The Chemist Couple Podcast

Welcome back to our podcast, in this episode we discuss how you should be exercising and we feel this very appropriate coming up to the New Year’s resolutions. We give our insight on what is working for us currently and...

Welcome back to our podcast, in this episode we discuss if counting calories is helpful in achieving our health goals. We talk through both the benefits of counting calories but also the potential pitfalls of this...

Welcome back to our podcast and to a question which many want a clear answer to, does dietary cholesterol increase cardio vascular risk? Honestly, the evidence is a hard read and we invite you to listen to our opinions...

Welcome back to our podcast and the beginning of a mini series on cholesterol, arguably the most understood aspect of physical health. We touch upon the importance of cholesterol, the discrepancies in nomenclature...

Welcome to our discussion on GLP-1 medication in the context of their weight loss licensing. All medication comes with risk, but as this class of medication has many benefits, including aesthetics, we believe many...

Welcome to the final episode of this alcohol series, this week we discuss the interactions of alcohol with common medication that you may encounter. As always, our aim is to provide the evidence for you to decide...

Welcome to the 3rd episode of our alcohol series, this week we discuss the perceived benefits of alcohol for our health. As always, our aim is to provide the evidence for you to decide whether alcohol should be apart of...

Welcome to the 2nd episode of our alcohol series, this week we discuss both the acute and chronic complications cited with regular consumption. As always, our aim is to provide the evidence for you to decide whether...

This episode is the start of a 4 part series, researching the origins of alcohol, the physiology, complications, benefits and interference with other medication. Our aim is to provide the evidence, for you to decide...

Type 2 diabetes was once believed to be a lifelong condition, however, evidence now suggests that we can put this into remission. In this episode, we focus on how diet and exercise can have the biggest impact, an area...

In this episode we discuss type 2 diabetes, how it is diagnosed? What are the complications? What is the prevalence? Just to name a few questions. In our opinion, the severity of diabetes has been diluted, could this be...

In this episode we discuss 3 of the National screening programmes in the UK: breast cancer, bowel cancer and cervical cancer. We also discuss prostate cancer as this is the most common cancer in UK males, but does not...

In this episode we delve into the topic of stress and what happens when this defence system becomes inappropriately heightened, leading to what is commonly known as chronic stress. We discuss what the NHS currently...

Our latest podcast assesses our lifestyle changes utilising lipid profiles and HbA1c readings. As we discuss, clinical problems (mainly cardiovascular) manifest over decades and are usually asymptomatic until it is too...

With over 1 in 4 of adults in the UK classed as obese, we address some of the issues relating to this health pandemic. We discuss the physiology, complications, monitoring and treatment that is in place for this...