How to Live Longer with Champagne, Mushrooms… and Raw Testicles?

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1:12I still can't believe this is happening. And it's going to be at Cadogan Hall in London on June the 14th. We literally can't wait. I know. I'm so looking forward to it. We'll be bringing the full podcast to life. Big headline, deep dives on everything from body image to the broken food system, health anxiety, plus an interactive audience Q &A so you can bring all your burning questions and a proper deep dive into the years worth of research that Rhee has done into ultra processed foods. We'll be the first to hear everything she's learned putting together her new book. It is very exciting. I really hope you love it.

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2:10Welcome to The Wellness Scoop, your weekly dose of health and wellness inspiration and as always we are your hosts. I'm Ella Mills and I'm Rhiannon Lambert and after a decade in the wellness industry, we know how overwhelming and confusing health advice can be. That's why we created this podcast to cut through the noise and make healthier living simple, fun and personal. So welcome guys, thank you for being here as always every week. It is the highlight of the week and I would say this is probably one of my favourite titles we've had so much so far. I was just reading it before we get into it.

2:43How to live longer with champagne mushrooms and raw testicles. We've got it all. I put a little lol emoji in our brief today. I saw it on the train this morning coming in. I was like, Ella, you're a title genius. Oh my gosh. Okay, what have we got coming up for everyone? Well, let's do it. We have two weeks offline. Does that equate to better mental health? The surprising new study that we'll explore. Why Deepak Chopra says stillness is more powerful than self-optimization. Poor posture and its unexpected link to long-term health. I love this one coming up. Can champagne really protect your heart?

3:17And then we're on to Raw testicles, anyone. We're unpacking Netflix's new wellness documentary on the liver king. And finally, mushrooms are the new wellness obsession, but do they work? I mean, Ella, what a show. What a show.

3:37Rhi, how are you? What have you been up to? Do you know, it's actually been a really, really busy time for us both. I think we're both in the same boat where I am behind on my inbox and core of my business because I've been out doing an activation every day. Like the talk at Parliament went really well. It was wonderful to talk about children's breakfast in the UK. I learned about British berry growers. You know, I didn't know 95 % of berries are actually grown in the UK. So it was really interesting to hear we should be supporting these items that can be quite costly and the government should step in here and then make them more available to more people.

4:11But there was a huge conversation to be had. And of course, I discussed ultra processed foods. And then I tried in between the chaos of the multiple media activations and podcasts to spend more time with the kids. Do you know, in one podcast, actually, I had my first ever hay fever attack. Did you? It's on Grace Beverly's podcast. Never happened to me before. But I think the heat in London. So when I come into town, I'm just not used to it. And I didn't bring any antihistamines. Luckily, Grace has a stash of antihistamines in her bag. Like I literally couldn't speak. My eyes were swelling. Never had that before.

4:45Have you? I have. I started getting hay fever the first time three years ago. And it's brutal. I carry antihistamines around with me for this time of year. But interesting. So many people I speak to, maybe our listeners in the same, developed it at some point around their 30s. Same. Yeah, I never used to get it that badly. And then it was something recently. but I had to literally stop recording and drink some water and take an antihistamine and wait for it to go down. But then there's been mundane stuff. You know, I can't complain. That was the dad's football match we went to watch in the sun and I cooked some orzo with little tea and yeah, it was great.

5:19How about you, Ella? I love orzo. That is a great recommendation for people. Since you got me stuck on it when we were in Deliciously Ella HQ and you made that dish, every week I make a orzo of some description with whatever veg I've got and butter beans and I love it. it is an amazing amazing um ingredient to cook with and i would say if you don't cook with also a lot 10 out of 10 recommend it because for batch cooking pasta pasta's not very nice when you reheat it to be honest and then it goes all hard exactly and then rice obviously people get a little bit nervous about reheating rice it's probably for frank a bit of an overblown concern but i do completely understand you have to heat it all the way through and so many people don't and that's where you get exactly and so there's a nervousness around it whereas also reheats perfectly it cooks in 10 minutes or so and it is so good for those big batch cooking you can kind of saute any veg you've got shallots onions garlic butter beans as you said and adding the stock as well i mean it's genius the flavor that you get and it takes no time to cook yeah and then you can cook the also in the stock maybe coconut milk all together stir through some basil and it will see you through many weeks so yeah it is absolutely 10 out of 10 i'm with you on auto so that was not meant to be my recommendation but you've been doing cookbook as well so you are on a cooking spree oh my gosh yes we started shooting it the last two days so we're 20 photos in which is pretty fun well done i'm still finishing writing the rest of the rest of things but yeah no it's good we don't have a title yet we don't have a publication date yet but it will come we will finish this project and Gone are those days where things are done in advance.

6:54It seems like everybody's building car while we're driving it. I am definitely building all cars while driving. Me too. We're like trying to move the kids' school for September, trying to move house, live show, finish book, work as usual. And you're coming to my book launch. I know, can't wait. Thanks for making the time for that one. Wouldn't miss it for the world. Apart from Orzo, have you got any recommendations for us this week? Do you know, I did. But before I go in, my friend sent me this text. I was literally on the train when it came through this morning. And it just kind of sums up our podcast.

7:25She said, Ri, kombucha, is this a new trend or am I late to the party? Just caught up with the episode. I love it. That's my friend Dinny. And she also makes the most amazing cake. She did Saki's birthday cake. But doesn't that just sum up the fact that we may think that something is really obvious, you know, because some of us have seen matcha for years or kombucha for years. But it's still just coming into the peripheral for some people. And that's why I just love this show so much. Me too. We chat through it all. We'll bring kombucha to you guys to the trends. We will. In a couple of weeks time.

7:54We have to do that. But my rec today was actually a book by Dr. David Robert Grimes, who we're definitely having on an extra scoop discussing all things tech. So his book, The Irrational Ape, I think is really compelling because it explores why humans often fall prey to flawed reasoning, misinformation. You know, why online we are so vulnerable, I think, and subject to all these cognitive biases. So embracing critical thinking can safeguard us from these pitfalls. And basically, his book goes through all of these things from the Dunning-Kruger effect to confirmation bias, so many different elements.

8:32And ultimately, it serves as both a diagnosis of our collective reasoning, you know, our failures and a call for action to cultivate a more rational and evidence based approach to understanding the world around us. And I think delving into that book, you just find yourself going, yep, yep, this is me. Yep, I've fallen victim to that. Yes. And it's a good read. I think that's such a great recommendation. We obviously talk quite a lot in the show about misinformation and how hard it is to navigate what people are saying and what to listen to and what to skip and how to tune out that noise. And so it sounds like if you're struggling with that, that's an amazing recommendation.

9:07How about you, Ella? Way less highbrow. Okay. No, no, but normally you have the books. Go on, share with me. We have watched the new show on Apple TV that I've also seen on every London bus over the last few weeks called Your Friends and Neighbours with Jon Hamm, who was the lead in Mad Men. I love TV shows when you get a good TV show it's the best way to kind of switch off your mind is it really gripping it's really gripping it's quite fun funny quite unexpected darker than you're imagining but not in a scary way very satirical very funny he's brilliant in it and just if you're switch off yeah I find it really hard as we were saying there's lots of moving ships at the moment I don't think that's an expression actually no but there's ships in the night isn't there moving pieces of the puzzle whatever it is ships going around basically lots happening and i find it really hard to then get into bed and you your to-do list starts going and so watching something i find just the best way to kind of yeah switch that off and then go to sleep and this has been fab we are both really enjoying it so very much recommend also this is such a niche recommendation other than also as a food one chimichurri i've never made it oh my gosh first of all it's so easy to make and second of all I know we always talk about 30 plants guys did you play my game did you remember we talked about last week it did refresh my memory to get the chart on the wall for the kid did you tally up how's the game going let us know if you're counting your 30 plants but it's so easy to make and I literally putting on everything at the moment like roast veggies salads dressings on toast with makes avocado toast way more interesting etc it's so easy you just blitz up kind of a very small red onion or half a shallot garlic lots and lots of parsley i normally don't like parsley but i love it in here husband does with parsley so it's just really random i think it's because he's maltese i don't know scrambled eggs and parsley that's what he does it's always been a thing and it drives me insane because i don't want parsley in my scrambled eggs but this is obviously something he's grown up with it's not my favorite i don't particularly like it actually i don't think yeah in that kind it's not it's like coriander people love or hate it But in chimichurri, it's phenomenal.

11:15And then you add coriander and then chili, cider vinegar or red wine vinegar, olive oil, salt. And you literally just blitz it all up. And it's just one of those like, people call them flavor bombs. You know, you just add it to everything and it's like a zing. Amazing. Super easy. Do you know what I want to do in another episode? It's reminded me is go through olive oil in more depth as in like what to look for in an olive oil. Also, I had, and this is totally off subject again, but the wire put on the back of my teeth. Oh, yeah. And it's like learning to speak again. I don't know. I feel like I'm really conscious of it.

11:46I feel like I've been the tip of my tongue. You know, you keep touching it because it's new in your mouth. And I'm finding it really hard. I'm like, oh, oh. Oh, I think you sound absolutely fantastic. I need some chimichurri to listen. You need some chimichurri. With orzo, obviously. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, so we've got kombucha. We've still got saunas running and olive oil of things to pick up for you guys coming up. But for now, Rhi, where are we starting with the health headlines that matter?

12:13Okay, today's health headline that matters. We are starting with two weeks without internet reversed a decade of ageing. So we came across this. It's so thought-provoking. It's a study from the University of Texas at Austin. And the results are remarkable, Ella. It found that just two weeks of blocking mobile internet access from smartphones can significantly improve mental health, attention span and overall well-being. Makes sense. It's absolutely extraordinary. this is complete tangent but um that is why our dog is called austin because my husband went to university of texas really yeah he wanted to call him texas oh i just thought austin was a nice name yeah that's so nice homage to the dog this morning but in actual news as you said it's absolutely huge and i think i mean i find it whenever i get stressed or overwhelmed i caught myself with it last night i become it's almost like you start over stimulating yourself because you're already so stimulated and it becomes so hard to put down your phone and stop scrolling and obviously so many of us feel glued to our phones the data is all coming out of the us obviously because that's where the university of texas is and the researchers there what they were looking at was that 58 of american smartphone users including 80 of those under 30 worry that they're using their devices too much so essentially if anyone listening worries that they are glued to their phone too much i do we are completely normal that's basically what everybody's thinking at the moment and this was a proper controlled experiment so it was a four-week randomized control trial and it had 467 participants all aged 32.

13:44That's the gold standard of research guys around an RCT we call it randomized control trial so this is good stuff. I actually find when I become really obsessed or I can't get off my phone I start forgetting everything else that I'm meant to be doing and my mind kind of becomes like mush. So everyone in this study installed an app on their phone that blocked the internet access so I'm really interested in this so no browsers no social media calls and texts though still worked because obviously people you know need to use their internet at home for work or you know kids going to school so it wasn't about disconnecting entirely but it was just the constant bit Ella that constant connectivity exactly so people could still they weren't banning them from using the internet at home work school where they needed it but all they could use their phone for was calls and text so back to the olden days essentially of phones and after just two weeks of the digital reset 91 percent of the participants improved on at least one of three key outcomes when it came to mental health subjective well-being and attention span 71 percent reported better mental health with improvement in depression symptoms that was actually larger than what's been seen in multiple studies of antidepressants and attention spans improved by the amount equivalent to reversing 10 years of age-related cognitive decline, which is obviously where our headline that two weeks of that internet reversed a decade of ageing comes from.

15:08So it's pretty mind-boggling. It just doesn't surprise me though, because I think we all know it's a horrible feeling. You don't feel happy when you're hooked on technology for so long, or I'd love to hear if you do. You know, if anyone listening does actually enjoy a long period of time on their phone, perhaps we're jumping the gun here. But I just think we need to be more connected like we discussed before with social interaction but what's more interesting as well is that these people spent more time outside in nature they slept better they spoke to people face to face and enjoyed the slower pace and their benefits grew over time which i think is the other bit that's interesting so people reported feeling progressively better day by day the more connected they were to the offline world the less reactive the more in control of their life and as you said spending more time more time outside more face to face and started to actually enjoy the slower a pace because it is interesting isn't it I imagine lots of you listening might nod along to what I said but since the episode we did on with TJ Power on phones and social media I've been thinking about it more and more and I really notice myself when you're standing in the queue for something for example like I was in the post office the other day it was probably a five or six minute queue this is not a long period of time but the temptation is just to get out your phone and scroll or look at something.

16:22I work. Yeah. I don't know how to stand and be still. In that queue, I would probably do an email or a text or get a task done. And I think that's the point that's so interesting is it's almost like we're so addicted to that fast pace and having that connectivity and being productive or doing something all the time that we don't know how to feel bored anymore. I worry about the future generations because people that obviously you and I fell into our line of work in a very organic way and we're very blessed to have the time without phones you know growing up to a certain degree but I do worry about my children I think oh my goodness those that aspire to be content creators because then their whole life is spent on these platforms and with data like this coming out that it ages you and it affects your mental health it's just not good is it?

17:10I mean this is study of one and as anecdotal as it comes this is not a good randomized control trial but last night I was feeling so overwhelmed I was in I'm going to be honest I was in the worst mood I have been in since all year I was in a foul mood things just weren't working out I was frustrated you've got a big to-do list there was a lot going on yeah Matt was absolutely exhausted he got into bed really early and I sat down sets on like for I think about three hours basically on my phone I achieved nothing I had so much to do yeah or I could have relaxed and watched something enjoyable or read my book called my mom gone for a walk i could have done all manner of things i didn't i ordered a takeaway and i sat downstairs and i doom scrolled for three hours basically and i ended up on all sorts of things that terrified me yes on all sorts of like just watch videos of like sharks the news comes up and you don't want to see it i know and how common drowning is i mean yes i saw that too with the kid drowning in the pool.

18:10It was so unhealthy. I went to bed in an even worse mood, feeling even more anxious. Yeah. Anyway, I say this because it's just so normal and so human. And I think it's just such an interesting example. As I said, that's not a randomized controlled trial, but that is very much an anecdotal party of one. But we all do it. And I think when you look at data like this, it's just even more compelling evidence that it's not probably possible for most of us to delete the internet from our phones, but we just need to reassess our association. It's like TJ said, it's a procrastination from the tasks that need to be done because it gives you a kind of weird dopamine response, even if it's bad news.

18:45And that is the problem we've all got to face. But it does move us on to a really lovely headline, Ella. Headline two, do you want to go into that one? Okay, this is a brilliant headline packed with wisdom, everything I need in my life at the moment. And the headline, this comes from the Times, it was the importance and hidden wisdom of being alone. And as you said, in what's coming up in today's show is by Deepak Chopra. But basically, I think we were both really inspired by his piece entitled The Importance and Hidden Wisdom of Doing Nothing. it's not really headline health news as such but it's just a very very thoughtful reflection on in a moment where i think so many of us feel overstimulated our nervous systems feel quite stuck in fight or flight we're kind of constantly rushing we're reacting we're refreshing things it's just so easy to keep going keep being busy keep scrolling and not actually connect with ourselves as per my anecdote of what i did last night which i think is why this article really stood out and essentially he explores the idea of non-doing and I hadn't heard the concept in this exact guise before but I loved it.

19:48It's essentially defined as not rest, not meditation but a deeper kind of stillness, a state of wakeful alertness as he calls it, where you let go of doing, of fixing, of striving and instead you just rest in your own being. So it's not just a break in a busy day or like an add-on, you know, wellness add-on like rushing to a yoga class or a spin class, it's like the basis of life in the way that he describes it, where you sit in stillness and actually reconnect with yourself and what's going on in your mind and your body and your emotions. I mean, what makes that so powerful as well? It's not about zoning out or escaping as such, but it's like tuning back in to presence, to clarity.

20:26Because when we got into the studio today, I was speaking to our producer, Will, and I said, oh, I'm loving, this makes me sound very old now, but I'm loving seeing the birds in the garden. I actually said to him, when I have time in the summer, I sit and look at the birds. And I'm like, why am I not doing that now? Because I feel like I'm too busy to just take a moment to do this non-doing or wakeful alertness. But I look forward to wakeful alertness time, I've realized. And we've been pulled so far towards busyness and distraction that stillness is actually really uncomfortable. Like Ella said, you know, she was sat there and I do the same thing.

21:00I don't want to be aware of it. I want to distract myself and anxiety fatigue poor sleep burnout all of it catches up with us so non-doing isn't a luxury it's just the reset our mind and body needs Ella exactly and I think it it's so easy to say oh I don't have time but I mean last night I could have just skipped some of my shark videos yeah yeah you definitely should have skipped those quietly instead and as you said it really helps if you can look at nature and he offers a very simple motivational exercise that we wanted to bring and he said you just need to all you need to do this is a free task that we could probably all do every day is just sit in a quiet place with no distractions phone turned off in my case i would find it easier if my phone was just away yeah i'll just set it in the corner yeah sit and do nothing for five minutes don't look at your watch just estimate also as in estimate the time and the real turning point comes when actually this becomes comfortable and not uncomfortable and it's not because to start with I think it feels quite forced to sit in silence but I feel like I'd need to set a timer on Alexa for five minutes like I don't know how I feel uncomfortable with you just reading out saying just estimate the time I just don't know we're too wired to be control free example we were too yeah exactly on the clock I think he's saying basically you know that you've this is working when you actually enjoy those minutes when you start to see them as a gift and the voice of non-doing starts to reach you.

22:29Okay because this sounds hard I think we need to do it so I think we should both try and do it so we can report back on an episode in a week or two because could you sit in stillness for five minutes no phone no distractions I mean would you just feel an urge to reach for it or do something I'd probably go do housework Ella I'd probably go in the washroom and start doing more washing. I think I'd struggle interestingly in lockdown not just turn this episode into like some kind of therapy I feel like it is every week for us anyway but in lockdown it had been a very busy kind of decade or so between launching the business and lots of things happening in our personal life my parents got divorced my mother-in-law died I'd got pregnant Sky was born all while we built the business so we kind of been living in like a times 30 mode I was not taking my five minutes of wakeful alertness that is for sure you were looking for ashwagandha I remember that any kind of who could blame you look at what you're going through and when and I was meant to be on this massive book tour and then lockdown came it was cancelled and I had to sit still basically and had a huge amount of time really in my day because all of the things I was meant to be doing at work were cancelled and I realised this state of kind of constant anxiety that I'd been living in I'd been having really intrusive thoughts and wasn't in a particularly good headspace.

23:49And I signed up to do this mindfulness based stress reduction course. And I actually signed up to do it because I was trying to finish my 500 hours of yoga teacher training because I thought I've got to keep going, going, going. That was so my state of being. And it completely changed my life. It was extraordinary. It got to the point, I think it was an eight week course. And by the end, we were doing almost two hours of meditation a day. and this meditation was this it was silence there wasn't guided it was literally sitting and just being with yourself and to start with oh my god it was so uncomfortable i've never felt more itchy or desperate to do something and then the teacher who was absolutely phenomenal was giving us these little tasks to do at the beginning like take something you do habitually and don't take your phone and one of my joys in lockdown was there was a coffee shop let's say like a four or five minute walk from our house that was lovely and I would go and get takeaway coffee and I started doing it without my phone and her point was like actually do it mindfully like engage in your senses how does the pavement feel under your feet what can you smell what can you hear what can you actually see and stop being distracted and just be where you are anyway it was absolutely the most amazing eight weeks and obviously it's like mind fleeting but for you for your body it was amazing matt was like oh you're ella 2.0 i was just this like calm so i really tuned in for and it lasted a while for that wakeful alertness and as i said it was deeply uncomfortable to start with but actually it was really profound in the end really profound that's so inspiring i need to get back to it quite clearly i know but i just don't know how i think you have to pick a time in your life and that was your time to experiment in that specific area i just think everyone needs to start with the five minutes and definitely aim for that that's a good goal Ella and we also came across just to lead on nicely a feature in the Telegraph that actually said why your poor posture could be shortening your life and it may be kind of looked twice because it highlights how you just said for instance you were slouching in your chair before we started and posture isn't just about aesthetics you know it can actually have serious health implications but I think when we're kids you know you see the children at home they've got like perfect posture and as we age when do we lose it we just don't sit straight because we get tired I know I'm quite envious of my children's straight backs Me too, me too They just sit there and they look so perfect and poised And it's not even a hard thing to do I know, they were making us play schools the other day And the little one was shouting at Matt She was like, Daddy, crisscross applesauce Which is what they call crossing your legs Like sitting on the floor for some reason And straight back, Daddy And he was like, I can't I can't do it, yeah, yeah, yeah This is going to break all my bones but exactly as you said i think interestingly posture and back strength we talked about it as one of the kind of trends of this year was back strength for thinking about posture and poise and it was more from an aesthetic perspective in terms of being touted as a 2025 wellness trend but as you said the interesting point here was that actually it's not just about looks and i think we probably all agree you know a straight back does look lovely but actually poor posture can lead to a range of health issues including back and neck pain, reduced lung capacity and even digestive problems and over time this can contribute to more severe conditions like cardiovascular disease and decreased life expectancy.

27:11It's also I think maybe an element of privilege comes into this discussion as well because I remember my grandma you know was a very working class background but she in World War II would let the trains come in in midnight for all soldiers her job and she was only a teenager and she would walk by herself to the station she would do all that and she started to talk about these strange small places she was made to sit within the station and the amount of workload she was doing and things she was carrying and sadly she passed away many years ago now but she kind of had a hunchback and she couldn't sit up straight and when she'd walk around the house you know you see it a lot don't you with the elderly that kind of hunched over forwards and I think a lot of it does come down to the job role you've had the ability or time to go and exercise, look after yourself, because our lifestyles have just got more sedentary.

28:02So even though we know more than my grandma did back then, and we're not faced with a war in this country, we're very blessed not to at the moment because it's not an easy world. But poor posture, it's a tech neck, they're calling it, Ella. It's a phenomenal tech neck. I can't even take it seriously when I'm saying it. And it's more prevalent now and it can lead to chronic discomfort. And I do sit there on the tube and I'm really conscious if I look at my phone that I'm just staring down. I do think of my nan a lot and I try and push my head up and lift up my phone. I know. Technic. It's coming for us all.

28:33I've certainly got it. My posture is appalling. I've noticed all three of us. I'm like slouched to the side of the chair. I imagine you guys have done the same. But it's the strength. Apparently it's the muscles in your back. You know that diamond area. Is it your trapeze or something at the back of? Don't quote me on that, guys. biology cannot remember there's like a diamond and you're meant to work out the diamond in between your two bones on your back you know the ones you move like a bird when you move your shoulders scapula is it scapula yeah you're scapula yeah you know you're the yoga guru i've just been desperately trying to fix my posture yeah yes anyway exactly so yeah exercises really help obviously avoid slouching but i think strengthening your core and those back muscles is so powerful.

29:18Stretch regularly, be mindful of your posture as you're going throughout the day, particularly when you're on your phone. Use ergonomic furniture when possible and stay active. It definitely is a powerful reminder that we can change something here. So this isn't doom and gloom. This is about, hang on, let's take five minutes to ourselves, just practice it and let's try and sit up straight. But they go together because Technic's all about leaning forward to your phone so put your phone away in my case stop watching videos of sharks and by the thing i bought the phone box that goes by the door and i have to say we've lapsed out of it again and i need to get my husband back into it because i'm like put your phone in the phone box and it doesn't always happen i need a phone box it is so important to me that my home feels like a calm and cozy sanctuary from the chaos of the world.

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31:59Ree, what is going on here? Okay, so this was sent to me by a friend who also listens to the Wilder Scoop, and she said, oh my goodness, does this mean I can drink more champagne? And I straight away was like, well, obviously not. It's just a headline. So I had a look into it and Ella and I had a look at this for the brief. So The Guardian piece ran a title and this was what it was called. Drinking champagne reduces risk of sudden cardiac arrest. So it's not your typical health tip. The story comes from a new study led by Fudan University and published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. So research was taken from over 500 ,000 UK biobank, Ella.

32:34There's our biobank. Biobank data again. That's Ella's mum in the biobank. Welcome, Ella. Yeah. But the participants explored how, has she been drinking a lot of champagne, Ella? Oh, she doesn't like champagne. She can't have been. She probably opt out. Yeah, she must have opted out this one. Opted out this one. So participants had to explore how lifestyle factors influence sudden cardiac arrest, which is basically a condition when your heart stops without warning. And survival rates, sadly, are really low with this sort of thing. Exactly. So the team in this case looked at 56 modifiable risk factors, which included everything you can think of, things like diet, alcohol, sleep, mental health, loneliness, financial stress.

33:14And the impact was huge. If the population's worst third of lifestyle related factors were improved, 40 % of sudden cardiac arrest could be prevented. And if you improve the bottom two thirds of those risk factors, then the number jumps up to 63%. Now, I remember at Rehampton University, a researcher coming in and telling us she was researching bubbles, she said, you know, basically champagne and Prosecco. And sadly, they hadn't found anything that equates to what they'd been finding in red wine. And everyone was really disappointed in the lecture theatre. I remember it so clearly. But the surprise comes from this with a potential cardiac protective effect from moderate consumption of champagne and white wine.