EP 3 A Diet Which Helps You Fit in Your ...

This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. Inigo Martincorena, Group Leader at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. They discuss the discovery of widespread cancer-driver mutations in normal tissue, the role of somatic mutations in autoimmune disease, new sequencing te ... Show More

This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. Marleah Dean Kruzel, Professor of Communication at the University of South Florida. They discuss her personal path from watching breast cancer move through her family to testing positive for a hereditary mutation herself ... Show More

This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. David Hallett, Chief Scientific Officer at Recursion. They discuss the biggest shifts in drug discovery over Dave's three-decade career, where AI is genuinely transforming the field today versus where the hype outruns th ... Show More

Have you tried every diet under the sun but can’t seem to budge the weight, or if you have lost the weight as soon as you stop the diet you put it all back on? What if weight loss had nothing to do with discipline and self control, but your brain was actually designed to want you ... Show More

How much do our genetics determine our destiny when it comes to how much we weigh? Cambridge geneticist Giles Yeo says your genes play a bigger role than you might think. “In casino terms, the house will always win if the die is weighted just a little bit one way versus the other ... Show More

Today we're diving into the fascinating world of genomics and personalised nutrition. We're joined by Dr. Stuart J. Grice, a distinguished biologist and former academic at the University of Oxford, whose groundbreaking research has explored the biological mechanisms behind neurom ... Show More

Have you ever counted calories before? What’s one small change you’d like to make in how you eat? Today, Jay invites geneticist and author Giles Yeo to challenge one of the most persistent beliefs in modern health culture: the idea that all calories are created equal. Giles is a ... Show More

Think weight loss is all about eating less and moving more? Think again. In this episode, Prof. Giles Yeo reveals why calorie counting isn’t just inaccurate—it could actually make weight management harder. He explains why the popular “calories in, calories out” method doesn’t add ... Show More

Jana addresses more of the details on her recent break-up. And it’s tough to figure out what foods are “good for you” and “bad for you”, so Jana is talking to science researcher Max Lugavere to get the real story on what we should be eating.   Learn what to eat to have more energ ... Show More

Our guinea-pig presenter James Gallagher has been eating either extremely fast or excruciatingly slow to figure out what our eating speed does to our health. Dr Sarah Berry from Kings College London explains it’s not good news if you devour your dinner! And we get to the bottom o ... Show More

Tara sits down with Dr. Tim Spector, M.D., an award-winning epidemiologist, best-selling author, co-founder of Zoe Nutrition and professor at Kings College, London. Their conversation weaves together the story of how our genetics, our diet and even the partners we choose all rela ... Show More

In this episode, Dr Chatterjee meets Tim Spector, Professor of Genetics and author of The Diet Myth, to discuss gut health, microbes and food diversity. We hear about the Hadza community in Tanzania and how they are, surprisingly, in good health by default. Show notes available a ... Show More