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The Wellness Wire#39: How can each of us improve our micro-health environment?Our micro-health environment is the things we can directly influence on a daily basis, such as what goes in our fridge, what we eat at work, and where we exercise etc, as opposed to the 'macro-environment' which is made up of things we can't directly affect such as government health legislation, advertising and societal trends.For today's discussion I want to know how we as individuals can alter our micro-environment to have a positive impact on our healthTo discuss this I'm joined by Neill Friedman, Neill has a BSC in ‘Sport & Exercise Science’, and is cu...
2023-07-0343 minThe Wellness Wire#35: Should we be focusing on 'Health-span' instead of 'Life-span'?In this episode we're discussing the question of whether as a society we should move our focus away from increasing our 'lifespan' (duration of life) and onto a focus on increasing our 'healthspan' (duration of life lived without disease)To discuss this I'm joined by fellow healthy living enthusiast Neill Friedman. Neill is currently reading for a PhD in biology and health sciences, where his research is focussed on understanding the molecular pathways by which diet affects health. Neill continues to work as a nutrition consultant to organisations and is a director of The BERG F, a n...
2023-06-051h 02The Wellness Wire#28: The 'skinny jab' & how do we solve the obesity crisis?I'm joined by Neill Friedman BSc, who's BSc is in Sport and Exercise Science. Neill is currently in his 1st year of reading for a PhD in Health & Biological Sciences where he is looking to expand upon his work in understanding the relationship between diet and lifestyle and chronic disease and healthspan.Neill is also the co-founder of the BERG F a not-for-profit social enterprise looking to channel social impact funding into research projects that look to tackle the root causes of disease rather than into finding drugs for the treatment of symptoms.In this e...
2023-03-2351 min