Best Eve Kalinik Podcasts (2024)

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What is the secret to longevity? 28:29

6M ago28:29

28:29

How can I live longer and better? What supplement will make me more youthful? In the last of the current series we discuss the topic of longevity which has become a really popular biohacking subject in recent years. Can certain supplements or protocols promise the elixir of youth? Or is it just a lot more simple than that? If you want to know your …

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Will we ever get off the yo-yo diet train? 25:11

6M ago25:11

25:11

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode does refer to binge eating and eating disorders at points throughout. Yo-yo dieting aka the binge-purge cycle is something that has been around for decades and even though it gets rebranded with other descriptions like detoxes or surrounded with phrases like ‘cheat days’ it’s still the same thing. Basically moving from…

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How bad is bread and are there any good loaves out there? 24:07

6M ago24:07

24:07

Is bread all bad? We are a nation of bread lovers but we're also constantly told we should eat less of it. But IS ALL BREAD BAD? In this episode we explore some of the reasons bread got it's 'bad boy' reputation. Why more and more people are not tolerating it and discuss how today's farming techniques and supermarket breads may be a contributing fa…

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The rise of the semaglutide. 26:34

6M ago26:34

26:34

Fat jabs, skinny jabs, you will have heard about the controversial 'quick fix' semaglutides being used to lose weight quickly. It’s been splashed all over the media in recent years and with major celebrity endorsement we wanted to talk about the rise of semaglutide aka Ozempic and Wagovy as its trade name descriptions would call it. Is this the 'wo…

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Am I perimenopausal? 25:55

7M ago25:55

25:55

How do I know if I'm perimenopausal? Brain fog, night sweats, anxiety, weight gain, insomnia, all of these could be symptoms of the perimenopause. This week we look at perimenopause - what is it exactly and what are some of the changes we might expect to feel both physically and mentally. We talk about the vast array of symptoms, the possible role …

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Is adrenal health key to managing stress? 27:32

7M ago27:32

27:32

Is modern living hammering our adrenals and how can we manage our stress response? In this episode we discuss what adrenal health really means. How do the adrenals influence symptoms and systems in the body including immune system health, hormone balancing, metabolism and managing inflammation? We also differentiate between positive and negative st…

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The Vitals of Vitamin D 23:20

7M ago23:20

23:20

Are you always tired? Got low energy and constantly getting colds? Do you have psoriasis, eczema or asthma? You might be deficient in Vitamin D. In this episode we dig into vitamin D, why it isn’t strictly speaking a 'vitamin’ but how important it is for our overall health. We talk about how can we make sure we get enough of it and what happens to …

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Is Matcha a healthy alternative to coffee? 22:14

7M ago22:14

22:14

What is matcha and is it better for you than coffee? How do you make it and why do people drink it? In this episode we take a look at matcha. Its origins, how to drink it, what differentiates a good matcha from a ‘junk' matcha and how to best source as well as its health benefits. Is it worth the expensive price tag? And could it be a healthier alt…

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Should we be swapping out milk and meat for plant-based alternatives? 24:40

8M ago24:40

24:40

Is oat milk better than cows milk? Are fake meats better than real meat? Is a plant-based diet the answer? In this episode we discuss the confusing, often misleading and controversial subjects of plant-based milks and meats. Should we be swapping out our milks for plant-based alternatives or not? And if we are what are the kinds of things should we…

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Fertility - How young is too young to understand your fertility? 40:51

8M ago40:51

40:51

We are back! And we have a big topic to start the season. This week we are talking around fertility including how to check your stats, the hormonal caveats of stress, sharing our own personal experiences including egg freezing, sperm donation and young parenthood, and of course our thoughts on nutrition, lifestyle factors and supplementation. Wheth…

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Mum's Christmas Special 47:34

10M ago47:34

47:34

For our special Christmas episode we invited our wonderful mums onto the pod to talk all around the festive holidays including food, booze and the emotions that can often come with this time of year. Expect funny anecdotes, shared wisdom and a few tips to help you navigate and celebrate the Christmas spirit without pressing the f&*k it button. List…

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Can regulating our circadian rhythm help with sleep? - Sadie Frost 43:19

1+ y ago43:19

43:19

Circadian rhythm essentially refers to our biological internal clock and has a vital role in regulating our sleep-wake cycle. There has been a huge increase in studying this in relation to our overall health and well-being, most notably sleep. We wanted to investigate further and see if light exposure and working in conjunction with our circadian r…

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Are infrared saunas just a lot of hot air? 18:51

1+ y ago18:51

18:51

Infrared saunas seem to be increasing in popularity with advocates championing their wide ranging benefits from better sleep, improved circulation, increased detoxification and relief from muscular pain. Unlike a traditional sauna, infrared saunas don’t heat the air around you. Instead, they use infrared lamps (that use electromagnetic radiation) t…

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Is Pilates more than just about the pelvic floor? 26:49

1+ y ago26:49

26:49

Despite having its first wave of celebrity endorsement in the 90’s, pilates has been around since the 1920’s. It was created by Joseph Pilates who famously said “in 10 sessions you feel better, in 20 sessions you look better, 30 sessions you have a completely new body”. The main premise being on strengthening core muscles around the spine and the p…

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Can we bounce ourselves happy? 21:32

1+ y ago21:32

21:32

Rebounding requires using a trampoline or trampette to essentially jump up and down as a way to improve our fitness levels - it certainly can elevate our heart rate! Fans of this type of exercise famously include Goldie Hawn who streamed her rebounding during the lock down days. However many proponents of rebounding also claim it may help to increa…

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Can ‘nootropic' supplements make us smarter? 20:48

1+ y ago20:48

20:48

The term ’nootropic’ is really an umbrella term for supplements (and certain meds) which can supposedly help to boost the brain’s performance and enhance cognitive functions. These may include specific vitamins, minerals, fatty acids or derived from plants, while others can be made from novel synthetic compounds in the case of prescription meds. De…

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Is calorie counting a waste of time? 25:49

1+ y ago25:49

25:49

TRIGGER WARNING: Eating disorders are discussed in this episode Calories are universally recognised as a means to measure the amount of energy in foods that are present on the pack of every food we buy. This has been used as a way to monitor the amount of energy we take in through our food and implemented in certain weight loss programmes. In more …

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DO WE NEED TO ‘CLEANSE’ OUR LIVER? 20:10

1+ y ago20:10

20:10

Liver cleanses and detoxes can be big business in the wellness industry. Essentially these various programmes or protocols are based around the notion that they promise to 'rid the body of various toxins’. Despite some quite bold claims there is virtually no scientific evidence to back this up. There are many different interpretations of what these…

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Is acupuncture really that ‘on point’? 23:04

1+ y ago23:04

23:04

Acupuncture is based on an ancient Chinese medicine philosophy using needles to trigger specific points in order to influence areas of the body and to bring into alignment ‘qi’ which refers to the body’s life-giving force. Despite this sounding a little woo woo to some people the anecdotal evidence is vast and there are more and more scientific stu…

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What happens when you eat only junk food (aka UPF’s) for a week? 24:07

1+ y ago24:07

24:07

Ultra-processed foods or UPF’s are foods that have undergone heavy processing using largely manufactured ingredients on industrial-scale levels. This usually means using methods like hydrogenation and moulding and chemical additives such as preservatives, stabilisers, emulsifiers and artificial sweeteners. These foods are typically calorie dense an…

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Is Water Fasting a risky business? 23:59

1+ y ago23:59

23:59

With the increased interest in the concept of fasting we wanted to push this to the extreme and explore water fasting - a type of fast during which you cannot consume anything other than water. There are a few reasons why people might fast including religious reasons as well as prepping for medical procedures but in the realms of health benefits it…

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Your Christmas Bonus Episode! 12 Days of Sprouts ... 26:02

2y ago26:02

26:02

Love them or loathe them Brussels sprouts are synonymous with Christmas and so we thought an entire episode dedicated to them would be suitably festive. They also pack a pretty mean punch flavour and nutrition wise being that they are high in powerful compounds such as Indole-3-carbinols and sulforaphane that have been linked to myriad positive hea…

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Can a dedicated Yoga practise help with injury rehab? 22:46

2y ago22:46

22:46

In this episode we rope Rose’s husband, the brilliant artist Jake Chapman, into a four week intensive yoga challenge to help address a long-standing injury. The rules: Jake has to follow an online yoga programme every day for 4 weeks using the infamous ‘yoga with Adrienne’. Can getting his ‘ommm’ on help Jake to be more aware of taking care of his …

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What is the deal with Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment? 29:34

2y ago29:34

29:34

Hyberbaric Oxygen Treatment (HBOT) has been associated with improving a diverse range of conditions, mostly used for post surgical and injury recovery. More recently though it is being used to provide anti-inflammatory and immune support in conditions such as asthma. Essentially it involves sitting or lying in a pressurised chamber and breathing in…

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Is Weight Lifting more than just about the 'gains'? 23:31

2y ago23:31

23:31

Strength training has become a lot more popular with the rise of so called ‘Fitspos’ on social media and the hashtag ‘gains’. Vanity aside though strength training has myriad health benefits in that it can help to protect joints from injury, maintain and improve bone density and muscle mass, as well increased range of mobility. Given its increased …

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Can mushrooms be ‘magical’ for our immune system? 24:02

2y ago24:02

24:02

Well to be clear we are not talking about the hallucinogenic ones but medicinal mushrooms that include reishi, cordyceps and lion’s mane to name a few. These medicinal mushrooms have been around for centuries and traditionally used for their health promoting benefits including helping to manage stress and anxiety, reduce inflammation and even heral…

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Is Collagen the key to positive ageing? 25:20

2y ago25:20

25:20

Collagen has been knocking around for some years and often with some outlandish claims, as well as a whole lot of products on the market which makes it really tricky to navigate. We wanted to get to the real potential benefits for collagen and the how’s, why’s and when to take it, so for this week we are delighted to invite Kate Prince, founder, an…

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Sober October 23:27

2y ago23:27

23:27

Like Dry Jan, Sober October, is nothing particularly new. However there is a massively rising trend is the amount of people that are deciding to shun alcohol altogether and opt for a completely sober life. You guys don’t need us to tell you that excessive alcohol consumption has some really negative health associations so can these periods of absti…

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Is 30-per-week the new 5-a-day? 25:42

2y ago25:42

25:42

Many of us are familiar with the mantra ‘5-a-day’ and whilst that takes into account the amount of fruit and veg we should be eating it is missing a key component when it comes to gut health which is diversity. We know that the path to a healthier and happier gut is one that is diverse as this feeds many more good microbes in our microbiome. The wa…

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Is Manifestation the Secret to Getting the Life you Want? 23:21

2y ago23:21

23:21

The concept of manifestation is essentially the act of bringing into reality the outcomes that you desire. More recently manifestation has been popularised by books like The Law of Attraction and The Secret. Some will refer to manifestation as simply woo woo and pseudoscience but others disagree so is there a more nuanced way to think about this? W…

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Waste Not, Want Not 25:39

2y ago25:39

25:39

As we are in a global climate catastrophe it is vital that all of us actively strive to change our lifestyle and food practices to feed into a more sustainable system. Much of this means minimising the volume and toxicity of our waste as well as conserving as much and as many resources as we can to help support the health of our planet and everythi…

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‘Meat feast’ - we get to the bones of the Carnivore diet 25:38

2y ago25:38

25:38

It wouldn’t be The Wellness Breakdown if we didn’t push some of these challenges to the extreme and the first episode of the new season is really going there! You might be familiar with high-protein diets or even the Paleo (aka caveman diet) but you may not have heard of the Carnivore diet which focuses only on meat, essentially foods that either ‘…

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The Wild West of supplements - are they just a total con? 23:39

2y ago23:39

23:39

The supplements industry is booming and shockingly not very regulated. This can leave it super confusing as a consumer on knowing what to buy and whether you need to buy them at all. This is why we are absolutely thrilled to have founder of LYMA life, Lucy Goff, onto the podcast to literally help sort the men from the boys. This woman REALLY knows …

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Cryotherapy — can it put a cold hard stop on pain? 20:26

2+ y ago20:26

20:26

Many of us have grabbed a bag of frozen peas or an ice-pack to help reduce inflammation and swelling which means we have pretty much all used cryotherapy at some point. Using localised extreme cold is nothing new in terms of its medicinal application for injuries after all. However whole-body cryotherapy is taking this to another level and this is …

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Microneedling - is this the secret to positive ageing? 20:00

2+ y ago20:00

20:00

In this episode we investigate whether going under the needle can actually work as a non-invasive facelift and this time it is Eve taking on the challenge. Microneedling has been rapidly gaining popularity and is a minimally invasive treatment that can help to stimulate the production of collagen and hence its link to helping to lift, tighten and r…

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Blood Glucose Monitors - Can these help or hinder our relationship with food? 23:30

2+ y ago23:30

23:30

Do you know what foods spike your blood sugar? In this episode we've asked renowned journalist Kate Spicer to strap on a blood glucose monitor and find out. Kate is always up for a health challenge and with a critical eye on these things, we thought she would be perfect to test this gadget out. CGM (Continuous glucose monitoring) has typically been…

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Is 10k steps the magic number? 19:23

2+ y ago19:23

19:23

'Is 10k steps the magic number?' In this episode we dig into whether 10k steps is really how much we should be walking every day and this time Eve challenges Rose to get her walking boots on. Many of us have been lead to believe that we should be hitting the magic number of 10,000 steps per day to keep fit and healthy. However contrary to what we m…

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Can a sleep hygiene regime help you to get ‘better in bed’? 20:08

2+ y ago20:08

20:08

It is our second guest of the season and this time Eve has roped in her wonderful mate Morgan for this better zzz's challenge. Morgan is very open with the fact that he has suffered with disrupted sleep for many years and so we thought he would really appreciate us trying to boost his snoozing habits. Sleep, or the lack thereof, is something that m…

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Juice fasting - is this just a quick-fix way to weight loss or can it be a useful circuit breaker? 20:04

2+ y ago20:04

20:04

In this episode Rose sets Eve the challenge of a 3-day juice fast. Juice fasting is something that over the past decade or so has sparked a LOT of attention. Many advocates of the practice believe that it can have incredible benefits and link its association to a myriad of positive health benefits. However others reckon it's just a load of baloney …

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Getting off the White Stuff ... with DJ Fat Tony 24:57

2+ y ago24:57

24:57

It's our first guest episode of the season and a really brilliant one at that! Yes, we are thrilled to welcome DJ, author and altogether fabulous Fat Tony. Tony famously doesn’t take requests so we are truly honoured that he has agreed to take on the challenge of quitting 'the white stuff' aka sugar for 2 weeks. Sugar is one that we can have a bit …

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Meditation - Does it really change the way we think and feel? 20:01

2+ y ago20:01

20:01

In this episode Eve sets Rose the challenge of practising meditation for 2 weeks. Meditation might seem like it has gained more popularity over the past two decades with the various apps and such like but actually it has been practised for thousands of years and in many different forms. Once seen as something more spiritual, in recent years meditat…

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The Keto diet craze - is chewing the fat worth all the hype? 21:28

2+ y ago21:28

21:28

In this first episode of The Wellness Breakdown Season 2, Rose sets Eve the challenge of following a Ketogenic (aka Keto) diet. The Keto diet is very popular at the moment for weight loss but actually it was originally developed for use in clinical settings for patients with epilepsy and with really rather remarkable effects. The overall premise of…

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Christmas Special 36:11

3y ago36:11

36:11

Eat, drink & be merry is almost synonymous with the Christmas holidays but can too much of a good thing really be that good after all? In this special Christmas episode Eve challenges Rose to experience the two extremes of enjoying the festivities. We've decided on this challenge to question whether we really do have to completely overindulge to ju…

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Could cold showers hold the key to concentration? 20:51

3y ago20:51

20:51

On this special episode of The Wellness Breakdown, Eve sets her friend, Andrea, the Wim Hof Challenge. The Wim Hof method is a combination of cold water therapy and breathing exercises. Wim Hof, the man who developed this lifestyle routine, did so as a means to help manage his stress levels, and since then, champions of the routine have claimed it …

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Can a high protein diet halt your sugar cravings? 22:07

3y ago22:07

22:07

About the episodeOn this special episode, Rose sets her friend James the high protein diet challenge, with the aim of reducing his sugar intake. We eat way too much sugar. Most already know about the health conditions associated with too much sugar such as weight gain, high blood pressure, poor sleep, skin problems. The list goes on. A key problem …

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Intermittent fasting: a better eating routine, or starvation? 20:49

3y ago20:49

20:49

About the episodeIn this episode, Rose sets Eve the intermittent fasting challenge. For many of us, we are constantly consuming. Food is addictive and we are always eating. Some of the problems associated with constant consumption include weight gain, digestive problems and brain fog. If we ate less frequently we might feel more alert, have healthi…

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Can going completely plant based be bad for you? 18:57

3y ago18:57

18:57

About the episodeOn today’s episode, Eve makes Rose go completely plant based for two weeks. Increasingly, the decision to have a totally plant based diet is no longer being made simply on ethical grounds, but also for health reasons. There’s been a growing focus on the link between a plant based diet and reduced risk to common health conditions li…

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CBD: The perfect stress solution, or a scam? 21:35

3y ago21:35

21:35

About the episodeIn this week’s episode of The Wellness Breakdown, Rose sets Eve the CBD challenge. In the past decade, the CBD industry has exploded. Now, anyone can find CBD oils, teas, sweets, bars, even soaps. According to industry analysts, the CBD market was worth £300 million in 2020.* That figure is expected to more than triple in the next …

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Is fermented foods worth the gut health hype? 18:25

3y ago18:25

18:25

About the episodeOn this episode of The Wellness Breakdown, Eve sets Rose a challenge to find out if fermented foods really are worth the gut health hype. Historically, fermenting foods was a practise used as a means to preserve food and drink in the days before refrigeration. But in recent years, fermented foods have made a health comeback. Propon…

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Can going caffeine free cold turkey fix your sleep? 25:39

3y ago25:39

25:39

About the episodeThis week on the podcast, Rose makes Eve go caffeine free for a fortnight. Caffeine has become universal in our lives. We use caffeine to wake us up in the morning, we meet friends for a coffee at lunch. We eat caffeinated desserts and drink coffees at the end of meals. Coffee is delicious, stimulating and cultural but it also has …

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