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Apr 28
1h 12m

Ep. 136 As A Woman, What & How Should I ...

GRACE BEVERLEY
About this episode

This is an expert episode absolutely packed with gold on what & when we should be eating.


My guest is Professor Sarah Berry, a world-leading expert in nutritional science, Professor at King’s College London, the Chief Scientist at ZOE and the lead nutritional scientist on the PREDICT program, the world’s largest in-depth nutritional research programme. With over 20 years of research under her belt, Sarah has published more than 200 scientific papers exploring how our bodies respond to food, from blood sugar and fat metabolism to the gut microbiomeand crucially, how those responses can differ drastically between individuals, especially women.


The aim for this episode was to answer the question, as a woman, what and how should I be eating, and how we can finally move past one-size-fits-all wellness culture, something I am very behind!


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CHAPTERS

0:00: Introduction

1:53: Working Hard or Hardly Working?

2:49: Prof Sarah's Career Journey

5:45: Why nutritional science has overlooked women

14:31: The processed food price gap

18:03: How being a woman impacts your metabolism

21:24: Eating to ease menopause symptoms

23:57: The best times to be eating 32:22: Is there anyting we shouldn’t be eating?

34:32: Why calorie counting doesn’t work

39:35: What keeps our microbiome healthy

41:00: What women should know about their bodies

45:18: How fast eating impacts you

50:33: What order you should eat your food in 52:30: The food matrix

57:30: When shouldn’t we be snacking?

1:02:04: Her study on cancer in young people

1:06:25: Why 0.1% of us follow food guidelines

1:10:00: The best advice she's recieved


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MY LINKS: https://gracebeverley.komi.io/


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PROFESSOR SARAH BERRY

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsarahberry/?hl=en

ZOE: https://zoe.com/learn/sarah-berry

ZOE Science & Nutrition podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/C0Nr-WDV


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