The Unplugged Health Series: Recent Episodes
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An unscriped, unplugged series that explores and debates trends, observations and ideas in all areas of health, wellness, performance and mindset. Our aim is to encourage debate and to empower our community to make informed decisions towards their health goals.
Is it "you are what you eat" ? How do you feel eating different foods? Is it the same for all of us? Join us in this episode of UPHS with Ollie and Roger.
Join us for this week's Unplugged Health Series Podcast with Roger & Ollie as they explore the concepts of “competitiveness and “healthy competition “.
What qualifies as a healthy food? The phrase of something being a "health food" but what qualifies for something (especially a processed food) to be "healthy"?
Join us in this weeks Unplugged Health Series podcast with Roger & Ollie.
The term "insulin resistance" is bounced around a lot in functional healthcare ... but what is it? Why is it important?
Ollie and Roger discuss in this episode of The Unplugged Health Podcast ...
So what's the most critical factor for health, wellness and longevity? Clean water? Fresh vegetables? Exercise ? ...
What do you think?
Roger and Ollie discuss in this week's UPHS Podcast.
Christmas has come and gone and we are left in the "lull" period before hitting the New Year !
What does this time of year offer?
Ollie and Roger discuss in this week's Unplugged Health Series podcast ......
Do we "demonise" certain foods but "allow" other foods that potentially are more destructive to our health. If so, why?
Join us for this week's UPHS podcast with Roger and Ollie.
Video link : https://youtu.be/2NoUN3-NCeo
Do we need to get all technical when attempting to made significant changes to our health and lifestyle? Do we get too caught up with tests, monitors, scanners and readings or should we just get the foundations sorted out first? Roger and Ollie discuss in this week’s podcast ....
Join us for the next episode of The Unplugged Health Series podcast with Ollie and Roger. So, do you think your diet is balanced and healthy? It's amazing how many of us think we doing the right thing .......
Noticed a lot of sickness post- Christmas? Why do we fall ill when we trying to detox, start a fitness programme and stat the New Year with a bang? Join us in this year's first Unplugged Health series podcast with Ollie and Roger.
Life is busy ... many think that to achieve success we must work harder and longer.
Could it be possible to achieve more by slowing down?
Join us in this week's podcast with Roger & Ollie.
Part Two:
Poor blood sugar management can be associated with many of modern life's health issues.
Ollie and Roger continue to discuss how tracking blood sugar levels can be a useful tool in functional healthcare.
Part one: Poor blood sugar management can be associated with many of modern life's health issues. In this episode of UPHS Ollie and Roger discuss how tracking blood sugar levels can be a useful tool in functional healthcare.
Why do we put too much on our plate (and we not talking about food) in our quest for success? Welcome to this week's UPHS podcast with Roger & Ollie.
Should you be changing your diet around your training?
What about the average gym workout or class?
Much confusion exists around food and fuelling around our exercise. Do you need a recovery shake?
Roger and Ollie discuss in this episode of UPHS podcast. As always it's unplugged ......
As we kick off 2022 and we declare that THIS is OUR year, how do we avoid "going too hard, too soon"; repeating last year's failures and not making significant changes to our health status?
Join Roger & Ollie for the first UPHS Podcast of 2022.
As Christmas nears and the end of 2021 looms Ollie and Roger reflect on the year and discuss what lies ahead in 2022. Join us for this week's "Christmas - It's a Wrap" edition of UPHS podcast.
This year it seems that people are starting their Christmas shopping early, but how does the festive season affect your health & wellbeing?
Do you have a Christmas health plan to go with the presents and food shopping list? Join us for the latest episode of The Unplugged Health Series Podcast with Roger & Ollie.
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Low energy? Feel out of sorts? Are you out of rhythm ? Join Ollie & Roger in this weeks' UPHS podcast.
We all are addicted to it .... the dopamine release ! Join us this for this weeks UPHS podcast with Roger & Ollie.
As the UK moves closer to winter Roger & Ollie explore the stresses that come with the change of seasons. Changes in temperature, light quality etc brings with it changes in our sleep, hormones, exercise, daily routines, food choices and much more. the lads from UPHS explore these stresses and their effects on our functional health ......
"Well I'm just getting old. It's expected." Is it just that we except and just accept that as we get older our health and performance just goes ? This weeks UPHS podcast explores age, health and performance from a functional health perspective ... as always it's unplugged with Ollie and Roger.
PART TWO ! Perception : 1) the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses. 2) the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted.
Join us this week for part two in this episode of UPHS with Ollie and Roger.
Perception : 1) the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses. 2) the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted.
Join us this week for another episode of UPHS with Ollie and Roger.
Ollie gets "glutened". How can food have such an effect on us? Can food really give us soo many issues? It never seemed to in the past? Join this week's #unpluggedhealth podcast ...
The Eriksen episode ... How can one go from being the epitome of health & fitness to one of sickness in an instant? Ollie and Roger discuss what health & fitness looks like in the face of sickness .... As always it's unplugged ...
Join us this week on The Unplugged Health Series .... it's all about principles. Your principles and your values hold you true to your vision, your goals and who you are.
We are back ! In this week's podcast we discuss the importance of routine. This is something that has been greatly affected by Covid .... Ollie and Roger discuss and as always it's unplugged .......
What a year 2020 has been ! So how do we prepare for a Christmas - Covid style? Join Roger & Ollie in The Christmas 2020 Podcast!
Are these crazy times leaving you overloaded ? Here's part two of the most recent Unplugged Health podcast with Ollie and Roger ......
Are these crazy times leaving you overloaded ? Here's this weeks Unplugged Health podcast with Ollie and Roger ......
What's your routine looking like after lockdown ? We can't go back to "normal" but we can't be in lockdown so what do we do to stay on track? Roger & Ollie are as always 'unplugged' and discuss in Part one ...
It's been a while but Roger & Ollie are back! In this episode they discuss their observations as the UK comes out of Covid-19 lockdown !
Join us this week for the Unplugged Health Podcast … but does it even matter? with Ollie Matthews & Roger Wood #unpluggedhealth
If only it was as simple as In vs Out !
Ollie and Roger discuss this and other subjects in this week's podcast !
Here's the link to the article Roger refers to:
https://www.1843magazine.com/features/death-of-the-calorie
The Unplugged Health Series' first Podcast of 2020 - Ollie and Roger reflect on the shift into a new year and what lies ahead …. Part one of two ….
Could asking "what" versus "why" really make a difference as to the action taken ? Join Ollie and Roger in this weeks' Unplugged Health Series podcast ...
Why not start today ? Do you delay and delay until you suffer from "Overload Fatigue" when it comes to improving your health? Do you let things go until the task just seems too big? Are you waiting for the New Year to address your health challenges? Join Ollie and Roger as they discuss …..
Slow walking at 45 'a sign of faster ageing' - BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50015982
Roger and Ollie discuss in this week's podcast …..
Roger & Ollie go off track very quickly here but as they always say: "hey, it's unplugged"!
What does it take to succeed ? How is it that once someone breaks the barrier others soon follow? Sub 2 hrs for the marathon! Breaking the 4 min for the mile !
How can we apply this to our lives?
Who's not an emotional eater? It would be far easier if food was JUST fuel. Join us in this week's Unplugged Health podcast as Ollie & Roger chat about our emotional link to food and eating …..
Ollie & Roger are back with part two of how we tackle the stress - cortisol connection?
How is it that you can have too much and too little cortisol? What is it? Do we need cortisol? How does it related to life's daily stresses and lions? Ollie & Roger discuss ..... Part One
To gain health, to get ahead …. do you need to give things up? It seems that many of us feel we need to suffer or lose out to get the results we desire …. Ollie and Roger explore this concept in this week's podcast …...
Health, like many things in our modern world, gets overcomplicated. Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) ! Here's this week's podcast with Ollie & Roger .....
The supplement industry is a multi-million $/£ industry but how are you deciding what supplements to take? Do you really need them? Where do you get your info from? Are you just using them like a medication - but they "natural" so presume are better ? Roger & Ollie discuss …..
The skin can tell us a huge amount about our health status and can tell us a huge amount about the internal environment of the body. Could it be then that, at times, we are just covering up a health issue by putting creams, potions and lotions on top of our skin? Could the issue be more than skin deep?
It's that time of year, the sun is out and many are getting stuck into the garden. Many of us go at the garden with the focus of just getting the task done but could we see gardening more as exercise and take on those chores in a different way? Roger discusses ….
How easy is it really to research health and wellness? Do you notice that sometimes, every now and then, a certain research fact or report hits the media and then another with a different finding follows? Can they be trusted? Do they come with a weighted message? Are they relevant to you as an individual? Ollie and Roger discuss in this week's episode of The Unplugged Health Series.
Who hasn't been touched by Tiger Woods' 2019 Masters victory ? Even if you don't follow golf, Tiger Woods' personal and golfing story provides us with many lessons of success and failure and really of life! Ollie and Roger discuss what we can take from arguably the greatest modern day comeback in sport ……
Do you compete or is it just "about taking part". Should we be encouraging competition? Is it win at "all cost" cost or is it how we win or lose that is the true lesson in life ? This week's Unplugged Health Series episode covers this and more ….
This week we talk all things 'law of attraction'. Do you have a routine to attract into your life the positive things you desire? Perhaps you are attracting the things you do not want? The law of attraction delivers depending where you put your energy!
Have you actually considered that there are different healthcare options available to you? Do you ask what or why when faced with a health challenge? Why is Italy rated higher in a health index than USA despite spending less per capita on healthcare? Roger looks at these and more topics in this episode of the Unplugged Health Series …...
Modern technology is getting a bashing for damaging our health and wellbeing. But, can it actually be used to help us get more healthy and improve our wellbeing? Is technology working for you or are you working for technology? The Unplugged Health Series team discuss …..
In the last episode we discussed how our perception shapes our stress … but what can we do about it ? How do we manage our stress? What techniques and approaches could we make us of?
This week we discuss stress ! There is "good stress" that allows us to achieve so much; and then there is "bad stress" that causes some huge health issues. But is everyday stress just about how we perceive it ? Roger & Ollie discuss …...
Ollie and Roger discuss milk in this week' episode of The Unplugged Health Series. Should we avoid cow's milk ? Does it have a place in our diet even if it was made for baby cows? What about the alternatives; how healthy are they? Comments and opinions welcomed below.
A continuation of The Unplugged Health Series podcast on Sleep - Part two - with Roger & Ollie. This episode's focus is on the disruptions that are ruining our sleep and some tip and things to consider in improving our quality of sleep.
Sleep plays such a vital part in our health, yet it is often seen as just something that happens when we go to bed at night. In part 1 - Roger & Ollie discuss the significance of sleep and how it plays such a vital role in our circadian rhythm (our body clock), mental health, immunity, digestion, healing, recovery and general well-being. As always we appreciate your feedback and interaction.
So the momentum is dropping and old habits die hard! You're not alone. So why do we not keep up our New Year goals? We discuss the art of goal setting, accountability and staying on track so you can keep to your health goals in 2019!
It's that time of year again when the old diet Fads & Myths come out. As sure as Santa delivers on Christmas morning so to does the post- Christmas fads of the latest exercise craze/ DVD, the 'until now' secret fat burning superfood, or that expensive, magic electronic 'thingymajiggy' that can be paid off in instalments for the rest of the year. Roger and Ollie share their thoughts and observations …….