The podcast is baaaaaack!
After a long summer break, and 10 months and 13 countries on the road, new episodes land every Friday. Follow so you never miss one: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or right here in the Substack app.
I’m bringing deep dives, interviews and video, so let me know how I could make the podcast better and the type of content that would be the most useful to you.
This first one was recorded in the wardrobe of an Airbnb in Mexico City, so apologies for the poor sound quality!! There was construction noises outside and a massive echo in the living room so that’s the best I could do.
This week’s question: when did trying to be healthy turn into a second job?
Most of us are doing more for our health than ever, and somehow we’re more knackered by it, not less. My theory is that the workouts aren’t the tiring part. As I put it in the episode: “The tiring part of being healthy isn’t really the doing, it’s the constant checking.”
In this episode
Why the constant checking wears you out more than the workouts
What happened when 631 people saw too much conflicting nutrition news (it didn’t end well for broccoli)
The illusory truth effect: why “seed oils are poison” starts to sound true the 10th time you hear it, even when you know better
How fibre went from “eat a few more veggies” to fibermaxxing and a mac and cheese with added fibre
The Grain of SALT Test: 4 quick questions to decide whether a health trend deserves a place in your life
Chapters
00:00 When did being healthy become a second job?
00:54 Back from 10 months on the road
02:23 What happened to my routines while travelling
04:20 The tiring part isn’t the doing
06:13 What conflicting health advice does to us
07:13 Why your brain believes what it hears twice
08:29 Every health trend starts with a grain of truth
10:42 What happened when I let go
11:39 The Grain of SALT Test
13:00 Find the grain, count the salt
Mentioned in this episode
The full Grain of SALT Test, with what each score means: Not Every Healthy Thing Deserves a Place in Your Life
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Sources
lululemon Global Wellbeing Report, 2024 (16,000 people, 15 countries)
Global Wellness Institute, Global Wellness Economy Monitor, 2025
Nagler, Journal of Health Communication, 2014
Fazio and others, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2015
University of Colorado Anschutz, on fibermaxxing, 26/1/2026
Kraft Heinz, PowerMac launch, 17/3/2026
Global Wellness Summit, The Over-Optimization Backlash, 16/3/2026
