Holistic approaches and the power of the gut with Dr Lisa, Lifestyle Medicine GP

Let us know what you think of the showWelcome back to another episode of the Community, Health and Capital podcast with Jonny Currie and Matt Thorne, NHS primary care clinicians and Co-Directors of 19 Hills CIC. Joining us in this episode is Dr Lisa, Newport GP, specialist lifestyle medicine doctor, (new!) author and creator of Revive Prescribed, an online platform promoting holistic and patient-led approaches to improving health.Recorded at a venue kindly provided by Dan Harris, Managing Director of Focus Shift Films and member/creative lead on our 19 Hills Partnership Board, we speak to Lisa about her journey into lifestyle medicine, starting with some personal events in the health of her family, and how these experienced shaped her response while leading a COVID-19 field hospital in the early phase of the pandemic.Lisa berates those who claim lifestyle or wellness approaches have no place in areas of greater deprivation, describing some of the many impacts she has had, going on to talk about her Calm Belly method for people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and lots of the emerging science coming out about the gut microbiome and how this could be transferred into practice.Get in touch via [email protected] if you have any feedback or would like to feature on an upcoming podcast of ours.