Episode 392

The Top Underrated (and OVERRATED) Foods and Health Habits

With Dr. Rupy Aujla

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Our Westernized diet and lifestyle work against us at every turn. With record-breaking rates of chronic illness overloading the healthcare system, we need to prioritize health by giving individuals the right tools, resources, and education so they can feel empowered to make healthier choices. 

This week on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with his friend Dr. Rupy Aujla to discuss the top underrated and overrated areas of wellness, common roadblocks that get in the way of healthy eating, and why education is crucial to making positive change. They also dive into why a lack of clinical research on diet and lifestyle deters food policy changes and why we need to change our environment to make healthy choices the default option. 

Dr. Rupy Aujla is one of the most influential medical doctors in the UK. He has worked as a doctor for over 12 years. He is completing a nutritional medicine master’s program while sharing practical insights into healthy eating and thoughtful recipes through his Instagram, website, and podcast platform. Dr. Rupy founded The Doctor’s Kitchen, which strives to inspire and educate about the power of food as medicine and how to cook delicious recipes using carefully selected evidence-based ingredients.

In January 2022, Dr. Rupy and his team launched an exciting new app for The Doctor’s Kitchen. The app helps users improve their health using food and research-backed recipes tailored to their health goals. Dr. Rupy is a Sunday Times bestselling author with four published cookbooks, The Doctor’s Kitchen, Eat to Beat Illness, Doctor’s Kitchen 3-2-1, and the most recent, Cooks – Healthy.Easy.Flavour.

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For more on Dr. Rupy, follow him on Instagram @doctors_kitchen, Twitter @doctors_kitchen, Facebook @thedoctorskitchen, YouTube @doctors_kitchen, TikTok @doctors_kitchen, or through his website, thedoctorskitchen.com.

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I hope you enjoyed this conversation as much as I did.
Wishing you health and happiness.
Dhru Purohit

In this Episode, you will learn

  1. Roadblocks to consistently eating well
    (2:09)
  2. Top underrated areas of wellness
    (6:05)
  3. Top overrated areas of wellness
    (20:11)
  4. Doubling down on sleep, diet, and exercise
    (29:30)
  5. Why you might benefit from taking a coffee break
    (33:30)
  6. Calorie tracking for weight loss
    (40:31)
  7. How wearables provide insight for making healthy behavior changes
    (44:40)
  8. Why supplements are overrated
    (55:34)
  9. Corruption and controversies with peer-reviewed studies
    (58:00)
  10. The need for education to make positive lifestyle changes
    (1:25:16)
  11. Changing our environment to make healthy options the default
    (1:36:52)
  12. Dr. Rupy’s health journey
    (1:40:16)
  13. The Doctor’s Kitchen app: making healthy, personalized recipes accessible to the public
    (2:01:58)
  14. Dr. Rupy’s podcast, The Joyful Entrepreneur
    (2:07:25)
  15. Where to follow Dr. Rupy’s work
    (1:12:57)

Guest

 
Dhru Purohit

Dhru is the host of the Dhru Purohit Podcast, a top 30 health podcast with over 30 million downloads.

As an entrepreneur, Dhru is also the CEO Dr. Hyman Enterprises, Farmacy and the UltraWellness Center, a functional medicine based clinic that specializes in treating chronic disease through personalized medicine.

 
Dr. Rupy Aujla

Dr. Rupy Aujla is one of the most influential medical doctors in the UK. He has worked as a doctor for over 12 years. He is completing a nutritional medicine master’s program while sharing practical insights into healthy eating and thoughtful recipes through his Instagram, website, and podcast platform. Dr. Rupy founded The Doctor’s Kitchen, which strives to inspire and educate about the power of food as medicine and how to cook delicious recipes using carefully selected evidence-based ingredients.

In January 2022, Dr. Rupy and his team launched an exciting new app for The Doctor’s Kitchen. The app helps users improve their health using food and research-backed recipes tailored to their health goals. Dr. Rupy is a Sunday Times bestselling author with four published cookbooks, The Doctor’s Kitchen, Eat to Beat Illness, Doctor’s Kitchen 3-2-1, and the most recent, Cooks – Healthy.Easy.Flavour.

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