Speaker 1: Oh, hey there, I hope you are feeling healthy ish. Yes,
Speaker 1: you have joined us on the daily podcast from Body
Speaker 1: and Soul called healthy Ish, but you knew that already, right.
Speaker 1: I am Felicity Harley, and as this episode drops on
Speaker 1: a Friday, I am joined via our online studio today
Speaker 1: by Body and Soul's digital editor Holly Berkleman, and we
Speaker 1: are chatting through the three stories that made us guzzle
Speaker 1: loud Green Juices this week. Holley, has it been a
Speaker 1: week already?
Speaker 2: Wow?
Speaker 1: That was a minute.
Speaker 2: They go by so quickly, don't they.
Speaker 1: Here we are again? How are you?
Speaker 3: I am so well, thank you. I was just saying
Speaker 3: before that I've been going to bed incredibly early at
Speaker 3: the moment, and I actually feel too well rested, and
Speaker 3: it's something I've.
Speaker 2: Never experienced in my life frankly, but kind.
Speaker 3: Of loving it. Wow.
Speaker 2: This is what a collc to have a full.
Speaker 1: Time I feel like you've been on here before talking
Speaker 1: about how you don't go to bed till like twelve
Speaker 1: and one, So this is quite revolutionary for you.
Speaker 3: It is a rollercoaster for the listeners and for myself
Speaker 3: that I've actually gone to bed at it a normal time.
Speaker 3: So yeah, stay tuned to see how long I keep
Speaker 3: that up for. And how are you fleep? Are you
Speaker 3: feeling better?
Speaker 1: I am. I feel like I'm almost back to good health,
Speaker 1: and I know I always know it's a sign when
Speaker 1: I actually feel like doing exercise and I'm going a bit.
Speaker 1: I haven't actually run in two weeks, Holly, I hope
Speaker 1: no one like my Nike coach isn't listening to this.
Speaker 1: But I haven't done a run and the half marathon
Speaker 1: is only about seven weeks away, so I have to
Speaker 1: get out there. And yeah, just get back out there
Speaker 1: and run.
Speaker 3: Well, you're back in the land of the living now,
Speaker 3: so you can venture out soon hopefully.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, thank you. Now tell us what story on
Speaker 1: body and soul this week was perhaps the most intriguing to.
Speaker 2: You, soorry.
Speaker 3: The one that caught my attention the most is should
Speaker 3: you really be doing pilates? You're a polities fan?
Speaker 1: If, Liz, I am not?
Speaker 2: Oh really is controversial from I really?
Speaker 3: Which makes us the outliers for this industry, I would say,
Speaker 3: But as we know, polines is one of the most
Speaker 3: popular ways.
Speaker 2: To work out.
Speaker 3: There are so many fans and people love it because
Speaker 3: it improves your strength your flexibility, your posture, and so on.
Speaker 3: But there is a downside because a lot of these
Speaker 3: studios are kind of a one size fits all approach,
Speaker 3: especially if you're in big classes, and they're primarily to
Speaker 3: encourage people to partake in community and to get out
Speaker 3: of their houses and to start exercising, which obviously is
Speaker 3: great because that's you know, one of the biggest barriers
Speaker 3: to health is actually getting out and doing it.
Speaker 2: But there are a lot of instructors who have nothing.
Speaker 3: More than the basic kind of qualifications to their name,
Speaker 3: and the teaching classes that don't offer a huge amount
Speaker 3: of personalization, which can be an issue.
Speaker 2: So there are two downsides.
Speaker 3: Instead of really tailored programs that are right for your body,
Speaker 3: you're grouped in with people in quite an overstimulating environment,
Speaker 3: like I've done Pilarates classes before, where the music is
Speaker 3: really loud and it's really hectic and full on, and
Speaker 3: so if you're trying to get those proper results which
Speaker 3: come from alignment and kind of precision, you might not
Speaker 3: have the ability to kind of tap into that and
Speaker 3: do it properly. And then the second thing is if
Speaker 3: you have existing injuries, that sort of environment doesn't allow
Speaker 3: you a lot of the time to kind of slow
Speaker 3: down and tweak what you're doing so you can kind
Speaker 3: of overdo it and not not knowing your body's limitations.
Speaker 3: So do you need to cancel your next pilities class?
Speaker 3: Not necessarily, but experts say that you should do your
Speaker 3: due diligence and research the setting and figure out if
Speaker 3: it's right for you, especially if you're a beginner. So
Speaker 3: this is music to my ears, obviously, because as a
Speaker 3: non Polites person, I'm not perfect.
Speaker 2: I don't need to go.
Speaker 3: But for those who are Polartes fans, it's maybe worth
Speaker 3: doing a bit of research.
Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought this story to well the Table
Speaker 1: today because we actually have an expert on next week
Speaker 1: talking about this. And obviously I think we talked about
Speaker 1: this maybe before six months or so ago, because there
Speaker 1: was a bit of a call to action from various
Speaker 1: instructors around Australia that there needs to be some regulatory
Speaker 1: body to govern what's going on, because you can just
Speaker 1: go and get a Plartes Instructors course quite swiftly compared
Speaker 1: to other fitness instructors around. So we do have someone
Speaker 1: coming on next week to talk about this more so, Yeah,
Speaker 1: thanks for giving me the chance to plug that episode
Speaker 1: next week. Listens and listen is just let you know.
Speaker 1: This is actually serendipitous, the fact that Holly brought this
Speaker 1: story to the table and that I have scheduled next
Speaker 1: week someone to chat about this, So thank you.
Speaker 2: I think that just proves that we're both clued in
Speaker 2: with the news cycle. Flish.
Speaker 1: Yeah, big tick to both, which you would hope.
Speaker 2: So yeah, okay, over to you. What on your mind
Speaker 2: this week?
Speaker 1: Well, I came across this thing called a daily Dopamine Menu.
Speaker 1: Have you heard of this? Oh?
Speaker 2: I haven't really?
Speaker 1: Okay, So I mean I love cutesy, quirky stuff like this.
Speaker 1: We've had the dopamine dressing and many people still dress
Speaker 1: like this. We've had the dopamine decor, we've got the
Speaker 1: dopamine supplements. But the daily Dopamine Menu is something that's
Speaker 1: free and easy and we can all do. And it
Speaker 1: was designed by a UK neuroscientist and author, Nicole Vignola,
Speaker 1: and she came up with the idea to counteract the
Speaker 1: amount of time we spend staring at our screens and
Speaker 1: the pool that TikTok and Instagram have on us when
Speaker 1: we just are needing that downtime, and we just pick
Speaker 1: up our phone and doom scroll and all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: there goes thirty minutes.
Speaker 2: She said, had to have a TikTok hole exactly.
Speaker 1: We've all been there, she says, have your daily do
Speaker 1: menu ready and waiting. So when you do reach for
Speaker 1: the screen, pop it up. Preferably not on your screen.
Speaker 1: You can write it out or print it out and
Speaker 1: put it on your fridge or in your bedroom or bathroom. Basically,
Speaker 1: I mean, we all know what dop mean is it's
Speaker 1: the neurotransmitter made in the brain, the feel good hormone
Speaker 1: that's part of the body's reward system. It's what gets
Speaker 1: hyped up when we are after things that are fun
Speaker 1: and rewarding. You know, there's small things like food or
Speaker 1: social media hits, but it's also the one that drives
Speaker 1: us to take bigger risks where whether it is at
Speaker 1: work or take on challenges like a half marathon. So
Speaker 1: this whole idea of the menu is basically like a menu,
Speaker 1: you have a starter's main course, sides, dessert, and specials,
Speaker 1: and it's just putting little things in there that give
Speaker 1: you a personal dope, mean hit that you know that
Speaker 1: you can do instead of reaching for the phone. So
Speaker 1: the starters, she says, quick activities you enjoy that will
Speaker 1: give you that little dope mean hit, like stretching coffee
Speaker 1: which yes, tick loves, yes me, finally putting the washing
Speaker 1: away or so love. And then the main course are
Speaker 1: more challenging and rewarding activities like you know, striving for
Speaker 1: a half marathon. I'm just using this example because it
Speaker 1: rings true for me. Sides of those dope meine releasing
Speaker 1: activities that you engage with while completing a separate task,
Speaker 1: for example, following the washing while listening to your favorite podcast. Okay,
Speaker 1: dessert is using social media, but more as a treat,
Speaker 1: so not letting it dominate your day, not spending thirty
Speaker 1: minutes on TikTok. And then the specials and little dope
Speaker 1: mean hits like getting in nails done and eating out.
Speaker 1: You know those fun things that you think, oh, I
Speaker 1: feel good after doing that. So this is just her
Speaker 1: idea to get us away from the screens. If we
Speaker 1: feel that pool of social media, refer to your dope
Speaker 1: mean menu and yeah, and then you're getting that pure, joyful,
Speaker 1: dope mean hit rather than filling crap after scrolling thirty
Speaker 1: minutes on TikTok.
Speaker 3: I love this and it's kind of yeah, you're right.
Speaker 3: It's that pure dope mein that you get without it
Speaker 3: being marred by the bad sides of social media. So
Speaker 3: it sounds like something you should write out and step
Speaker 3: up on your fridge or even stick off the back
Speaker 3: of your phone.
Speaker 1: Oh I like that. That's a good idea.
Speaker 2: You got it on hand at all times.
Speaker 1: Okay, I will check your phone next time we're in
Speaker 1: the studio. Now, just quickly before we go, give us
Speaker 1: a quick rundown of the most clicked story of the week.
Speaker 3: So a really joyful way to cap on this week's
Speaker 3: episode is these are the top ten causes of death
Speaker 3: around the world. But as they say, knowledge is power.
Speaker 3: You know, it's good to know these things because then
Speaker 3: you can do what you can to avoid them. So
Speaker 3: this is recently published data from the World Health Organization
Speaker 3: that lists the leading causes of death throughout the year
Speaker 3: twenty twenty one. So it's a few years ago now,
Speaker 3: but the data has just come out, and these ten
Speaker 3: causes of death accounted for fifty seven percent of the
Speaker 3: total deaths around the world. That year, which was sixty
Speaker 3: eight million deaths.
Speaker 2: It's a lot.
Speaker 1: That's a lot of double dye a.
Speaker 2: Lot of people. Have you got any idea of what
Speaker 2: they could be?
Speaker 1: Okay, what year will we twenty twenty one? I mean
Speaker 1: you'd have to say covids up there, but I'm not
Speaker 1: sure of number one.
Speaker 3: COVID was number two, Number one was ischemic heart disease,
Speaker 3: and number three was stroke. But there are a couple
Speaker 3: of other ones on the list which surprised me, things
Speaker 3: like trakier broncos and lung cancers and kidney disease. So
Speaker 3: those are cut shocking ones. And if you want to
Speaker 3: read the rest of the list, we have them all
Speaker 3: on body soobeign come dot.
Speaker 1: I like it, Well, I don't. I like what you're saying.
Speaker 1: Not I don't like the death list.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I hate to hear it, but it's good to
Speaker 2: know exactly.
Speaker 1: Long live that healthy heart. See you next week.
Speaker 2: I'll see you then Bye.
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