The Food Medic - S2 E10 - The Food Medic Story

Episode Date: March 27, 2019

The FINAL episode of SE2 of #TheFoodMedicPodcast On this episode Dr.Hazel is interviewed by her friend and presenter Chessie King. They chat about The Food Medic, when it started and why it started, b...alancing a busy schedule, and some of the most commonly asked medical questions (including how to know if you have a normal poo or not!) Let us know if you loved it by leaving a review and a 5 star rating. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:25 exclusions and terms apply. Instacart, groceries that over deliver. Hi team and welcome back to the Food Medic Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Hazel Wallace, medical doctor, author and founder of the Food Medic. Now guys, we've come to the end of season two of the food medic podcast and for the final episode i wanted to do something a little bit different and actually this was inspired by a couple of requests that i got on instagram and that was that the guest this week is me so it's not going to be me interviewing myself as i think that would be a little bit weird. So Chessie King is actually going to be interviewing me this week and Chessie's a good friend of mine. I'm sure lots
Starting point is 00:01:11 of you know her from Instagram. Chessie is a presenter, she's an influencer and an all-round body confidence advocate and she's going to be asking me a little bit about the Food Medic, why I started it, when it started, and some of the questions that you guys asked on Instagram. So make sure to keep listening to the end of the show because Chessie's actually going to be setting this week's challenge and I have no idea what she's going to set us. So make sure to keep on listening. Okay, guys, so I am in the hot seat today
Starting point is 00:01:44 and I've got my lovely friend Chess in to interview me. I have. Well, no, you have. So I said to Hazel, I was like, look, your podcast is amazing. And obviously, you've had some incredible guests on. But let's flip it. And let's let the listeners listen to you. And you've got so much to say. So I just thought, right, I'm going to ask you some questions today. I'm excited. I'm also quite nervous. I'm never nervous. But I think like the pressure's on. Sitting in the interviewer seat is a lot less pressure. But I'm excited to hear what you want to ask me. Okay, so I think we should start with, obviously, you don't need an introduction, because everyone listening hopefully knows who you are. But as well as being a good, good friend of mine for over four or five years, you are just a superwoman and all of our friends and strangers are like, how do you
Starting point is 00:02:36 do it all? So let's start from the very beginning. How did the food medic start? So I was about to start medicine at the time. so I just finished or coming to the end of my first degree which was in medical sciences and I did just to set the scene I was doing this in the Welsh valleys at the time and I had like a couple of uni years under my belt and had just been living typical uni lifestyle having like loads of fun but also not really like looking after my nutrition definitely not exercising and I had my medical school interviews coming up and I was thinking I want to be a doctor who feels healthy and practices what they preach so I set off on my own little journey and this is when I started my Instagram
Starting point is 00:03:22 account so it started from more a personal place going back seven years ago now and I just used Instagram as a tool to help inspire me to stay fit and healthy and I started going to the gym but I also started doing a lot of research as to what the best diet and I'm using like little bunny ears when I say that because there is no best diet and I soon realized that but I also realized there's so much nonsense on the internet and also in like women's magazines what we should eat what we shouldn't eat what we should look like and so I wanted to start a blog that was based on evidence but also wasn't too scientific that you know anyone could read it and that's really where it started and I continued it throughout my medical
Starting point is 00:04:05 school kind of journey. I wrote my first book, then I qualified as a doctor, moved to London, wrote my second book, and just started doing that alongside everything I did with medicine. And it's just become, I guess, my vocation now, something I'm really proud of. And really, the whole core crux of the food medic is just bridging that gap between medicine and nutrition and helping people live healthier lives I guess through just different lifestyle interventions whether it's diet, exercise, sleep, stress and that's the food medic. I mean that is a very shortly wrapped up like all of these years that I've known you and even when we've gone away,
Starting point is 00:04:45 and you've been writing your first book, your second book, and you just work so hard. And I think a lot of people don't see that Hazel. They see you obviously having a great time on your Instagram and working hard going to lectures and learning. And something that I think a lot of the listeners might not know, and something that you've opened up to me about personally as a friend, is losing your dad at a young age and I think I really want to touch on that because I think that for me is where the food medic started and I know that that's when you went okay right this is where I need to kind of look at my health and also help as many people as I can after you lost your father. Yeah absolutely
Starting point is 00:05:22 I think losing my dad is definitely the driving force behind the food medic but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I reflected upon it and realized that it actually was so just to give people a little bit of a backstory when I was 14 my dad had a stroke and initially he had a small stroke right at the dinner table and we were all sitting around having dinner I even remember what we were having it was spaghetti bolognese and my dad wasn't able to speak or hold his fork for a couple of seconds my mum quickly realized something was going on so anyway we took him to the hospital that day and realized that he did in fact have a little stroke but
Starting point is 00:06:05 thought it would be okay and anyway after a couple of days he had an even bigger stroke which took his life so at the age of 14 that was quite a significant life event and it was really hard for me to take and the rest of my family as well but it wasn't until I was about 16, I started to really grieve. And I became very depressed, lost a lot of weight, and kind of didn't really have a lot of hope for the medical system. I, you know, I didn't really understand why my dad didn't live. And I think that really made me a want to be a doctor and try to kind of strive towards research and also helping people and prevent people from losing their parents so early but also I think it's so the seed that actually how we live our lives is really important for our health so as most people know as stroke
Starting point is 00:06:59 and also related diseases like heart disease and raised cholesterol and atherosclerosis, which is like plaque in the arteries. They're all largely linked to our lifestyle. So having a poor diet, being inactive, drinking alcohol, smoking, things like that are all related to it. And although my dad had a relatively good lifestyle, I'd say, just before he had a his stroke he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes which is a huge risk factor and we know that actually you can reverse or put people who have type 2 diabetes into remission with just diet and exercise alone and that that's really powerful I think because you don't have to use medication so what I say now I mean I work in an acute medical setting so pills and surgery and things like that are my bread and butter but I also think that there's a huge component in the medical
Starting point is 00:07:52 system that we miss out on and that's diet and exercise and you did a TED talk about that and exercise being a free medical tool isn't it it's like it's free medicine and I think with social media now we hear so much about working out and body confidence and and all of this and I think back then when your father did pass away there wasn't so much there was magazines but there wasn't so much information on all of this and like you said I feel like doctors are only just in the last few four years coming to that place where they're like right let's not just hand out a pill. Let's actually encourage these lifestyle changes, which could have in terms maybe saved your father. Yeah, no, absolutely. I think we have a long way to go in terms of changing the medical system.
Starting point is 00:08:39 And it's not going to be easy but medical students get if they're lucky like 10 to 25 hours of nutrition training throughout the years that they're at medical school and that's a that's a good medical school I don't think I got that much and I mean I did go to a really really good medical school but you know that's just nutrition I don't think we really touched on physical activity I think we had one lecture on sleep, probably one lecture on stress management. So when you think about it, you'll have like, you know, a whole module on like the immune system, for example, so immunology. And that's really important. But to think that we're missing out completely on nutrition when that is a tool that we could all use, I think is an underside from us.
Starting point is 00:09:23 But I'm not asking that medical students or doctors become retrained as nutritionists it's not about taking anyone's job but it just seems so nonsensical for us to not have just the basic knowledge yeah and to be educated and I think well recently it's been announced that they're going to add mental health classes into school education. And I think learning from a young age, that basic knowledge of looking after yourself and the importance of nutrition and exercise and mental health, because I feel like I see a lot of people going to the doctor and not taking control of their own health and going to the doctor and saying, fix me. Whereas actually preventing that before it gets worse is such a huge thing
Starting point is 00:10:06 and I think that that comes from us we have the power to educate us from a basic level not saying you need to everyone needs to go into a nutrition degree or whatever but learning the basics and not just relying on the on the NHS and the health system yeah that's that's the thing. You know, I think a lot of people think that doctors have a pill for every ill. We don't, sadly. So things like, for example, I know I keep using type 2 diabetes as an example, but that can't be treated with just one pill. Yes, you can take pills that will manage the symptoms, but you can't cure it with just one pill and actually the most effective way of I guess helping prevent it and also in the treatment is lifestyle measures and it's a more of a holistic approach so it requires not just the doctors prescribing things but also the patients being motivated to change their diet and exercise and even manage their stress and sleep which
Starting point is 00:11:06 I don't think people take that seriously enough they're two main pillars in life that I mean when we were younger we used to be like oh we'll sleep when we're old or whatever but now I mean I'm only 25 and I'm like right I need to get to bed at 10 and if I don't I feel I feel like hung over and I don't drink it's mad I know you just can't function no it's it's so true and it's not just about like it affecting your performance in the short term so like feeling a bit groggy in the morning but we know that like lack of sleep is linked to increased risk of heart disease increased risk of breast cancer increased risk of Alzheimer's just because of chronic sleep deprivation so yeah I'm like you it's only now
Starting point is 00:11:47 that I'm like man I really need to focus on my sleep this decade yeah because I lost so much my last decade and you can't even make up for it can you I mean like on the weekends be like I'll add a few more hours but that doesn't that doesn't count does it no apparently I mean it shifts your um apparently we shouldn't lie in or kind of like binge sleep on the weekend either because that can like make you feel jet lagged on Monday because then you're like sleeping in late you're going to bed late so you've kind of like shifted your time zones yeah your circadian rhythm now going back to social media we both use it and I think it's a big part of our lives and everyone's lives now it's in your pocket
Starting point is 00:12:25 and you can literally scroll through and you have no control on your newsfeed and I talk a lot about body confidence and I think it's such a huge thing at the moment empowering women and talking about our bodies but from a medical point of view do you think that there's that fine line between body confidence and actually being healthy and looking after yourself for the rest of your life because I promote it as I am confident in myself I look at others um how I look at myself and I talk to myself as I was my own best friend um but I think there's that fine line now that people are overstepping and going I'm gonna rebel against health against health and fitness, I'm going to eat whatever I want. And I'm going to be the biggest size possible. And I completely appreciate that side.
Starting point is 00:13:09 But is that impacting on the NHS? Well, I think there's a movement on social media to towards body confidence and health at every size. And we spoke about this on my podcast with Laura Thomas, and she articulates it really well. And I think what's more important is focusing on health behaviors than health aesthetics. So instead of looking at how someone looks, actually looking at, you know, what we can do in our lives, because I don't know looking at you, what you eat every day, whether you exercise or not you can't make those assumptions this is actually one of my bugbears within the medical profession because it's drummed into us that if you have a high BMI you're unhealthy but we know that BMI
Starting point is 00:13:55 is imperfect because you could be you know full of muscle on a rugby player and you could have an obese BMI so we need to look at other parameters. And I think Instagram is full of extremes anyway because people just want to grab attention. So they're going to put whatever's going to get people to click that little heart. They're going to put whatever up. So I think we need to step out and try not to look at it and scrutinize it too closely
Starting point is 00:14:24 and not compare ourselves to other people and you know like scrutinize it too closely and not compare ourselves to other people and not judge other people on how they look but actually do what we can for ourselves and I think this is it's been a learning curve for me because like I said Instagram was where I started the food medic and I started it from a personal place and I was one of those girls who shared transformation photos I don't regret doing that it's a learning curve I wouldn't do it now because the way my body looks is not you know it's not relevant it's not relevant to my health and it's not relevant to your health so I think it's a really interesting conversation but I think what we can do as influencers and you know for people
Starting point is 00:15:02 listening before we started recording me and chessie were just chatting about how everyone's an influencer so this kind of is a message for everyone like whatever you put out there if you can just promote positive behaviors instead of like putting up what you think someone should look like or hashtag body goals and like having a flat tummy or whatever and promote positive things like going for a run or you know getting more veggies in your diet or you know using different apps for meditation or stress management they're all positive things that you're doing without putting your own personal beliefs or judgments on people yeah and talking about the body in the most functional way and being
Starting point is 00:15:41 surely as you've had so many years of education and going my body is functioning I I had it when I lost my hearing I I appreciated my body so much more for what it did for me and kind of took it for granted that I could hear out of both ears and then when it was taken away from me I was like oh my goodness like my my body's incredible and I thank my body for what it can do instead of what it can't do now instead of being like oh I hate my legs because they're not as small as someone's that was that years ago I've lost that like mindset and it's so nice actually being like right what can it do what's it doing for me right now it's breathing without me thinking like all of these incredible things even just like a cut on my finger it's healed in two days like thanking your body for what it can do and I'm sure that that for you must be a massive thing
Starting point is 00:16:29 I think so I think people always really I guess value their body when they go through some form of health scare and I think with you losing your hearing was really scary and you know it's a weird thing to say I appreciate my hearing you wouldn't do that unless it was taken away from you the only issue with that is I get a lot of patients who think oh I wish I'd looked after myself 20 years ago or 10 years ago and I don't like putting all our health problems on the individual I think sometimes that can be really paralyzing and it's not necessarily true um like you didn't cause your hearing loss to just go it just you know it's one of those things that happened to you it's something that was out of your hands but there are things that
Starting point is 00:17:14 we can do every day to help offset some of the risk factors for when we're older so if you're moving a little bit every day you're not just you know looking after your heart health but you're looking after your brain health you're reducing your risk bit every day, you're not just, you know, looking after your heart health, but you're looking after your brain health, you're reducing your risk of colon cancer, breast cancer, depression. Like the list is endless. But we always focus on things like exercise for just aesthetics again. You know, some of my patients who have like a normal BMI, so they're in a slim body, will think I can eat whatever I want and I don't need to exercise. And I'm like, can we just put appearance aside for a minute that I'm not interested in that I like you said I want to know how your body functions and that's so important um so I want to ask a few questions
Starting point is 00:17:55 from your followers because you've asked quite a few and we started with this at the beginning because you are always and I'm always wondering how you balance everything. Now I think in the last year you have become so much calmer and you've kind of taken everything in your stride and it's less overwhelming but I think that's come from experience. How do you manage your days? I'm so surprised you said that because I was just saying when I came in the studio today I feel like I'm like doggy paddling through all my workload, like trying to keep my head above water. But I do think it comes with experience. And also one of the really valuable things you learn as a medical student, like early on in your years is to prioritize so that when you do become a doctor
Starting point is 00:18:42 and you're on the ward and you're thrown one job by a nurse, the pharmacist wants you to prescribe something, a patient's asking another question, someone else is bleeding, someone's just got sick and you have to prioritize in that moment what's the most important thing you need to do and you also have to stay really calm. So I think going through medical school made me pick up skills to manage my time, prioritize and also keep my calm. And I guess working as a doctor, I am always in a stressful situation. So my day to day doesn't seem that stressful overall. But saying that, I do pack a lot in. So for those who are listening who may not know, I've gone back to do
Starting point is 00:19:26 a master's and that's full time. So it's for the next year, I'm doing a full time master's in nutrition and public health. I'm also working locum shifts at the hospital. And then I'm doing the food medic and all of that kind of stuff at the side. So I'm trying to have a life. But I do feel like I have a life still. And I make sure I prioritize that because it's when you don't it's when you don't make time for chilling out or like spending time with the people that you love then you get overwhelmed because you're like all I do is work and I've definitely have those periods in my life and I wasn't very happy so I do have balance the thing is there's no magic answer I wish I did have a magic answer like a pill I could sell because I'd be a millionaire.
Starting point is 00:20:05 But it really comes down to just managing your time. I have a routine in the morning where I get up and I write down my to-do list. And I've been, you know, just a standard old school diary. I think the whole practice of writing something out is quite therapeutic. It puts it in my mind. And I also love ticking it off, you know, as you go through the day. I sometimes add them to my list. Me too.
Starting point is 00:20:27 And then tick them off just, oh, I've done that as well. I'll write that down and then tick that off. Yeah, and really simple things like wash hair. Yeah, done it. Yeah, thank you. But even like some days, like those simple things are actually quite hard to do. And that's general daily self-care. And I feel like we forget to do
Starting point is 00:20:45 those things like sometimes I'll be so busy oh my god I haven't actually washed my hair in like four days like take a step you've got that time and so I think those little things but something that I've been doing recently um with like you said to-do lists yeah in the morning I find them too much in the morning I actually do them just before I go to sleep so I sit in my bed so last year I felt like I was putting like 20 things on my to-do list and it really wasn't helping me because I'd get to it and then at the end of the day I'd feel so not disappointed in myself I feel a bit let down I was like oh my god I didn't get around to even 10 of them so I've limited myself to five work and five fun life things and it has helped me so much.
Starting point is 00:21:25 So in the evening, I'll literally every night, just before I go to bed, so five life, five work. And having that limit actually makes me prioritise those five instead of then going, oh, I'm going to do the easier one first. Like it actually really helps. And then also just having,
Starting point is 00:21:41 not that I like structure my fun or life in a day, but it's actually quite nice to like, just, yeah. And like even tiny little things like reminding myself to reply back to one of my best friends that I haven't replied back to. And it's just those little things that keep you sane. Yeah. So you've been asked, I want to know this actually, if you weren't a doctor, what would you do?
Starting point is 00:22:02 This question is so interesting. Before I decided to't a doctor, what would you do? This question is so interesting. Before I decided to be a doctor, my parents had me on the road to be an accountant because that was what my dad did. And I was quite, I guess I still am, quite good at maths. So it was like, you know, she'll go down that road. But I found it so boring. Sorry to all the accountants.
Starting point is 00:22:22 Yeah, I'm sorry. You're amazing. We need you. We need you. you we don't want to do it ourselves but so i didn't really enjoy it and i'd find myself daydreaming in class because i'd be like oh so i think i'm a scientist like through and through and if i if i could change my path now and someone said you can't be a doctor first first of all, I'd be like absolutely devastated. But I'd love to go more down the route of like exercise science and physiology. Things like we were speaking about earlier, like how cardiovascular function,
Starting point is 00:22:54 like really, I find that so interesting. So I'd love to go into that. So yeah, this, I think you've opened up to me about this quite a bit. And there are some devastating things that you see and with your job daily and I don't think a lot of people actually realize the extremes that you go through every day actually seeing people people dying and it is that tragic how do you deal with that in your life do you step out of the hospital and try and switch off or is it harder than that so now this year that I'm not in the hospital as much I don't feel like I'm exposed to it as much but then when I go back in it's almost like a bigger shock to the system in my
Starting point is 00:23:36 first year as a doctor I feel like I went on a really steep learning curve. My first job was a medical job. So it's like you either do medicine or surgery. So a lot of our patients had long-term health conditions and we almost knew that it wasn't going to be a good outcome. But even though we were expecting them to, for their life to end at some point within the next couple of months, it was always really hard.
Starting point is 00:24:02 And I feel like the older doctors took it within their stride, probably because they'd experienced it more. And I found it really hard in the beginning. I think most doctors remember every patient that they lose, but you'll always remember the first patient that you lose. And I found that really hard to go back into work the next day. So I guess that's the hardest part about being a doctor, is that you see the most
Starting point is 00:24:25 heartbreaking things you see people lose their life you see people lose their family members and that's really hard and also sometimes it like makes you remember your family members that you've lost but also you see a lot of people's lives being saved and that's really incredible and I get really angry when I see kind of the media say bad things about the NHS because I think we're really lucky to have the NHS and the NHS is not just doctors and nurses but there's so many different staff members that keep it together and there's almost like too many to name but even like when I'm working like a late shift and it's crazy in A&E and you've got lots of different doctors and nurses and admin staff and porters and you know like radiographers running
Starting point is 00:25:12 around but everyone's looking out for one another and although you may have your one patient you're almost sharing everyone's patients because you're all looking out for one another and it's just really nice to sit back and experience and I think having the potential to save someone's life is such a privilege, and probably one of the reasons that most people become a doctor. So I think like with any job, with all the negative things, there's as many good things, if not more. I think that's what I'd say about medicine. I think it's incredible what you do. I know it's different all around the world but we're going to go on to the most Googled health questions this week
Starting point is 00:25:51 because I love that. I love how you always say, don't go to Dr. Google and it's so easy because now we literally just type it in and we're like, oh my God, I'm going to die right now. So the first one is,
Starting point is 00:26:02 can I die from a lack of sleep? So from, as far as I'm going to die right now. So the first one is, can I die from a lack of sleep? So from, as far as I'm aware, there is like no reports of people who have stayed awake long enough to die from lack of sleep. But apparently you can. So sleep deprivation can cause a lot of issues. But most people come to the point
Starting point is 00:26:22 where they do fall asleep eventually. So I don't recommend staying up as long as you can to prove it but I don't think there's been reported cases let's do it sleepover imagine um and then the next one was why am I so tired all the time probably because you've stayed up you're trying to stay up as long as you can record um so this one's really interesting and there's lots of reasons why you could be tired all the time and i guess we can break that up into like lifestyle factors so are you really stressed are you working long nights do you have a new baby those kind of things or it could be also your diet if you've recently cut out lots of meat and fish from your
Starting point is 00:27:00 diet are you getting enough iron and vitamin b12 which you get from animal products you can also get iron in veggie foods as well but it's better absorbed from animal based products so some people who aren't eating a really well balanced vegan diet for example can become anemic quite quickly and one of the symptoms of being anemic is feeling tired all the time so there's also medical causes for feeling tired anemia is like the big one and the symptoms of being anemic is feeling tired all the time. So there's also medical causes for feeling tired. Anemia is like the big one. And side effects of that is, again, feeling tired, pale skin, deep sunken eyes, grey circles under the eyes, sometimes feeling short of breath, brittle nails.
Starting point is 00:27:38 Some people get sores around their mouth and things like that. So if you think that you have those symptoms definitely go to your doctor because anemia can also be a sign of other underlying things that are going on so the list is actually endless and with most medical conditions especially if someone's not on treatment tiredness often comes up so I would say look at your lifestyle can you get enough sleep can you try to rest a bit more can you try to reduce the stress in your life? If you feel like that's not working, definitely see your doctor because it just takes a really simple blood test and a quick examination to know that you're safe to go. I know what mine is. Matt snoring and my neighbours upstairs. Honestly, last night I
Starting point is 00:28:19 genuinely had to get on the bed and smack my fist. I was like, please be quiet. It's one in the morning. You're having a party and I'm not invited. Snoring. I really want to talk about snoring. Yeah. We'll do two more questions. So what actually causes snoring and how do you stop your partner from snoring? So, you know, it can be normal physiological problem when we snore. So you can find kids can snore. Lots of different people can snore. It can be normal physiological problem when we snore. So you can find kids can snore. Lots of different people can snore. It can be exacerbated if you are of a heavier weight. So if you've got a higher body weight,
Starting point is 00:28:53 because excess weight can compress kind of your windpipe when you're breathing essentially. And it makes that snoring sound. So with people who are obese, have an increased risk of a thing called sleep apnea where they snore but oftentimes they will snore and then they'll stop breathing and so they have to wear a mask at night to help them breathe. So certain times it can be a medical problem but oftentimes it's not something to be worried about. If you or your partner are snoring quite
Starting point is 00:29:22 a lot and you feel like you're waking up in the morning and not feeling refreshed and feeling sleepy throughout the day, then that's kind of a red flag for you to go to see your GP. Do you know what Matt blames it on? What? He blames it on his type 1 diabetes. Now, Hazel Wallace, Dr. Hazel Wallace. I really do not know if there's a link between type 1 diabetes and snoring. Matt, you've been caught. Okay, so let's talk about poo yeah yeah um so how do i know my poo is normal in the like i only go for one poo in the morning but loads of my friends are like oh no i have like three or four
Starting point is 00:29:58 i'm like how do i know this is so interesting i get asked this question all the time once someone finds out you're a doctor they're like what, what about my bro? Somehow the conversation seems to get onto the topic of poo, especially at dinner parties, which is always a bit of an interesting conversation because you try to like dodge it. Anyway, so there is no kind of normal poo. We have a thing called the Bristol stool chart. Have you heard of it or seen it i think you've shown not shown me yours but so there's like different types of poo okay yeah um you know you've got like really hard stools and then you can have really loose stools and why from bristol do they have good poos up there i can't confirm the perfect poos in bristol so they they essentially developed this chart okay It's for like medical professionals.
Starting point is 00:30:47 So if they have patients or if it's a dietician, for example, they can ask their patient, which of your poos would you say is this? And they can say like it's type one or it's type three. And then we know whether you need more fibre, whether you're having diarrhoea, what's going on and that kind of thing. So essentially your poo should be solid it should be a normal brown color if it's too dark or some people get really pale stools some people get like mucus on their stools some people get blood in their stools
Starting point is 00:31:16 there are signs that that's not normal but saying that there will be some days that you will have looser stools or you might feel a little bit more constipated. So it's kind of what's happening all the time. If you feel like you're constantly constipated or you're constantly running to the loo, then that's probably a sign to go to the doctors. But if you have like a one-off day where you feel like your tummy's a bit off, that's probably normal.
Starting point is 00:31:40 And then the amount of times you go to the toilet literally varies. Most people are once a day, but then actually it's quite common for young women to only go once a week. I know. Really? Yeah. A lot of women are quite constipated. So it depends on your transit time. So transit time is essentially the term how long it takes for your food to travel through. But then some people will go three times a day.
Starting point is 00:32:05 So it's really, really variable. I think the average would be once a day. But like I said, if you feel like you're going a lot or that you have any weird colours, smells, mucus, things like that, then go speak to your GP. And also, please don't be embarrassed to go to your GP because we see everything it's so interesting whenever you have a patient in your room they're constantly apologizing for things
Starting point is 00:32:30 like sorry I haven't shaved my legs or um and I'm like please don't worry the last thing I'm looking at is whether you've shaved your legs or not but please please on Instagram do not start sending pictures of your poos to Hazel don't't stop sliding into the DMs, sending pictures. Okay, so that wraps it up for questions from your followers. So I'm going to wrap this up. I'm going to wrap your podcast up for you. And I think this is the last of the... The finale.
Starting point is 00:32:56 Yeah, this is the final one. And I'm so glad we got to hear more from you. I could literally speak to you forever, Hazel. That was so fun. You have so much to say. And thank you, honestly. Thank you for helping so many people through your podcast, through your blog, through your Instagram,
Starting point is 00:33:10 and just in real life. So thank you. Okay, guys. So if you've been listening to the podcast for the last couple of weeks, at the end of every episode, I set you guys a challenge and it's something that you and I can do to help us live kind of healthier, happier lives. But this
Starting point is 00:33:31 week, Chessie is actually going to set us a challenge and I have no idea what she's going to set us. So take it away, Chess. Okay, Hazel. So mine's a little bit different. I really want you to step into your bedroom. Let's focus on just one room in the house. And spend tonight either half an hour, an hour, however long. You'll probably get really carried away with it. Where is this going? I'm stepping into your bedroom. We're all invited to Hazel's house.
Starting point is 00:33:58 And make it the happiest, calmest place you can. And that can be from adding candles, adding wall prints with inspirational quotes, going through your wardrobe and making sure that there are pieces in there that make you feel amazing. You can wake up and go, right, I'm going to wear that today, fill it with colour. Just taking time to make it your own space and your safe place because we all live in hectic hectic worlds to come back to that place and to wake up there and feel amazing to feel calm when you're going to sleep just make it your your special place and if you have a partner then encouraging them to do it and say right what do we not need in this room what can we away? You've got to be quite cutthroat. So yeah, just make it the happiest place you can.
Starting point is 00:34:47 Whatever makes you feel good. Oh, I love that one. That's really good. So let us know if you do take part in the Food Medic Challenge or the Chessie Challenge this week. I would love to say that I'll see you next week, but I'm not going to. Re-listen to every single episode. So
Starting point is 00:35:05 re-listen to every episode until I am back. And make sure you rate it five stars on iTunes. Yes please and I will see you again for the next season but thanks for listening guys and have a good one.

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