Blood Sugar Spikes, Magnesium & Eating Well on a Budget

The Wellness Scoop

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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This week on The Wellness Scoop, we’re answering your questions on eating well in real life, especially when routines are disrupted, budgets are stretched and online wellness advice starts to feel overwhelming. We talk about healthy eating around shift work, whether fruit on its own really causes harmful blood sugar spikes, and how to avoid a whole food approach tipping into restriction or food anxiety. We also unpack the surge in protein-focused TV shows and “nutrient-dense” supermarket ranges, and what’s genuinely useful versus clever marketing. There’s practical guidance on fibre too, including how to lower intake temporarily when advised, and how to reintroduce it without gut discomfort. We answer a brilliant question on magnesium and sleep, cutting through supplement hype to look at what the evidence says and whether food can meet your needs. Finally, we explore smart supermarket shopping, whether budget and premium stores differ nutritionally, what’s worth spending more on, and where you can save without compromising health. Along the way, we share listener tips on affordable swaps and low-tox home choices. Send your questions for our weekly Q&A to hello@wellness-scoop.com. Recommendations: Books: The Housemaid and Heart the Lover Podcast: The Rest is Entertainment Brooklyn Beckham’s Explosive Statement Tea: Dragonfly Rooibos Vanilla Tea 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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1:07.0	and wellness inspiration and we are always here as your host. Good morning. I'm LML i'm rana lambert and we're here today with all the wonderful questions and recommendations from you all we can't wait i have to say i love how many recommendations you guys are sharing with us just a reminder we, we have our very fancy new email address. Hello at Wellness-Scoop.com. Loving hearing from you guys. But really appreciate not just the questions, but recommendations for the community as well because we've got some good ones today. Same. Really good. So Ella, what are your updates first of all? I need them. Okay. I've got a few different recommendations to you this week. I've just read, I'll share more about it soon, the book Heart the Lover. Unbelievable. Read it in a day. So recommend. I have to say I meant to start it before Christmas, but then my older daughter was sick. The whole Christmas night and said I binge to watch five seasons of Poldark, which, you know,
2:01.1	I would say I also recommend.
2:03.1	Would I get into Heart the Lover?
2:05.1	Because I need book recommendations.
2:07.4	Now I've started reading again, finally.
2:09.3	It's taken me years to get to this point.
2:11.1	It's fab.
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2:13.0	It is so, so good.
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