S3 E1 - Sleep and Meditation with Michael Acton

The Food Medic

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to a new season of The Food Medic Podcast! We are kicking off the season with a very special guest - co-founder of the sleep and meditation app CALM, Michael Acton.Prior to Calm, Michael was the founder of Mind Candy and creator of Moshi Monsters, the online world for children that grew to 80 Million registered users and expanded offline into books, toys, games, magazines, music and movies. Michael is also the founder of Firebox.com, Ping Pong Fight Club and Berwickstock music festival. In 2014 he was awarded an OBE for services to the Creative Industries. Hazel and Michael chat about how to mediate, the use of technology in meditation and mindfulness, the impact of disrupted sleep on our health and tips on how to improve your bedtime routine. As this is a new season, Dr Hazel will be ending the episode with a listener question. You can tweet, facebook or instagram message us with your questions with the hashtag #thefoodmedicpodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and a very big welcome back to the Food Medic podcast. I'm your host as always, Dr. Hazel Wallace,
0:08.6	a medical doctor and founder of the Food Medic, which is an educational platform sharing evidence-based
0:14.3	advice on how you can live a healthier and happier life while cutting through the confusing
0:19.0	information that we find online. In this podcast,
0:23.1	we will hear from experts in the fields of nutrition, medicine and other areas of healthcare,
0:28.6	who will be sharing their invaluable experience and research with us. If you are new to the podcast
0:33.9	and have never heard of myself or the Food Medic before, make sure to follow me
0:37.9	on social media at The Food Medic on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and do have a browse of the website
0:43.3	thefoodmedic.com. I also have two bestselling books, The Food Medic and the Food Medic for
0:49.1	life, which are available to buy on Amazon and in all good bookstores. Okay, so before we dive into today's episode, let's have a quick catch up.
0:59.0	Where have you been? Where have I been? What's been going on?
1:03.0	Well, in the last few months since you heard from me, I've been finishing my master's in
1:07.0	clinical nutrition and public health at UCL. So I'm now at my final hurdle. My exams are done
1:12.1	and I'm about to start my research project, which is very exciting. And I can't wait to share the findings about you guys once I have that finished. I also want to know what you guys have been up to. Let me know on social media. As I feel like I've been completely out of the loop and I've locked myself away in the library
1:27.2	the last few months so make sure to let me know.
1:29.8	Also, as this is a new season, I'm going to be
1:31.8	doing things slightly different. And each week I'm going to be ending the episode with a listener
1:36.4	question that you guys have sent in. So you can tweet me, send me a Facebook message,
1:41.5	Instagram message, or whatever way you want to reach me.
1:44.6	Just make sure to use the hashtag the Food Medic Podcast.
1:48.0	So this week's question is, is coffee bad for you?
1:51.6	And if you're keen to find out the answer, make sure to stay tuned until the end of the show.
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