I am PhD. qualified with over 25 years experience in the health and wellness industry. I have written several books including the best-selling The Immunity Plan (Penguin Michael Joseph) and The Immunity Cookbook (Quadrille/Hardie Grant).

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I have also been lucky enough to work in television for over 20 years (BBC, Channel 4 & Channel 5) most recently on the new television series "You Are What You Eat" and as a reporter/presenter on BBC Morning Live where I present films for the main programme in a variety of different areas including health, consumer issues and human interest stories. I have also worked as a producer for ESPN's Olympic series 'I Won Gold' and ICC on the cricket series 'ICC 360.' I completed my journalism training through the NCTJ.

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As an academic researcher, over the last 10 years I have been involved in working on several academic articles, such as the below, which was published in the journal Nutrition & Healthy Aging.  'Intermittent fasting - a potential approach to modulate the gut microbiota in humans?'

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My latest academic article has been recently published in the Journal of Qualitative Research in Sports Studies and is titled 'Stories from the gut: an autoethnographic analysis of educating people about weight management in contemporary culture.'

 

Last year, I was honoured to be asked to become a reviewer for a peer-reviewed journal - Journal of Qualitative Research in Sports Studies.

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