12: Long Covid - Recovery via Autophagy - Intermittent fasting into health - Tom Bunker

12: Long Covid - Recovery via Autophagy - Intermittent fasting into health - Tom Bunker

Thomas Bunker found intermittent fasting when his body failed to recover fully from symptoms of Covid 19. However it wasn’t until he started to experience significant results and improvements that he began to realise he had the fasting process and the autophagy his body was going into to thank. He is now admin for a group on Facebook over 9k of members all of whom are using parts of or all of the Autophagy protocol he created. Listen to this episode to hear his story and the science! https://www.facebook.com/groups/recoverfromlongcovid/?ref=share

10. Hannah Linnea - ‘Body dysmorphia and how it saved my life’

Hannah Linnea is otherwise known as @imhannahlinnea - Hannah - Body Imagery Mastery Coach on Instagram is a body image coach with a difference. Listen to this episode to hear her story and get to know why this is the lady who you should contact on the days that a mirror or your mind upsets you about the way you look. #bodydismorphia

9. ‘The Power of The Patient’ - LYFEBULB.com

‘Lyfebulb is a patient engagement platform with the mission of reducing the burden of living with chronic disease through the power of the patient.’ But what does that mean? In this interview with Dr Karin Hehenberger we unpack what it means to have a company bringing together the insights of a patient and caregivers living with chronic disease and industry and innovation who want to find solutions to improve It. www.lyfebulb.com Apologies for my voice in this episode, I’m struggling with fatigue and brain foggy ness at the moment. 🙄

8. 'Lucy's Blue Day' - #ItsOkNotToBeOk - Chris Duke is trying to end the stigma about depression through a magical children's story

Depression is talked about far more now, but still, a stigma seems to exist and Chris Duke the author of 'Lucy's Blue Day' is trying to change this. Through his fantastic books, (now there are three he had written) he is taking Lucy's story of mental health into schools around the country.  But how did he think of the story? What made him write it? How has he got it into print? And why is everyone raving about it? All will be revealed in this podcast episode. Chris is available to visit schools - (in non-pandemic times!) so do get in touch with him if you would like him to visit your school. For more information about 'Lucy's Blue Day' please check out the website, Amazon, Facebook and Instagram.

7. ‘Positively Positive’ - can a positive diagnosis lead to a positive podcast? Yes it can! If you are sexually active you need to hear this episode!

Can a positive STD (sexually transmitted disease) result, be a positive thing in your life? Sam Franchell has taken a life-changing diagnosis and used it as the impetus to create an incredible podcast to help those dealing with a recent diagnosis of the HSV virus. Most of us may have heard about 'sexually transmitted disease's' but do you know what is stigma and what is truth? Did you know that you can become a carrier of the HSV virus from a family member kissing you or a cold sore? Even children can be carriers! How about how to live with and treat the symptoms? Not forgetting tips on how to disclose to a potential partner - Sam's got it all covered! Sam Franchell is the host and creator of 'Herpes: Positively Positive' a podcast about  HSV-1 and HSV-2 - otherwise known as Herpes. An incredibly informative tool for anyone who is faced with this diagnosis or wants to help someone who is. But more than that, Sam's story is one of hope. A young lady who wasn't given a choice about her condition, but who then went on to use her experience to help others. Sam's podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/herpes-positively-positive/id1493903684]and Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6hNNDl91S01DHauyle9qX5], and she is contactable through Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/positivelypositivepodcast/] and Twitter [https://twitter.com/positively__sam]and please do check out her WEBSITE [https://www.herpespositivelypositive.com/]! In January, WHO [https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/28-10-2015-globally-an-estimated-two-thirds-of-the-population-under-50-are-infected-with-herpes-simplex-virus-type-1] estimated that 417 million people aged 15-49 years have HSV-2 infection, which causes genital herpes. Taken together, the estimates reveal that over half a billion people between the ages of 15-49 years have a genital infection caused by either HSV-1 or HSV-2. Article in the Atlantic [https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/the-overblown-stigma-of-genital-herpes/374757/] about stigma. Refinery [https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/human-herpes-virus-2] article about stigma. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]