Begin Again Moments: Your Health Matters!
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How did Julia Bradbury's cancer diagnosis change her perspective on health?
I have said, and I knew it would be a controversial line, but I really did mean it, cancer saved my life. I was living. at breakneck speed, couldn't have children, IVF. Wanted that job, find a way, phone somebody, you know, talk to your agent, hustle, you know, we can't have that job. Can you orchestrate this job? Can you, if you can't, somebody won't commission that program, can you co-develop that series? Need to be in four different places? Yes, okay, we can do that. We can get a car on standby, then we can get on a plane. Invincible. You can do it. You can do it all. I lived that life. Sugar. Loved it. Loved sugar. Breakfast, lunch, in between lunch, dinner, after dinner. Sugary cereal, elevenses doughnut, brownie on the road, pasta, carbs, refined sugar.
You would have called yourself healthy though, right? I called myself healthy because I was slim and I exercised every now and again and I didn't have a problem with weight. Now I know I was far from healthy. So I know that you've had an issue with sugar as well. And I cannot impress upon people, the more experts you talk to about sugar and refined carbs, so the pastas and the pizzas and the breads, Those are refined carbs that turn to glucose very, very quickly. Is that white bread or brown bread?
Is brown bread fine?
Refined bread. Sourdough, you might have... Sourdough is fermented, so there's a difference and it has benefits. And people talk about that. But it's not what you want to do every day. No. So I have to tell you what sugar does to you. Sugar affects your immune system. Your immune system is present in every cell of your body. When you eat something refined, a refined sugar, A message comes through your gut. This is very simplified forms. I'm not a doctor. This is stuff that I've learned as well from a host of experts. It sends out a message, and your immune system doesn't understand this onslaught of refined foods, because that's not what we've evolved to eat. Whole foods, vegetables, nuts, seeds, meat, fish.
I mean, there's a whole, you know, we could go vegan or not. There are all these debates you can go down. But whole foods, our bodies understands. Refined foods, sugars, sugary drinks, the immune system doesn't understand. So it has a choice. It can either break up the cell, which causes inflammation, or if it understands the food, the whole foods, it can repair and replace. That's the good thing. No inflammation with that. So it's inflammation that is causing the damage. And these foods cause long-term inflammation. And the only way I can describe it is sugar makes your blood sticky like Velcro. and then it doesn't work properly.
What lifestyle changes did Julia implement to improve her wellbeing?
And what you need to be doing is your immune system, we've all got thousands of cells, cancer cells, to deal with every day. Your immune system needs to be working on those. It's busy with all the other stuff that you're doing, the toxins, the sugar. You're making your blood sticky. The immune system isn't working properly. You're clogging up your liver and other bits of yourself. You're basically jamming everything. By the way, also has an impact on your brain health. They're talking about diabetes three being Alzheimer's. bit sugar. And if you're constantly full of sugar, if your blood levels are very high with glucose because you're snacking the way I did, and it's always a refined carb or sugar, then you're also feeding your brain.
Your brain needs glucose.
Refined carb. Yes. Well, and they're fried. And they're fried. It's a processed food. It's not great.
You can get fried. I mean, I hardly eat crisps anymore, but I was just thinking that's also... Yeah.
It also affects your brain. So not at the same level, but what you've got is this inflammation going on everywhere. And that is when disease makes its way into your life. Diabetes, type 2 diabetes is on the rise. It's going up and up and up. It costs about £3,000 a year to take care of somebody with type 2 diabetes. And at the moment, you've got people as young as 30 who are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. And their life cost, you can go blind.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How did Julia Bradbury's cancer diagnosis change her perspective on health?
0:00–2:48
2
What lifestyle changes did Julia implement to improve her wellbeing?
2:48–5:00
3
Why is understanding nutrition crucial for preventative medicine?
5:00–7:06
4
How do refined sugars affect our immune system?
7:06–9:19
5
What role does stress play in health issues?
9:19–12:08
6
How can chronic stress impact our physical health?
12:08–22:23
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