Podcast Episodes

Fiber: Why it’s important and how to get more of it

Diets rich in fiber are associated with good heart health and metabolic wellbeing. This type of diet can do wonders for our gut microbiome.

With so m…

3 years, 6 months ago

Heart health and aging

Do our blood vessels hold the secret to long life?

60,000 miles long. That’s the length of the tube system inside us that transports blood, oxygen, an…

3 years, 6 months ago

Gas & Bloating: the causes & how to stop it

Most of us are familiar with the unpleasant feeling of being bloated. It can happen after eating specific foods or when you experience slower bowel m…

3 years, 6 months ago

How your food choices affect the planet

Our planet is overheating. Human society is creating too much carbon dioxide, stopping the sun’s warmth from escaping back into space. As earth gets …

3 years, 7 months ago

High cholesterol foods: what really happens when you eat them?

Cholesterol in our food has a bad reputation. Many of us think of it as something to try to cut it out of our diet completely.  Yet new research coul…

3 years, 7 months ago

How to make your body clock work for you

In today’s world, we increasingly live our lives late into the night. Whether it's work obligations, socializing, or being glued to a screen, we igno…

3 years, 7 months ago

Artificial sweeteners - worse than sugar?

Artificial sweeteners are everywhere. Not only in diet soft drinks but in many foods that you wouldn’t expect. You’ve probably eaten some today witho…

3 years, 7 months ago

Can spices improve your health?

Kanchan Koya grew up in a house filled with wonderful fragrances from the spices simmering on her grandmother’s stove. In India, it was a common beli…

3 years, 7 months ago

How healthy are meat and dairy alternatives?

Vegan diets are increasingly popular. As more of us reduce our animal product consumption, countless new meat and dairy alternatives appear on our su…

3 years, 8 months ago

How food can improve your mood

We’ve all felt the effects of food on our mood, so it would stand to reason that dietary intervention for mental health would be well studied and a r…

3 years, 8 months ago