Dr Alan Desmond: What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You About Food

About this episode

What should we actually eat for a longer, healthier life? Dr Alan Desmond , gastroenterologist and author of What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You About Food, joins John Vincent to examine the evidence behind plant based diets, ultra processed food, dietary fibre, protein, heart disease, obesity, metabolic health and longevity. They explore why health span matters as much as lifespan, why the modern food environment drives chronic disease, what precision nutrition can really tell us, and how GLP 1 medications fit into the future of health. The conversation also examines the NOVA food classification, nutrition education for doctors, meat consumption, the National Food Strategy and the changes…