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Brett Hill brings you This Week In Wellness, the health news highlights you need. Every week Brett scours the globe to find the most relevant and important health news highlight to bring to his tribe. In just 5 minutes he will get you up to date with the news and share his opinion of what this means for you. So tune in to stay up to date on the wellness world in just 5 minutes a week. Brett Hill brings you This Week In Wellness, the health news highlights you need. Every week Brett scours the globe to find the most relevant and important health news highlight to bring to his tribe. In just 5 minutes he will get you up to date with the news and share his opinion of what this means for you. So tune in to stay up to date on the wellness world in just 5 minutes a week.
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TWIW 222: The vegan twin may have less heart disease risk from 2023-12-10T18:30
This Week In Wellness a study of 22 pairs of identical twins by Stanford Medicine researchers has found that a vegan diet may improve cardiovascular health in as little as eight weeks. https://w...
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TWIW 221: Meat may prevent cancer from 2023-12-03T18:30
This Week In Wellness eating red meat and dairy could help to fight cancer according to a new study published in Nature. https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/22/eating-red-meat-dairy-reduces-cancer-risk-...
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TWIW 220: Up to 80% of the population may be subluxated from 2023-11-19T18:30
This Week In Wellness a paper in the web based peer review journal Cureus, shows that up to 80% of US citizens may be suffering from vertebral subluxation and its side effects. https://www.cureu...
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TWIW 219: Oral Contraceptives may make women fearful from 2023-11-12T18:30
This Week In Wellness a report published in Frontiers of Endocrinology has suggested that use of the Oral Contraceptive Pill may enhance women’s susceptibility to stress-related illness and anxi...
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TWIW 218: Mobile phones lower sperm count from 2023-11-05T18:30
This Week In Wellness research published in the journal Fertility and Sterility has found that EMF radiation caused by the increased use of mobile phones may be associated with a reduced sperm c...
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TWIW 217: Triglycerides lower risk of dementia by 18% from 2023-10-29T18:30
This Week In Wellness high levels of triglycerides, a type of fat, long demonised for their potential role in heart disease and stroke, may contribute to a lower risk of dementia and a slower co...
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TWIW 216: Sugary drinks linked to ADHD from 2023-10-22T18:30
This Week In Wellness a new study published in Nutrients has confirmed what many parents and health experts alike have long feared, namely that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs...
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TWIW 215: Tea inactivates Omnicron from 2023-10-08T18:30
This Week In Wellness a study published in Scientific Reports has shown that black, green and matcha tea were all effective at inactivating the Omnicron subvariant of SARS Coronavirus 2. https:/...
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TWIW 214: 3000 steps a day as good as blood pressure meds from 2023-10-01T18:30
This Week In Wellness just 3000 steps a day may be enough to reduce blood pressure according to a new study in the Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. https://www.sciencedaily.com...
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TWIW 213: Keto diets may help women with PCOS conceive from 2023-09-24T14:30
This Week In Wellness research from the Journal of the Endocrine Society has shown that the ketogenic (or keto) diet may lower testosterone levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS),...
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TWIW 212: Healthy lifestyle helps to prevent depression by 57% from 2023-09-17T19:30
This Week In Wellness a study published in Nature Mental Health has shown that 7 different lifestyle habits can all lower the risk of depression. The most impactful of these habits being adequat...
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TWIW 211: Round Up class actions come to Australia from 2023-09-10T19:30
This Week In Wellness the class action lawsuits against Monsanto (the makers of Round-Up now owned by Bayer) previously reported overseas on this podcast have now come to Australia with an Austr...
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TWIW 149: Freedom fighting website targeted by electoral commission from 2022-04-17T19:00
This Week In Wellness a website promoting “freedom fighting” election hopefuls, has been targeted by The Australian Electoral Commission for apparently breaching “political authorisation rules”....
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TWIW 148: Researcher famed for accusing natural remedies of fraud, accused of fraud from 2022-04-10T19:00
This Week In Wellness Steven Newmaster, a researcher and botanist at the University of Guelph is facing charges of using fraudulent research methods. Newmaster found fame in 2013 publishing a st...
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TWIW 147: Children 0-4 added to vaccine injury compensations scheme from 2022-04-03T19:00
This Week In Wellness in a move described by News Ltd as being “quietly noted in budget papers” Children aged 0 to 4 years of age have been added to Australia’s vaccine injury compensation claim...
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TWIW 146: 95% of dietary guidelines creators conflicted from 2022-03-27T18:00
This Week In Wellness a March 2022 study published in the journal Public Health Nutrition has found that 95% of the advisory committee members that created the 2020-2025 US Dietary Guidelines ha...
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TWIW 145: Medical‘maximisers’may be worse off from 2022-03-20T18:00
This Week In Wellness a study has shown that “medical maximisiers”, people who are more prone to race off to the doctor, seek a prescription and demand a treatment may actually be doing themselv...
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TWIW 144: Glucose or Fructose? from 2022-03-13T18:00
This Week In Wellness a systematic review examining the replacement of glucose and sucrose with fructose in foods and drinks has failed to show the harmful effects of Fructose previously suggest...
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TWIW 143: Eating meat extends lifespan from 2022-02-27T18:00
This Week In Wellness a landmark Adelaide Uni study has shown that meat consumption leads to increased life expectancy despite what they describe as “research that has thrown a negative spotligh...
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TWIW 142: Vitamin D may massively reduce Covid risk from 2022-02-20T18:00
This Week In Wellness as Israel deals with it’s 5th wave of Corona virus despite some of the highest vaccination and booster rates in the world a new study on Vitamin D supplementation in that c...
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TWIW 141: Lockdowns didn’t work say John Hopkins Institute from 2022-02-13T18:00
This Week In Wellness economists from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics have conducted a meta-analysis of the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on mortality and concluded that they ha...
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TWIW 140: 3 day wellness festival comes to the Adelaide Hills from 2022-02-06T18:00
This Week In Wellness a 3 day wellness festival incorporating over 60 events is coming to the Adelaide Hills this April as part of their bushfire recovery efforts funded by the Federal Governmen...
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TWIW 139: Spotify chooses Rogan over Young from 2022-01-30T18:00
This Week In Wellness musician Neil Young has told music and podcasting platform Spotify that “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both,” referring to Joe Rogan, one of the most popula...
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TWIW 138: If you want your kids to trust you, share your saliva from 2022-01-23T18:00
This Week In Wellness saliva sharing amongst family members helps children discern who they can trust and turn to in times of stress. A 2022 study published in the journal Science showed that ex...
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TWIW 137: Could your cuppa be causing cancer or birth defects? from 2022-01-16T18:00
This Week In Wellness research published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology has shown that a cup of tea can contain up to 60 disinfection byproducts (DBP’s) including some wi...
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TWIW 136: DHA may help prevent autism and schizophrenia from 2021-12-19T18:00
This episode is brought to you by my Exercising Resilience mentoring program. For the first time this year Exercising Resilience is open to new members. Head to exercisingresilience.com to get p...
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TWIW 135: Could Vit D halve COVID deaths? from 2021-12-12T18:00
This Week In Wellness acute Vitamin D3 supplementation was shown to almost halve the risk of being hospitalized for more than 8 days in COVID cases with comorbidities compared to cases without c...
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TWIW 134: Not so secret; herbs and spices lower blood pressure from 2021-12-05T18:00
This Week In Wellness a randomised control trial conducted by researchers from Pennsylvania State University has shown that diets high in herbs and spices may reduce blood pressure in people at ...
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TWIW 133: Do you have tumour killing bacteria? from 2021-11-28T18:00
This Week In Wellness researchers from the University of Cincinnati are investigating whether helpful bacteria may be used to help break down and destroy cancers. The study, published in the jou...
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TWIW 132: Meat consumption leads to better mental health from 2021-11-21T18:00
This Week In Wellness a large meta-analysis published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition show that meat abstention, in other words, vegetarianism or veganism is “clearly associate...
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TWIW 131: Supportive strategies help picky eaters from 2021-11-14T18:00
This Week In Wellness in a lesson for all parents and caregivers adults who were picky eaters as kids thank strategies that were positive and encouraging for helping them change their palate. ht...
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TWIW 130: Zinc shortens respiratory tract infections from 2021-11-07T18:00
This Week In Wellness Australian researchers published in the BMJ Open have confirmed that zinc can help shorten respiratory tract infections including colds, flus, sinusitis and pneumonia whils...
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TWIW 129: Could Mediterranean countries benefit from switching to a Paleo diet? from 2021-10-30T18:00
This Week In Wellness a study looking at adherence to the PaleoDiet and the relative risk of cardiovascular disease in a mediterranean cohort has shown a 55% relative reduction in risk for those...
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TWIW 128: Is Glyphosate also linked to breast cancer? from 2021-10-24T18:00
This Week In Wellness in yet another potential blow to Bayer (the acquirer of Monsanto) and their controversial weed killer Glyphosate a pilot study published in the journal Environmental Pollut...
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TWIW 127: Refined carbohydrates harm your memory from 2021-10-17T18:00
And This Week In Wellness just 4 weeks highly processed, carb laden foods have been linked to inflammation, memory loss and Alzheimer’s whilst Omega 3’s and DHA have been shown to reduce t...
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TWIW 126: Clean air matters for brain health from 2021-10-10T18:00
This Week In Wellness breathing in clean air has been shown to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Tint particulate matter released by cars and factories known as PM2.5 has...
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TWIW 125: Your heart may need more than just walking from 2021-10-03T18:00
This Week In Wellness a small study published in the journal Circulation of the American Heart Association has shown that regular intense exercise for people with early signs of heart failure ma...
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TWIW 124: Could it be carb intake rather than overeating that causes obesity? from 2021-09-26T19:00
This Week In Wellness Dr. David Ludwig, Endocrinologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and Professor at Harvard Medical School has published a paper with the bold claim that over consuming ...
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TWIW 123: Healthy Lifestyle Choices from 2021-09-19T19:00
This Week In Wellness I launch my new online community Healthy Lifestyle Choices. In a world full of information, misinformation, bias, hyperbole and conspiracy theories it is not hard to find i...
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TWIW 122: Reducing sugar could save $160 billion from 2021-09-12T19:00
This Week In Wellness a team of American researchers have shown that reducing sugar by just 20% in packaged foods and 40% in drinks could prevent half a million deaths and save over 2 billion do...
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TWIW 121: What if we can’t reach herd immunity? from 2021-09-05T19:00
This Week In Wellness with Iceland and Israel in the midst of their biggest Covid outbreaks despite 86% of those over 16 being fully vaccinated in Iceland and Israel having 78% of those 12 and o...
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TWIW 120: Anti-anxiety drug usage soars by 31% from 2021-08-15T19:00
This Week In Wellness the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has reported that prescription rates of anxiety and depression medication have risen dramatically in recent months ami...
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TWIW 119: Mercola removes 15,000 articles after media and political pressure from 2021-08-08T19:00
This Week In Wellness popular American Osteopath and wellness blogger Dr. Joseph Mercola’s, who’s website is reported to get over 1.9 million visitors each month, has removed over 15,000 article...
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TWIW 118: Bayer to phase out Glyphosate in the US from 2021-08-01T19:00
This Week In Wellness Bayer Monsanto have announced that they will no longer sell glyphosate-based herbicides to residential U.S. gardeners as of 2023, following costly lawsuits over the cancer ...
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TWIW 117: Good Cholesterol may protect liver from 2021-07-25T19:00
This Week In Wellness new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that the so-called “good cholesterol”, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) has a previously unkn...
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TWIW 116: Too deadly for diabetes from 2021-07-18T19:00
This Week In Wellness urban Aboriginal diabetes lifestyle program Too Deadly for Diabetes is creating overwhelmingly positive results in regards to weight loss, blood pressure control and glycae...
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TWIW 115: Fake meat and meat are not nutritionally equivalent from 2021-07-11T19:00
This Week In Wellness researchers from Duke University have taken a deep dive into the metabolomics of meat and so called “near meat” showing that not surprisingly they are as different as plant...
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TWIW 114: Swap seed oils for fish oils for a 30-40% migraine reduction from 2021-07-04T19:00
This Week In Wellness a diet high in fatty fish has been shown to reduce both the frequency and intensity of migraines when compared to a diet high in vegetable oils. Researchers from the Nation...
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TWIW 113: Fruit and veg in pregnancy reduces developmental delays from 2021-06-28T08:00
This Week In Wellness a three-generation cohort study has shown that high fruit and vegetable consumption during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of developmental delays in the resultan...
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TWIW 112: The LAST EVER Wellness Summit from 2021-06-20T19:00
This Week In Wellness The Wellness Couch podcast network has announced that the LAST EVER Wellness Summit will be taking place online in less than a week. I am joined by my co-director Marcus Pe...
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TWIW 111: Journal says “spiritual wellbeing” may help guard against Alzheimer’s from 2021-06-13T19:00
This Week In Wellness research published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease no less, has suggested that “spiritual well being” could help to reduce multiple risk factors and potentially help ...
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TWIW 110: 9 in 10 Aussie girls not active enough from 2021-05-30T19:00
This Week In Wellness the cancer Council is reporting that only 16% of Australian secondary school children meet the recommended guidelines for physical activity and the story is even worse for ...
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TWIW 109: A new mental health disorder from 2021-05-23T19:00
This Week In Wellness a small group of researchers are pushing for the clinical construct ‘Sluggish Cognitive Tempo’ characterised by mental fogginess, hypoactivity, sluggishness, staring freque...
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TWIW 108: Microplastics in rice from 2021-05-17T05:00
This Week In Wellness a world first study investigating the levels of plastic in store bought rice has shown that Australians may be consuming up to 13mg of plastic per serve. And this plastic a...
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TWIW 107: Vaccine patents and profits in review from 2021-05-09T19:00
This Week In Wellness whilst the US Government and the European Union have indicated a willingness to discuss waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, Germany, home to a large...
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TWIW 106: DHA may help guard against autism and schizophrenia from 2021-05-02T19:00
This Week In Wellness Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders have discovered a potential role of DH...
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TWIW 105: Mushrooms may reduce cancer by 45% from 2021-04-25T19:00
This Week In Wellness higher mushroom consumption has been associated with a decreased risk of cancer according to a new study published in Advances in Nutrition. The systematic review and meta-...
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TWIW 104: Paracetamol ineffective for most pain from 2021-04-18T19:00
This Week In Wellness a review conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney and published in the Medical Journal of Australia has concluded that paracetamol (commonly sold in Australia...
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TWIW 103: Dummy Sterilisation Linked To Allergies from 2021-04-11T19:00
This Week In Wellness a study of 700 Geelong infants has shown that those whose dummies (or pacifiers) were sterilised or otherwise cleaned at 6 months of age were more likely to have a food all...
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TWIW 102: Government to research magic mushrooms and MDMA from 2021-03-21T18:00
This Week In Wellness the Australian Federal Government has announced that they will spend $15 million funding research into psychedelics for the treatment of mental illnesses including depressi...
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TWIW 101: URGENT input needed into Dietary Guidelines review from 2021-03-14T19:00
This Week In Wellness Australian of the Year and Ophthalmologist James Muecke, former Australian Cricket Doctor Peter Brukner and Orthopaedic surgeon Gary Fettke have written an open letter to t...
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TWIW 100: Help me celebrate 100 episodes by helping Joseph! from 2021-03-07T18:00
This Week In Wellness we celebrate our 100th episode. And rather than make it a self indulgent celebration of us, we decided to make it an episode about gratitude. In particular gratitude to our...
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TWIW 99: Do plant foods cause cats to kill wildlife from 2021-02-28T18:00
This Week In Wellness a 12-week trial has shown that cats that eat more animal proteins are less likely to impact on wildlife. The study looked at 355 cats in South West England and compared cat...
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TWIW 98: Street lights may cause cancer from 2021-02-21T18:00
This Week In Wellness The American Cancer Society Journal has published a study showing that street lamps and neon signs may increase your risk of thyroid cancer by 55%! In yet another example o...
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TWIW 97: Outdoor work lowers risk of breast cancer from 2021-02-07T18:00
This Week In Wellness working outside has been shown to lower the risk of breast cancer for Danish women over the age of 50 by new research in the journal of Occupational and Environmental Medic...
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TWIW 96: Irish soil kills bacteria from 2021-01-31T18:00
This Week In Wellness soil from the West Fermanagh scarp-lands used in ancient Irish folk remedies contains several species of antibiotic producing organisms. The study published in MDPI Applied...
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TWIW 95: Industry influences nutrition research from 2021-01-24T18:00
This Week In Wellness one in every eight peer reviewed nutrition studies has a tie to business, and those that are were 6 times more likely to return favourable results, with industry linked stu...
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TWIW 94: Forest day cares improve the microbiome from 2021-01-17T18:00
This Week In Wellness day cares in Finland have been able to improve the microbiome and therefore immune system of children in just one month by replacing their floors with lawn, forest undergro...
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TWIW 93: 2.5 million Britons get free Vit. D from 2021-01-10T18:00
This Week In Wellness 2.5 million care home residents in England will be offered a free supply of vitamin D by the Government as researchers investigate whether there is a link between Vitamin D...
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TWIW 92: Single use plastics banned from 2020-12-27T18:00
This Week In Wellness after a brief halt to the plan caused by the Coronavirus my home state South Australia will push ahead with its plan to ban some single use plastics (including straws, cutl...
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TWIW 91: Women were hunters too from 2020-12-20T18:00
This Week In Wellness the bones of a 9000 year old female found in the Andes have shed new light into the role of females in hunter gatherer societies. The skeleton was found with 20 projectile ...
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TWIW 90: A Keto Diet may help Alzheimer’s from 2020-12-13T18:00
This Week In Wellness a new systematic review shows the potential benefits of a ketogenic diet for treating Alzheimer’s disease. With between 400 thousand and 500 thousand Australians suffering ...
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TWIW 89: The 10 most commonly taken drugs in Australia from 2020-12-07T01:30
This Week In Wellness Australian Prescriber published its annual list of the 10 most commonly taken and the 10 most costly prescription drugs for the Australian Government based on Pharmaceutica...
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TWIW 88: Bottle fed babies swallow millions of microplastics a day from 2020-11-29T18:00
This Week In Wellness a study published in nature food has shown that sterilising plastic baby bottles at the high temperatures recommended causes them to shed millions of microplastics and tril...
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TWIW 87: Children’s own immune system protects them from Covid-19 from 2020-11-21T18:00
This Week In Wellness Doctors and scientists at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s hospital have studied three children who tested negative and did not get seriously ill with Covid-19 despite spending...
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TWIW 86: Household chemicals alter microbiome from 2020-11-15T18:00
This Week In Wellness common household chemicals may alter the gut microbiome. This study measured the levels of semi-organic compounds found in detergents, plastics, soaps, shampoos, hair spray...
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TWIW 85: Positivity prevents memory loss from 2020-11-09T04:00
This Week In Wellness new research published in the journal Psychological Science showed that people who feel “enthusiastic and cheerful” are less likely to experience memory decline as they age...
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TWIW 84: The Great Barrington Declaration from 2020-11-01T18:00
This Week In Wellness infectious disease epidemiologists, public health scientists and concerned citizens have come together online to state their grave concerns about the damaging physical and ...
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TWIW 83: Is pink salt healthy? from 2020-10-25T18:00
This Week In Wellness “Independent” Australian researchers Nutrition Research Australia (NRAUS) are asking people to #rethinkthepink suggesting that pink salts contain low levels of nutrients an...
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TWIW 82: FDA warns about dental amalgam from 2020-10-18T18:00
This Week In Wellness the FDA has re-evaluated its recommendations on amalgam fillings in teeth. The FDA have now acknowledged that the mercury vapour released from these devices may cause harmf...
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TWIW 81: Vaping leads to smoking from 2020-10-04T18:00
This Week In Wellness a new review has found that e-cigarettes triple the chances of a non-smoker taking up regular cigarettes. Researchers from the Australian National University’s national cen...
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TWIW 80: Jenny Mikakos “responsible” for hotel quarantine fiasco from 2020-09-27T19:00
This Week In Wellness Jenny Mikakos, the Victorian health minister who last year controversially called for a review into Chiropractic care for children, despite there being no reports of harm, ...
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TWIW 79: Bouncing back from Rock Bottom from 2020-09-20T19:00
This Week In Wellness I have officially launched pre-sales of my new book Rock Bottom. Whether you feel like you are at Rock Bottom, on your way there or on your way back this book has some time...
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TWIW 78: Oxford Corona vaccine trials paused from 2020-09-13T19:00
This Week In Wellness phase 3 trials of a coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca in conjunction with Oxford University have been suspended after an “unexplained illness”. The potenti...
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TWIW 77: The Covid Doctors Network from 2020-09-06T19:00
This Week In Wellness 13 medical practitioners have penned an open letter to Victorian Premier Dan Andrews about his approach to Covid19 lockdowns and the controversial State of Emergency Bill. ...
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TWIW 76: Fructose linked to leaky gut and fatty liver from 2020-08-30T19:00
This Week In Wellness excessive fructose consumption has been linked with leaky gut and fatty liver disease according to a study co-authored by a large group of scientists from all around the wo...
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TWIW 75: Low carb diets help the elderly from 2020-08-23T19:00
This Week In Wellness a very low carbohydrate diet has been shown to help older adults with diabetes lose weight, improve body composition and improve insulin sensitivity in just eight weeks whe...
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TWIW 74: Boosting not supressing immune system might be the answer for COVID from 2020-08-16T19:00
This Week In Wellness researchers led by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have suggested that boosting the immune system might be a good strategy for dealing w...
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TWIW 73: Coke’s“email family”of obesity researchers from 2020-08-09T19:00
This Week In Wellness a paper published online by Cambridge University Press has shown that Coca-Cola paid scientists to downplay the role of sugary beverages in the obesity epidemic. Scientists...
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TWIW 72: America’s Frontline Doctors from 2020-08-02T19:00
This Week In Wellness a group of physicians calling themselves America’s Frontline Doctors have dominated world wide news cycles and social media channels, despite efforts to censor them. Social...
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TWIW 71: Human rights concerns over facial recognition CCTV from 2020-07-26T19:00
This Week In Wellness facial recognition cameras being trialled in East Perth have raised concerns about their scope of use and the potential for human rights breaches. Whilst facial recognition...
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TWIW 70: Bio-diversity linked to respiratory health from 2020-07-19T19:00
This Week In Wellness creating bio-diverse green spaces can help to “re-wild the microbiome” of our environment and as a result improve human health. A research team led by the University of Ade...
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TWIW 69: Could new swine flu trigger new pandemic? from 2020-07-05T19:00
This Week In Wellness scientists have identified a new strain of swine flu in China capable of creating another pandemic. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
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TWIW 68: No benefit to reducing Saturated fat says Cardiology Journal from 2020-06-28T19:00
This Week In Wellness a review in the Journal of The American College of Cardiology has stated that not only were there no beneficial effects of reducing saturated fat intake on cardiovascular d...
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TWIW 67: Can vitamin D prevent allergies? from 2020-06-21T19:00
This Week In Wellness Australian researchers are investigating whether vitamin D could be the answer to our country’s “allergy epidemic”. With one in 10 infants and one in 20 children in A...
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TWIW 66: Lifestyle can reverse diabetes from 2020-06-14T19:00
This Week In Wellness a new study investigating the impact of lifestyle interventions for early stage type 2 diabetics has shown that nearly two thirds can achieve complete remission within 12 m...
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TWIW 65: Couples “should wear masks while having sex” from 2020-06-07T19:00
This Week In Wellness scientists from Harvard University have advised couples to wear masks whilst having sex and suggests they should be advised to engage in sexual activity via telephone, vide...
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TWIW 64: Tummy time leads to better development from 2020-05-31T19:00
This Week In Wellness Australian researchers have shown that infant tummy time is associated with improved development, healthier weight babies and improved head shape. It was also linked with i...
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TWIW 63: Social media giants increase censorship from 2020-05-24T19:00
This Week In Wellness social media giants Facebook and Youtube have increased their efforts to censor and “deplatform” debate around Covid19 lockdowns from lay people, scientists and experts ali...
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TWIW 62: Meat avoidance linked to depression and anxiety from 2020-05-17T19:00
This Week In Wellness a study from Clinical Reviews in Food Science and Medicine has indicated that avoidance of meat in the diet may be linked to increased rates of anxiety and depression. This...
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TWIW 61: Germany to ban Glyphosate from 2020-05-10T19:00
This Week In Wellness Germany has moved to ban the use of the herbicide Glyphosate from 2023 and phase out its use from 2020 as Adelaide council Marion moves to join other Australian councils in...
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TWIW 60: Shortfalls causing women to birth outside the system from 2020-05-03T19:00
This Week In Wellness a research article published in Biomed Central (BMC) has shown that women choosing to birth outside of hospitals, be that a home birth or a free birth, did so in search of ...
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TWIW 59: Chiropractic maintenance reduces pain episodes from 2020-04-26T19:00
This Week In Wellness a study has shown that receiving Chiropractic care at regular planned intervals regardless of symptoms had more pain free weeks and shorter painful episodes of lower back p...
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TWIW 58: COVID-19 cases may in fact be 50-80 times higher from 2020-04-19T19:00
This Week In Wellness a pre-print study published by medRxiv for the first time measured the prevalence of COVID-19 antibodies in a representative sample of the Californian population. Stating t...
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TWIW 57: Is Sweden the Covid19 answer? from 2020-04-13T13:00
This Week In Wellness Sweden could be the new model that countries around the world seek to model as their Coronavirus infection rates and deaths plummet despite not imposing the strict lock-dow...
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TWIW 56: Movement eases acute mental disorders from 2020-04-05T19:00
This Week In Wellness physical exercise could help reduce the amount of time people spend in acute mental health facilities and reduce their reliance on psychotropic medications when they are th...
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TWIW 55: How to track a pandemic from 2020-03-29T18:00
This Week In Wellness whilst the media is reporting the seemingly exponential growth of Coronavirus worldwide some are suggesting that the spread of the disease may be plotting a different path....
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TWIW 54: Soup broths may help curb malaria from 2020-03-22T18:00
This Week In Wellness traditional recipes provided by the families of London schoolchildren and derived from traditional family recipes originating in Europe, Africa and the Middle East have in ...
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TWIW 53: Preventing Coronavirus from 2020-03-15T18:00
This Week In Wellness the World Health Organisation WHO has officially declared the Coronavirus COVID-19 a pandemic as action is taken all over the world to halt it’s spread including America sh...
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TWIW 52: “Russian Roulette” for 95% of older Australians from 2020-03-08T18:00
This Week In Wellness the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) through their President Associate Professor Chris Freeman say that “we are neglecting vulnerable older Australians when it com...
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TWIW 51: Fasting linked to longer life, less disease and better performance from 2020-03-01T18:00
This Week In Wellness a review published in the New England Journal of Medicine has linked intermittent fasting to improved health, slowing or reversing ageing and a reduction in chronic disease...
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TWIW 50: Healthy lifestyle adds 10 disease free years from 2020-02-23T18:00
This Week In Wellness a healthy lifestyle leads to a life that is free of chronic illness including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer for longer. Using data from the Nurses Health Stud...
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TWIW 49: Cooking oils lead to increased obesity in hunter gatherers from 2020-02-16T18:00
This Week In Wellness a Bolivian hunter gatherer tribe famous for its impeccable heart health has seen an increase in their levels in recent years as their levels of cooking oil intake have gone...
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TWIW 48: Purpose adds years to your life from 2020-02-09T18:00
And This Week In Wellness a study of 7000 US adults over the age of 50 has shown that those with the lowest sense of life purpose were twice as likely to die in the following 5 years, even when ...
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TWIW 47: Europe bans bee killing pesticide from 2020-02-02T18:00
This Week In Wellness the European Commission has decided not to renew approval for a pesticide linked to harming bees, meaning farmers will not be allowed to use Bayer’s insecticide known...
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TWIW 46: Popular sunscreens leading to toxicity from 2020-01-26T18:00
This Week In Wellness sunscreen lotions and sprays may leach up to 360 times more of one chemical alone than the FDA allows, whilst the other 5 chemicals tested also gathered in the blood in lev...
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TWIW 45: Insect damage makes fruit healthier from 2020-01-19T18:00
This Week In Wellness research has found that “wounds” caused by insects may actually make fruit healthier for human consumption showing that the stress response mounted by the fruit actually in...
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TWIW 44: A true Paleo diet includes carbs from 2020-01-12T18:00
This Week In Wellness research published in the journal Science has shown that humans consumed high carb roasted potatoes as long ago as 170,000 years and that it may have played a significant r...
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TWIW 43: Long naps linked to stroke from 2020-01-05T18:00
This Week In Wellness people who nap longer than 90 minutes, people who sleep longer than 9 hours and people who sleep poorly are all at increased risk of stroke according to a study in Neurolog...
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TWIW 42: Man’s best friend linked to brain health from 2019-12-29T18:00
This Week In Wellness a study from Johns Hopkins Medicine suggests that kids exposed to dogs prior to the age of 12 were significantly less likely (as much as 24%) to develop schizophrenia later...
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TWIW 41: Alcohol recommendations reduced due to cancer links from 2019-12-22T17:00
This Week In Wellness, in what will not be a very timely announcement for many, the NHMRC’s new draft guidelines recommend that people drink “no more than 10 standard drinks per week”...
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TWIW 40: Maternal fluoride intake linked to lower IQ in kids from 2019-12-15T18:00
This Week In Wellness JAMA paediatrics has published a study linking maternal fluoride exposure during pregnancy with lower IQ scores at 3 to 4 years of age. Fluoride has long been a hotly debat...
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TWIW 39: British Medical Journal takes on big pharma from 2019-12-08T18:00
This Week In Wellness An international team of researchers, clinicians, regulators, and citizen advocates from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) are launching a campaign to separate medicine fro...
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TWIW 38: 41% of cancer caused by environment and lifestyle from 2019-12-01T18:00
This Week In Wellness a new study has estimated that almost 41% of cancers can be linked to lifestyle and environmental factors. The study, published in Canada by the Canadian Medical Associatio...
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TWIW 37: Australian teens amongst the least physically active in the world from 2019-11-24T18:00
This Week In Wellness a study published in The Lancet has ranked Australian teens 140th out of 146 countries for the physical activity of our teens. The study examined 1.6 million adolescent sch...
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TWIW 36: Alternatives for colic? from 2019-11-17T18:00
This Week In Wellness a study reviewing the available evidence supporting complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies to help babies with colic has suggested that probiotics, fennel extract an...
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TWIW 35: Getting dirty could reduce anxiety from 2019-11-10T18:00
This Week In Wellness research from the University of Adelaide suggests that microbes in dust may help improve gut health and by extension mental health. This contributes to a growing body of re...
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TWIW 34: Home birth just as safe for low risk mums from 2019-11-03T18:00
And This Week In Wellness a study in the British Medical journal analysing Australian births has suggested that for low-risk pregnancies birthing at home is just as safe and has a 6 times higher...
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TWIW 33: Trans fats raise alzheimer’s risk by 74% from 2019-10-27T18:00
This Week In Wellness high levels of trans fats in your blood may make you 50 to 75% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or dementia according to a new study in the journal Neurolog...
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TWIW 32: NEW ‘AUSTRALIAN CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE’ LAUNCHING from 2019-10-20T18:00:46
This Week In Wellness the Australian Chiropractic College (ACC) has announced it will open its doors in Adelaide’s CBD in January 2020 with a promise to deliver ‘job ready’ chiropractors. The AC...
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TWIW 31: Red meat back on the menu from 2019-10-13T18:00
This Week In Wellness group of papers about red meat, processed meat and human health have been released by the Annals of Internal Medicine suggesting that they are OK to eat and that they could...
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TWIW 30: Cannabis legalised from 2019-10-06T18:00
This Week In Wellness the ACT Government has voted to legalise cannabis for personal use with residents over the age of 18 allowed to possess 50 grams of cannabis and grow 2 plants. Whilst the p...
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TWIW 29: CSIRO recommends low carb approach from 2019-09-29T19:00
This Week In Wellness, CSIRO (an independent Australian federal government agency responsible for scientific research) is recommending a low carbohydrate approach to help curb the obesity epidem...
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TWIW 28: High carbs for longevity? from 2019-09-22T19:00
This Week In Wellness research suggests that a diet low in protein and high in carbohydrates may be the key to living a long life, despite the fact that they led to weight gain and that previous...
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TWIW 27: Elite fitness causes dental decay from 2019-09-15T19:00
The British Dental Journal says that half of elite athletes have rotting teeth. 352 Olympic and professional athletes were examined and showed higher than usual rates of dental problems despite ...
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TWIW 26: Childhood gluten intake linked to coeliac disease from 2019-09-08T19:00
A study in the Journal of The American Medical Association (JAMA) has shown that your risk of developing coeliac disease may be increased if you consume gluten as a child. “Our study shows a cle...
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TWIW 25: Cancer doctors reticent to offer lifestyle advice from 2019-09-01T19:00
This Week In Wellness Oncologists are unlikely to offer lifestyle tips that improve the health and reduce the risk of recurrence in cancer patients according to a survey conducted by the journal...
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TWIW 24: Vegan parents sentenced for neglect from 2019-08-25T19:00
This Week In Wellness a vegan couple who fed their children on a strict and insufficient diet have had their three children removed from them after they were found to be malnourished and sufferi...
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TWIW 23: Heart health linked to dementia from 2019-08-18T19:00
This Week In Wellness a study in the British Medical Journal has found that good cardiovascular health at age 50 is associated with a lower risk of dementia later in life. The American Heart Ass...
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TWIW 22: Oestrogen linked to autism from 2019-08-11T19:00
This Week In Wellness high levels of Oestrogen in the womb may be linked to the likelihood of a child developing Autism. In a recent study by a team of scientists at the University of Cambridge ...
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TWIW 21: Hot tea linked to cancer from 2019-08-04T19:00
This Week In Wellness drinking hot tea may increase your risk of esophageal cancer. A study published in the International Journal of Cancer has shown that drinking tea hotter than 60 degrees Ce...
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TWIW 20: Australian research unreliable from 2019-07-28T19:00
This Week In Wellness the team of science writers behind Retraction Watch has put together a database of unreliable scientific research in Australia and 247 research papers published by Australi...
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TWIW 19: Barefoot may be better for kids from 2019-07-21T19:00
This Week In Wellness a new study reveals children who are habitually barefoot between the ages of 6-10 show significantly better motor skills including better balance and jumping skills. Shout ...
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TWIW 18: Collagen as effective as sutures from 2019-07-14T19:00
This Week In Wellness topical collagen powder may be just as effective as sutures for healing skin biopsy wounds according to a study published in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology by a team o...
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TWIW 17: Fructose, trans fats and your liver from 2019-07-07T19:00
This Week In Wellness high fructose corn syrup combined with trans fats has been shown to induce nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (advanced inflammatory fatty liver disease) in rodents. The inciden...
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TWIW 16: Nature Heals from 2019-06-30T19:00
Spending time in nature may be enough to help you feel healthier and happier. In what seems like one of the most common sense studies ever a study published in Nature, analysed over 20,000 peopl...
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TWIW 15: The bacteria helping to build your baby from 2019-06-23T19:00
This Week In Wellness a mother’s womb may not be as sterile as we were lead to believe. Researchers from the University of Western Australia have found that the majority of babies are exposed to...
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TWIW 14: Could cinnamon oil could be the key to preventing super bugs from 2019-06-16T19:00
This Week In Wellness research conducted by Dr. Sanjida Halim Topa with colleagues at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has shown that a major component of cinnamon essential oil cou...
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TWIW 13: ACA President calls for public support from 2019-06-09T19:00
This Week In Wellness the Australian Chiropractors Association President Dr Anthony Coxon is calling for Australian Chiropractors, health professionals and members of the public to make sure tha...
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TWIW 12: Food producers“gaming”the health star rating system from 2019-06-02T19:00
This Week In Wellness Australia and New Zealand’s health star food rating system has been criticised by Public health researchers and lawyers from the George Institute for Global Health because ...
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TWIW 11: Broccoli may reduce your cancer risk from 2019-05-26T19:00:55
This Week In Wellness in validation of mums and dads all over the world, broccoli has been shown to inactivate genes that play an important role in cancer development. It has been known for some...
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TWIW 10: Screen time hurts teens sleep and health from 2019-05-19T19:00
This week in wellness 56 percent of parents of teens with sleep troubles believe this use of electronics is hurting their child’s ability to get to sleep and stay asleep. The C.S. Mott Chi...
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TWIW 9: An integrative approach may help reduce the Opioid crisis from 2019-05-12T19:00
This week in wellness an integrative approach may help to decrease the pain and usage in prescription opioid users. With the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) stating that the nu...
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TWIW 8: Alcohol advertisers aiming for‘health halo effect’ from 2019-05-05T19:00
This week in wellness alcohol advertisers are attempting to put a “health halo” on their products in order to attract increasingly health conscious consumers whilst Instagram influencers have al...
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TWIW 7: Increasing your muscle power may prolong your life from 2019-04-28T19:00
This week in wellness a study presented at EuroPrevent 2019 showed that those in the lowest quartile of muscle power had a massive 10-13 times higher chance of dying compared to those above the ...
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TWIW 6: Sugar labels may save millions from 2019-04-21T19:00
This week in wellness a study, published recently in Circulation, estimates that the US FDA’s added sugar label could prevent or postpone nearly 1 million cases of cardiometabolic disease,...
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TWIW 5: A back flip on natural therapies? from 2019-04-14T19:00
This week in wellness just days after the removal of health fund rebates for natural therapies came into effect on 1 April, Greg Hunt MP has announced $2 million for updated natural therapy revi...
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TWIW 4: Proposed restrictions on integrative medicine from 2019-04-07T19:00
The Medical Board of Australia is consulting on options to regulate medical practitioners who provide complementary and unconventional medicine and emerging treatments. They claim the draft guid...
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TWIW 3: Monsanto sued for $80 Million from 2019-03-31T22:00
This Week In Wellness a federal jury in San Francisco has found that Glyphosate, and in particular Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup, was a substantial factor in causing Edwin Hardeman’s Non-Hodkins ...
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TWIW 2: Eggs Associated with Heart Disease and Death from 2019-03-24T18:00
This Week In Wellness eggs have been once again associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death. A study released this week by the Journal of The American Medical Association ...
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TWIW 1: An inquiry into Chiropractic care for children from 2019-03-17T18:00
This Week In Wellness COAG (the Council of Australian Governments) has announced that Victoria will commission an independent review of the practice of spinal manipulation on children under 12 y...
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TWG 389: The last EVER episode! from 2019-03-10T18:00
This is the LAST EVER episode of The Wellness Guys. After almost 8 years as the #1 health and wellness podcast in Australia, The Wellness Guys is finally coming to an end. In an emotional episod...
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TWG 388: The biggest announcement EVER! from 2019-03-04T02:00
This week we reveal the biggest announcement EVER on The Wellness Guys! If you are a fan of The Wellness Guys Show you will not want to miss this episode. What has changed? What will stay the sa...
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TWG 387: The Australian Chiropractic College from 2019-02-24T18:00
This week Brett and Damian are rejoined by Patrick Sim (we will explain why you won’t find his name in the previous episodes list) from the Australian Chiropractic College (ACC). This new ...
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TWG 386: Fecal Microbiota Transplantation from 2019-02-18T09:00
This week The Wellness Guys are joined by Gastroenterologist Dr Paul Froomes to talk about the latest research and developments into Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT). Yes FMT is exactly wh...
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TWG 385: Hope For Health from 2019-02-10T18:00
This week Brett and Damian have a chat to Kama Trudgen from Hope For Health who many of you may recognise from the documentary, The Magic Pill. The conversations covers the amazing relationship ...
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TWG 384: Eat LANCET part 2 from 2019-02-03T18:00
Following on from last week and as promised this week Brett and Damian delve a little deeper into the science and funding behind the EAT Lancet diet. Having had an extra week to really get stuck...
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TWG 383: EAT Lancet Planetary Health Diet Part 1 from 2019-01-27T18:00
This week Damian and Brett delve into a hot topic around the world at the moment the recently released EAT Lancet Planetary Health Diet. This report has been put together by 37 experts from 16 d...
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TWG 382: Masculinity and THAT Gilette ad from 2019-01-20T18:00
This week Brett and Damian have a really robust conversation about THAT Gilette ad. If you haven’t seen it yet you can check it out here. Is this ad an attack on masculinity? Is it yet ano...
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TWG 381: Navigating Kids Birthday Parties from 2019-01-13T18:00
The Wellness Kids are growing up! Jacko is 18 years old and 6 foot 3 and this week Brett’s little ones celebrate their 8th and 10th birthdays respectively. The boys thought it might be a g...
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TWG 380: Crazy Wellness Trends Predicted For 2019 from 2019-01-06T18:00
Last week Brett and Damian shared with you what they predict will be the trends of 2019 but it seems compared to what others are predicting the boys were a bit tame. This week Brett and Damian d...
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TWG 379: looking forward to 2019 from 2018-12-30T18:00:12
Happy New Year from The Wellness Guys! As we do every year Brett and Damian look forward to what 2019 holds. Find out what big plans the boys have for next year, how their views on goal setting ...
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TWG 378: The Power Of The Heart from 2018-12-17T07:00
This week Damian and Brett interview producer of ‘The Secret’ Drew Heriot about the topic of his most recent documentary ‘The Power Of The Heart’. Drew shares with us why...
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TWG 377: Lifestyle and herbal remedies for sleep from 2018-12-09T18:00
This week Brett and Damian are rejoined by Professor Marc Cohen to talk about sleep. Why are so many people missing out on not only quantity but also quality of sleep? What can you do in your da...
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TWG 376: Should You Quit Sugar from 2018-12-02T18:00
This week Damian and Brett chat about sugar. Quitting sugar has been a popular movement of late but the boys take on the topic might surprise you. The boys talk about low carb diets, high carb d...
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TWG 375: Chronic pain relief from 2018-11-25T18:00
This week Brett and Damian talk to Brendon Lundberg from Radiant Pain Relief about chronic pain. They talk about just how big of a problem chronic pain is in both America and Australia and the c...
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TWG 374: The Illusion of Choice in Health Care from 2018-11-18T18:00
This week Brett and Damian are joined by Andrew Hicks from The Health Australia Party to talk about the changing landscape of health and of politics in Australia. With the Victorian election loo...
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TWG 373: Polished Man from 2018-11-11T18:00
This week Brett and Damian are joined by Kylie Wallace from ygap to talk about tackling poverty and the Polished Man Campaign to help tackle violence against children. Kylie shares with us some ...
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TWG 372: Improve your breathing, improve your life from 2018-11-04T18:00
This week Brett and Damian chat with Shane and Angelina from breatheme.com about the importance of great breathing and oxygen for your health. Breathing seems like one of those things that every...
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TWG 371: The King Of Bitters from 2018-10-28T18:00
This week Brett and Damian talk to Pam Stone, a naturopath with 35 years in the industry about holistic health care, balancing research with practitioner experience and the ‘king of bitter...
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TWG 370: LIVE 7 year celebration from 2018-10-21T18:00
A couple of weeks ago Brett and Damian celebrated 7 years of The Wellness Guys by going LIVE on Facebook and answering questions from their fans. In the longest ever recorded Wellness Guys episo...
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TWG 369: Reconditioned Me with Scott Goodings from 2018-10-14T18:00
This week Brett and Damian are joined by Scott Goodings to talk about how to take control of your health and wellbeing. Best known for his diet and cookbook advice (and his role on the hit TV sh...
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TWG 368: The Fasting Debate from 2018-10-07T18:00
Well, you said you wanted DK and BH to have more episodes just the two of them! You said you wanted them to debate! Well you got your wish, this week Damo and Brett go toe to toe on the topic of...
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TWG 367: Who is the CEO of your life? from 2018-09-30T19:00
What if you treated your life like a CEO treats a Fortune 500 company? What if you invested just as much energy defining what is important to you and how to make productive change with that know...
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TWG 366: Alternate approaches to behaviour and mindset from 2018-09-23T19:00
This week Brett and Damian are joined by fellow Chiropractor Greg Schreeuwer to talk about human behaviour and mindset. Greg has a unique practice that utilises NET (Neuro-Emotional Technique) a...
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TWG 365: Should we legislate or educate from 2018-09-16T19:00
This week Brett and Damian chat to Professor Grant Schofield Professor of Public Health, and Director of the Human Potential Centre at Auckland University of Technology. In a wide ranging chat t...
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TWG 364: Natural therapies for the community from 2018-09-10T00:00
This week Brett and Damian interview CEO of Blackmores Richard Henfrey about the great work Blackmores are doing in the natural therapies space. Not only are Blackmores providing great quality s...
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TWG 363: How much screen time should your kids have? from 2018-09-03T02:30
This week Brett and Damian bring on Dr Wayne Warburton from the Department of Psychology at Macquarie University to talk about the impact of screen time and the media on our kids. An ever increa...
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TWG 362: Coughs, Colds and Ivy Leaf extract from 2018-08-26T19:00
It has been absolutely freezing in Southern Australia at the moment and so we thought it would be a great time to get Professor Marc Cohen on to The Wellness Guys Show to tell us all about cough...
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TWG 361: Low Carb, Healthy Fat with Steph Lowe from 2018-08-19T19:00
This week Brett and Damian welcome back The Natural Nutritionist, Steph Lowe. Not only is Steph the host of The Real Food Reel on The Wellness Couch, and author of several excellent books, she i...
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TWG 360: The Art Of Self Love with Kim Morrison from 2018-08-12T19:00
This week Brett and Damian are joined by one of our favourites on The Wellness Guys, in fact she is a favourite for pretty much everyone who follows The Wellness Couch! We are of course talking ...
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TWG 359: Running With Purpose from 2018-08-05T19:00
This week Brett interviews dual event, dual Olympian Eloise Wellings about her journey to the London and Rio games and beyond. The interview touches on the preparation that goes into such high l...
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TWG 358: The Mind Muscle Project from 2018-07-29T19:00
This week Brett is joined by CrossFit coach, author and fellow podcaster Raph Freedman to talk about all things training and exercise. Raph shares why he was attracted to the functional training...
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TWG 357: Wayapa–Our Proudest Ever Podcast from 2018-07-22T19:00
This week Brett and Damian share a very special interview about indigenous health and indigenous healing with Jamie Thomas from Wayapa Wuurk. Jamie talks about his journey to rediscover the cult...
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TWG 356: The facts about krill oil from 2018-07-15T19:00
This week Brett and Damian speak to chemist, naturopath and academic Stephen Eddey about krill oil and the importance of Omega 3’s. Stephen discusses all of the different possible sources ...
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TWG 355: Sports Dietitian Ryan Pinto from 2018-07-08T19:00
This week Brett and Damian have a chat with sports dietitian Ryan Pinto. Ryan has extensive experience with top shelf rugby clubs like the Parramatta Eels and now the South Sydney Rabitohs and ...
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TWG 354: Auto-immunity with Prof Yehuda Shoefeld from 2018-07-01T19:00
This week Damian and Brett interview Professor Yehuda Schoefeld at the 6th Bioceuticals Research Symposium in Melbourne. Yehuda is not only a highly entertaining presenter but is a world class r...
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TWG 353: The Whole Way from 2018-06-24T19:00
This week Brett and Damian interview Jodie Heselwood from The Whole Way. Jodie is travelling Australia, with 2 kids and a husband in tow teaching everyone how to incorporate healthy food into th...
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TWG 352: Be Script Wise from 2018-06-17T19:00
This week Brett and Damian cover a very important topic in Australian (and worldwide) health, being Script Wise. Would you be surprised to hear that the deaths from opioid medications in Victori...
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TWG 351: The facts about Keto from 2018-06-10T19:00
This week Brett and Damian are once again at the 6th Bioceuticals Research Symposium and this time interview one of the worlds leading researchers into Ketogenic diets Dominic D’Agostino. ...
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TWG 350: Overcoming Insecurity from 2018-06-03T19:00
This week Brett and Damian have a fascinating chat with ‘The One Minute Coach’ Jaemin Frazer about overcoming insecurity. The boys question Jaemin about why we are so insecure and wh...
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TWG 349: Living Well With Dementia from 2018-05-27T19:00
This week Damian and Brett were joined by inspirational Dementia researcher John Quinn (along with his wife Glenys). John was a school principle when he was “relieved” to get his dia...
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TWG 348: Manuka Honey And Looking After Our Bees from 2018-05-20T19:00
This week Damian and Brett interview James from Egmont Honey (www.egmonthoney.co.nz) about Manuka honey. Why is Manuka Honey so good? What do those ratings on the jar mean and how does it impact...
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TWG 347: Healthy Kids Happy Kids with Dr Elisa Song from 2018-05-13T19:00
This week Brett and Damian interview world renowned integrative paediatrician Dr Elisa Song from www.healthykidshappykids.com at the 6th Bioceuticals Research Symposium. Dr Song shares a wealth ...
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TWG 346: Why Auto-immunity with Dr Amy Meyers? from 2018-05-06T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys are at the 6th Bioceuticals Research Symposium in Melbourne and have been fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to interview the fantastic lineup of speakers. ...
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TWG 345: School Holidays! from 2018-04-29T19:00
School holidays have just finished in South Australia and Victoria and with Damo and Brett’s kids at different ages they proposed different challenges (and opportunities) for each. This we...
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TWG 344: What A Feeling from 2018-04-22T19:00
This week Damian and Brett welcome on Toni Powell, author of the book “What A Feeling” to talk about positive relationships. Toni has a great way of taking a complex topic and making...
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TWG 343: The Naked Naturopath from 2018-04-16T06:00
With a name like The Naked Naturopath and a new podcast on The Wellness Couch how could the boys refuse an interview! But seriously Melissa Gearing is a wealth of information on all things natur...
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TWG 342: Keeping the bloggers honest from 2018-04-08T19:00
This week Damo and Brett check out some of the health trends of 2018 and weigh in with their opinion on what does and does not cut the gluten free/keto/vegan/natural mustard. The boys talk about...
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TWG 341: A pain in the… from 2018-04-01T19:00
This week Damian and Brett talk about pain. With the recent changes to the availability of Codeine a lot of people have been asking questions about what to do about their pain? How safe is Codei...
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TWG 340: Vegan Hot Italian Sausage from 2018-03-25T18:00
This week Damian has just returned from a massive “natural foods” expo in the States and chats to Brett about what he found there. What ensues is a serious conversation about what is...
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TWG 339: Dr Terry Wahls on minding your mitochondria from 2018-03-19T03:30
This week Damian and Brett have the privilege of interviewing Dr Terry Wahls about her amazing journey healing her body from crippling MS and what she has learnt from the process. Terry had gone...
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TWG 338: Why Diets Don’t Work from 2018-03-11T18:00
This week with Damian travelling across to America to find out all of the latest food trends Brett is once again joined by Marcus Pearce. The boys reminisce about their childhood diets, when the...
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TWG 337: Cold Showers and the Cross Fit Games from 2018-03-04T18:00
Brett is always experimenting with new and interesting ideas. Barefoot running, Paleo, intermittent fasting, fermented foods, the list goes on. Brett’s latest challenges are a 30 day cold ...
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TWG 336: The Wellness Couch Community from 2018-02-25T18:00
This week Brett is fresh off of The Wellness Basecamp in Brisbane, so Damo decided that it was a good idea to welcome on Marcus Pearce as well to chat about the experience. The Wellness Basecamp...
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TWG 335: Kanuka (that’s not a typo) honey from 2018-02-18T18:00
This week the boys have a fascinating chat with Mark Sharman and Carmen Alvarado from Sven’s Island about Kanuka honey. The Aotea Kanuka tree is a tree from an island off of NZ and may hav...
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TWG 334: What should and should not be in your water from 2018-02-11T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Janet from Zazen Alkaline water. Zazen make an incredible range of water filters favoured by pretty much the whole crew on The Wellness Couch so who better ...
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TWG 333: Man Alive with Jordan Travers from 2018-02-04T18:00
This week Brett and Damian interview a young mover and shaker in the wellness world Jordan Travers about his new book Man Alive. Jordan shares a unique and refreshingly simple approach to regain...
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TWG 332: Perspectives On Productivity from 2018-01-28T18:00
This week Damian and Brett talk about productivity. Why do you want to be productive? Is it even important? The boys talk about how their thoughts on productivity have changed over the years, an...
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TWG 331: Wilderness Fasting with Fouad Kassab from 2018-01-21T18:00
With Damian away on holidays Brett get’s the chance to take the reins. Not only does he bring in one of his favourite Paleo people Fouad Kassab from Quirky Cooking he also brings in a hand...
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TWG 330: Reviews and Questions from 2018-01-14T18:00
Brett and Damian LOVE 5 star reviews and they really do try and answer all of the questions that they get personally whether it be via email, iTunes or the Facebook page because they care. This ...
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TWG 329: Happy New Year! Trends in 2018 from 2018-01-07T18:00
At this time of year Brett and Damian always like to have a chat about the trends in wellness both in terms of what has been in 2017 but also what they see coming in 2018. So tune in to find out...
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TWG 328: The Art Of Natural Running from 2017-12-31T18:00
This week something different, Damian interviews Brett about natural running. Why do some people not like running? Why do some people keep getting injured? What does natural running mean and is ...
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TWG 327: Antibiotics Awareness Week from 2017-12-24T18:00
This week Damian and Brett interview a Doctor with a difference, Dr Cris Beer, about the dangers of over-use of antibiotics both in terms of their impact on the body and also the rise of antibio...
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TWG 326: Diagnosing Energy Issues from 2017-12-17T18:00
This week Brett and Damian welcome back Dr Ross Walker to the show to talk all about energy. Get out your note pad for this one because Dr Ross shares an absolute wealth of information on how to...
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TWG 325: Is our health choice being threatened? from 2017-12-10T18:00
This week Damian and Brett have a very hard-hitting and informative episode with homeopath and herbalist Gerry Dendrinos. Gerry is a passionate advocate for alternative medicine and is very conc...
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TWG 324: Byron Katie–A Body At Home With Itself from 2017-12-03T18:00
This week we welcome back one of Brett’s favourite interviewees, Byron Katie, to talk about her new book A Body At Home With Itself. This time Damian joins Brett for the interview and both...
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TWG 323: Open Wide with Melissa Ambrosini from 2017-11-26T18:00
This week Damian and Brett talk to one our favourites on The Wellness Guys Show, Melissa Ambrosini, about her new book Open Wide. Melissa opens up a great conversation about love, relationships ...
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TWG 322: Being Lissome from 2017-11-19T18:00
This week the boys interview the inspirational Nerida Bint from Lissome (it means thin, supple and graceful), a women’s only Cross Training facility in Newcastle. Nerida tells the boys how...
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TWG 321: Omega 3 In Depth from 2017-11-12T18:00
This week Damian and Brett chat with pharmacist Gerald Quigley for an in-depth look at the facts around Omega 3 supplementation. Why do we need to supplement? Who needs to supplement? Which is a...
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TWG 320: The Gut Movie from 2017-11-05T18:00
This week Brett and Damian welcome back a (young) old friend Kale Brock to talk about his latest adventure, The Gut Movie. Kale has journeyed all the way to the Namibian desert to explore the im...
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TWG 319: Food Safari Earth from 2017-10-29T18:00
This week the boys interview Maeve O’Meara from the amazing SBS show Food Safari Earth. Maeve (no relation to our very own Cyndi) shares her passion for food that has inspired her to inves...
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TWG 318: RunLab with Vlad Shatrov from 2017-10-22T13:00
Vlad Shatrov is a serious runner. He has world standard times in marathons and ultra-marathons and wants you to know how to get the best out of your running and your life. In this great intervie...
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TWG 317: The Happy Mind Movement with Tracey Carmichael from 2017-10-15T18:00
Tracey Carmichael is an NLP and timeline therapy practitioner who specialises in helping people with anxiety and depression. She has a slightly different take on not only how we define it but al...
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TWG 316: Why sit when you can stand–Daniel Angelini from 2017-10-08T18:00
This week Damian and Brett chat to Daniel Angelini from Movi Workspace about the dangers of too much sitting and how to better design your work space. Daniel has not only created some of the bes...
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TWG 315: Finding Your Voice with Per Bristow from 2017-10-01T18:00
Per Bristow is much more than just one of the worlds leading singing coaches. He has a passion for health, wellness, personal development and mindset and a unique journey to share. If you have s...
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TWG 314: Can social media be healthy? from 2017-09-24T19:00
This week Damian and Brett talk about social media. Is it good or bad? How can it be used well and how can it be used poorly? How are the different generations using it? What do we need to be mi...
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TWG 313: Health, wellness and infrared saunas with Neil O’Sullivan from 2017-09-17T19:00
This week Damian and Brett interview Neil O’Sullivan from Nimbus and Co infrared and wellness studio. Neil has a great story and a lot of wisdom to share about his journey from the corpora...
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TWG 312: The Wellness Guys Show is BACK!! from 2017-09-10T19:00
Damian and Brett are BACK with the new Wellness Guys Show. Tune in to find out what has changed, what has stayed the same and how you can have your say about this exciting new evolution of The W...
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TWG 311: Celebrating 6 years with a BANG! from 2017-06-25T19:00
If you like The Wellness Guys this is one episode that you are definitely NOT going to want to miss! The boys have reached 6 years of recording The Wellness Guys every single week and they have ...
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TWG 310: Inspiring Teens with Ranes Sangha from 2017-06-18T19:00
This week Laurence and Brett chat to Psychologist, Social Worker and trained Demartini hods facilitator Ranes Sangha about the challenges facing our teens in our modern world. Ranes shares her j...
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TWG 309: The Fit Mummy Project with Kimmy Smith from 2017-06-11T19:00
This week Damo and Brett interview former professional netballer Kimmy Smith about getting back into exercise after pregnancy. With so much pressure to ‘bounce back’ after a pregnanc...
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TWG 308: Dr Denise Furness–Genes and Fertility from 2017-06-04T19:00
Damian still in the trenches at the 5th Bio-Ceuticals Research Symposium has an amazing opportunity to chat with one of Australia’s leading fertility experts… in a seriously hilariou...
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TWG 307: Vitamin K–could this be the secret to everything? with Dr Hogna Vik from 2017-05-28T19:00
Damian still in the trenches at the 5th Bio-Ceuticals Research Symposium has a world first opportunity to interview the worlds leading expert Dr Hogna Vik about what Vitamin K is, what it does, ...
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TWG 306: I’m bloated and it could be SIBO with Dr Steven Sandberg-Lewis from 2017-05-21T19:00
With Brett and Laurence enjoying the high life – Damo is sent into the trenches to attend the 5th Bio-Ceuticals Research Symposium. A world class integrative medicine event that looks at t...
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TWG 305: The Virgin Miracle Mindset from 2017-05-14T19:00:43
The boys have gone rogue and Laurence brings in a special guest host, his wife Karen, on this episode. If there is one show you do NOT want to miss, it is this one! In episode 305, Karen and Lau...
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TWG 304: Wired To Eat with Robb Wolf from 2017-05-07T19:00
This week Brett get’s a bit excited as he and Laurence get a chance to chat to the inspirational Robb Wolf. Robb is such a wealth of information on Ancestral Health and always manages to share i...
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TWG 303: The game of life with Nik Wood from 2017-04-30T19:00
This week Brett and Laurence chat to Nik Wood about gameifying life. Nik has a really unique way of looking at life and says that it is not so much about winning the game of life as it is about ...
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TWG 302: Awareness, intentions and mindfulness with Paul von Bergen from 2017-04-23T19:00
This week the boys interview Paul von Bergen from Billabong Retreats about leaving the corporate world and creating a life of mindfulness (and why it isn’t always what it is cracked up to be). T...
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TWG 301: Emma Park from Qiara from 2017-04-16T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Emma Park from Qiara about the microbiome and the importance of probiotics during pregnancy and breast feeding. Emma shares with us how gut health can impac...
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TWG 300: The Truth About The Wellness Guys from 2017-04-09T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys turns 300! That’s 300 weeks in a row, without missing a beat, that Damian, Laurence and Brett have produced their amazing #1 wellness podcast. To celebrate the boys d...
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TWG 299: Mindful in May is back!–Dr Elise Bialylew from 2017-04-02T19:00
In 2015 the Wellness Guys interviewed a superstar in the making Dr Elise Bialylew as she launched on an ambitious task of raising funds for clean water for poor people around the world. Last yea...
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TWG 298: Nurturing Us before pregnancy from 2017-03-26T18:00
There are so many things to consider before you fall pregnant and what if you fall pregnant without any awareness of what could be done or what would be ideal to be doing in the lead up to your ...
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TWG 297: The Gut Healing Summit with Kale Brock from 2017-03-19T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Wellness Couch superstar Kale Brock about his upcoming Gut Healing Summit. Kale has been interviewing the leading experts from around the world on the topic...
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TWG 296: Medicinal Marijuana with Dr Rachna Patel from 2017-03-12T18:00
This week the boys interview Dr Rachna Patel about what is an increasingly discussed and important topic in health (and especially in Australia in 2017 as new laws are brought in to place), medi...
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TWG 295: Why you should consider floating with Shane Stott from 2017-03-05T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys talk about nothing, but it is a whole lot of nothing that adds up to a whole lot of health. They are talking all things float tanks. No noise, no light, just you and ...
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TWG 294: What is wellness anyway with Amanda McMillan from 2017-02-26T18:00
This week the boys interview Amanda McMillan from Wellineux about her own unique journey to wellness and how she helps her corporate clients find more balance in their lives. Amanda shares her o...
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TWG 293: Hypnotherapy and the mind-body connection from 2017-02-19T18:00
This week Brett, Marcus Laurence and Damian interview hypnotherapist Rene Brent about the mind-body connection and how to release subconscious blocks that keep people stuck and stop the internal...
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TWG 292: Preparation with Marcus Pearce from 2017-02-12T18:00
This week Damian and Brett chat to good friend and fellow Wellness Couch director Marcus Pearce about preparation. How does Marcus prepare so well for big events like The Wellness Summit or The ...
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TWG 291: Hemp foods; Are they good for you? from 2017-02-05T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Paul Benhaim from Hemp Foods Australia about the worldwide usage of hemp as a food source. Find out the difference between hemp, cannabis and marijuana and ...
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TWG 290: Gut health and vegetables with Helen Padarin from 2017-01-29T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys welcome back Helen Padarin to talk about gut health and the importance of getting enough vegetable sin your diet. Known for her work in the Paleo circles some people ...
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TWG 289: Understanding Gut Health from 2017-01-22T18:00
Gut health continues to be the topic de jour in health and wellness circles and for some people it seems to be creating a bit of confusion. Enter Damian Kristof to clear the fog. In this episode...
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TWG 288: Sexual dysfunction with Jacqui Olliver from 2017-01-15T18:00
After popping their cherry and talking about sex a few weeks ago the boys have entered into the danger zone again, this time to talk about sexual dysfunction. It is an important topic that affec...
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TWG 287: Inspired by Hillary from 2017-01-08T18:00
Folowing on from our last interview with an inspiring human, LT and DK interview yet another inspiring human, Hillary King-Sullivan about how life when it throws curve balls, can be tackled and ...
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TWG 286: From Homeless to Spartan Racer with Leanne Anders from 2017-01-01T18:00:36
In this week’s episode, we explore how one woman was able to transform a troubled teen life to a mother and wife of an incredible family. Life is never without its obstacles. But for Lea...
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TWG 285: What to do after you indulge over the holidays? from 2016-12-25T18:00
Did you indulge over the holidays a little too much? Good! The Wellness Guys want you to know that it is OK to let yourself go a little over the festive season and it is even better if you have ...
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TWG 284: Time with Brett and Damo–answering your questions from 2016-12-18T18:00
This week with Laurence once again away Damo and Brett decide to have another crack at answering your questions. This time from our Facebook page. The boys answer a wide range of questions from ...
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TWG 283: Chasing transformations and breakthroughs from 2016-12-11T18:00
The other day Brett was contacted by one of our listeners who was lamenting that they have listened to our show for years, they have attended The Wellness Summit and they are still struggling to...
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TWG 282: Stop Chasing Happiness from 2016-12-04T18:00
Are you chasing happiness? Do you think you should be happy all the time? Do you ever feel unhappy that you are not as happy as you should be? Well this is the episode for you! Damian, Laurence ...
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TWG 281: Sex, Wellness and Empowerment. from 2016-11-27T18:00
After 281 episodes the boys finally bite the bullet and talk about sex. Not an easy topic for 3 blokey blokes with a predominantly female audience (Laurence can barely get the word out in his in...
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TWG 280: Staying true to you from 2016-11-20T18:00
This one is a bit like a Seinfeld episode. The boys were scratching around trying to think of a topic to talk about and what started out as an episode ‘about nothing’ ended up being ...
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TWG 279: Bend Like Bamboo from 2016-11-13T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Amanda Campbell from Nourissh and Bend Like Bamboo. Amanda has an amazing story, from being diagnosed with MS and having a major attack that left her paraly...
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TWG 278: Reflections on Wellness from 2016-11-06T18:00
Facebook LIVE recorded with LT and DK in Palm Cove Cairns, we reflect on what it means to achieve Wellness, The pressure we put on ourselves to achieve wellness and when disaster hits… is ...
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TWG 277: Integrative Cardiology with Dr Ross Walker from 2016-10-30T18:00
This week Damian and Brett interview Integrative Cardiologist Dr Ross Walker about heart health, happiness, exercise and diet. Find out the keys to looking after your heart in a holistic, preven...
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TWG 276: Exercising while traveling from 2016-10-23T18:00
This week Damian is away, Laurence is about to head overseas and Brett has just been driving back and forth between Melbourne so the boys thought it would be a good time to talk about how they k...
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TWG 275: Organic skin care with Jo Lam from 2016-10-16T18:00
This week Brett and Damian interview Jo Lam about organic skin care. Jo shares with us her wealth of information about the products that are available on the market and why she has chosen the p...
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TWG 274: The Wellness Guys Review from 2016-10-09T18:00
This week Brett and Damian review listener feedback from iTunes. It has been a while since the boys answered questions from the fans and this week the boys get through a whole bunch of comments ...
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TWG 273: The Wellness Summit debrief from 2016-10-02T18:00
After the most successful wellness summit ever Laurence, Damian and Brett get together to chat about their favourite moments, learnings and experiences from presenting to 950 wellness inspired p...
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TWG 272: LIVE from The Wellness Summit 2016 from 2016-09-25T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys are LIVE at The Wellness Summit. Joined on stage by the Up For A Chat girls, Jo Whitton (Quirky Cooking), Tim Robards (The Robards Method and The Bachelor), Kale Broc...
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TWG 271: Double your energy with Yuri Elkaim from 2016-09-18T19:00
This week Laurence and Brett interview nutrition, fitness and fat loss expert Yuri Elkaim. Yuri has an amazing journey from sports jock and soccer player to losing his hair at the tender age of ...
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TWG 270: How to prioritise from 2016-09-11T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys have a fascinating discussion about how to prioritise. How do you know if a particular project or lifestyle is right for you? How do you balance or manage all of your...
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TWG 269: The failure of expectations from 2016-09-04T19:00
The is an alarming amount of suicide occurring worldwide at the moment with social media buzzing about #22pushupsaday and #itsokaytotalk in support of people in trouble. Even though DK and LT ar...
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TWG 268: Holistic podiatry with Dr Michele Summers Colon from 2016-08-28T19:00
This week Brett interviews Dr Michele Summers Colon about holistic podiatry. What is holistic podiatry? What does it look like in practice. This interview covers how Dr Michele integrates her We...
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TWG 267: Dealing with chronic pain with Mandy Mercury from 2016-08-21T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys speak to Mandy Mercury about scoliosis and dealing with chronic pain. Mandy shares her amazing journey of dealing with scoliosis, chronic pain management and her jour...
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TWG 266: Functional Gut Disorders from 2016-08-14T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Professor Gerald Holtmann and Gastro-neuro-enterology. The professor shares with the guys all of the latest research on the gut, gut disorders, causes and p...
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TWG 265: The Robards Method from 2016-08-07T19:00
This week Laurence and Brett interview Tim Robards, founder of the Robards Methods and the original bachelor on Australian TV (yes ladies, the one with the abs). Tim shares with us how his upbri...
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TWG 264: Adrenal dysfunction with Shannon Brenton from 2016-07-31T19:00
This week while is off enjoying the sun in Greece Laurence and Brett spend sometime talking with Nutritionist and Naturopath Shannon Brenton about Adrenal fatigue. It seems to be one of those co...
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TWG 263: 180 Nutrition–Guy Lawrence’s AMAZING story! from 2016-07-24T19:00
Help, share and inspire! Prepare to be inspired as DK and LT delve deep into the successes and struggles of pioneering new food paradigms. Understand the how and the why behind Guy’s hugel...
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TWG 262: DK and LT the Cube from 2016-07-17T19:00
Have you ever had a dream, where you walk through a desert and there is a cube. On this cube you notice a ladder, some flowers and a horse… what does all of this mean???? LT and DK break t...
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TWG 261 : My Fight against Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.) with Nissa Lee from 2016-07-10T19:00:55
Just imagine while you are travelling around Australia at 24 years of age and then you start to lose your balance, eyes start to twitch and other weird symptoms begin to show up. Then you disco...
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TWG 260: Ch..Ch..Ch…Changes–Celebrating 5 years of The Wellness Guys from 2016-07-03T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys celebrate 5 years of The Wellness guys Show. What an achievement! The boys talk about all of the changes that they have seen in the health and wellness world over the...
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TWG 259: The Search for Hurt with Obstacle Racer Champion Matt Murphy from 2016-06-27T01:50:44
In this episode, Laurence gets to fly solo as he dissects one of Australia’s greatest athlete Matt Murphy. Matt just recently won the Melbourne Spartan Race here in Australia but was also ...
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TWG 258: What’s With Wheat from 2016-06-19T19:00
In this incredible episode, Brett, Laurence and DK have the one and only Cyndi O’Meara back on The Wellness Guys after 210 episodes to explore the perils of wheat, glyphosate, modern day f...
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TWG 257: The Fat Revolution with Christine Cronao from 2016-06-12T19:00
This week Damian and Brett interview Christine Cronao about the fat revolution. It has been a slow burn over the last few decades but I think it is finally safe to say that fat is back! The boys...
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TWG 256: Dr Happy with Tim Sharp from 2016-06-05T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys chat to Dr Tim Sharp about the science of happiness. Tim brings a wealth of knowledge, education and research to a topic that is so often just taken for granted or ig...
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TWG 255: Neuro Fit with Jim Costello from 2016-05-29T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys talk to Jim Costello about a topic close to their hearts, the nervous system! Jim shares a wealth of knowledge about the importance of the nervous system and in parti...
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TWG 254: A Mind Of Your Own with Dr Kelly Brogan from 2016-05-22T19:00
This week Laurence and Brett interview teh amazing Dr Kelly Brogan about all things mental health, medications and lifestyle. In a very forthright interview Dr Kelly pulls no punches when she ta...
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TWG 253: DK, Cyndi and Deanna Minich–which supplements when from 2016-05-15T19:00
At the Bio-Ceuticals Symposium only a couple of weeks ago, DK and Cyndi had the opportunity to sit with Dr Deanna Minich and ask very pointed and direct questions about supplements. With some su...
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TWG 252: Immunity with Stephen Eddy from 2016-05-08T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Stephen Eddy on all things nutrition, lifestyle and immunity. Stephen shares an absolute treasure trove of information on food, supplements, sleep, exercise...
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TWG 251: David Perlmutter Sugar (grain) Brain from 2016-05-01T19:00
WOW!!! phwar! massive interview with Dr David Perlmutter. World renowned neurologist and author of 2 best sellers Grain Brain and Brain Maker gives one of the BEST interviews with Damian and Cyn...
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TWG 249: Are Energy bars and cereals healthy? from 2016-04-17T19:00
food marketing and food labelling make it so hard to understand what is truely healthy. people say avoid packaged foods… but lets face it… not all packaged foods are bad for you nor ...
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TWG 248: Karin Ried–Aged Garlic–Ageless Body from 2016-04-10T19:00
With the caveman Brett flying away on his tetradactyl – LT and DK interview acclaimed aged garlic extract researcher, Karin Ried to understand the multitude of benefits research is showing...
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TWG 247: The Magnificent and Colourful Dr Deanna Minich–in living colour from 2016-04-03T19:00
Damian’s love, is of food and when he meets a fellow foodie who subscribes to the same philosophy BACKED BY SCIENCE he is nothing short of pumped. In this episode Damian interviews Dr Dean...
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TWG 246: Gluten gluten gluten with Dr. Alessio Fasano from 2016-03-27T18:00:35
In this interview, Damian Kristof is as excited as a little school boy in this episode… Damian and Laurence get to interview Alessio Fasano is an Italian medical doctor, pediatric gastroe...
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TWG 245: The Health Australia Party from 2016-03-20T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview homoeopath, lecturer, researcher and advisor to the new Health Australia Party Dr Isaac Golden. With the US electoral race heating up and talk of an early e...
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TWG 244: Mastering Your Mean Girl from 2016-03-13T18:00
This week Brett welcomes back one of our most prolific guests to The Wellness Guys Show. Melissa Ambrosini returns to the show for a third time to talk about her amazing new book ‘Masterin...
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TWG 243: Extreme Health from 2016-03-06T18:00
This week Laurence and Brett actually discuss a topic suggested by Damian but in Damian’s absence. The topic of extremes. Are people going too extreme in their search for health and wellne...
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TWG 242: Functional medicine with Dr Chad Edwards from 2016-02-28T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Dr Chad Edwards (DO) the founder and medical director of Revolution Health and Wellness. Dr Chad has a wealth of experience having started his time journey ...
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TWG 241: Values and life purpose with Dr John Demartini from 2016-02-21T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys welcome back one of their absolute favourites Dr John Demartini. John has an amazing story of not just overcoming adversity but of absolutely thriving in spite of it....
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TWG 240: The Happy Life with Lola Berry from 2016-02-14T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys welcome back the inspirational Lola Berry to the show for an epic conversation. Lola talks about the recent controversy about the launch of her new on-line program (...
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TWG 239: Real Detox with BJ Hardick from 2016-02-07T18:00
So you think you need to detox eh? This week Brett and Laurence interview born and bred Canadian Chiropractor BJ Hardick about all things detox. Born the son of a Chiropractor BJ thought that he...
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TWG 238: Finding Motivation from 2016-01-31T18:00
Laurence has motivated Damian, Damian has motivated Brett and now Laurence is getting motivated because DK and BH are catching up! This week the boys talk about fitness and motivation. What gets...
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TWG 237: Nourish Without Nagging; How to get your kids to love eating healthily from 2016-01-24T18:00
This week Damian and Brett have a great discussion around how to get your kids to LOVE eating healthily. Stimulated by the recent release of Brett’s new book ‘Nourish Without Nagging...
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TWG 236: Why me? from 2016-01-17T18:00
This week Laurence and Brett talk about a topic that they have been asked about over and over again since the formation of The Wellness guys. How can I influence those around me to be healthier ...
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TWG 235: Insider secrets of the beauty industry from 2016-01-10T18:00
This week Laurence and Brett touch on a topic that they are by no means experts in so they have gone straight to the top. Rose-Marie Swift is a mane-up artist to the stars working with Victoria&...
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TWG 234: Has Lola gone too far from 2016-01-03T18:00
In the absence of paleo rockstar Brett Hill, LT and DK delve into the book title “Stop being a FAT B*tch” by Lola Berry and take a very interesting and possibly controversial stance ...
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TWG 233: Consciousness and change with Dr Dain heer from 2015-12-27T18:00
This week Brett interviews author and internationally renowned speaker on consciousness and change Dr Dain Heer. Dain is a chiropractor who despite his tough upbringing and challenges along the ...
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TWG 232: Can wellness become obsessive and harmful? from 2015-12-20T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys discuss a very important issue in health and wellness. When does your striving for wellness cross the line and become obsessive and harmful? How do you know if you ar...
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TWG 231: Mental well-being and resilience with Michelle Mcquaid from 2015-12-13T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Applied Positive Psychologist Michelle Mcquaid about how to discover your strengths, move beyond your fears and discover what it truly takes to thrive. The int...
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TWG 230: Ronsley Vaz Feeding entrepreneurs from 2015-12-06T18:00
feeding is so different to nourishment… but many people are too busy to do either. Ronsley Vaz is a chef who dedicates his time to finding effective, tasty and outrageously healthy meals for people...
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TWG 229: Is Pain Healthy from 2015-11-29T18:00
Pain is still part of Wellness… right? is Pain a good or a bad thing. Often Pain is left out of the conversation when it comes to helping people live incredible lives. Dr Neil Bossenger www.spinewa...
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TWG 228: WTF Fermented cod liver oil from 2015-11-22T18:00
This week Damian and Brett talk about all things fermented food. Are fermented foods Paleo? Do we really know what bugs should and should not be in our gut? Are we better off eating fermented foods...
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TWG 227: Creating a relationship you love with Andrea Cairella from 2015-11-15T18:00
This week on The Wellness Guys show Brett is joined by Psychotherapist Andrea Cairella from True Potential Counseling for a master class in relationship building. Andrea shares with us why so many ...
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TWG 225: Omega 3’s and the heart from 2015-11-01T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Professor Peter Howe about the effects of Omega 3 in particular on heart health. This interview raises some great questions about our allopathic approach to he...
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TWG 224: Curcumin and cognition from 2015-10-25T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Professor Andrew Scholey about psychopharmacology (the way drugs and foods affect our moods, sensation, thinking and behavior). The professor talks about why t...
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TWG 223: Vets All Natural with Dr Bruce Syme from 2015-10-18T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys talk about the health of our furry and feathered friends with holistic vet Dr Bruce Syme. It is amazing to see the similarities between the health of our domesticated an...
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TWG 222: Soulla the wholefood and organic mum from 2015-10-11T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Soulla from Star Anise Organics. Soulla has been on an amazing journey with her own and her families health over the last few decades. She advocates the use of...
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TWG 221: The Child Obesity Project with David White from 2015-10-04T18:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview David White from The Child Obesity Project. David has launched and ambitious new project with leading experts from all over the world to form this amazing on-l...
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TWG 220: Thr1ve for kids from 2015-09-27T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys welcome back Josh Sparks from the Thr1ve chain of restaurants. Thr1ve’s model has always been about real food real fast but now they are expanding their in store range t...
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TWG 219: The Language of Wellness with Marvin Oka from 2015-09-20T19:00
Whilst in San Fransisco I had the opportunity to interview a number of GREAT people. Marvin Oka is one of them. Marvin is a master of change and language. The specificity and precision that he uses...
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TWG 218: The Gene Genie with Margie Smith from 2015-09-13T19:00
This week The Wellness guys welcome back the Gene Genie (it will make sense when you listen) from Smart DNA Margie Smith. Margie has just recently released her new book Gene Genius sharing some of ...
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TWG 217: Live from The Wellness Summit from 2015-09-06T19:00
Always one of the most popular episodes of the year, this year’s sees The Wellness Guys joined LIVE on stage by The Up For A Chat girls (Cyndi Omeara, Carren Smith and Kim Morrison), Kale Brock (Th...
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TWG 216: Journey of me with the girls from Wellineux from 2015-08-30T19:00
This week the boys are joined by the amazing founders of Wellineux (www.wellineux.com), an amazing company that focuses on wellness coaching, programs, books and much more. Many of you who came alo...
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TWG 215: Learning and the brain with the boys from BACKchat from 2015-08-23T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Anthony Coxon and Paul Bergamo, the co-hosts of one of the hottest new shows on The Wellness Couch, BACKchat (www.thewellnesscouch.com/category/bc). Anthony an...
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TWG 214: Strength and Conditioning with Christian Woodford from 2015-08-16T19:00
This week Damain and Brett chat to strength and conditioning guru Christian Woodford. Christain shares with us his journey to one of the best strength and conditioning coaches in the world and work...
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TWG 213: Learning difficulties with Barbara Arrowsmith Young from 2015-08-09T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Barbara Arrowsmith Young about education, neuroplasticity and learning. Regardless of your age, or whether you have kids or not there is so much great informat...
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TWG 212: Cleaning without chemicals with ENJO CEO Barb De Corti from 2015-08-02T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview one of the pioneers of chemical free cleaning in Australia Barb De Corti about the journey that led her to bring the ENJO range of cleaning products to Austral...
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TWG 211: Victims of Fashion from 2015-07-26T19:00
Sparked by a remarkable wardrobe malfunction recently in Adelaide that saw a lady hospitalised due to her tight jeans Laurence and Brett talk about the dangers of fashion. Be it tight jeans, high h...
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TWG210: Stress Signals and how to deal with stress hormones with Nat Kringoudis from 2015-07-19T19:00:14
While travelling in Honolulu, Hawaii, Laurence Tham bumps into Natalie Kringoudis (Hormone and woman’s health expert). Dr. Natalie has previously been on The Wellness Guys Show three other times a...
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TWG 209: What causes injuries with Dr Craig Buhler from 2015-07-12T19:00
This week Laurence and Brett speak with Chiropractor Dr Craig Buhler who has worked with elite athletes from all over the world about what really causes injuries and how they can often be healed in...
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TWG 208: The health implications of mould with Nicole Bijlsma from 2015-07-05T19:00
This week The Wellness guys welcome back building biologist Nicole Bijlsma to talk about an important topic that is often overlooked in the health and wellness sphere, MOULD. In this episode Nicole...
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TWG 207: Mindfulness in Medicine with Dr Craig Hassed from 2015-06-28T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys speak to a fascinating GP and University lecturer Dr Craig Hassed about how he is bringing mindfulness and well-being concepts into mainstream medicine through his teach...
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TWG 206: Real Stories: An overstressed mum’s journey with Donna Heathcote from 2015-06-21T19:00
This week is the first of what is going to become a regular feature of The Wellness Guys; Real Stories. The feedback we have received from our listeners has suggested that you love to hear real sto...
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TWG 205: We interview Dr Brett Hill from 2015-06-14T19:00
An inspiring and aspirational human being, co-founder of the Wellness Guys, The Wellness Couch and That Paleo Show living legend Dr Brett Hill bares all for Laurence and Damian. In an episode where...
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TWG 204: One Minute Mindfulness from 2015-06-07T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys welcome back mindfulness guru and host of the new podcast One Minute Mindfulness Vikki Kelly. Do you ever feel like you don’t have time to meditate or de-stress? What if...
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TWG 203: The Real Food Revolution from 2015-05-31T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview Kristie Ord from The Real Food Revolution. Kristie has an amazing journey of self discovery to share from being ‘the sickest person she knows’ to a world of he...
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TWG 202: Mind Over Movement from 2015-05-24T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys welcome back on of their very first (and favourite) interviews Diamond Dave Nixon to talk about all things movement and mindset. This time Dave (founder of Functional Fi...
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TWG 201: Nora Gedgaudas, Primal Body Primal Mind from 2015-05-17T19:00
This week Brett is once again on the road in New Zealand. This time joining the amazing Nora Gedgaudas on the Wellington leg of The Paleo Way tour. Nora is a Neuro-Feedback practitioner, nutritiona...
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TWG 200: The Wellness Guys celebrate episode #200! from 2015-05-10T14:00
This week is a Wellness Guys episode with a difference. To celebrate making it to their 200th episode executive producer of The Wellness Couch Marcus Pearce turns the tables on Damian, Laurence and...
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TWG 199: The Paleo Way with Pete Evans from 2015-05-03T19:00
This week Brett joins Pete Evans on the Auckland leg of The Paleo Way tour in New Zealand to talk about all things Paleo. As Pete has just finished the penultimate seminar of the 26 city Australasi...
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TWG 198: Getting Merry with the Sisters from 2015-04-26T19:00
In his last solo interview at the Thr1ve Ancestral Symposium, DK rounds up two of the happiest wellness crusaders on the planet! The Merry Maker Sisters and DK have an absolute ball, laughing and d...
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TWG 197: Paleo Fitness Primal Play from 2015-04-19T19:00
All by himself once again, lonely and looking for fellow wellness guys, Damian bumped in to Darryl Edwards, Fitness Explorer – the creator of Paleo Fitness and Primal Play at the Thr1ve Ancestral S...
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TWG 196: Interview with Michele Chevalley Hedge from 2015-04-12T19:00
To do this justice in words would take a novel. In this episode, lone Wellness Guy Damian at the Thr1ve ancestral symposium interviewed one of the stand out speakers of the event Michele Chevalley ...
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TWG 195 : Mark Sisson in Sydney from 2015-04-04T19:00:21
In a ceremonious return to Australia, Mark Sisson, the original Primal Lifestyler, talks with Wellness Guy Dr Damian about the movement within Primal and Paleo after discussing trends in health at ...
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TWG 194: Learn, Lead and Love with Amanda Bisk from 2015-03-29T20:00:05
In this episode we discuss the rise and fall of a former Australian Commonwealth Athlete in Pole Vaulting – Amanda Bisk. We discussed the difficult decision of retiring vs. continuing to her dream...
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TWG 193: The amazing Arrowsmith from 2015-03-22T19:00
What if school was specifically tailored to rewire your brain to get the absolute best out of YOU? What if we could could not just learn information whilst at school but learn (or re-learn) how to ...
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TWG 192: Fermented Food and The Healthy gut with Kale Brock from 2015-03-15T19:00
This week Laurence and Brett have an awesome chat with Adelaide health and fitness coach Kale Brock. Kale is a wealth of information on all things health and wellness but in particular the gut. Kal...
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TWG 191: Wellness, Chiropractic and Elite AFL from 2015-03-08T19:00
In this episode Wellness guys LT and DK dig deep in to the life of Zac O’Brien from the Brisbane Lions. Not only looking at the tough mental aspects of the game, but also the fierce physical aspect...
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TWG 190: The Yoga Lunchbox with Kara-Leah Grant from 2015-03-01T19:00:24
In this episode, TWG interview the publisher, editor and lead writer of The Yoga Lunchbox – Kara-Leah Grant (http://theyogalunchbox.co.nz). Kara-Leah is the author of two books: Forty Days of Yoga...
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TWG 189: TWG on the road with Breakthrough insights from 2015-02-22T19:00:29
“This is the first Wellness Guys podcast recorded on the road! After an amazing and successful Wellness Breakthrough where over 40 participants spend 3 days with 9 Wellness experts including Cyndi...
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TWG 188: The Vitality Hackers from 2015-02-15T19:00
Have you ever wondered what The Wellness Guys were like when they were younger? Well meet The Vitality Hackers (Nick, Hannah and Jabe) three young chiropractors with a passion for sharing their hea...
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TWG 187: A Quirky Journey with Leah Follet from 2015-02-08T19:00
This week The Wellness Guys interview superstar mom, wellness coach and podcaster Leah Follet. Leah has gone on an amazing journey towards health and wellness for herself and her family and has lea...
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TWG 186: The Blood Type Diet – Your Questions answered from 2015-02-01T19:00
Massive episode in response to the 170+ shares on FaceBook about the Blood Type Diet from Dr Peter D’Adamo. LT asks DK “what is.. the deal!?”. Its a great chat about a food based lifestyle choice t...
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