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The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine is excited to bring you our podcast, Sound Living! The internet is swamped with the latest health trends and confusing information. We are dedicated to bringing you reliable information based on facts and research.
In this podcast you can expect exclusive interviews with doctors and other health experts from around the world, covering a range of topics including nutrition, physical activity, sleep and stress, addressing your health and wellbeing needs and inspiring you to take action!
The expert’s insights on health and wellbeing,
evidence-based and to the point.

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Featuring Guests Such As

Rob Lawson

Having qualified in Medicine in 1975, Rob has gained extensive experience as a GP in Scotland. His principal interests have been primary and secondary prevention of disease and the specialty of Lifestyle Medicine. As well as leading his NHS team to the highest awards for quality (2003-2013) he founded a charity in 1991 providing weekly activity and support in venues around East Lothian for sufferers of long term conditions including heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, stroke, lung disease and frailty.

Julie Gray

Julie works as a GP in North East Scotland. She has a special interest in pre-hospital emergency care, being both a certified Instructor in this field and a pre-hospital emergency care responder. She has a few years experience also working as a Forensic Medical Examiner, only recently retiring from this role to allow opportunity to expand her interests in lifestyle medicine.

Anna Huette

As a GP as well as yoga teacher and health coach Anna is very passionate about the facilitation of self-management and the de-medicalisation of chronic conditions such as back pain. Anna’s passion for Lifestyle Medicine led to her completing the Diploma in Lifestyle Medicine in 2018.

Alex Maxwell

Alex is a GP, Lifestyle Medic and Sports Medic working in London. He qualified from St George’s Hospital Medical School in 2011 (Cor Blimey!). As a GP he works in Thornton Heath. He is working to increase activity and decrease sedentary behaviour in both practice staff and population.

Meet Your Host

Mike Banna (@drmikethe2nd) is a GP in West Sussex, and his interest in lifestyle medicine was sparked by his own fitness journey. Having spent most of his life overweight and inactive and being on and off different diets, he set himself a 5 year plan about 5 years ago, and this time it worked. This got him thinking about what works (and why it works) to effect lifestyle change and he set out to try and learn more about nutrition and mindset. He believes that while science and evidence are fundamental to lifestyle change, they fall flat without a balanced real-world approach. He has written articles for Spectator Health, GrenadeFit, and Pulse, as well as a personal blog on Medium, and in a bid to promote balance as part of a healthy lifestyle was recently involved in a YouTube series on gin (Fit TV).

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You can select the episode you would like to listen to by clicking the tiles in our episode list below

Series One