5 Tips for a Healthy 2026, Anti-Cancer Jabs & Botox Risks

The Wellness Scoop

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

As we head into a new year, we’re focusing on what it really means to build a healthy 2026, without extremes or quick fixes. In this episode, we look at the health stories shaping the year ahead and what they tell us about making calmer, more informed decisions for long-term wellbeing. We explore hopeful developments in cancer prevention, following a Channel 4 documentary and UK reporting on vaccine trials starting this year for people at higher risk, and what this shift towards prevention could mean for the future of healthcare. We also unpack a major move from the World Health Organization to properly study traditional and natural medicine, from meditation and tai chi to simple food-based interventions, and how these practices fit alongside modern medicine. Finally, we look at a sobering wellness story gaining attention at the start of the year. Reports of botulism linked to anti-wrinkle injections raise important questions about safety, regulation and informed consent, and what people need to know to make safer choices. Order your copy of Ella's new book: ⁠Quick Wins: Healthy Cooking for Busy Lives⁠ Pre-order your copy of Rhi's upcoming book: ⁠The Fibre Formula⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Wellness Scoop, our first episode of
0:05.0	2026. This is your weekly dose of health and wellness inspiration. And as always, we will be here all year as your host. I'm Ella Males.
0:14.0	And I'm Rihanna Lambert. We are so thrilled to be back. I cannot even tell you how excited we are.
0:20.0	And after a decade in this
0:21.9	wellness industry, we know this time of year can be so overwhelming and confusing. And that's
0:26.9	why this podcast is here to cut through the noise and make healthier living, simple, fun and very
0:32.2	personal. Exactly. We're here to empower you and inspire you with your little habit changes nothing overwhelming and
0:39.0	as re-said you probably feel it in the energy oh my goodness me i am thrilled to be back this morning
0:45.1	escaped my feral children who i love dearly but like over the last two weeks over christmas we've had
0:53.0	flu and strep at the same time.
0:56.6	I basically spent my whole Christmas watching Bluey on repeat.
1:00.5	I feel a desperate need to get out of the house and just put some real clothes on
1:06.0	and it's just absolutely thrilled to have a bit of structure back in life.
1:09.9	Oh, bless you.
1:10.6	That's the worst,
1:11.4	the sickness bugs. I think we forget as well sometimes that this time of year does, yeah,
1:15.7	throw it all at us, lots of different curveballs. And mine has been major sleep deprivation.
1:20.6	I feel like it's been two months since I had uninterrupted sleep and I don't really know what to do
1:25.9	about it. So today is a refreshing,
1:28.7	wonderful start to get us all motivated. And Ella, what do we have coming up in today's show?
1:34.5	Okay, we're going to talk about the calm habits that could quietly transform your health in
1:38.6	26. I think we all need a bit of that energy today to inspire us. The cancer vaccines giving scientists real hope for
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