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In this roundtable discussion, Dr. Shan Hussain is with Dr. Haider Al-Hakim host of the ‘Surgical Spirit’ podcast, Dr. Paul Polyvios host of the ‘A Doctor’s View’ podcast and Dr. Suhail Hussain portfolio GP for both the NHS and private sectors and senior tutor at 3 London medical schools. Together they discuss the reality of COVID19 and what it is really like on the frontline along with what it could and should be like for the world as we begin the process of moving on from Lockdown.   KEY TAKEAWAYS There is a fear of ‘this thing’ but how much is real, how much is paranoia and how much is hype? The next 6-12 months in the NHS will be critical. There are a huge backlog of cases that haven’t been brought to the attention of GP’s. Why don’t they talk about improving health through nutrition and activity As human beings, we need to take back responsibility for our own health and wellbeing outside of big institutions There should be many options for people to access healthcare but the key is changing perspectives and helping people to increase health through nutrition and activity The infection rates in this country a reflection of our collective health as a population. It has shown there is a lot more we can be doing to look after ourselves and could kickstart a better way forward. Normal before was not a good place to be. There needs to be a rethink about how we run the world.   BEST MOMENTS ‘The people who decided on the type of PPE to be worn are those that would run with speed in the opposite direction if near a patient with covid19’ ‘We can’t out-medicate chronic conditions’ ‘As humans, we all need our connections with others and we need to continue to build and maintain these’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Surgical Spirit Podcast A Doctor's View Podcast   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Joe Delaney is a Consultant Principal Lecturer in Integrative Health Practice, an Associate Lecturer in Postgraduate Medicine and also a recognised teacher of Evolutionary Psychology. He is a Specialist in Integrative Health Practice and creator of the ‘IAM Approach to Health and Wellbeing’. He shares his story as a health professional who has lots of information and has also lived through the experience of stress and anxiety building to a point where it changed his life. There is a difference between living a pretentious life and an authentic life and its vital to look within and find what brings you into balance because what goes on in the body affects the mind and what happens in the mind affects the body.   KEY TAKEAWAYS How we think determines how information is sent through our nervous system to our endocrine glands, these flood the system with various biochemical substances that influence how the cells perform. What goes on in the body affects the mind and what happens in the mind affects the body. What is important is the difference between living a pretentious life and an authentic life. Stress is excessive pressure that takes us out of our wellbeing level. The nervous system kicks in with the flight or fight response, heart rate increases, blood pressure goes up and we go into hypertension. When you are in a continual state of stress you can go into a rapid mind loop as you continually try to cope with the problems. Lots of people also become physically exhausted as they try to cope and this can lead to comfort-seeking behaviours. We become toxic and out of balance. It all begins with self-awareness and being body aware. Learning to put your hand on your heart and breath is the key to achieving balance. At 6 breaths per minute the magic happens, there is a perfect balance between the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous systems of the heart.   BEST MOMENTS ‘There was a whole load of me that I wasn’t paying attention to’ ‘I’d been living everyone else’s life not my life’ ‘All the choices I had made were based on external information’ ‘I’d never made any choices based on how I felt about myself from a place of authenticity’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Dr Joe Delaney website   ABOUT THE GUEST Dr Joe Delaney PhD CSci FIBMS PhySoc Joe is a Consultant Principal Lecturer in Integrative Health Practice with Wirral Metropolitan College and an Associate Lecturer in Postgraduate Medicine with Edge Hill University and also a recognised teacher of Evolutionary Psychology with the University of Liverpool. Previously, he worked for many years as a Senior Research Fellow in Medicine at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, exploring the use of non-medical interventions alongside pharmacological methods for treating hypertension in patients suffering with diabetes and chronic kidney disease. In line with the above role, Joe was appointed as the country’s first NHS Specialist in Integrative Health Practice. His role was to help individuals reduce the stress, tension, depression and anxiety arising from living with a long-term condition and to help them find the power and enthusiasm to make healthier choices. He is the creator of the ‘IAM Approach to Health and Wellbeing’ which is a deliberately developmental, mindfulness-based stress re-education (DD-MBSR) programme that helps individuals to focus on what’s strong in them and not what’s going wrong with them. In this way, they become more empowered, emotionally flexible, mentally alert and much more able to flex and flow in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex and often ambiguous world.  ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Since 2012 Ivor Cummins has been intensively researching the root causes of modern chronic disease with a particular focus on cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. His career speciality, leading large worldwide teams in complex problem-solving activity provided the key questions that have helped him to explore the root causes of chronic disease and find the answers. Key nutritional and lifestyle interventions can transform an individual’s health and productivity and Ivor shares the changes that will make the biggest difference and explains why it’s vital to understand the root cause and take the right action to transform your life.   KEY TAKEAWAYS I discovered excessive carbohydrate and refined carbohydrate were almost certainly driving my bad physiology, I had believed my whole adult life that fat was bad but it’s not. I changed my diet removing any processed foods, refined sugar and the majority of carbohydrates and everything transformed. My energy levels and mental acuity also increased dramatically and my weight loss accelerated. There are many illnesses that are preventable through dietary measures. Simple dietary changes such as wholefoods, cutting out the starchy carbs and refined sugars make a difference. Ferritin is an acute-phase reactant and should be the sixth marker for metabolic syndrome. Your A1C is a late-stage indicator for type 2 diabetes but a post-meal glucose test will provide a more accurate indicator of possible problems much earlier on because what gets measured is what gets treated and managed. If you check post-meal glucose levels then you will have more knowledge than most people. A healthy fats based low carbohydrate diet is one of the most important changes you can make. There are some crucial vitamins and minerals such as magnesium, potassium and fish oil and it’s important to eliminate vegetable oils and factory seed oils to lower omega 6 fats.   BEST MOMENTS ‘I cut out the bread, pasta and junk food and my results were dramatically changed’ ‘If the experts in the field don’t really know how to handle the basic measurements then something unusual was afoot’ ‘The answer is carbohydrate metabolism’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast https://thefatemperor.com Ivor Cummins at the Public Health Collaboration VCon 2020 Eat Rich, Live Long by Ivor Cummins & Jeffry Gerber   ABOUT THE GUEST Ivor Cummins BE(Chem) CEng MIEI PMP completed a Biochemical Engineering degree in 1990. He has since spent 30 years in corporate technical leadership positions. His career speciality has been leading large worldwide teams in complex problem-solving activity. Since 2012 Ivor has been intensively researching the root causes of modern chronic disease. A particular focus has been on cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. He shares his research insights at public speaking engagements around the world, revealing the key nutritional and lifestyle interventions which will deliver excellent health and personal productivity. He has recently presented at the British Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR) and also at the Irish National Institute of Preventative Cardiology (NIPC) annual conferences. Ivor is currently the Chief Program Officer for Irish Heart Disease Awareness: https://IHDA.ie ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth   Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you know how to find happiness and what difference it can make? In this episode, Dr. Shan is in conversation with Gary King who after a near-death experience sought to find the answers about how to be happy. Having worked and travelled the world with Tony Robbins he has interacted with millions of people and researched extensively about how to have an amazing happy life. People can think that happiness is all about money but Gary shares the true formula for happiness and discusses why the core of happiness is to do with a deep human connection. Listen in and hear how you can live an extraordinary life being happy.   KEY TAKEAWAYS No matter what you go through depending on how you process things there is happiness on the other side. Happiness is the opposite of fear and being happy produces endorphins in the body. Stress, fear and anxiety produce cortisol in the body and this depletes the body’s immune system. If you are happy you don’t produce cortisol or very little. Stress works against the immune system and is the biggest killer across the planet. If people refuse to forgive others they are in fact not forgiving themselves. Being honest with yourself is key because lying produces cortisol. Self-acceptance, self-approval and self-appreciation are what we seek as children and what shapes our self-worth as adults. The human constitution forms the basis of strength in any human being. It’s the kindness, integrity, empathy, honesty and self-worth of any individual. We live in a world of cause and effect and no one has immunity. Forgiveness, honesty, truthfulness and self-worth are the keys to happiness. An extraordinary life is based on forgiving yourself and other people, being honest and truthful with others, understanding self-worth and where it comes from.   BEST MOMENTS ‘You can change a person’s behaviour with one word’ ‘Your whole life is a happiness experiment’ ‘There is no such thing as an inconsequential lie’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Kyngme2@aol.com   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Shan discusses with Vicki Psarias parenting and the challenges of the day to day life where we are all ‘staying at home’ Vicki is a multi-award-winning blogger, vlogger and best-selling author of ‘MumBoss’ and discusses with Shan the joys of a slower pace of life and the things learnt that will change for the better moving forward along with the challenges of being in physical isolation. Vicki shares some great advice on the importance of looking after yourself, keeping to a routine and be social through virtual channels to support well-being, listen and enjoy.   KEY TAKEAWAYS In pregnancy, you need to understand how strong you are and that you are not alone if things don’t work out the way you are hoping they will. There are ways to be mindful and trust the professionals around you when you are facing medical procedure. Early motherhood is challenging and the reality is most people struggle with motherhood because pregnancy brings such a lot of change. In these unusual times we are physically distancing but need to make sure we are reaching out and communicating with others. We can all suffer from a lack of confidence but it’s important to understand its normal but you must also seek help and talk to someone Being social through virtual channels is vital at this time but curate the sites you are connecting with to ensure you are in control of the information. Work really hard on boundaries and recognise you can’t do everything and it’s better to be more focused rather than undertake a higher volume of activities.   BEST MOMENTS ‘Being social through virtual channels is vital, at this time, for well-being’ ‘It’s important to remember it’s not social distancing its physical isolation and distancing’ ‘It’s important to have gratitude but you can also acknowledge finding it difficult’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Mumboss: The Honest Mum's Guide to Surviving and Thriving at Work and at Home by Vicki Psarias Honest Mum website   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shan is with Rob Moore, serial entrepreneur, best-selling author and host of the Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast. In this fascinating conversation, they discuss the unusual times we are all experiencing and how as imperfectly perfect humans all sharing the planet we need to truly understand our self-worth. We all experience failures and Rob shares why it’s important to make a clear differentiation between the things that have happened and you as a person because you are not your failures, mistakes or flaws and you are also not your successes and wins you are something else and self-worth is vital. In all downsides, there are upsides and conversely, in all upsides there are downsides listen in and hear more, this is a great listen with great content and advice, enjoy.   KEY TAKEAWAYS A lot of stress comes from uncertainty so making a plan can be a productive redirection for anxiety. Uncertainty can perpetuate a lot of illness. Take a deep breath and calm yourself so you can identify how much is reality and how much you are creating. The more you give out the more you get back. The more balanced commentary you put out the more balanced commentary you get back. Uncertainty can affect people’s self-esteem and this can lead to many health issues. You and who you are is not what happens to you. You need to make a clear differentiation between you and the things that happen to you. You are not your failures, mistakes or flaws and you are not your successes and wins you are something very different. You are whole, pure, worthy and imperfectly perfect as is everyone on the planet. Accept yourself and you will understand your self-worth. You need to find self-acceptance and understand that we experience things but these do not define us. Mentors play a vital role in helping you to learn about the difference between perception and reality, this is about mindset. The concept of balance is really about there being an equal opposing set of upsides and downsides in any situation.   BEST MOMENTS ‘It was cathartic for me because it put the potential stress-energy outward rather than inward’ ‘With gratitude, you can love what you didn’t before like’ ‘I had a glass half empty mindset’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast I'm Worth More book by Rob Moore The Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast Rob Moore   ABOUT THE GUEST Rob Moore   Rob Moore is an entrepreneur, investor, 6-time bestselling author and podcaster Rob lives and loves entrepreneurship and property investing, and is the host of the successful UK podcasts, The “Disruptive Entrepreneur” and “Money”. He is on a mission to change the way people think about business and aims to support people around the globe through the Rob Moore foundation.
 Rob co-founded Progressive Property – the UK’s leading property training company – and Unlimited Success with his business partner, before becoming the host of the wildly successful podcast The “Disruptive Entrepreneur” and now The “Money” Podcast, listened to in 192 countries worldwide. This has grown into a complete digital agency: Progressive Media.
 A self-made multi-millionaire by the age of 30, having risen to riches from being heavily in debt in his 20s, Rob has retired and un-retired countless times, each time creating a new innovation, vision, book or entire company.
 He continues to disrupt as an entrepreneur and businessman, with interests ranging from property development to public speaking and digital media. He is a writer, communicator, social media influencer and philanthropist. His 8 books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and received over 9,000 reviews, and 200 1 stars!
 He is a highly sought-after public speaker, having given 1,200 speeches in the last decade and held 2 separate world records for the longest individual speech marathon. Rob holds his audience captive as an engaging and innovative speaker. He has the rare skill of cutting to the chase, using his personal experience to help others and entertain in a disruptive way.
 Through the Rob Moore Foundation, he provides an opportunity for under-privileged individuals, start-ups and small established businesses to gain valuable support, investment and mentorship from some of the best in the business. All his profits from his book Money go to the foundation.   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shan is in conversation with Giles Croft, a psychology graduate and former NHS surgeon who stepped aside from clinical practice for a decade to explore a number of career paths, including health informatics, cycling journalism, public speaking and high street retail with his wife. He is now back in the healing profession, tackling the root cause of stress and its many harmful effects by leading clients to a better understanding of the human experience. When we have a better understanding of where our experiences come from, including stress, then we are able to listen to the inner intuitive voice and look in the right direction. This is a fascinating insight into the human experience and understanding that you just need to take one in-perfect step to change everything. KEY TAKEAWAYS When we start really listening to the quiet voice of intuition and honouring it that’s when we get that sense of ‘shackles off’ We are creative beings and when we let life live us and gently go in the direction we choose then we achieve our true selves. My coaching is completely structureless it’s about being completely present with the other person. We all do have exactly what we need within us, the role of the coach is to help the person find the space to find themselves If you want to hear the intuitive voice you have to quieten the chat. It’s vital to achieve stillness of the mind. Our minds are as homeostatic as the rest of our body we always come back into balance and the only thing that keeps us stuck is ourselves, tinkering around and trying to fix our thinking when it fixes itself with the right environment. A situation can not inherently hold meaning it is our perception. The data goes in via our senses and then our own unique subjective perception is created Look for what is variable and look for what is true, all of experience is variable because all we are ever experiencing is our perception and our perception is variable. The answers we are looking for all lie within; we just need to start looking in the direction.   BEST MOMENTS ‘You need to get out of your head and ask the questions’ ‘If you point yourself in a particular direction and start moving then the opportunities will appear’ ‘The constant is the intuitive voice and the deep drivers’ - wisdom, creativity, common sense and love these can be relied on.    VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Website: www.gilespcroft.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gpcroft Twitter: ‪@gilespcroft The Inside-Out Revolution book by Michael Neill     ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Dr. Shan Hussain is discussing the real drivers behind the current COVID19 lockdown with Dr. Aseem Malhotra, author, cardiologist and honorary professor of evidence-based medicine. They discuss the problems faced by the NHS currently as well as those which have been building over a number of years ,and as positive advocates for the NHS they review the solutions that could build a healthy population for the future. This is an insightful episode with extensive information and listening will help you to understand both the challenges and solutions for us as individuals and as a nation in these unusual and challenging times.   KEY TAKEAWAYS The reason the health service is so overstretched is because of problems that have been building over a period of years; failure to address prevention in connection with lifestyle disease combined with too much medicine – unnecessary treatments and over medication. Lots of people struggle to see the connection between obesity and healthy lifestyle choices. The data strongly indicates that excessive body fat contributes to immune dysregulation. Metabolic disease can be altered through lifestyle choices, it’s about empowering people to remove ultra-processed food from their diet. Anything that is a packaged product and has more than 5 ingredients is likely to be ultra-processed and should be avoided. Wholefoods are the way forward and we can support our immune system through the food choices we make. The public deserves to know that the obesity problem is one of the biggest drivers behind this lockdown because we have failed to deal with the obesity crisis. Less than 1 in 3 people who have a normal BMI are metabolically healthy, there is no such thing as a healthy weight only a healthy person. It’s never too late to change your lifestyle and the impact can be profound in a relatively short amount of time. What you put in your mouth is one of the most important factors in maintaining your health. Prevention is not better than a cure, prevention is the cure.   BEST MOMENTS ‘If the population was healthy and there was preparation in place, it is possible that a lockdown would not have been necessary’ ‘Physical activity has a positive psychological effect and you should try to complete a physical activity daily as part of your routine’ ‘People are suffering from a pandemic of fear alongside the virus pandemic’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Dr. Aseem Malhotra website    ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth                                                               Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coronavirus – Getting Accurate Information  – Interview with Dr Shan Hussain Community GP & host of the ‘Enduring Health’ podcast   ‘It’s not about you and me it’s about all of us, we need to protect everybody’  In this episode packed with information, Jay is checking in with Dr Shan Hussain host of the Enduring Health podcast and community GP with 20 years of professional experience. They discuss the vital importance of getting accurate and legitimate information in a time where social media is a part of everyone’s lives and can be the source of much misinformation. There is great practical advice and tips that everyone can implement in this podcast, listen in and find out more.   KEY TAKEAWAYS If someone has an underlying narrative and see something that supports it, it’s very easy to share without fact-checking or thinking about it first. If you see something on social media from an unofficial source,  check it and see if it’s accurate before sharing. Coronavirus is a type of flu virus there is no actual treatment or vaccine for it at this time. It’s spreading much faster than anticipated. There will be people walking around with no symptoms who can pass it on to someone else. Most people who get it will have mild to moderate symptoms and will fight it off. It is those vulnerable groups, for whom it is potentially much more serious, that the current restrictions are seeking to protect. We have to do everything we can reasonably do to slow the spread. People should not panic; you need to do everything you reasonably can to protect yourself without causing yourself increased anxiety and stress. A difference between coronavirus and seasonal flu is the mortality rate, with the mortality rate for coronavirus being much higher. There is no definitive evidence currently about whether you are immune after you have had it or if it will reoccur in the coming years. There is no cure so it’s about how to protect yourself, and if you get it, what you can do to fight it. Good nutrition through real foods is key to keeping healthy and this is something everyone can do. What we do now will potentially determine how long it lasts into the future. Everyone needs to do what they can to look themselves and each other.   BEST MOMENTS ‘I think testing should be rolled out for all health workers because they are treating others’ ‘Panic buying is a reflection of how fearful people are, but that fear doesn’t serve anyone’ ‘Everybody is working so hard and it makes you proud to be part of the health profession’ ‘It’s great to have a resource such as the NHS to hand’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Recruitment Boss http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com Enduring Health Podcast   ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few. Its huge success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to success as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone, 95% of business fail within the first five years, and Jay’s aim is to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.   CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘Top-down, bottom-up, sideways in - the changes need to come from all ways and we need to look after each other’ Dr. Shan Hussain is in conversation with Amandip Sidhu, Founder of Doctors in Distress. His brother, a consultant cardiologist, worked to the point of burn out and ultimately felt he only had one way out. This personal tragedy led Amandip to create Doctors in Distress; to raise awareness of the importance of looking after the health and well-being of those medical professionals who dedicate their lives to caring for everyone. Amandip shares the key messages for change that need to be embraced in order for everyone to be able to move forward together and the ways change can be facilitated in this thought-provoking episode. KEY TAKEAWAYS There is huge pressure on doctors institutionally but there is also a failure to give them the right level of support and ensure the right amount of oversight exists and is in place. Doctors work with an obligation and moral pressure to do their best for their patients, this can make it very hard to walk away even if you are exhausted. There needs to be change, so that people feel they can speak up say that they need help Professionals in the system need to challenge themselves to look at the teamwork and ask themselves is the best way for everyone within the team? rather than allow individuals to pick up high workloads. Doctors in distress Doctors in Distress was created as a vehicle to raise issues around doctors mental health and facilitate the learnings from my brother’s experience. Stigma Stigma prevents doctors from speaking out.There must be routes through which people can ask for help without fear of it impacting on their careers or feeling they are failing. Good Leadership We advocate that there is good and effective leadership for doctors and healthcare workers to make sure that the right systems are in place to monitor workload. Good leadership involves treating doctors with dignity and respect and remembering that when doctors feel they can do no more for a patient it is very destructive mentally for them as individuals. Culture and behaviours The culture within the medical profession is a competitive one and this ethos has driven medicine to where it is now but is it the right culture moving forward? It’s now time to rethink the dynamics within the medical profession. Its currently very fragmented with different ‘tribes’ such as GPs, the surgeons, the anaesthetists and in some areas there are even sub-tribes. There needs to be a change in culture and a move towards looking after each other. BEST MOMENTS ‘The culture is focused on the patient comes first in absolutely everything even if it’s at the expense of your own health and  well-being – you should just be able to get on with it’ ‘Being signed off sick can be perceived by a medical professional as the ultimate level of failure as a doctor’ ‘The NHS and health systems have not really expanded in relation to the population explosion’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Doctors in Distress website   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth         Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Bennett is a serial entrepreneur, founder of Primal Living health products, and author of several books including Fat And Furious. We catch up with Steve after our first interview in Episode 4 of Enduring Health to find out what’s new, and talk about his latest book and podcast “Fat And Furious” devoted to supporting optimal health through natural means. KEY TAKEAWAYS Fat And Furious is a collaborative effort between Steve and numerous medical contributors, with the format seeing Steve asking questions of how to improve certain facets of his health, and the doctors giving multiple answers, so as to provide a real depth of knowledge. We should be eating the foods that our bodies were designed to eat. We should be moving and exercising in a consistent way with our body’s design. We can achieve optimal conditions for our bodies using the LEON method: L - Lifestyle - Ensuring we get enough sleep, rest, exercise. E - Environment - Reducing the amount of toxicity in our everyday surroundings. ON - Optimal Nutrition - Ensuring that our dietary intake is designed in accordance with our body’s natural needs. Science evolves at a breakneck speed. Findings that are accepted today may be outdated and refuted within a few years. As students of science, we must always be prepared to have our expectations confounded as more information is known. Incredibly, life expectancy has begun to fall. Subsequent generations are expected to live for ten years less than us. Steve credits this to a large-scale deception by big corporations. We have over 40 trillion human cells in our bodies, and each one has a cell membrane comprised of fatty acids that we cannot produce on our own. We need fats in order to exist. In order to save the human race, companies will have to change the root of what drives them. At present it’s money, but this is ultimately unsustainable. Consumers will eventually drive the key factors behind company growth. Ethical factors will be a selling point that soon becomes harder to ignore. Steve advocates a vegan and vegetarian diet, but only for the right reasons. If you choose to eat that way because of animal cruelty, then you are to be praised. If you are doing it because you believe that it will save the planet, he believes this to be wrong.  BEST MOMENTS ‘I’m a bit annoyed because I had this idea myself!’ ‘We should be living a lifestyle that the body wants us to live’ ‘Follow the logic and not the money’ ‘I’m furious that the truth is so simple’ ‘Making money doesn’t have to be your key driver’ ‘I haven’t found a doctor yet who’s said that being a vegan is healthier’ VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Steve Bennett Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehealthdaddy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Fat And Furious by Steve Bennett (Amazon) Fat And Furious Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fat-furious/id1495158540 ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth         Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘As doctors and physicians ultimately, our main goal is the well-being, health and wellness of our patients. We all entered medicine for that reason.' In this fascinating roundtable discussion, Dr. Shan Hussain is with Dr. Haidar Al-Hakim host of the ‘Surgical Spirit’ podcast, Dr. Paul Polyvios host of the ‘A Doctor’s View’ podcast and Dr. Suhail Hussain portfolio GP for both the NHS and private sectors and senior tutor at 3 London medical schools. Together they discuss wide-ranging topics in a very honest dialogue that is both refreshing and entertaining. In bringing together their experiences they provide an enthralling insight into the issues faced by doctors and physicians every day across the NHS and private practice.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Hidden racism There is a subjective perception about racism, but it’s the hidden and insidious racism that needs to be called out. Evidence shows that British medical graduates who are minority ethnics and of black heritage are 3 times more likely to fail the RCGP exam than white Caucasian British graduates. We have to meet certain expectations, but still be ourselves and connect with others. Any institution mirrors the thoughts of society and there is inherent bias moving down from above, but there are steps being made towards change. The important thing is that we do our jobs to the best of our ability. Racism is everywhere and it’s a reality that we don’t have enough doctors. It’s vital that a way is found to accommodate everyone’s beliefs. Being human It’s impossible to be on top of everything all of the time but as doctors, the expectation is for perfection all of the time. We are all human, and that human connection with our patients is a vital part of the work.  It’s a very fine balance, and it seems to be moving away from being human and more towards being algorithmic and protocol-driven. Being human is ultimately what is going to save the medical profession.  There is not enough time, personnel, or support for struggling doctors and there is still a stigma about coming forward and asking for help. The fear lies in being adversely judged or having your fitness-to-practise questioned. The unsustainable model of healthcare practice and the well-paid institutions that supposedly support practitioners must be effectively reviewed. Change needs to happen. Recruitment and retention is a huge issue. Early retirement alongside the lack of commitment to long term contracts has led to a fractured and disjointed workforce that doesn’t know colleagues or most importantly patients. The End of the NHS? The mechanism of healthcare is very complicated and the stress of the logistics is huge, making life much more difficult within hospitals. It’s the variables that throw people – the protocols in place and the fear of doing something wrong. If something is not part of a pathway then trainees can find it more challenging to deal with in today’s practice. There has never been a more important time for us to look after our own health. It’s about coming together and looking after ourselves and each other.   BEST MOMENTS ‘The official line is they (British-trained BAME candidates) are not working as hard as their white counterparts.’ ‘If people don’t want to see me on the basis of my skin colour, then I’m not the doctor for them. I would rather help people who want my help.’ ‘We are all human and we suffer the same problems our patients do.’ ‘An overstretched ED unit is one of the last places you can practice common sense medicine.’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Surgical Spirit Podcast A Doctor's View Podcast   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth   Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re joined by the inspiring Professor Tim Noakes of The Noakes Foundation, author of over 750 books and articles, and a member of the National Research Foundation in South Africa. Professor Noakes is dedicated to educating the world about the benefits of optimum nutrition, mainly through advocating a low carb diet, and has in the past faced-off against the establishment in order to do so.  In this very special show, Professor Noakes discusses the factors that made him determined to change the way the world eats, the benefits of following his nutritional advice, and the incredible battle that led to his vindication.    KEY TAKEAWAYS   Athletes don’t die of dehydration - they die of over-hydration. Professor Noakes and his team were among the first to recognise this, and began to advise the health industry, who were fixed on selling hydrating products to athletes. The court case that almost destroyed Professor Noakes’ career was painful and arduous, but he is now glad he endured it, as it allowed him to prove, legally, that the low carb diet was safe and effective. Obesity, Type II Diabetes and Insulin Resistance all share one common symptom: hunger. If you don’t beat the food cravings, you can’t beat the problems that come as a result. You get hungry, but what drives that hunger, and the subsequent problems, are high-carbohydrate, sugary foods that are being perpetually sold to us by corporations in search of profits. What you eat determines what you eat next. Carbohydrates stimulate our need for more, which increases our sugar intake and causes us to pile on the weight. Diabetes is a disease of behaviour, and so if we don’t treat the behaviour, we cannot control the disease. The incidence of Type II Diabetes have increased four-fold in the past 35 years. Current treatment costs in the US are around 245 billion dollars per year. Within the next ten years, this has the potential bankrupt nations. On the back of his huge best-seller, Professor Noakes realised that he could use his newfound means to invest in low-carb research, and so was born The Noakes Foundation. Academia is unfortunately beset by a bullying culture. In Professor Noakes’ opinion, we must do all we can to eradicate bullying and agenda, in order to clearly see the truth behind each argument without prejudice.   BEST MOMENTS ‘I could tell you where every molecule of glucose went, from your mouth to your muscles.’ ‘I had to do this or face the consequences’ ‘It took me forty years to build up Sports Science. Sports Science no longer exists at the University’ ‘I just want you to drown (the prosecution) in science’ ‘It’s difficult to get a man to understand something if his salary depends on his not understanding it’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Lore of Nutrition: Challenging Conventional Dietary Beliefs by Tim Noakes   ABOUT THE GUEST Professor Tim Noakes Professor Noakes has published more than 750 scientific books and articles. He has been cited more than 19 000 times in scientific literature, has an H-index of 71 and is rated an A1 scientist by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. After coming across research which denounced current international dietary guidelines as fallacy, Prof Noakes started researching the effects of carbohydrates, proteins and fats on the human race. His research convinced him that a high fat, low carb diet is the healthiest option for many. After being left frustrated by a decline in his personal health, Prof Noakes has made it his mission to reverse the global trend and redefine the dietary guidelines. The Noakes Foundation is the catalyst for this change. It seeks to reveal what genuine healthy nutrition looks like and, in doing so, make a difference in the lives of millions of people. The Noakes Foundation The Noakes Foundation is a Public Benefit Organization founded for public benefit which aims to advance medical science’s understanding of the benefits of a low-carbohydrate healthy high fat (LCHF) diet by providing evidence-based information on optimum nutrition. The Foundation’s key goal is to change the way South Africa eats because the epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes are set to cripple national healthcare within the next 10 years. The Foundation purely relies on funding to carry out this mandate, visit our website to find out how you can help: www.thenoakesfoundation.org/donate Connect with Professor Noakes Website: www.thenoakesfoundation.org Facebook: The Noakes Foundation, Eat Better South Africa and Nutrition Network. Twitter: @ProfTimNoakes For any media enquiries please contact jana@thenoakesfoundation.org For more information about Nutrition Network please contact candice@nutrition-network.org     ABOUT THE HOST   Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 20 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work   CONTACT METHOD ·       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/ ·       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shan is in conversation with Stephanie Webster a Nutritional Therapist who specialises in fat loss, gut health and hormone optimisation. They talk about the complex relationships we have with food, created early on in life and the addictive nature of the fat, sugar and salt combination that is part of the many people’s diet through the processed food we are surrounded by. This is a thought-provoking episode that explores the links between our nutrition and the health problems many face as part of daily life in the modern world. Listen in and find out more about what you can do to make the changes to a diet that nourishes your body.    KEY TAKEAWAYS Nutrition I help people understand their bodies better and work on nutrition, working with individuals to create their own instruction manual to treat their bodies. It’s about having a sense of what’s right for you and understanding what your body needs at a particular time. Body composition matters, it’s about your belief system and values. To change you need to become a different person who is doing want’s right for your body. Is it good for me? should be the question you are always asking We can be very emotionally involved with food, it can mean love, connection, guilt, shame and processed foods stimulate dopamine in ways that a food such as spinach doesn’t Gut health Your gut is the main place in your body where you absorb your nutrition without gut health you cannot rebuild, repair and restore tissue properly. The gut is affected by what you eat and levels of stress No processed food – it doesn’t provide anything that is needed No processed thought -no negative self-talk as it affects levels of stress, the gut-brain axis is real No processed people – review the tribe around you and make sure they are supportive of you in the best possible way, they emotionally nourish you Hormone optimisation After the age of 40, hormone levels can drop providing challenges for keeping lean. We don’t live lives designed for the human condition. The human body is not designed for the world most of us live in every day. Taking small steps can be part of the journey that over time make a difference. Each day is an opportunity to get closer to a healthier version of you. We are all built differently and it’s about knowing your own body and understanding what works for you and your body. It’s about getting a balanced diet in the right way.   BEST MOMENTS ‘The right combination of sugar,  salt and fat stimulates you and is addictive’ ‘Processed food doesn’t nourish you or give you anything you need’ ‘If you do not optimise your gut health you will not be well overall’ ‘If you are emotionally nourished by your tribe you will not look to food for emotional soothing’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Enduring Health Podcast Urban Health Method website   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr. Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   CONTACT METHOD ·       Connect with Dr. Shan Hussain through his website at https://thehealthstudio.net/ ·       If you would like to support our podcast, please visit our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shan is joined this week by James Goolnik BDS MSc, a UK dentist and author, who has made it his mission in life to help the world realise that sugar does more damage to our bodies than we realise, and that it’s easier to remove it from our diet than we think. By following James’s guidelines and advice, people can reboot their health and see instant benefits to their wellbeing, and more importantly, to their children’s wellbeing. Key Takeaways Schools and nurseries have an inherent problem, in that they tend to reward good behaviour with sugar. This leads to behavioural patterns that continue throughout life, whereby sugar is associated with positivity.   Stickers and other physical items are a much healthier, and prized, form of reward. James has even developed a series of adult stickers for use in his practice, which has been a huge hit.   People trust their health and wellbeing to professionals, and so we have a responsibility to ensure that we are doing the best we can with it. We should be optimising their treatment at all times, including aftercare and pre-emptive treatments.   Teeth and enamel do not regenerate. You can harden the enamel with products, and you can reverse early decay, but once they’re gone, it’s impossible to get them back.   If you have sensitive teeth, you need to talk to a dentist to find out the cause. It might be a dietary problem, and can be easily solved. It’s about neutralising the acid, and fixing the problem pre-emptively.   Fruit and fruit juices have long been touted as excellent sources of nutrition, but contain high amounts of acid and sugar. In many cases they can be more harmful than colas and sodas.   After six days of cutting down on carbohydrates and added sugars, your taste buds recalibrate, meaning that sweet things often taste sweeter. It’s a useful tool in demonstrating how accustomed we are to sweeter things.   Often we snack because we’re bored, not because we’re hungry. Analyse the difference when you feel the urge to eat something. Are you hungry, or do you just want to east? If it’s the latter, try moving, or occupying your mind in some other way. The need to eat will be greatly reduced. Best Moments ‘Enamel is the hardest substance in our bodies, and we’re destroying it’ ’There must be a better way’ ’None of the toothpaste out there will restore the enamel. Once it’s gone, it’s gone’ ‘Food isn’t just nutritious. It’s supposed to be fun’ ’Sugar is not for breakfast, lunch and dinner’ ABOUT THE HOST Dr Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work.   HOST CONTACT METHOD Dr Shan Hussain • Connect with Dr Shan Hussain through his website at http://www.thehealthstudio.net. • If you would like to support our Podcast, please visit our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/enduringhealth   ABOUT THE GUEST: James Goolnik BDS MSc is a UK dentist and founder of the Bow Lane Dental Group which is based in the City of London, England. James is past-president of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He qualified from Kings' College Dental School in 1992 and went to study his Masters degree in Conservative Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Institute. James lectures internationally and has delivered over 1000 seminars and authored two books. His first book Brush is a number one best seller on Amazon in 2011 with all the profits go to Dentaid. The first project was in Malawi where James installed a two surgery dental practice and lead a dental team to deliver a skills transfer workshop. His second book 'Kick Sugar' is a collaboration to help people reboot their health by kicking sugar over a 14 days challenge.All profits go to The Rewards Project, a charity founded to help tackle sugar being used as a reward for children www.rewardsproject.org Follow James on Twitter Learn more about James Valuable Resources Purchase “Kick Sugar” on Amazon Download the Insight Timer App Purchase “Fat And Furious” by Steve Bennett Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.