Hello and welcome to this very special mini series of the Midpoint.

This is the Midpoint Guide to Hitting Your Health Goals, brought to you in partnership with Lingo.

So as you may have noticed I spent a few weeks over the

summer watching the world's leading athletes go for gold. Now I'm sure I can't have been the only

one who witnessed some of the amazing feats with athletes at the peak of their powers doing

incredible things with their bodies and I started to think about my own health and

fitness. No matter how big or small we all have our own personal health goals, I know I do. And I think one thing we can all

relate to is that where you're not fortunate enough to be able to dedicate your life and your days to

getting yourself in your ideal physical or mental shape, those goals can be tricky to achieve at times.

And for me, what I find myself striving to achieve at the moment is having consistent levels

of energy throughout the day.

So that's my goal, but how am I going to get there?

Well, on this podcast, I am lucky enough to work with some fascinating sponsors who specialize

in all manner of amazing products and services, and often I'm already a customer of the

brand sponsoring the show so I know exactly what they're all about. But every now and

then we have a brand approaches who I've been curious to learn more about and Lingo was one such brand.

I find what they do so fascinating.

So for the next five episodes, I've decided to give their product a go myself with the aim of helping me hit that personal health goal of mine.

And they have sent me a lingo pack so I'm all ready to go. So in the company of some familiar voices, I'm going to embark on my own health journey, and I invite you to join me.

First things first, though, what is Lingo?

Well, at this stage, I am definitely not the expert in the room, but I know a person who is,

so I'm delighted to say that Dr Amy Mackenzie, who is the director of clinical research at Lingo by Abbott,

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