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S6 E10: Gut health, mental health, and coping through music with Professor Green

The Food Medic

The Food Medic

Health & Fitness

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Trigger warning: this conversation discusses suicide.Firmly established as one of the crossover superstars of British music, the Hackney born and raised rapper has released two Top 3 albums and amassed a career tally of over 2.5 million combined sales in the UK alone. He has completed five headline tours and performed on the main stages of countless festivals such as Glastonbury, V Festival and Wireless.Over the past couple of years Professor Green has presented five critically acclaimed BBC documentaries and his first documentary series for Channel 4 called “Working Class White Men” in 2018. He’s also published his autobiography 'Lucky' and continues his ongoing work as patron of anti-suicide charity CALM. He is also ambassador for: www.myonlinetherapy.com. He also founded the gut supplement company Agulp. This episode covers:- His long history of gut issues and how it led him to start Agulp. - Mental health and losing his dad to suicide - The gut-brain link - Protecting his mental health and identifying when to ask for help- How he got into music and how it is a form of therapy for him - Navigating life as a new dad - On being a foodie, his food delivery kits with Gizzi, and what he would have as a death row meal. If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. instagram/twitter/facebook: @thefoodmedicwww.thefoodmedic.co.u 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 welcome back to season six of the Food Medic podcast. I'm your host as always, Dr. Hazel Wallace,

0:08.4

medical doctor, nutritionist, author and founder of the Food Medic. I have said that so many times

0:15.2

that I feel like I really need to jazz it up for the next season. So if you've any suggestions,

0:22.3

please do send them in. So it's our final for the next season. So if you've any suggestions, please do send them in.

0:28.4

So it's our final episode of the season, which is always very sad because one of the best bits of my job is getting to host this podcast and speak to incredible people all around the

0:33.3

world about wide-ranging topics. However, we are going out with a bang as I have an incredible

0:39.9

guest, Stephen Manderson, better known as Professor Green, joining me today for a very deep and

0:46.5

insightful chat, discussing everything from mental health to gut health, to his death row meal,

0:53.9

to when he started rapping, being a new

0:56.0

dad. It's just a really great conversation and I personally loved listening to Stephen and just chatting

1:03.6

with him. So I hope you do too. If you haven't heard of Professor Green, where have you been?

1:10.7

Firmly established as one of the

1:12.4

crossover superstars of British music, the Hackney-born and raised rapper has released two

1:17.5

top three albums and amassed a career tally of over 2.5 million combined sales in the UK alone.

1:25.3

He has completed five headline tours and performed on the main stages of

1:29.2

countless festivals such as Glastonbury V Festival and Wireless. Over the past couple of years,

1:34.6

Pro Green has presented five critically acclaimed BBC documentaries and his first documentary series

1:40.8

for Channel 4 called Working Class White Men in 2018. He's also published his

1:46.5

autobiography Lucky and continues his ongoing work as patron of the anti-suicide charity Cam.

1:53.2

He's also an ambassador for myonlinetherapy.com and has also found it the supplement company

1:59.2

Agulp. Before we get into the podcast, I do want to share a trigger warning as this conversation

2:06.5

discusses suicide, which may be upsetting for some. Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen,

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