Punishment Juice, 50 Calories & Supermarket Shake-Ups

7 Jul 2025 · 1 h

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Podcast Summary: The Wellness Scoop - Episode: Punishment Juice, 50 Calories & Supermarket Shake-Ups

Hosts

  • Ella Mills: Founder of Deliciously Ella
  • Rhiannon Lambert: Registered Nutritionist and founder of Rhitrition

Episode Overview In this episode, Ella and Rhiannon discuss various health and wellness topics, including government initiatives on obesity, the impact of weight-loss medications on shopping habits, alcohol advertising regulations, cooking oils, and mental health statistics among young adults. They also touch on new potential health trends involving creatine and provide personal updates and recommendations.

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Key Topics Discussed

  1. Government Initiatives on Obesity
  2. The UK government is launching a program aimed at combating obesity by encouraging a reduction of 50 calories per day per person.
  3. Critique: Both hosts express disappointment at the small target, suggesting that a more substantial approach is necessary given the severity of the obesity crisis.
  4. Current statistics indicate:
  5. 64% of adults are overweight or obese.
  6. The financial impact on the NHS is around £6 billion annually, with broader societal costs approaching £98 billion.
  1. Weight-loss Medications and Shopping Habits
  2. Research indicates that medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro are influencing supermarket shopping patterns, leading to reduced grocery volumes.
  3. Users of these medications are consuming significantly fewer calories and showing a marked decline in alcohol and sugary drink consumption.
  4. Notably, there is a rise in fruit purchases, suggesting a shift towards healthier food choices despite an overall decline in grocery spending.
  1. Alcohol Advertising Regulations
  2. Discussion on potential regulations regarding alcohol advertising in the UK, with proposals for partial or complete bans.
  3. Concerns raised about the health risks associated with alcohol consumption and the need for comparable warning labels as seen on tobacco products.
  4. The connection between alcohol consumption and mental health issues is highlighted.
  1. Mental Health Crisis Among Young Adults
  2. A new NHS survey reveals that 1 in 4 young adults (ages 16-24) suffer from a mental health condition, a significant increase from previous years.
  3. This rise is especially pronounced in young women, with nearly 36% reporting mental health issues.
  4. The hosts discuss the multifaceted reasons behind the mental health crisis, including dietary patterns, lifestyle changes, and societal pressures.
  1. Cooking Oils
  2. A discussion on the best oils to use in cooking, with a focus on extra virgin olive oil and its health benefits.
  3. Rhiannon explains smoke points and proper storage to maintain the integrity of cooking oils.
  4. Emphasis on the importance of not reusing cooking oil due to harmful properties that can develop upon reheating.
  1. "Punishment Juice" and Trends in Healthy Eating
  2. Marks and Spencer's launch of a "Punishment Juice" has sparked controversy for its name, which the hosts believe discourages healthy eating.
  3. They advocate for a more positive approach to healthy foods, encouraging excitement around nutritious eating rather than labeling it negatively.
  1. Creatine and Alzheimer's Disease
  2. Discussion around the emerging trend of creatine supplementation for brain health, particularly in relation to Alzheimer's.
  3. They caution against premature adoption of supplements based on preliminary studies, emphasizing the importance of scientific validation.

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Personal Updates & Recommendations

  • Rhiannon: Recently released her book "The Unprocessed Plate," received positive feedback, and appreciates the support from listeners.
  • Ella: Excited about her new cookbook nearing completion and highlights her cooking experiences as a source of inspiration.
  • Recommendations:
  • Korean exfoliating mitt for skincare.
  • The podcast "How I Became a Brainwashed Cult Bride" for gripping storytelling.
  • Encouragement to explore health and wellness as a community by cooking together or sharing recipes.

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Conclusion The episode emphasizes the importance of a community-driven approach to health, offering actionable advice and a call to support one another in making positive lifestyle changes. Ella and Rhiannon encourage listeners to focus on nourishing, enjoyable foods rather than punitive labels and to remain informed about emerging health trends while being cautious of sensationalized claims.

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For more insights, listeners are encouraged to tune in each week for the latest discussions on wellness news and personal development.

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0:32When did making plans get this complicated? It's time to streamline with WhatsApp. The secure messaging app that brings the whole group together. Use polls to settle dinner plans. Send event invites and pin messages so no one forgets mom's 60th. And never miss a meme or milestone. All protected with end-to-end encryption. It's time for WhatsApp. Message privately with everyone. Learn more at whatsapp.com. Welcome 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. After a decade in the wellness industry we know how overwhelming and confusing health advice can be so that's why we created this podcast to cut through the noise and make healthier living simple fun and personal.

1:24So welcome guys as always we are thrilled to be here. We're actually recording in the evening for a change and we're both at home and I feel like I'm really relaxing into my kitchen table and it's quite nice. Do you know what I should have done, Ella? I should have put pyjamas on. I didn't think. I didn't get organised enough. Yes. PJ party, wellness scoop style. Wellness scoop sleepover. Okay, Rhi, what have we got coming up in today's show? We've got a lot. But before we just push on through, I think we should definitely say that the podcast awards, I mean, who knew there were podcast awards, Ella, are out and everyone can vote for us as listener choice.

2:01Yes, that is such a good shout, Rhi. thank you. Honestly, we both love this show so much and we are so grateful for the messages that you guys have been sending in and the impact it feels like it's having on you and just inspiring and empowering that day-to-day focus on health. We put so much time and energy into this. We're both so passionate about it and voting takes literally one minute. No time out of your day, so we will pop the link in the show notes and if you fancy supporting us, it would mean absolutely everything. I'm going to push on now with today's show list. So we've got a big one, guys.

2:38Again, I feel like I say that most weeks now, but we've got the new government push to tackle obesity, cooking oils, the best ones to use at home, are weight loss jabs changing the way that we shop, and are alcohol adverts now going to be banned in the UK? And then moving on to is one in four the new normal so a new nhs survey reveals a mental health crisis in young adults and we have what is the link between creatine and alzheimer's and mns's new punishment juice because we've got a lot of thoughts on that we have got a lot of thoughts okay let's get into the show

3:22so we just very briefly i guess this week any recs anything you've been up to Do you know, I don't think I actually have much. I mean, the first one is that it's National Insect Week. I just thought after we discussed bugs, you're laughing at me. I'm not laughing. I'm saying I love her. I didn't know. No, well, do you know what? I don't even really particularly love bugs, just so everybody knows. I'm not, I don't like creepy crawlies, but I'm conditioned not to like them. So I keep telling myself that I need to help support them. So it's National Insect Week from the 23rd to the 29th of June. and I just think it's very important that we have a look at the habitat recovery and there's lots of different areas in the UK that we're showcasing that Ella so I thought I'd just throw that in there considering we were discussing eating them last week we're now focusing on protecting not eating we are and I think the other thing is I need to say thank you to everybody so many people bought the unprocessed play Ella and I've had so many wonderful DMs and messages and thanks to all of you listening we got the number one cookbook and number four in manual so it's a Sunday Times Ella bestseller congratulations honestly that is so huge I think am I right I'm saying that is three times now that you are a Sunday Times bestseller which is an absolutely extraordinary feat and I am so thrilled for you it's so well deserved oh thank you so yeah everybody thank you I guess that's all I have to say Ella and if everyone I guess loves our podcast this show or you know my book you can drop an Amazon review this show you can vote for us there's so many exciting things going on how about you we're begging for your validation sorry yeah actually that's really awful take that back don't take it back you know I think it's all of us I'm sure we have such a female heavy audience and I'm sure so many of you guys can relate we're not brilliant necessarily at promoting ourselves and what you've achieved is so huge you should be so proud of it and I think we're both really proud of what we're creating with the wellness scoop but we're just loving it so we are begging but also appreciate the validation like the lady said in week two she told us to stop um not backing ourselves didn't she thank you to that lovely listener that said that i remember yeah she gave us a low star rating because we didn't oh yes so that's right we also want five stars ella what have you been up to um we have just finished shooting our cookbook So it is officially shot, which means every recipe is developed.

5:50Still time the last month for tweaks, edits, layouts, all the rest of it, the final, final stages. But we have a title, we have a cover, we have recipes, we have the makings of a book, which is so exciting. So I think I'll be able to share back end of July, all of the details, the cover, the title. Obviously, I'll try and share it here first. But that feels really exciting because to be honest, it was a really tight timeline and I felt quite overwhelmed at points by it. But I've also really enjoyed being forced, but like really prompted to be cooking different things all the time. And actually, you realize how easy it is to be in a cooking rut.

6:28Apparently, most of us have seven recipes we make on repeat. that's the UK average which I can attest to like it's the same stir fry you just switch up the veg sort of thing and actually it's been so great making things that I don't normally make I'm loving it and then I wish I had your notebook Ella because Ella has a notebook where she writes and scribbles all her like recipe ideas and stuff and I just it honestly this book sounds so delicious I cannot wait I cannot wait oh thank you and then we're one month until I'll move so So that's our kind of very, very big thing here where we are moving to the country.

7:02Oh, wow. If anybody, anyone listening has any tips on, I don't know, moving house because I know someone called Dilly. I knew her before she went on the TV show with Stacey Solomon, Sort Your Life Out. So if anyone watches that show, Dilly's my friend. And Dilly helped me move flats when I lived in London and then move house before she had a whole business about organisation. I think she's called that D-cutter dollies. but maybe Ella you need to get organisation tips I don't know how organised are you I kind of thrive in organising toys in boxes and that sort of love it I really every week I come back here to show quite how fun I am but no gosh all tips and you know it's a big thing it's a big change for our family and moving schools and things like that so yeah lots of lots to navigate but we are we are so excited.

7:51And hang on, you went to see a West End show and it was one I needed to see and we can't not bring it up. How was Hercules? Yes. So I took my family to the new Hercules musical with my brother as well. He's like Hercules is number one fan on the weekend. And it was so fun. And I had actually gone to school with Hercules himself. And my kids just give me so many brownie points they all think I'm so cool and keep telling everyone my mommy went to school with Hercules which doesn't you've been promoted from Oompa Loompa number four to Hercules it's bestie yeah when we were prepping for the live show I said to Rick who's like a you know feels comfortable on the stage as you know as a part of her career I said the last time I was on stage I was Oompa Loompa number four and that was about nine years old and I retired after that anyway Ella fantastic Any recommendations?

8:46So go see Hercules. Okay. So I told you two weeks in a row I had no racks, which is poor form. Today, guys, I have two really stellar ones and I'm proud of these. The first one is Marie knows I listen religiously to a pop culture podcast called Shameless. And it's great. It's two Australian girls. I really like it. But they recommended this other podcast, which I went to listen to this week. I was so gripped and it's called How I Became a brainwashed cult bride and it's on an Australian show called Conversations and it's all about how it's an interview with this woman called Liz Cameron who when she was 18 years old was indoctrinated into this cult and she just details the her experience of how they indoctrinated her and the emotional experience of it and it is so gripping I cannot tell you so I'll link it in the show notes but how I became a brainwashed cult bride you will not be able to press pause on it it's so great and another thing I saw from an influencer I follow on Instagram was a Korean exfoliating mitt it's like 10 pounds or something but it's oh my goodness me in the shower again I will link that I've never felt so smooth you know so smooth in summer you always have crocodile well I always have crocodile skin you know when your skin gets dry no my ankles I get it all the time exactly best thing ever so we we've just laughing because we've gone from hercules to cold bride to an exfoliating mint i know we're doing a little bit of everything on the show tonight and then we're going to dive into the government's uh obesity strategy so we kind of go hi we go live we go all around we go everywhere especially when we're recording in the evening guys that's all i can say i'm trying to think i don't have any this week ella i will say i think next year everyone should plant fruit and veg because my berry patches I mean this heat wave has caused strawberries in abundance and raspberries oh wow I have to say that's all I have to say well we've got some more on strawberries later on so we will pick up on that

10:53let's get into the health headlines that matter and if you're new to the show this is the section where every week Rhi and I scour the news the media cycle and we look at what are the biggest health stories, making news that you guys would be wondering what is going on here. So, Rhi, what have we got? I think we have a pickup first, right, from something from last week. We do. It's the government's, the Better Health Rewards Programme. It was everywhere this week. Loads of people talking about it. I actually turned down a TV debate about it. I don't like these debates against these guys that, you know, with very, very, very opposing views.

11:31So sometimes I just say no to these things, but we can discuss it here. And I have a lot to say about it. So there was an aim to lift approximately 340 ,000 children and 2 million adults out of obesity. And obesity related illnesses currently cost the NHS over 6 billion a year. So this is only going to go up if you think about broader societal costs reaching around 98 billion. So that's nearly 4 % of UK GDP. And when considering lost productivity and social care, it's just so big. And in a decade 64 % of adults in England are now overweight or obese and by primary age Ella that's 22 % of kids especially in deprived areas.

12:12Yeah the rates are you know really shocking and again as always like just to highlight this isn't an individual blame game by any means it's just to illustrate obviously what an enormous challenge this is for our society for NHS for our government which is why there's so much in the news at the moment that government are rolling out a whole host of measures and starting to announce what they want to do to start to really turn around our collective health so this is basically them finally launching a big push on healthy eating and Ria I'm really interested I desperately wanted to whatsapp you and say what do you think about this but I'm saving it for the show what do you think I've got such mixed feelings I want to be really positive about it because it is a step in the right direction, but I don't actually think it's the right one.

13:01And I'll get into it. So basically, it's a 10 year partnership with retailers and food companies. So they're serious and it is really good. It shows really good intention that they're aiming to reduce obesity by nudging people towards healthier food choices. So that's good. And obviously, there'll be tweaking recipes and redesigning store layouts and encouraging promotions on healthier products, which is what I've always wanted. but this is the big caveat and I think you'll agree with me here. They're saying that the biggest outcome of this push is their aim to reduce just 50 calories a day from the average shopping basket.

13:37So this is when I desperately wanted to ring you or WhatsApp you and say what on earth is this? Because I think to be frank from where I sit and you're speaking really candidly I thought it was so disappointing. You know when you look at the stark reality to your point that over the past decade now we're at a point where 64 % of adults in the UK are classed as overweight or obese. We've got a cost to society as a total of about 98 billion as it stands. And that's only rising at the moment. It feels like we've got to do so much more than cut 50 calories. And obviously, as we've talked about so many times on here, calories don't count for everything.

14:14And solely cutting 50 calories, A, feels like it's really hard to believe that it's going to shift the dial when the dial really needs a huge amount of shifting. And second of all, just cutting 50 ultra processed calories doesn't really improve anyone's health. And also those 50 calories, it could be the difference between having a Cadbury's chocolate bar and the thinner one, the Cadbury's light chocolate bar. That's probably a 50 calorie difference, maybe more. It doesn't mean the chocolate bar is a healthy choice. It's still not helping consumers get the goodness in you know we discuss when we talk about UPF salt processed foods we talk about the fact that fiber rates have never been lower like we discussed last week we're over consuming sugar we're over consuming salt always other factors in our diet and yet the nudges on numbers again which says nothing about our diet quality and helping people to eat better but if we are focusing on numbers it feels like it needs to be higher than 50 Yeah, a professor did say, so a nutrition professor in the article that I read at the weekend said he thinks 100, no 300, he said 300 calories would be perhaps more effective.

15:24And I completely agree with them because, yeah, 50 is negligible. And I understand why they're aiming low. I mean, hey, they might meet that target. It's so low. That might be one way that they're thinking about it. But I just don't understand. Calories do not equate to health. And then the reason I turned down that debate, Ella, was because there's the argument with the nanny state. It always comes back to nanny state whenever there's a new it's been happening for years since I've been a nutritionist anyway. Whenever a new health measure comes in, I'm always asked to comment. What do you think about nanny state?

16:00People want to be told what to do. Well, actually, I think they do now. There's so much research. I was speaking to Dolly Van Tilken, who is one of the Dr. Van Tilken brothers, you know, their wife. And she does so much positive work for children in this country and nutrition. And she campaigns for all of that. And I've been speaking to loads of my colleagues about it. And, yeah, we just don't think it's OK. You've got charities like Bite Back 30 that actively say teenagers in this country are fed up. They want a future where all these changes are implemented and it's not happening. yeah i have to say i found it i think if you're going to intervene we should be intervening to a point that makes a tangible meaningful difference and it's just really frustrating on that we'll go into a little bit more about what's happening and and i think the other thing to say is obviously we've got listeners all around the world and this is very much a reflection specifically on the uk but obviously particularly when you look to the us for example the health challenges are very very similar, you know, so much of the Western world.

17:02And we're really mirroring each other with these challenges. And it's just unsustainable for a public health system to be continuously for these numbers to keep growing. And so we do have a collective responsibility as far as I personally see it to make a difference. And it just, it feels like... It feels half-hearted. But, you know, we're not there building the actual policies. And I'm sure there's so much red tape there must be it must be really difficult but I don't want to give them excuses because I also do not think 50 calories is going to make a huge difference so let us know what you guys think very very curious I'm also be very interested to see how it's actually implemented and what does it actually look like because I find it very hard to visualize you know it's like they brought in the high fat sugar salt legislation moving sweets and things like that away from the tills but now you can just find them in aisles with more marketing around them to make them more obvious and they're only two meters away and it's made almost no difference whatsoever and the health halo products are now there instead the ones with the special marketing that are still equally upf and full of sugar but they appear to be healthier well no it's swapping sugar for upfs or artificial sugars and so you're essentially just moving the problem around i mean i will tell you that we when this legislation came in we developed a product which was a trail mix that could be a sit perfectly at tail point love we sold zero packets like fully i love trail mix but we're not cool is that why like obviously some things we've launched have been bigger successes than others we sold nothing came out market before you could even blink and it had a huge huge distribution at till point across thousands of stores in the UK.

18:49And it was just really interesting to me. It was like, just not what consumers are looking for. At least your energy balls do well. At least they're eating that. Oh yeah, no, there's lots of other stuff that's flying, but I always just thought it was really interesting anyway. Okay. So we have a second pickup then again this week, which was cooking oils. Obviously last week's listener question was on ghee and from ghee, we kind of transitioned into cooking oils, but a lot of you were asking more questions about it. And then coincidentally, Rhi was doing a piece in the Sunday Times about what to cook with.

19:20So Rhi, give us again, your kind of lowdown from your article. I know. It feels like a really, really busy time. It's the same nutrition features that are kind of coming around on repeat at the moment. I think it's almost like we bust the myths that are popping up online. And then other people come out really strongly in the other camp, the pseudoscience gets stronger, then we have to do it again. So people just want to know what to cook with, Ella. You know, what should I be cooking with at home? And as you know, I'm a huge extra virgin olive oil fan. I am a huge fan. But that when I was looking at it in more depth, actually, it's purely because it's the most researched oil in the world.

19:57I mean, but when you think about it, it's like the gold standard. We call it liquid gold. It's got all those healthy monounsaturated fatty acids, which are really good. They help us lower that what we call bad cholesterol, low density lipoproteins, and it's packed with polyphenols and that they're the antioxidants that protect our body. But that is very similar olive oil. And I'm sure we're going to get comments when I say this, but it's got a really similar profile to rapeseed oil. Reece Faye's face when she says that. I know, isn't it weird that you have to apologise for that? But in its stable and medium heat, what does that actually mean for people at home?

20:33Yeah, you don't want to overheat any oil. Its properties change. Things, I don't know if you remember at school this is years ago for everybody had to do denaturing of enzymes or you know if you overheat something you burn it and then it becomes bad for you or rancid and basically they're called smoke points in oils and that's why I don't really cook a lot with certain oils because some oils can't be heated up in the same way as others it's why if you go to a chip shop in the UK you won't see extra virgin olive oil being heated in a deep fat fryer because it can't go above a certain point and like avocado oil is a good example it's got a higher smoke point than olive oil of about 270 degrees which is good for high heat cooking but the problem is it might actually be better served cold for some people because then it retains more of the antioxidants so i think we're just overthinking oil in general if i'm being honest and what about olive oil when you're just quickly pan frying something or you're roasting your veg how does it sit there that's perfectly fine as well and actually um there's been a lot of research on when you put olive oil in an oven and roast because the antioxidant protective properties in the oil protect it from forming anything that could be harmful in your body but one thing about olive oil is how you store it is almost more important than how you cook it it has to be in that dark glass bottle.

21:58It cannot go rancid. You cannot have it exposed to lots of light and heating up very slowly over a period of time. And then Ella and I obviously have a thing about plastic or a concern, as many people do. But olive oil is so expensive. And again, I'm not paid by oil companies, everyone. I think whenever I raise this point, I have to say that because people think I am. But no, rapeseed oil is more affordable at the moment and is equally really good to roast with and cook with and contains that monounsaturated fatty acid. Yeah, so actually when you're just like pan frying some veg sort of thing, rapeseed oil is as good a choice as olive oil, which is so good to know.

22:39Higher heats, avocado oil can be really good. And then last one, coconut oil, really, because I feel like that had a moment that it felt out of fashion, I would say. Do you remember when people were eating it off the spoon? yes yeah there was a book that came out i'm actually not going to say it because i don't want to draw attention to it it's actually really toxic of diet culture the more i think about it it was saying suppress your appetite by having if you get a craving just have a spoonful of coconut oil wow we had so many people in the clinic at that point in time taking spoons of coconut oil like where have you got this from and then it was this very famous book at the time so it's really high in saturated fat guys it doesn't have any of those heart healthy properties it doesn't make it a bad oil to cook with i use coconut oil sometimes it's actually really good for so many things for skin and it's really versatile and delicious in a curry for example oh my gosh so good in curry in desserts as well when you want to do things that also don't need cooking and you just want to put keep them cold and because they really solidify because of the saturated fat content it's solid at room temperature whereas you don't have that amount of saturates in olive oil and it's liquid at room temperature in the jar.

23:50So it's a good way of thinking, this is very layman's terms, but if you don't want to clog your arteries, really limit the amount of saturated fat, because that's basically what it's going to do. That's a very simple way of looking at it. It's a good way of remembering it. Butter and coconut oil are full of saturated fat, but they've got some nice lauric acid and antibacterial properties to it, potentially antimicrobial, but I'd limit it. and then your final note in in the notes today is that just reminded people not to be reusing that oil which i think is a really helpful one can you just give us again a 101 and why we don't want to do that yeah no you don't want to break them down into aldehydes because those are the harmful properties always discard oil once it's been cooked with and my husband's a culprit to this he'll get one of those the frying pans and you see it left in there he goes oh no i'm just going to cook something else with that I'm like no you wash that off you do not reheat oil you just don't want to be creating anything that could potentially be like a free radical in your body I would much prefer you to just use another bit I know it's expensive though it's such a nightmare how everything's so expensive these days Ella and not all olive oil is the same I could go on forever this is meant to be a pickup olive oil it's a big discussion okay but I think it's really helpful to clear up that actually in terms of smoke points and worrying about that olive oil and rapeseed oil thumbs up for pan frying and roasting in a day-to-day way.

25:15And cold pressed is really gold standard. If you go for cold pressed, you know that it's been processed in a decent way and that will retain more nutrition within it as well. But I realise I'm asking you to spend a lot more. If you're going to buy one thing in your shopping basket that costs a lot, it probably would be extra virgin olive oil. Great recommendation there.

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27:31This was such an interesting article, kind of picked up across the board, to be honest, last week. But we took some data from particularly a Telegraph article, and it was a brand new piece of research from a place called Kantar. They produce loads and loads of the data, particularly in the way that we operate as consumers in this country. And what it showed, which is so interesting, is that the rise of weight loss injections like Wegevee, Manjaro, Zempik, is now changing supermarket baskets in the UK, which is absolutely shocking. And I don't know, I didn't expect to see that yet. And as they become more mainstream, 4 % of households are now using these, which is again, higher than I thought it would be, which is around 1.5 million people.

28:17Although some estimates like the sun, for example, had it over 2 million, but I think 1.5 is the most credible figure at the moment based on NHS and private data. It blows my mind, Ella. I mean, you know more about this than me when you look at figures and stats with, you know, retails and consumers and how it's shaping them. And I remember when we had this discussion when it first came out, but GPs in England now basically were given the go ahead to start prescribing Monjara and open up access to thousands of people because it's becoming free, isn't it? And the NHS expects to prescribe the drug to around 220 ,000 people over the next three years.

28:55But privately, it's the biggest dominating drug, Ella. It holds over 70 % of the market. Yeah, it's funny, isn't it? Because people always use the word as NPIC to refer to this conversation, this category. But actually, as you said, Manjaro is actually dominating. And that's what the NHS are going to be using. Although again, lots of people are saying 220 ,000 people, that's nowhere near enough. When you've got millions of people struggling, why isn't it becoming more widely available, which is a very interesting question in and of itself. But basically what this data showed is for the first time in forever, we have had a year-on-year decline in grocery volumes, which may not sound like the most exciting thing.

29:37But what it means is that we are spending less and we are buying less food. And this has been accredited to the a Zempic family, although as we know, as we just said, it's Manjaro mostly having that impact. So this isn't the cost of living, this isn't economic, but this is what people are accrediting the GLP-1 drugs to doing, which is absolutely, to me as someone in the kind of food industry, I am really shocked. And I'm almost shocked that people aren't reacting fast enough to this, because I think it looks like it's going to have a huge impact on the way that we operate as consumers and yeah those 50 calories that the government are trying to cut feel like you know it's kind of paling in comparison to what's happening when people are on these drugs.

30:20I know I actually think it's really promising I think it's really now I have to say I know how difficult it can be if you're on these weight loss drugs it doesn't mean you're eating healthily it can mean you become unnourished quite quickly there's so many caveats to it but all in all the fact that people that are on these JLP ones consume about 30 % fewer calories anyway I mean it's cut alcohol intake Ella by 63 % and sugary drinks by 65%. And that's for people on the drugs. Yeah, people on the drugs. Isn't that amazing to cut alcohol by 63 %? Yeah, I have to say everyone I know who's used them has definitely, it's definitely kind of waned an interest in things like alcohol.

31:01And it's not just the UK though, is it Ella? And we have to also mention that fruit cells are going up. That's amazing. I was honestly kind of, yeah, really blown away by all of this. Exactly. It's absolutely fascinating. So 27 % rise for mangoes, blueberries rising 10%. And again, I think there's a sense like total volume going through grocery down, but the demand for fresher, lighter, nutrient dense option seems to be going up. And actually there was some more data that was not about people in GLP ones, but just general UK population. And it was saying that actually there's a real desire to shift our habits.

31:42Four and five adults saying they're trying to cut back on chocolates and crisps and three quarters of adults saying they're trying to eat fewer biscuits. So again, it's just this, I don't know, I keep feeling like it's this weird world where people have this huge desire to live differently. And yet the way that the landscape is set up makes it so hard for them to actually follow through on it which feels so wrong it's really sad because yeah it's like we want to make a change it's like i said earlier with the whole nanny state proposition it's just nonsense people do want to change no one chooses to be really unhealthy and overweight it's just not a choice that many people would would want it is the landscape around us the environment the so many different things to regulate there's just so There's so much about it.

32:29But it's a trend, Ella. I mean, obviously, we're on a par with the US and the UK with our stats in general. But the US have around 8 million people now using weight loss drugs. And Walmart, the shop you mentioned before, Ella, report a slight pullback in basket sizes all the way back in 2023. Like, you know, you said before, brands are jumping on it fast. And Nestle has launched that whole range of protein-enriched pasta and pizza for people on the jabs. I don't know if I'm down with that side of it. No, people are looking at bringing out smaller portions, for example. Cocktails, you said before, didn't you, in an episode before?

33:02Yeah, I saw a trend that bars are making baby cocktails for people on it. So it is, but I think it's also, we're not here kind of glamorizing it. Like there is risk to it. There have nearly 15 ,000 adverse reactions have been reported just in the UK. Over 100 suspected deaths linked to it. Oh, goodness. So, I mean, this is not a simple thing by any means. But equally, when we are at this huge crossroads with our health, it is incredibly interesting to see to the point earlier our kind of frustration, like what the government wants to do is cut 50 calories, which feels like it's just teeny plaster on gaping hole.

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33:40Whereas these are kind of making a meaningful dent to your point that people are consuming 30 % fewer calories. I mean, that's a huge amount more than 50. It is. my only concern Ella is that when it falls into the wrong hands and it is bound to happen like we've mentioned before you know eating disorder cases going up and landing into the hands of the wrong people it can have a catastrophic impact so the lady called Lottie Moss who I believe is Kate Moss's sister was in the press talking about it she's a very slim girl and she took it and she ended up in hospital very very unwell because she took it yeah because these things haven't been designed for or highly tested on people of a healthy body size.

34:23And so she, and actually all credit to her, like what I've seen is her being honest and admitting it to warn other people that, you know, it's not a size zero magic pill. It can make you very, very unwell, which as I said, it's all nuanced and it's all complicated, but actually huge respect for that because it's not an easy thing to admit that you've done, I think in some ways and you're bound to get judgment. But I think she was so keen to warn people that actually, if you don't need to be taking it. I feel sad for her, the fact that she felt she needed to. But thank you for sharing it. Yeah, huge.

34:54If you ever listen to this, Lottie Moss, we think that was very brave. Moving on to our next headline, Ella, which does lead us on to alcohol adverts. So the government could ban alcohol adverts as well in a 10-year plan for the NHS. There's obviously, this is the moment they're announcing so many plans so there is a huge amount in the news and this one is so interesting we've touched on alcohol quite a few times this year because certainly for the first time I think in my career it feels like people are having very very different conversations around alcohol than ever before I think it was always seen as just something that was really fun we had lots of headlines saying red wine is really good for you and then in the last six months or so, we've seen a lot of very, very prominent people come out and say, no, no, no, no, no, no.

35:40Alcohol is actually terrible for our health and we need to treat it like we treat cigarettes, which is absolutely fascinating. And basically there was a leaked draft of the government's 10-year NHS plan that made headlines. This was last week and it sparked all these headlines around a big debate essentially around the way that alcohol is marketed. and it came out through Sky News I believe and this draft plan included proposals to either fully or partially ban alcohol advertising with the aim of tackling rising alcohol related harm and illness and bringing in with the same restrictions they're looking at with as we said a minute ago the high fat sugar salt foods obviously way tighter regulation around cigarettes at the moment.

36:26Ella it's so so needed because World Cancer Research Fund at the moment you know they're doing so much research into this and they're really trying to get the message out there especially for women as we've discussed before with the links now between breast cancer and alcohol but for all of our listeners just to remind you and i love a glass of bubbly a celebration or something i'm quite lucky i never really grew up in a house of drinkers so it wasn't something that i i'd naturally go to chocolate over a glass of wine at the end of the day you know and actually that's a much better option if you look at your health to have the chocolate than the wine.

36:58But alcohol is a toxin and your body is desperate to get rid of it the minute you consume it. And that drunk kind of hazy feeling is because you're technically, it's almost like poisoning your body. It's not good for us. And so I'm actually really happy that it's now okay. I used to feel like such a loser because obviously I was a singer and I never used to drink, thankfully, because I thought it would ruin my voice. I know lots of opera singers who do drink, by the way, they do love their wine. But for me, it was something I just couldn't do. And others have taken a very different approach on this.

37:30So of course, the Daily Mail, Nanny State Ella, how Nanny State Labour gets set to call time on TV alcohol adverts, a clear sign of how polarised the conversations become really. Yeah, I totally agree. I found the difference in reporting on this topic so interesting. Some people kind of being supportive or, you know, very measured tone and really including some of the stats that are becoming to your point very prominent now and others saying whoa whoa whoa nanny's day don't tell us what to do and interestingly my understanding is that there was a huge amount of pushback from the drinks industry shock and actually a spokesperson for the government um has now clarified to quote the 10-year health plan will not include a ban on alcohol advertising we are exploring options for partial restrictions to bring it closer in line with advertising of unhealthy foods.

38:22So it sounds like we're not going to see a kind of full ban on advertising, but partial restrictions like pre 9pm, for example, on TV, maybe tied to rules on digital influencer marketing, that does look possible. And warning labels, you know, you always mention about how some food should have a warning label, just like a cigarette packet does. The World Health Organization has said that government should insist that prominent warning labels are basically added to cans and bottles of alcohol because otherwise consumers just don't have the same link but what do you think do you think people really aren't aware of maybe the cancer risks i'd say they're not aware of the cancer risks i don't think most people well you guys tell us what you think as well like i don't think that most people are aware of the fact that it is now statistically proven you know it's like hard evidence to show that it is connected to seven different types of cancer.

39:19And as you said, that came out from the World Health Organization back in February, saying that governments should be insisting on prominent warnings akin to cigarette style labeling, which is really interesting. The US Surgeon General came out saying the same thing. He felt that there needed to be the shift in the conversation. It's very, very prominent. Now, interestingly, Ireland, the Republic of Ireland will become the first country in the EU to introduce those labels from next May. Yeah, so May 2026, alcohol sold in the Republic of Ireland will have to carry a warning that there is a direct link between alcohol and fatal cancers.

39:56Irish listeners, I think that's a huge part of your culture as well. I've got a lot of Irish friends and it's a big part of it, isn't it? It's having a drink. I'm going to get onto it in another point as well, but I wonder if climate relates to this as well. I know we've said it before but in a heat wave you want to eat better there's certain social things people do like they go and have a glass of wine or something and perhaps in colder countries it's all let's go down for a pint or whatever it may be it's definitely societal it's in our way of living isn't it oh my gosh absolutely and there was a in the guardians reporting on this there was a really really good quote that i wanted to include and it came from a woman called dr katherine severy she's the chief executive of the institute of alcohol studies think tank and basically they're backing the world health organization and this is what she said this is her quote in the uk we've got into a ludicrous situation where a bottle of orange juice or a carton of milk require more information on their label than a bottle of wine or vodka are inadequate regulations for too long favored alcohol companies over the health of the public it's a pretty strong statement but i i do think again, it's like what we were saying with food.

41:06It's just really difficult situation of holding up a mirror to the reality we've created over the last few decades. And how do we kind of face that head on and say, we've got to change it. So I don't know. I didn't get much more detail, but maybe one of our listeners will know what it will look like in Ireland. Like is this back of packet or is this cigarette style kind of huge, ruining the marketing? You know, you think cigarette companies 50 years ago had the most amazing marketing and it was super glamorous like alcohol is. I mean, alcohol brands are so linked to celebrities above and beyond most food brands by quite a long way.

41:40And they are super glamorous and in the way that cigarettes used to be. And obviously you can't have any marketing cigarettes now. Cigarette packs aren't glamorous. They're really traumatizing. And it will be interesting to see how much they're going to shift the labels. You know, they're still going to be beautiful with warning labels at the back, or are they going to have warning labels front and center? Which I think it's hard to believe that that wouldn't make people second guess their decision that quote is so stark it's so true it's just simply awful how we have to label orange juice and we yet people on social media are so scared of sugar and orange juice compared to drinking a vodka we're scared of porridge it's just crazy and i think this is again like not to be too heavy-handed but there was a stat in there again that said the alcohol harm is now costing the nhs around 27.4 billion pounds a year and again that's from research from the institute of alcohol studies so you know the impact of it is absolutely huge so i don't know i'm curious how the conversation alcohol is going to play out because i think it does feel like it's taken this very sharp turn for me at least in the last six months with so many prominent people obviously and the world health organization coming out and saying we've got to change the way that we approach alcohol and it is easier than food because there's a black and white nature to alcohol food is so difficult because it's so nuanced we have to eat many times a day there's a kind of black and white nature to alcohol that's more applicable to cigarettes where you can see the legislation becomes a little bit simpler whereas food is so so complicated yeah i completely agree and i think it moves us nicely onto our next um sort of mini pickup headline because alcohol is obviously linked to mental health.

43:24And it's one aspect that people don't realize as well, it is a depressant. People take it to feel better, but it is a depressant. And we've now got data that basically a suggestion is one in four, the new normal, because a new NHS survey reveals a mental health crisis in young adults. So obviously last week we talked through the big new data on the UK's eating habits. So the shock standout was that 10 % of teens were getting their five a day, Ella. But last week, we also have major NHS mental health going on and a big survey where lots of people were basically saying that this is a huge issue Ella one in four of our 16 to 24 year olds have poor mental health gosh it's been a couple of weeks for news and I feel like we're being a bit depressing today and I'm sorry we want to empower you we will empower you we won't turn this shit around but I think it's also like that is where we're at which is really shocking and she said this this big new NHS mental health survey came out, got so many people talking.

44:19And it really is devastating. So that stat you shared, one in four, 16 to 24-year-olds in England now living with a common mental health condition. So that's things like anxiety, depression, panic disorder, OCD. That's up from one in five just 10 years ago. And then again, when you get into the breakdown, I think to me, it really just adds to that concern. 36 % of young women now experiencing these conditions compared to 16 % of men in the same age group. So this is really disproportionately affecting young women. And nearly a third of young people have had suicidal thoughts and one in four has self-harmed.

44:55And again, the rate is even higher in young women when you're looking at self-harm, that's over 30 % there. So over one in four. And it's just, it's really scary. But again, it's not just in young people across all age groups, rates of anxiety and depression are rising. So in 2014, 11 years ago, 18.9 % of adults reported experiencing a mental health condition, a common mental health condition, sorry. And in 2024, which is when this was coming up to this data, it's 22.6%. So it's a really, really meaningful rise. And, you know, 47 % of people affected are managing to access help, but over half of people obviously are going without the support they need.

45:40So I don't know, it's just a sorry and scary state, I think. I can definitely believe it, though. My dad actually brought this up with me the other day by total coincidence. I didn't realise we were obviously going to talk about it in the brief, but he said, oh, I don't understand, you know, why is everyone's mental health so bad today? And I was like, look, dad, we've been through a pandemic. You've got to remember that life isn't the same. We've never had poorer diets in this country. It's so shockingly bad. And our screen time, like when I grew up, we didn't, I wasn't really a gamer. We didn't have this scrolling like we've spoken about before dopamine hit.

46:17It's awful. So when I was thinking about this and all these different factors, obviously none of this exists in a vacuum to your point. We've got a cost of living crisis. We've got a climate crisis. We have the long tail of the pandemic. We have this extraordinary number of pressures on the younger generation in particular, but on everybody, coupled with the fact that our screen time is out of control. The daily average for watching all screens in the UK is now 7.5 hours. Again, exercise and mental health, according to the UK government, our population is around 20 % less active than we were in the 60s.

46:53And around one in three men and one in two women are not active enough for good health, which again, when we just put all these things together, become quite scary. The youngest cohort of people, so people aged up to 24 also, when we're talking about phones, spend up to four hours and 49 minutes, almost five hours on their mobile phone. But Ria, I wanted you to jump in here as well with the link between diet and mental health, because I think, as I said, nothing exists on a vacuum. There are so many factors creating this really complicated challenge with our collective mental health. And there's also personal traumas and nothing is, again, we can't generalize anything.

47:29But equally, we do have this collective series of factors that are coupling in and they are making it difficult for us to have good mental health. And I think diet is a really interesting one there because of the aesthetic link, I think it's kind of so tangential to people to think, oh, eating well probably helps my energy, et cetera. but understanding the impact that our diet has on our mental health feels so much less transparent it's way less transparent and it's because if you look at the face of our food environment it's like when I was researching and writing the ultra processed food conversation for the book I was just so appalled I just kept thinking in my head you know how have we got to this point because there is a food and mood link everyone so we have what's called a gut brain axis and we have gut bacteria that's now been researched to show but does play a role in how happy we can feel or our mood our production of serotonin which is our happy hormone and in return our serotonin plays a role with tryptophan and production of melatonin which is our sleep regulator the hormone that helps us fall asleep and helps regulate our circadian rhythms and then our gut bacteria also works on circadian rhythms and it's just no surprise to me and diet's only one small factor So like Ella said, there's so many things.

48:43But if we're malnourished because we're not getting enough fiber to feed our guts for our brain to help us feel happy, if we are not feeling good because we're low in energy, because our diets are not giving us the iron we need, they're not giving us the B12, they're not giving us the amount. Actually, I doubt B12 is an issue. Most people probably get B12. There's a small cohort. There's a type of anemia that's linked to B12 called pernicious or megablastic anemia. But with things like vitamin D, there's so many factors of nutrition that are linked to it. I have a whole page in every book I've ever written called Food and Mood because I really want to teach kids about this.

49:20I think if you know that food can impact how you feel, how you perform, how you. But our environment, Ella, has never been worse in terms of food that offers us nourishment. And what's worse is people think they're getting it. So you've got this younger generation, 16 to 24. They're the ones on their screen. So they're the ones subjected to the food marketing or the TikTok trends or whatever the trends are that's going on. Then they think they're doing the right thing because they're sucked into a carnival trend or a fasting trend or a juicing trend or a high protein trend. So then they buy all these powders and concoctions and pills and think that they had never been healthier, whereas they're still not feeding their body what it wants, which is just whole foods.

49:57It's very, very succinctly booked. And it moves us on so well to our first trend in wellness. You guys probably saw this. I feel like it was absolutely everywhere, but it was the M &S punishment juice. Oh my goodness. I have so many thoughts on this, but before we delve into them, I just have to say on the back of what we just said, nothing bothers me more than something like this. Not to be negative, Nancy, don't want to be a downer in today's episode, but goodness me, we need to think people eating well is delicious. Eating well is a joy. Eating well is a great thing. Let's encourage people to be excited to eat well.

50:36And when we start calling green things punishment, we are not doing anybody a favor, just going viral doesn't help people change their diets. And we desperately need to do that. So don't call it a punishment juice. Well done, Ella. Do you know what's so interesting? Oh, I'm so annoyed. I know. So my community, the nutrition dietitian community were kicking off about it. There were posts everywhere on LinkedIn with nutrition professionals saying this is not okay. And I was looking it up and M &S had actually come up with this idea a while ago. And then they submitted the application for this trademarked name.

51:10They've trademarked it, Ella. They've trademarked the punishment juice. Yeah, they trademarked it on the 6th of Feb, 2025. And it covers like the non-alcoholic beverages such as fruit juices and drinks. And then it was officially published as a UK trademark on the 14th Valentine's Day of February. And M &S internally was really excited about it. and their marketing team said it's a disruptive name for a new product because they knew that by using this awful name for a food was going to cause a huge buzz and I've got to hand it to M &S they've created a lot of intriguing ranges recently some of it's not as trans I'm probably never going to get a job of M &S now which is gutting because I absolutely love M &S I love your food I really do love your food but this juice name is just not going to help the language problem we have that surrounds food if you want to put a moral compass on food this is how it should not be done and this is contributing to that moral discussion around it so in case you missed it it's just it's a green juice it's nothing kind of new in that sense and it contains cucumber spinach celery lime kale aloe vera spirulina chlorella and hemp it's correct right that it has those three superfoods in it i have to say it doesn't sound super delicious to me No, there's not enough fruit in that.

52:28I don't think I'd enjoy drinking that. I'd love it up until the spirulina, chlorella and hemp because all three of those have pretty unappealing flavours. I like hemp seeds sprinkled on things because you can't taste them. They're super nutritious and they work well. But spirulina and chlorella taste like grass, to be frank. I like the grass. It's the added protein bit that gets me. But then they thought they'd also chuck in protein by adding hemp. Yeah. Because for everyone who doesn't know, hemp is a really good type of quality vegan protein that people can use. you'll see like hemp protein powders but it's very earthy oh why can't we just get people excited about eating cucumber and put it in i don't know some like amazing salad with soy sauce and mango and edamame and i did the cucumber trend do you remember there was a cucumber trend where you make the cucumber salad in the jar and you like shake it up oh i love that one yes you're right yeah i love things like that i know so delish really good trend i wish i knew what it's called right now because we should have dropped that in anyone that knows what that trend was put it in the um spotify or apple thing and like i made such a good soup last night with a whole bag of spinach in it and peas and butter beans and loads of miso and garlic and lemon and it was so delicious and i just oh we need to get people eating their greens and their healthy food in a delicious way and we can't call it punishment and i don't know i just was really disappointed and frustrated because everything we've talked about in today's episode I feel like we oscillate some weeks we're like full of spark and joy and some weeks we are really frustrated by the state of the world of wellness and today I'm going to say hold my hands up I am so frustrated you look at the stark reality of where we are and how much change we need and then you see companies trademarking names that just make healthy eating seem like a terrible thing because we're calling it punishment and on that thought as well.

54:18So I've got a little clip to play to you by two amazing neurologists and scientists and they discuss the hype around adding creatine powders to things because I bet we're going to see more products like these punishment juices popping up now with added creatine because there's lots of claims around it with I don't know have you seen it Ella with Alzheimer's people saying it could potentially help. Yes and again that was something I wanted to ask you about as well so I'm so thrilled you brought it today's show. Okay so let's play this clip. Everyone is suddenly taking creatine for brain health and Alzheimer's disease.

54:50But should they? This is the new study and I just spoke with the authors directly. They give 20 people with Alzheimer's disease 20 grams of creatine per day for eight weeks. This was a pilot study, which means that it wasn't testing whether creatine works. It was testing if this kind of study is even doable. Brain creatine went up by 11%. Some memory and attention scores improved slightly. There was no control group, no placebo, no blinding, which means we cannot say creatine caused these improvements. Here's what the lead researcher actually said about recommending creatine for Alzheimer's. Creatine is being hyped on social media.

55:27Do you worry about premature adoption? You always do with studies like this. This is probably my biggest concern whenever we have results like this is that we want to be very cautious to the scientists about our communication of this. We want to say we found these exciting findings, but we also want to be very cautious about the interpretation of them. So at this point, I don't think I can recommend it to a patient that this is going to ultimately have some sort of cognitive influence. I wouldn't want to give those types of indications to anybody. If you want to take it, please talk to your doctor, especially if you're older, if you have kidney issues or taking medication.

56:01Podcast episode coming soon. So ultimately, it just goes to show again the fact that people cherry pick things from the data without understanding how to analyze scientific papers. gosh guys if I could tell you how much I struggled at university with statistics and methodology and having to break down papers to actually understand what they're saying and the fact that this was just like a preliminary thing and it's not even concrete yet but before anyone can get to the bottom of it and do more research it's on social media going viral that it's the answer and it's going to help people I just felt like all of these sorts of things out of like the punishment juices and the wrong names and then adding supplements like creatine could save you it's just so unbelievably bold okay so we've got to wrap this episode up in a positive I know really feeling what what an inspiration I guess on the back of this can we give people I mean for me it is just this sense of like we've got to inspire each other like we've got to be as a community and I don't mean just us in the wellness scoop but your colleagues your friends you know people you in your whatsapp groups like whoever it is like let's just all encourage each other with small changes maybe you know do a lunch break walk a couple of times a week with your colleagues maybe you could help each other batch cook you know so you batch cook one day and then you've got lunch they do it another day and you've got lunch yeah or like swap recipes in your whatsapp groups like i just think that we all need inspiration i said at the beginning of the show like i've been cooking for my new cookbook and i've inspired myself if i can say that in the sense of I've been cooking things I don't normally cook because I need to get more creative.

57:43And I'm like, oh, love this ingredient. I did this fennel, marinated fennel salad the other day. And I was like, when did I last eat fennel? I love marinated fennel. And like, we just need to inspire each other and try and tune out the noise, but try and make a tangible, meaningful difference. And ultimately, you know, community and, and kind of that grassroots approach, like it really can help. And the more we can inspire each other and the people around us to make small changes, I would say, the better. I love that you finished like that because I feel like so much of my job as a nutritionist in the last five to 10 years, it didn't start off this way, has been just to debunk everything because there's too much.

58:22There's just never ending. And one really positive thing to end on as well is that our extra scoops have changed, Ella. Yes, they have because we have too much to talk about, guys. And you are amazing as a community, which again, we are so grateful for. and we know you have so many questions. I think we've got about 500 questions to answer. So what we're going to do guys, each week, we're actually going to have two episodes a week. This one where we'll go through all the headlines, what on earth is going on? And second one, we will take your questions every week and we will answer. This week we're touching on things like keto, cholesterol.

58:54So, so many things. We cannot wait to share these. I think they're hopefully really helpful. So either direct message us or leave your questions as comments on Spotify and Apple and we will pick up as many of them as we possibly can every week. And positive tips because you also share those with us. I love reading those, the bits of feedback when we're not sure about something and you give it to us. So thank you. Keep them coming our way. We so appreciate it. Otherwise, have a great day. Cook something delicious and let's inspire one another to make small changes to our health.

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