#162 Citizen Science and personalising health with Jonathan Wolf from ZOE
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2022
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
Today I’m talking with tech entrepreneur and co-founder of the nutrition app Zoe, Jonathan Wolf. We dive into his story of starting in physics, moving into the world of tech during the tech boom and ultimately applying his knowledge of how machine learning works to the complex world of nutrition science.
If you’re a podcast fan you’ll know just how convoluted nutritional science can be, the pitfalls of dieting as well as the lack of personalisation. I’m a firm believer in the utility of more investigations to determine our health status and ultimately help us achieve more consistency in our healthy habits, and you’ll hear how Zoe is trying to do this.
Today we chat about
Johnathan’s background in start ups
The citizen science projects
Why nutrition science is so confusing and misguided
The vision for Zoe
Future research studies
What actions Jonathan has taken personally to improve his health
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Holland and Barrett's The Wellness Edit Podcast. The fifth series of |
| 0:05.6 | The Wellness Edit is out now. The prior four series are obviously still available to stream, |
| 0:10.8 | and this season I am a guest on the podcast. You can hear me chat to host Dr. Gemma Newman |
| 0:17.1 | about the connection between our diet, our mind, the importance of gratitude, and what wellness |
| 0:23.2 | means to me. You can also go back and listen to a whole back catalogue of interviews with guests |
| 0:28.9 | including Ella Mills, Dr. Rungan Chatterjee, and Emma Gunns. Listen to the podcast on the Holland |
| 0:34.8 | and Barrett website, HollandandBarrett.com for a slash podcast, or search The Wellness Edit to |
| 0:40.8 | listen wherever you get your podcasts. Dr. Skitchie. Recipes Health Lifestyle |
| 0:49.1 | Some people were having these crashes for certain meals, and when they had those crashes, |
| 0:54.0 | it was creating hunger, and that hunger was actually leading those people to eat 200 calories more, |
| 0:58.9 | and 200 calories more is a lot. If you were doing that every day, you could put on, I don't know, |
| 1:05.1 | 10 kilos or something over over the year, and it had nothing to do with the calories at that point. |
| 1:11.2 | It was the way that it was changing your behaviour in the future. |
| 1:16.4 | Welcome to The Dr. Skitchie podcast. |
| 1:18.4 | To show about food, lifestyle, medicine, and how to improve your health today. |
| 1:29.0 | I'm Dr. Rupi, your host, I'm a medical doctor, I study nutrition, and I'm a firm believer in |
| 1:34.4 | the power of food and lifestyle as medicine. Join me and my expert guests where we discuss the |
| 1:43.2 | multiple determinants of what allows you to lead your best life. |
| 1:52.7 | Today I'm talking with tech entrepreneur and co-founder of the nutrition app Zoe, Jonathan Wolf. |
| 1:59.4 | We dive into a story of starting in physics, moving into the world of tech during the tech boom, |
| 2:05.5 | and ultimately applying his knowledge of how machine learning works to the complex world |
| 2:11.3 | of nutrition science. Now if you're a podcast fan, you'll know just how convoluted |
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