The cure in your kitchen cupboard: The top 10 healing spices everyone needs to know with Dr Rupy Aujla
Simon Mills welcomes Dr. Rupy Aujla, founder of The Doctor’s Kitchen to discuss the profound connection between food, herbs, and health. With an extensive background in conventional medicine, Dr. Rupy shares how his own experience with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation led him to explore the transformative power of nutrition and discover a passion for food as medicine.
This conversation explores the importance of a plant-forward diet, with a particular focus on protein, herbs and spices, discussing their roles in traditional cuisines and their health benefits.
In this episode:
- The impact of dietary choices on chronic health conditions.
- How traditional wisdom informs modern nutritional practices.
- The significance of cooking methods and ingredient combinations for optimal health (and a gift to pass down through generations)
- The role of the microbiome in processing nutrients and supporting overall wellness.
- Practical tips for incorporating more plants into your daily meals.
About Dr Rupy Aujla
Dr Rupy, MBBS, BSc, MRCGP, MSc is a London-based doctor, specialising in General
Practice and Emergency Medicine, a nutritionist and founder of The Doctor’s Kitchen.
He hosts The Doctor’s Kitchen podcast with over 20m downloads, YouTube channel
and Doctor’s Kitchen recipe app that helps over 10,000 people each week use
evidence-based food and lifestyle medicine to live healthier happier lives.
Dr Rupy’s life was changed after suffering a significant heart condition in 2009. After learning about nutritional medicine he was able to reverse his condition using a food and lifestyle approach. Influenced by the teachings of both ancient and modern medicine, underpinned by his own clinical experience, Dr Rupy creates recipes that optimise health. He is a Sunday Times bestselling author and has 5 cookbooks to his name as well as a Masters in Nutritional Medicine.
Dr Rupy founded Europe’s first non-profit Culinary Medicine programme for medical schools in 2017 that teaches undergraduates the foundations of nutritional medicine and how to cook.
Known for his BBC shows “Cooking in the Doctor’s Kitchen” as well as Channel 4’s Secrets of the Glucose Goddess with Jessie Inchauspé and Cook Clever Waste Less with Dame Prue Leith, Dr Rupy inspires audiences with easy, budget-friendly recipes that promote wellbeing. Regularly appearing on programs like This Morning and Saturday Kitchen, Dr. Rupy is on a mission to make healthy cooking accessible and enjoyable for all.
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