EPISODE · Apr 26, 2025 · 33 MIN
What If the Food You Crave Is the Very Thing Harming Your Health?
from Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS · host Martin Gillespie
Send us Fan MailDr Jen Unwin🎙️ What If the Food You Crave Is the Very Thing Harming Your Health? Featuring: Dr. Jen Unwin – Clinical Psychologist, Author, and Metabolic Health Advocate💡 15 years ago, Dr. Jen Unwin discovered the power of low-carb nutrition, a journey that would become life-changing — not just personally, but professionally.Working alongside her husband, Dr. David Unwin, a trailblazing GP in the UK reversing type 2 diabetes through diet, Dr. Jen merged her background in clinical psychology with nutrition science to address a modern epidemic: food addiction and metabolic disease.🔍 Who is Dr. Jen Unwin?Clinical Psychologist with decades in the NHSCo-author of "Fork in the Road"Public health speaker on ultra-processed foods (UPFs), sugar addiction, and mental healthAdvocate for patient-led recovery and food-based healingCo-founder of the Public Health Collaboration (PHC UK)🎧 In her compelling talk, she explores:⏱️ Key HighlightsThe underestimated mental health & nutrition connection Why UPFs are socially sanctioned yet neurologically addictive Why breakfast cereals and bedtime snacks are biochemical saboteurs How food addiction mimics other compulsive behaviours What we’re losing: 1/3 of life expectancy with elevated blood sugar The economic & empowering path of low-carb, real food The critical need for animal protein in the human diet 🧠 Dr. Jen offers more than just theory — she shares practical tools for metabolic recovery, mental clarity, and reclaiming long-term health.🔥 Her message is simple, bold, and evidence-based:“We don’t need more prescriptions — we need real food, real education, and real psychological support.”🎯 Are you ready to unlearn modern food myths? 📈 Reimagine your wellbeing strategy? 🍽️ And fuel your team, your family, and your future with the truth?📣 Follow Dr. Jen Unwin and join the movement toward metabolic wellbeing without the BS.Support the showMetabolic Wellbeing Without the BS Following my own diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer, I created an independent educational platform dedicated to improving metabolic health literacy. Through conversations with world-leading clinicians, researchers and patient advocates, 'Metabolic Wellbeing without the BS' has reached audiences in over 100 countries, helping people make informed lifestyle decisions and promoting prevention, resilience and wellbeing. Entirely self-funded, the initiative demonstrates how one person's lived experience can create lasting public benefit on a global scale while being proudly based in Glasgow Hosted with authenticity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful change, each episode brings together world-leading experts, innovators, advocates, and everyday storytellers to explore why metabolic health truly matters. Blending real-life experiences with science-backed insights, the conversations challenge conventional thinking while inspiring listeners to ask better questions about health and longevity.From insulin resistance and gut health to cancer conversations, migraines, mental clarity, sustainable weight management, and the future of preventative healthcare, Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS creates a space for learning, questioning, and evolving — together.Sponsored by Unicity
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Send us Fan Mail Dr Jen Unwin 🎙️ What If the Food You Crave Is the Very Thing Harming Your Health? Featuring: Dr. Jen Unwin – Clinical Psychologist, Author, and Metabolic Health Advocate 💡 15 years ago, Dr. Jen Unwin discovered the power of low-carb nutrition, a journey that would become life-changing — not just personally, but professionally. Working alongside her husband, Dr. David Unwin, a trailblazing GP in the UK reversing type 2 diabetes through diet, Dr. Jen merged her background in c...
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