The Unprocessed Truth

In this episode of The Unprocessed Truth, Alana Macfarlane, co-founder of The Gut Stuff, joins us to reveal the unfiltered facts about gut health. We break down her groundbreaking King's College twin study, debunk the persistent myth that you can "cleanse" your gut, and expose the reality behind expensive probiotics versus simple, food-first habits.

What we cover:
• The Twin Study: Why identical twins living the exact same lifestyle only share 30% to 40% of their gut microbiome.
• The "Detox" Myth: Why cleansing and detoxing your gut is biologically impossible—and why only your liver can actually detox your body.
• The Probiotic Reality: Why everyday fermented foods like kefir, kombucha, and sauerkraut are often a more effective daily bet than expensive pills.
• The Fiber Trend: How to stop obsessing over extreme 100g "fiber maxing" and simply aim for your daily 30 grams and 30 different plants a week.
• Redefining Health: Why we need to ditch extreme fad diets in favour of a realistic "survive, not thrive" approach built on simple, long-term habits.

Keep up with where Alana is up to with The Gut Stuff's 100-day gut health courses and her podcast, Chatting Sh*t: https://thegutstuff.com

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Is vaping a lifesaving alternative to smoking, or Big Tobacco's newest trap for young people?

In this episode of The Unprocessed Truth, Hazel Cheeseman, Chief Executive of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), joins us to reveal the unfiltered facts about vaping. We break down the alarming rise of unregulated nicotine pouches, debunk the dangerous trend that nicotine helps you "focus," and expose the shocking hypocrisy of Big Tobacco pushing a "smoke-free" future in the UK while aggressively marketing lethal cigarettes across Africa and Asia.

What we cover:
• The Vaping Reality: It is magnitudes less harmful than smoking, but inhaling aerosols is far from risk-free for your lungs.
• The Pouch Loophole: How heavily marketed, ultra-strong nicotine pouches currently have no age restrictions.
• The "Focus" Myth: Why the mental "focus" you get from nicotine is actually just your brain relieving its own painful withdrawal symptoms.
• Global Hypocrisy: How Big Tobacco fights basic health regulations in emerging markets to protect their billion-dollar cash cow.
• Redefining Health: Why the ultimate gift of health is simply "not having to think about your health".

Keep up with where ASH is up to on the Parliamentary Process: https://ash.org.uk/media-centre/news/blog/report-stage-for-the-tobacco-and-vapes-bill-what-happened

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This week on The Unprocessed Truth, we are peeling back the veil on the global fasting craze.

From Silicon Valley to your social media feed, we’re constantly bombarded with claims that skipping meals is the secret to vitality. But behind the 'health halo,' are we just looking at a repackaged way to trigger metabolic chaos?

Sunna Van Kampen is joined once again by expert Dietitian Natalie Louise Burrows as we grill the industry and debunk the junk science. We’re stripping away the jargon to expose the unprocessed truth about what happens to your hormones when you stop eating, and why we believe the 16:8 method might be failing you.

In this episode, we reveal:
The 36-Hour Fail: Why hardcore water fasting can leave you unable to function at work.
The "Men vs. Women" Trap: Why women MUST stop treating their bodies like men when it comes to skipping breakfast.
The Grazing Scam: Why eating "healthy" snacks in your window is stopping you from burning fat.
Metabolic Flexibility: The secret to walking around without a snack in your bag.

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Recorded in front of a packed live audience, this special episode flips the script. We’re putting our expert panel in the hot seat to audit the trillion-dollar wellness industry and answer the burning questions you usually only ask Google at 2 AM.

Sunna is joined by nutrition scientist Dr. Emily Prpa, dietitian Nichola Ludlam-Raine, and chef Chris Baber. Together, they help the crowd distinguish between what’s biologically essential and what’s just "expensive dust."

Meet the Panelists:
Dr. Emily Prpa: The Nutrition Reporter
Chris Baber: Chef & Author
Nichola Ludlam-Raine: Nic’s Nutrition

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Recorded in front of a live audience, this special edition brings together an expert panel to audit the trillion-dollar wellness industry.

Sunna joins nutrition scientist Dr. Emily Prpa, dietitian Nichola Ludlam-Raine, and chef Chris Baber to determine what is biologically necessary and what is just "expensive dust".

From the "kitchen villains" hiding in your cupboard to the truth about Ultra-Processed Foods, the panel cuts through the marketing to answer: Is wellness a scam? Plus, the experts face questions directly from the floor to help you stop giving up and start smartening up.

Check out our Panelists:
https://www.instagram.com/thenutritionreporter/
https://www.instagram.com/chrisbaber/
https://www.instagram.com/nicsnutrition/

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