Britain’s Health SOS, Stress & The Cortisol Craze
5/11/202654 min
This week we unpack a sobering picture of the UK’s health, with new data showing we’re living fewer years in good health and falling behind much of the developed world. We revisit school food standards and how countries like France and Japan are approaching nutrition in a completely different way, before diving into what’s really driving the UK’s decline, from diet to wider lifestyle patterns. We also break down the new “smoke-free generation” bill, rising costs for vaping, and what prevention actually looks like in practice. And finally, we explore the cortisol conversation taking over social media, and what genuinely helps when it comes to managing stress in a realistic, sustainable way. Send your questions for our weekly Q&A to hello@wellness-scoop.com For more from Rhi and Ella: Order your copy of Ella's new book: Quick Wins: Healthy Cooking for Busy Lives Order your copy of Rhi's new book: The Fibre Formula Sign up to Rhitrition+ Get an exclusive 15% discount on your first Saily data plans! Use code Scoop at checkout. Download Saily app or go to to https://saily.com/scoop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsElla Mills· Host0:00
[gentle music] Welcome to the Wellness Scoop, your weekly dose of health and wellness inspiration. And as always, we're both here as your hosts. I'm Ella Mills.
Rhiannon Lambert· Host0:10
And I'm Rhiannon Lambert. And after a decade in the wellness industry, we know how overwhelming and confusing health advice can be, and that's why we're both here with this podcast to cut through the noise and make healthier living simple, fun, and personal.
Ella Mills· Host0:26
So welcome, guys. Just the nicest way to start a morning, isn't it, Ri? We have got so much to talk about. I was working last week on the script on this one, and I was WhatsAppping Ri, being like, "Oh my gosh, there's so much."
Rhiannon Lambert· Host0:41
There's so many.
Ella Mills· Host0:41
[laughs] I felt it was, like, exploding off the page, and I was trying to be like, "Oh, I wanna talk about this," but we just, no way we can fit it in. So let's see how we go. At the moment, this is what we're planning to have coming up in today's show, Ri.
Rhiannon Lambert· Host0:54
Yes, so it is jam-packed, but we will see how much we can get through. So we have got why Britain's health is flashing warning signs, the school lunch gap that nobody's talking about, a smoke-free generation; I mean, is it really, finally? Vaping has just got a lot more expensive, and there's so much we can discuss on that. Social media bans for teens, or not really again. Well, how effective is that actually going to be? And the truth behind the new cortisol craze.
Ella Mills· Host1:25
Yes, this whole cortisol face, cortisol belly. You know I don't