The Wellness Breakdown
Episodes
The Benefits of Rituals
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rituals have been used for thousands of years and in a modern world that is ever changeable and anxiety provoking, they can provide us with a sense of...
Are artificial sweeteners as sweet as they sound?
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial sweeteners are in EVERYTHING but with their ubiquitous use, are they really a healthier alternative to sugar? Or could they have some ‘no...
Why are we all struggling to sleep?
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this modern, fast paced and attention capturing world is it any wonder many of us are finding it so difficult to sleep?In this episode we explore t...
Is there a better way to drink water?
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tap versus filter? Mineral versus spring? Still versus sparkling?What might seem simple, has become a controversial topic so in this week’s episode ...
What are your food cravings tell you?
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us experience food cravings but what might they be revealing and how can we begin to understand more about them?In this week's episode we...
Do we need to supplement with omega-3?
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are omega 3’s really worth supplementing?Omega 3's seem to be one of the most ubiquitous supplements but do we really to pill pop them and are ...
The 3 P’s - ’Your guide to probiotics, prebiotics & postbiotics'
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are the 3 P's? Most of us have heard of probiotics, maybe prebiotics but not all of us know about postbiotics... In this episode we explore...
How to make meditation work for you.
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a hard core meditator? Or do you find the whole thing a little intimidating, or frankly dull?Whatever your relationship with meditation we tal...
What's compromising your Immune Health?
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that getting sick is actually good for us? This week we chat about how we can support and mitigate factors which can impact on our immun...
Is goal setting the new resolutions?
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the start of new year and rather than talking resolutions we are embracing goal setting.What does it mean? Can they be useful? How can we set a...
Our Christmas Survival Guide
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back with series 6 of The Wellness Breakdown and this is our special Christmas Episode dedicated to helping you enjoy the festive season witho...
What is the secret to longevity?
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can I live longer and better? What supplement will make me more youthful? In the last of the current series we discuss the topic of longevity whi...
Will we ever get off the yo-yo diet train?
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode does refer to binge eating and eating disorders at points throughout.Yo-yo dieting aka the binge-purge cycle is somethin...
How bad is bread and are there any good loaves out there?
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is bread all bad? We are a nation of bread lovers but we're also constantly told we should eat less of it. But IS ALL BREAD BAD? In this episode...
The rise of the semaglutide.
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fat jabs, skinny jabs, you will have heard about the controversial 'quick fix' semaglutides being used to lose weight quickly.It’s been sp...
Am I perimenopausal?
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do I know if I'm perimenopausal? Brain fog, night sweats, anxiety, weight gain, insomnia, all of these could be symptoms of the perimenopause...
Is adrenal health key to managing stress?
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is modern living hammering our adrenals and how can we manage our stress response? In this episode we discuss what adrenal health really means. How d...
The Vitals of Vitamin D
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you always tired? Got low energy and constantly getting colds? Do you have psoriasis, eczema or asthma? You might be deficient in Vitamin D.In...
Is Matcha a healthy alternative to coffee?
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is matcha and is it better for you than coffee? How do you make it and why do people drink it?In this episode we take a look at matcha. Its origi...
Should we be swapping out milk and meat for plant-based alternatives?
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is oat milk better than cows milk? Are fake meats better than real meat? Is a plant-based diet the answer? In this episode we discuss the confusing, ...
Fertility - How young is too young to understand your fertility?
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are back! And we have a big topic to start the season. This week we are talking around fertility including how to check your stats, the hormonal ca...
Mum's Christmas Special
24 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For our special Christmas episode we invited our wonderful mums onto the pod to talk all around the festive holidays including food, booze and the emo...
Can regulating our circadian rhythm help with sleep? - Sadie Frost
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Circadian rhythm essentially refers to our biological internal clock and has a vital role in regulating our sleep-wake cycle. There has been a huge in...
Are infrared saunas just a lot of hot air?
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Infrared saunas seem to be increasing in popularity with advocates championing their wide ranging benefits from better sleep, improved circulation, in...
Is Pilates more than just about the pelvic floor?
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite having its first wave of celebrity endorsement in the 90’s, pilates has been around since the 1920’s. It was created by Joseph Pilates w...
Can we bounce ourselves happy?
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rebounding requires using a trampoline or trampette to essentially jump up and down as a way to improve our fitness levels - it certainly can elevat...
Can ‘nootropic' supplements make us smarter?
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The term ’nootropic’ is really an umbrella term for supplements (and certain meds) which can supposedly help to boost the brain’s performance an...
Is calorie counting a waste of time?
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING: Eating disorders are discussed in this episode Calories are universally recognised as a means to measure the amount of energy in foo...
DO WE NEED TO ‘CLEANSE’ OUR LIVER?
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liver cleanses and detoxes can be big business in the wellness industry. Essentially these various programmes or protocols are based around the notion...
Is acupuncture really that ‘on point’?
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Acupuncture is based on an ancient Chinese medicine philosophy using needles to trigger specific points in order to influence areas of the body and to...
What happens when you eat only junk food (aka UPF’s) for a week?
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ultra-processed foods or UPF’s are foods that have undergone heavy processing using largely manufactured ingredients on industrial-scale levels. Thi...
Is Water Fasting a risky business?
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the increased interest in the concept of fasting we wanted to push this to the extreme and explore water fasting - a type of fast during which yo...
Your Christmas Bonus Episode! 12 Days of Sprouts ...
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Love them or loathe them Brussels sprouts are synonymous with Christmas and so we thought an entire episode dedicated to them would be suitably festiv...
Can a dedicated Yoga practise help with injury rehab?
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we rope Rose’s husband, the brilliant artist Jake Chapman, into a four week intensive yoga challenge to help address a long-standing...
What is the deal with Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment?
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hyberbaric Oxygen Treatment (HBOT) has been associated with improving a diverse range of conditions, mostly used for post surgical and injury recovery...
Is Weight Lifting more than just about the 'gains'?
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Strength training has become a lot more popular with the rise of so called ‘Fitspos’ on social media and the hashtag ‘gains’. Vanity aside tho...
Can mushrooms be ‘magical’ for our immune system?
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Well to be clear we are not talking about the hallucinogenic ones but medicinal mushrooms that include reishi, cordyceps and lion’s mane to name a f...
Is Collagen the key to positive ageing?
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Collagen has been knocking around for some years and often with some outlandish claims, as well as a whole lot of products on the market which makes i...
Sober October
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Like Dry Jan, Sober October, is nothing particularly new. However there is a massively rising trend is the amount of people that are deciding to shun ...
Is 30-per-week the new 5-a-day?
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us are familiar with the mantra ‘5-a-day’ and whilst that takes into account the amount of fruit and veg we should be eating it is missing...
Is Manifestation the Secret to Getting the Life you Want?
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The concept of manifestation is essentially the act of bringing into reality the outcomes that you desire. More recently manifestation has been popula...
Waste Not, Want Not
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we are in a global climate catastrophe it is vital that all of us actively strive to change our lifestyle and food practices to feed into a more su...
‘Meat feast’ - we get to the bones of the Carnivore diet
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It wouldn’t be The Wellness Breakdown if we didn’t push some of these challenges to the extreme and the first episode of the new season is really ...
The Wild West of supplements - are they just a total con?
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The supplements industry is booming and shockingly not very regulated. This can leave it super confusing as a consumer on knowing what to buy and whet...
Cryotherapy — can it put a cold hard stop on pain?
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us have grabbed a bag of frozen peas or an ice-pack to help reduce inflammation and swelling which means we have pretty much all used cryother...
Microneedling - is this the secret to positive ageing?
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we investigate whether going under the needle can actually work as a non-invasive facelift and this time it is Eve taking on the chall...
Blood Glucose Monitors - Can these help or hinder our relationship with food?
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know what foods spike your blood sugar? In this episode we've asked renowned journalist Kate Spicer to strap on a blood glucose monitor an...
Is 10k steps the magic number?
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
'Is 10k steps the magic number?'In this episode we dig into whether 10k steps is really how much we should be walking every day and this tim...
Can a sleep hygiene regime help you to get ‘better in bed’?
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It is our second guest of the season and this time Eve has roped in her wonderful mate Morgan for this better zzz's challenge. Morgan is very op...
Juice fasting - is this just a quick-fix way to weight loss or can it be a useful circuit breaker?
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Rose sets Eve the challenge of a 3-day juice fast.Juice fasting is something that over the past decade or so has sparked a LOT of atte...
Getting off the White Stuff ... with DJ Fat Tony
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's our first guest episode of the season and a really brilliant one at that! Yes, we are thrilled to welcome DJ, author and altogether fabulous...
Meditation - Does it really change the way we think and feel?
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Eve sets Rose the challenge of practising meditation for 2 weeks.Meditation might seem like it has gained more popularity over the pas...
The Keto diet craze - is chewing the fat worth all the hype?
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of The Wellness Breakdown Season 2, Rose sets Eve the challenge of following a Ketogenic (aka Keto) diet. The Keto diet is very ...
Christmas Special
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eat, drink & be merry is almost synonymous with the Christmas holidays but can too much of a good thing really be that good after all? In this spe...
Could cold showers hold the key to concentration?
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode of The Wellness Breakdown, Eve sets her friend, Andrea, the Wim Hof Challenge. The Wim Hof method is a combination of cold wat...
Can a high protein diet halt your sugar cravings?
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the episodeOn this special episode, Rose sets her friend James the high protein diet challenge, with the aim of reducing his sugar intake. We ea...
Intermittent fasting: a better eating routine, or starvation?
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the episodeIn this episode, Rose sets Eve the intermittent fasting challenge. For many of us, we are constantly consuming. Food is addictive and...
Can going completely plant based be bad for you?
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the episodeOn today’s episode, Eve makes Rose go completely plant based for two weeks. Increasingly, the decision to have a totally plant base...
CBD: The perfect stress solution, or a scam?
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the episodeIn this week’s episode of The Wellness Breakdown, Rose sets Eve the CBD challenge. In the past decade, the CBD industry has explode...
Is fermented foods worth the gut health hype?
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the episodeOn this episode of The Wellness Breakdown, Eve sets Rose a challenge to find out if fermented foods really are worth the gut health h...
Can going caffeine free cold turkey fix your sleep?
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the episodeThis week on the podcast, Rose makes Eve go caffeine free for a fortnight. Caffeine has become universal in our lives. We use caffein...
Is a drop of wine at night really a bad thing?
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the episodeOn today’s episode, Eve sets Rose the challenge of drinking a glass of wine a night. For many, this challenge may seem counterintui...
Is Macro tracking a waste of time?
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the episodeIn this episode, Rose set’s Eve the macro tracking Challenge. Macro tracking is when a person tracks their macronutrients daily - w...
Do YOU need to go on a digital detox?
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the episodeOn this week’s episode, Eve sets Rose the digital detox challenge! We all know that digital devices are a fundamental part of moder...
The Wellness Breakdown Trailer
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Wellness Breakdown, the show where our hosts, wellness experts Eve Kalinik and Rosemary Ferguson, breakdown the latest health & nut...