I am an Intensive Care doctor. And today I feel scared. This coronavirus pandemic is serious. It is the biggest healthcare emergency I have ever witnessed. We aren’t overwhelmed yet in my country, Australia, but what I have read and heard in the last fortnight from around the world has made me realise we are in the midst of a global catastrophe. In…

This entire episode is devoted to a single scientific paper. A recently published scientific article from a high impact factor journal which I think is so important everyone should at least know about it if they haven’t read it. It’s entitled “Milk and Health” and was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in the 13th February 2020 editio…

This episode of the New Normal Project is all about the brain and keeping your brain healthy. It features Phil Dobson who is the creator of BrainWorkshops, the mission of which is to help people get more from their brains. Phil used to be a musician. But when he badly broke his ankle over a decade ago, his career and life radically changed. He trai…

This episode is designed to encourage you to take actions to improve your health, fitness and wellness by making changes to your lifestyle, so you can become more fit for life, and thereby move towards your new normal. I tell you about: One recently published scientific paper on sleep I think is worth knowing about Four other recently published sci…

In this episode of the New Normal Project podcast we replay a previous episode which featured Dr Alan Desmond (broadcast originally as episode 51). Dr Alan Desmond is a gastroenterologist from the UK and is an expert on the gut, the microbiome, gut health, gut disorders like inflammatory bowel disease and bowel cancer, and optimal nutrition. Origin…

This is a replay of a previous episode (number 53) which featured Dr John Orchard speaking on the health effects of exercise. John is a sport and exercise medicine physician who combines work in professional sport (he is Chief Medical Officer for Cricket Australia), research (he has over 250 scientific journal publications), a speaker (at conferenc…

In this episode we replay a previous episode which featured Neal Barnard speaking on how to start plant-based eating and which health benefits you might expect. That episode was number 45. Dr Neal Barnard is a physician, a clinical researcher, and an author from Washington DC. Since 1985, through the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, w…

In this episode we replay a previous episode which featured Andy Ramage and which was broadcast originally as episode 46. Andy is an author, a performance coach, an entrepreneur, a keynote speaker (including having done a TEDx talk), and a co-founder of the One Year No Beer movement. He is an ex-professional footballer, an ex-oil broker, has studie…

In this episode you’ll hear an inspiring story of transformation through a lifestyle based on a healthy plant, body and mind focus. Jeffrey Lester, originally from Atlanta in the USA, transformed himself from a people-pleasing, academic achievement-focused and obese young adult to a mature, wise, kind and purpose-focused man living a lifestyle of s…

This episode is designed to encourage you to take actions to improve your health by living a more plant-based, body-moving and mind-focused lifestyle, thereby moving towards your new normal. I tell you about: Three recently published scientific papers worth knowing about (one on napping, one on physical activity, and one on dietary protein intake) …

Dr Michael Greger is featured on this episode of the New Normal Project. Yes, the good doctor from NutritionFacts.org, the book How Not To Die and his latest book How Not to Diet, which was released today. When I was at medical school we learnt all about diseases, syndromes, drugs and procedures. There was very little education about nutrition. I d…

Are you aware adult health is influenced by what we eat as adults AND as children? Whilst it might seem difficult to believe the food we eat early in life can influence the diseases we develop and how long we live, most of us do understand that childhood nutrition is at least a little bit important. And that foods like cow’s milk, soft drinks and s…

This episode features Dr Gemma Newman, a knowledgeable, caring and helpful UK General Practitioner, who practices lifestyle medicine based around a whole-food plant-based diet and the core belief that the body can naturally heal itself if it’s given the right conditions. Gemma is the sort of doctor we could all do with visiting no matter how health…

In this episode New Normal Project podcast host, Dr Andrew Davies, encourages you to take action. In an aim to inspire and empower you to live a more plant-based, body-moving and mind-focused lifestyle, and to move towards your new normal, Andrew discusses what's been happening recently for him. Andrew talks about: How he's been going with some of …

On this episode my inspiring guest is Adam Guthrie, whose health and vitality was amazingly transformed when he found out about and then adopted a whole food plant-based diet after having a heart attack at age 39. Adam started his career as a chef but his vocation drifted into real estate where he was overeating junk food and became overweight and …

In this episode New Normal Project podcast host, Dr Andrew Davies, tries something new. In an aim to inspire and empower you to live a more plant-based, body-moving and mind-focused lifestyle, and to consolidate his own new normal, Andrew discusses what's been happening recently for him. Andrew talks about: How he's been going with 2 of the recent …

This week’s guest is triathlete and Ultraman Brad Dalrymple. With most of the recent episodes focused on how plant-based eating can improve health and fight disease, it’s time to change tack and discuss what else a plant-based diet can do - in terms of improving and sustaining athletic performance. Exercise is vital to our health. It helps us to mo…

This week on the podcast you’ll meet Aggie and Kasia, the Plant Powered Mothers. Come and join us as I ask them about their transitions to a plant-based lifestyle and the advocacy they do through the Plant Powered Mothers podcast. You can find them at www.plantpoweredmothers.com. After a decent gap between episodes here is a conversation with 2 fir…

How might you make your next meal even just slightly more healthy? Could you organize your kitchen to make it easier to eat well? Can you maximize the amazing benefits of phytonutrients in your food? I hope you’ll be thinking about these questions after listening to this episode of the New Normal Project show with Ashley Jubinville. Ashley is The K…

How much daily exercise is required to have health benefits? Which diseases can be prevented and even treated with exercise? How can you exercise to prevent an overuse injury? These are just three of the important questions you’ll hear the answers to in this Masterclass on the effects of exercise on your health. My guest on the podcast this week is…

This episode’s guests are Natalie and Stuart McIntosh. Stuart and Natalie (also known as Jai Ma), created the documentary “Serving Love”, an excellent movie sharing the stories of people who have experienced the profound health benefits of following a high raw plant based lifestyle, including overcoming cancer, illness and depression, whilst also d…

What are the 5 top evidence-based tips to maintain your gut health? And which 3 questions should your doctor be asking you about your diet? Dr Alan Desmond, a plant-based gastroenterologist from the UK, is fascinated with the diet that is most likely to improve the gut health of his patients, especially those with gastrointestinal problems like inf…

Episode 50 of the podcast is here! And it’s the 2nd birthday of the podcast too. That’s two years and many hours of enjoyable podcasting to acknowledge, especially given the value our inspiring guests have provided. After a busy first year followed by 12 months of far fewer episodes, I thought it was time to clarify what the true purpose of the pod…

What’s the best way to speak when helping people understand the benefits of a plant-based diet? This week’s New Normal Project podcast guest, Dr Scott Stoll, has been thinking about this question for a long time. After representing the USA in the Olympic bobsled, Scott completed his medical specialist training in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicin…

Is heart disease from clogged arteries a food-borne disease? Can eating the right foods really reverse heart disease? Which foods have a powerful antioxidant effect in your blood vessels? Dr Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr is a superhero in our family. And this American surgeon who turned his career on a head to become a provider, researcher, advocate and…