolling social media posts made about why the cover …
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#1: Megan Crabbe - Eating Disorders, Body Positivity and 'Zero-Calorie' Noodles
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TW: description of eating disorders and disordered eating behaviours In this first episode, I get to have a conversation with the fantastic Megan Crabbe. We discuss topics ranging from her relationship with food and recovering from an eating disorder, the impact of social media on body image, why she loves pandas so much, and why she might soon be …
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My debut book, Food Isn't Medicine: Challenge Nutribollocks & Escape The Diet Trap, is now available for pre-order online (Amazon, Book Depository, and elsewhere). Do come and join me on social media @drjoshuawolrich.By Dr Joshua Wolrich
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Marmot Report (re: life expectancy, etc) http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/fair-society-healthy-lives-the-marmot-review/fair-society-healthy-lives-full-report-pdf.pdf The density of fast food outlets https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/741555/Fast_Food_map.pdf Social…
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Reduction in saturated fat reducing heart disease risk https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26068959 Not distinguishing between carbohydrate type/divergent effects of carb type https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593072/ Replacing SFA with PUFA https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2843598/ Finnish Case Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.ni…
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You Are Not What You Eat (identity politics and flat-earth thinking)
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Join us on Instagram @drjoshuawolrich and @thenutritional_advocate. Support on www.patreon.com/drjoshuawolrich for early episode access and extra video content. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Dr Joshua Wolrich & Alan Flanagan
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Join us on Instagram @drjoshuawolrich and @thenutritional_advocate. Support on www.patreon.com/drjoshuawolrich for early episode access and extra video content. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Dr Joshua Wolrich & Alan Flanagan
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'Food is Medicine'; benign statement or harmful rhetoric?
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Join us on Instagram @drjoshuawolrich and @thenutritional_advocate. Support on www.patreon.com/drjoshuawolrich for early episode access and extra video content. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Dr Joshua Wolrich & Alan Flanagan
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Join us on Instagram @drjoshuawolrich and @thenutritional_advocate. Support on www.patreon.com/drjoshuawolrich for early episode access and extra video content. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Dr Joshua Wolrich & Alan Flanagan
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