Struggle to find the time to fit in your workouts? Award-winning personal trainer Lavina Mehta joins Liz to share how you can get fit with just 11 minutes of exercise every day.

Lavina talks Liz through exercise ‘snacking’ and why this can be a better approach for midlife women, plus why we should exercise for sanity not vanity and prioritise strength over cardio. Liz and Lavina also reveal a simple trick to help mitigate glucose spikes after meals, and try out a live exercise snacking session.

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Purchase The Feel Good Fix by Lavina Mehta
• Follow Lavina on Instagram
• Listen to our podcast on The midlife muscle crisis, with Gabrielle Lyon
• Listen to our podcast on Reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease, with Patrick Holford
• Listen to our podcast on Reversing Diabetes, with Eric Edmeades
• Purchase A Better Second Half by Liz Earle
• Email us your questions at podcast@lizearlewellbeing.com

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Have you ever used dating apps or websites? Beauty brand founder and author Garance Doré joins Liz to chat about how they both found love in the digital landscape. Garance reveals why she doesn’t fear heartbreak, and how our parents’ behaviour often influences our own with our partners.

Liz and Garance also talk through their experiences of being in relationships with a significant age gap, and how this affects their perception of their own ageing bodies.

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Follow Garace Doré on Instagram
• Visit the Doré website
• Purchase A Better Second Half by Liz Earle
• Email us your questions at podcast@lizearlewellbeing.com

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Can a 'magic pill' can fix the obesity epidemic - or are we creating even more problems? Author Johann Hari joins Liz on this podcast to discuss the benefits - and 12 potential risks - of new weight loss drugs, such as Ozempic.

Johann reveals his motivations to use weight loss drugs personally, plus talks through shocking statistics on the realities of being overweight on our health.

He also shares some of the positive effects that may come with these anti-obesity drugs beyond fat loss, along with the risks - including malnutrition and eating disorders.

Meanwhile, Liz questions the true cost to our health here and whether we’re opening a Pandora’s box of unknown adverse effects when considering these drugs.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains bad language and frank chat about suicide, sexual assault, and eating disorders, so please take care while listening.

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Purchase Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of New Weight Loss Drugs by Johann Hari
• Purchase A Better Second Half by Liz Earle
• Email us your questions at podcast@lizearlewellbeing.com

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