086 - Lockdown & Weight Loss - Emma Ellice-Flint & Dr Louise Newson
The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
Dr Louise Newson
4.7 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson and Newson Health nutritionist, Emma Ellice-Flint discuss habits that might help with weight loss and general weight balance.
During the UK’s third lockdown, many women are finding it difficult to feel motivated to exercise and eat well. Many are having to home school their children; some are working harder than ever due to the pandemic. Plus the UK’s winter weather discourages outside exercise and movement.
Dr Newson and Emma discuss what a woman might do to try and help herself during this time. In particular they discuss the link between what a person eats and their mood and energy. Emma talks about prebiotic foods that help to feed the good gut microbes, such as rocket, garlic, onion, leek and more. They also discuss some healthy eating ideas and meals that the kids/teens at home might like too!
Emma's Three Take Home Tips for Weight Balance:
- Avoid snacking in the evenings - Eat a satisfying evening meal so that the craving for snacking into the evening is less. The habit of evening snacking is more likely to lead to weight gain, than at any other time.
- Avoid alcohol - Drinking alcohol regularly can contribute to weight gain.
- Where possible, try to make your own food rather than buy in pre-prepared food. This way you can be in control of what exactly goes into your meals.
Emma is a Nutritionist and former chef. She works at Newson Health seeing clients for nutrition/food, weight balance and gastrointestinal health related issues. She runs monthly online food and health workshops, plus she shares her recipes regularly on social media and on her website.
Find Emma on Instagram here: @emmas_nutrition
Facebook: @emmasnutrition
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Neuson Health Menopause podcast. I'm Dr. Louise Newson, a GP and menopause |
| 0:15.8 | specialist and I'm also the founder of the Menopause charity. In addition, I run the Newston Health |
| 0:22.5 | Menopause and Well-Being Clinic here in Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| 0:31.4 | So today I have a guest with me who has appeared twice before. So this is a bit of a world |
| 0:36.2 | record for me. This is her third |
| 0:37.5 | appearance on my series. And so I'm really delighted to reintroduce to you, Emma Ellis Flint. So |
| 0:43.8 | hi Emma. Hey, hi, Louise. So as many of you know, Emma is a nutritionist and also a chef. And she's |
| 0:51.4 | been working with me for quite a while now actually, not long after my |
| 0:55.9 | clinic opened, she started working. But we decided we would do a podcast now really to talk |
| 1:02.5 | about losing weight and also not putting on weight during lockdown. So we're recording this |
| 1:08.4 | now in beginning of February 2021. And for the vast majority of us, |
| 1:13.8 | certainly in the UK, we're very restricted in what we can do because of coronavirus. And we're all |
| 1:19.6 | getting a bit fed up. And we're more fed up because it's dark, it's cold. You know, we don't |
| 1:24.1 | know quite how the future is going to be. And so a lot of people are |
| 1:27.9 | comfort eating and a lot of people are just a bit more sluggish as well. And actually when |
| 1:33.4 | your mood's low, you think, what the hell? I'm just going to have another takeaway. I'm just |
| 1:36.8 | going to reach for the biscuits or whatever. So I need Emma. We all need Emma in our lives. |
| 1:42.9 | Because one of the things I've learned from Emma is that |
| 1:45.7 | you can really enjoy food. And I always do enjoy food. But every time I watch Emma on her |
| 1:50.6 | Instagram, she's just making these gorgeous recipes. And I just say, I want to be in Emma's kitchen. |
| 1:56.0 | I want her here. I want her cooking for me all the time. But your enthusiasm of food is just fantastic, Emma. |
| 2:01.9 | So can we just have your brain for half an hour, please, to make us feel happier about what we eat? |
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