Festive Greetings and Welcome to this is the final episode in the wonderful Health Unwrapped series that I’ve been running with Bioglan for the last year. We’re welcoming Ebony Rainford-Brent, former international England cricketer who now works as a broadcaster and commentator. This is a brilliant conversation to end our inspirational series and we hope you enjoy it. What we discussed: The transition from pro athlete to commentator and how that process was for her.&...

Welcome to Health UnWrapped, we’re speaking with Health and Wellness columnist Susannah Taylor about how she has been looking after her gut health, during the last 18 months and what she has learned from the conversations she’s been having for her column in You Magazine. What we discussed: How her working life has changed over the last year, Susannah has three children between age 14 to 3 so she was confronted with the challenge of work and homeschooling. How shift-wo...

Welcome back to Health Unwrapped, where we are speaking to Jess Cunningham, former Apprentice and Big Brother contestant, business and transformation coach, and mother of five, to talk about all things related to children’s health. Jess and I spoke when her youngest son was just a few weeks old and he was good as gold!> What we discussed: What it was like during the lockdown and how her excitement of homeschooling waned. How they managed during the 2nd lockdo...

Welcome to another episode of Health Unwrapped and today I’m talking with Scola Dondo - YouTuber, TV Presenter, and Personal Trainer about the challenges she has overcome having been sharing her story online since she was 11. What we discussed: The rollercoaster of emotions during the lockdown. How she found the toughest thing to be the lack of social interactions - which surprised her as she has always worked from home. How much she missed working in a coffee shop, work ev...

Welcome to the seventh episode in the Health Unwrapped series and we are in conversation with Adrienne Herbert. Adrienne runs her own fabulous Power Hour podcast which is all about reclaiming your mornings and getting the most out of every day. She’s also a TEDx speaker, author, and athlete. What we discussed: Connectivity and how the pandemic showed us how connected we could be. The challenges of home schooling whilst Adrienne was still trying to train and get over r...

Welcome to Health Unwrapped and a fab chat with Jules Von Hep, who is a huge advocate of self-love, optimism, and body acceptance. He founded the cult and global self-tan brand The Isle of Paradise and helps thousands of people every day learn to love themselves and see the joy in life’s wonders via his Insta which we chat all about. What we discussed: The challenges during the pandemic and the mental issues that arose, despite having the advantages of technology on our side. ...

Welcome to another episode of Health Unwrapped, we are in conversation with Alex Marks. Alex is a personal trainer, with 10 year’s experience in the health and fitness industry. He’s an online coach and Founder of On Your Marks personal training studio in southwest London, and a previous contestant on the UK’s version of The Bachelor!! What we discussed: The challenges of lockdown. Alex described a rollercoaster of emotions and how important his exercise has been as it’s one thin...

Welcome back to Health Unwrapped, we join Ercan Ramadan to discuss how he kept his focus during the lockdown and about his new personal training business. What we discussed: How he was keeping active during the lockdown and his routine whilst living in a flat without a garden. How he has had to come out of his comfort zone and adjust to what he has available. When lockdown first happened he embraced the opportunity to rest and how it gave him the chance to recha...

Welcome to Health Unwrapped, in conversation with Vicky Pattinson about her about her beauty regime, body positivity and her experience of being in the public eye for over a decade, riding the highs and the lows of celebrity. What we discussed: Her realisation on the impact her job has in defining her as a person and how the pandemic has been a real learning curve.The importance of realising the small things as well as acknowledging the down days and how whilst she missed th...

Welcome back to Health Unwrapped and this is episode 3 of Series 3. We'll be speaking once again to Dr. Zoe Williams, who is expecting her first child. In this episode, Zoe explains how we should look after our gut health and shares her experiences of what she has learned about her body during her pregnancy. What we discussed: How the gut brain and gut microbiome are connected.The chemicals and hormones your gut produces and how it communicates with the brain to turn on and off ...

In this episode, we're talking to health expert and Osteopath Andrew Petrou, Bioglan’s in-house guru about the importance of body maintenance and what you need to be thinking about to keep your body healthy, especially now as restrictions are easing. What we discussed: The challenges over the year and how Andrew struggled with the changes to his exercise routine. How he uses gratitude in his day to dayThe importance of maintaining perspective when it comes to how you...

Welcome to series 3 of Health Unwrapped and we've got an amazing lineup for you over the next 12 episodes. We're starting with Olympian, European and World Champion Jade Jones OBE who we got to speak to exactly 100 days ahead of her trip to Tokyo, where she is heading for the 'threepeat'. Jade had just returned from the European Championships and had already brought home the first gold. What we discussed: How the delay of Tokyo impacted her as she was actually injured wit...

Welcome to the final episode in Series 2 of Health Unwrapped, as we speak with Dr Gemma Newman, a UK GP who has a specialist interest in holistic health, plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine and has just published her first book 'The Plant Power Doctor'. We wanted to get some top tips for you to boost your immunity and say fit and well through Winter. What you will learn: The importance of getting as much as we can from our food such as getting Vitamin C from Oranges, ki...

Welcome to another episode of Health Unwrapped from Bioglan where we're talking to Elisa Rossi, a recipe developer and blogger. Elisa explains how she changed her diet after suffering from hormonal acne and not getting on with the medication she was given. The results have been life-changing and here Elisa shares her tips and advice on how you can make the changes, which you need to do gradually. What you will learn: How Elisa started to experience hormonal breakouts after coming ...

In this episode of Health Unwrapped we have a good old chin wag with Fitness Pro Elle Linton. Elle has been championing exercising from home during the pandemic and coming up with innovative ways to keep her audience entertained including her popular 'Rolling with my Foamies' session. We talk about the importance of recovery as Elle explains how she looks after herself, gives great tips for staying motivated during the winter months, highlights the importance of sleep and she and talks us thr...

Welcome to Series 2 of Health Unwrapped as we go beneath the sea with Aker Marine, biotech innovator and Antarctic krill-harvesting company, who explain the incredible benefits of Krill Oil and why you should take it. We speak to Thomas Repstad and Tone Gjertsen who explain the nutrients you can get from Krill Oil to support the heart, liver, brain and eye and the difference between Omega fish oil and Krill Oil and we talk about the fishy after taste that puts so many of us off from taking Om...

Welcome to Series 2 of Health Unwrapped and part 2 of our chat with Alana and Lisa Macfarlane, founders of The Gut Stuff. In our first conversation with the ladies, we talked about how their lifestyle working crazy hours as DJ's which involved a lot of travel, had lead them to pay more attention to their gut health. As twins, they were often having tests and realised that despite sharing 100% of their DNA, they only shared 30% of the same gut bacteria. So in this conversation, we're myt...

Welcome to Series 2 of Health Unwrapped. We're so pleased that you enjoyed our first series of expert advice and have been using some of their tips in your day to day. We all know, now, more than ever before how important it is to look after ourselves so we are keen to continue to bring you more useful conversation which you can incorporate into your every day. We want to help you get your head around what can seem overwhelming, and know that these kinds of changes don't have to cost the eart...

Welcome to episode nine and the final part of series 1 of Health Unwrapped. We really hope you've found our expert advice useful and it has given you some handy tips that you can incorporate into your everyday without it costing the earth or seeming to hard to achieve. We're catching up once again with Nutritionist Emma Hanton to get more advice on how you can maximise your nutrition. What we discuss: Her amazing looking food on Instagram and how does she come up with her recipesNorma...

Welcome to episode eight of Health Unwrapped, where we rejoin Chloe Madely to talk about the importance of rest and recovery in your training. This was another episode recorded before lockdown and who knew how much our exercise routines would have to change, however it has been amazing to see the range of resources that are available for us to continue to maintain our fitness despite all the restrictions. Chloe was keen to talk about the importance of understanding what is happening to your b...