1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Well, hello there, thank you for joining us on Healthy Ish. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: Of course, this is your daily podcast from Body and Soul. 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: I am your host, Felicity Holly, and today I'm joined 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: in the studio by the delightful Holly Berklman, our digital editor, 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: and we are talking through the three hottest healthy Mona 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:32,319 Speaker 1: stories of the week. Holly, it's been a busy week. 7 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: It's been a busy week, Fliss. How are you. 8 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm good. I'm flat out with my running, you know, 9 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: the half marathon is swiftly approaching. But what's been going 10 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: on for you? 11 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 2: It's Sex Census week, Fliss, which for anyone who hasn't 12 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 2: been listening, which you should be. The Body and Soul 13 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 2: twenty to twenty four Sex sens is kicked off on 14 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 2: Sunday and we are rolling out so much content about 15 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 2: sex and relationships. So I've just been fully immersed. Yeah 16 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 2: that too, and hopefully the listeners. I have talked about 17 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 2: sex a lot, a huge amount, a huge amount. We 18 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 2: had to pop up on Wednesday as well, and yeah, 19 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 2: so lots of sex talk with people in person too, 20 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 2: on the streets of Sydney. 21 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: Well, there we go, So tell us what is lighting 22 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: your fire? This week. Did you like that? 23 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 2: I did? That was great, You've done this before. So 24 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 2: my favorite story from the week was it turns out 25 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 2: friendship can actually improve your heart health. But there's a catch. 26 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 2: So we know friendships are obviously great for mental wellness, 27 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 2: but a news study proves that they can actually improve 28 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 2: your physical health, which I actually thought was amazing. But 29 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 2: the caveat is it only works for women. 30 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: Okay, fill us in. 31 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 2: Okay. So a recent Australian study, this came out of Monash, 32 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: found that nearly ten thousand healthy Australians aged seventy plus 33 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 2: with poor social health were forty two percent more likely 34 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 2: to develop cardiovascular disease and twice as likely to die 35 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 2: from it. Isn't that crazy? 36 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: Crazy? But doesn't surprise me. I mean, we've talked about 37 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: this for a long time, like you just need you know, 38 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: one of the key elements to health is your social. 39 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: Life, of course, and like the mind body connection, we 40 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: know that that's a massive thing. But it's just so crazy, 41 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 2: I think to see the stats in that, like, not 42 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 2: having that social enrichment can genuinely increase your risk of death. 43 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 2: That's crazy. Similarly, social isolation in childhood is associated with 44 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 2: risk factors for heart disease and related conditions in adults. 45 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 2: So it's really I know, so it's important for kids 46 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 2: to have rich social lives too. And on the flip side, 47 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 2: those with strong social connections were at the opposite end 48 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 2: of the findings, with their heart health benefiting greatly. But 49 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,679 Speaker 2: the catch being that this only applies to women, which 50 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 2: I just think is fascinating. But it found that women 51 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 2: with three or more friends who they can comfortably discuss 52 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 2: private matters with, so good friends cut their risk of 53 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 2: cardiovascular disease by almost thirty percent. Wow, incredible lot. For men, 54 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: family was more beneficial than friendship, with their risk of 55 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 2: cardiovascular disease disease reduced by thirty percent if they had 56 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 2: between three and eight relatives that they could chat to 57 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 2: about private matters. 58 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: That's really intriguing. 59 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 2: It is fascinating, and I think that like it plays 60 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 2: into that thing that men maybe struggle to talk about 61 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 2: feelings and emotions and things with their friends. But my god, 62 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 2: is it important. 63 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: And I think the other thing for me is that 64 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: a simple three like often we think, oh, we need 65 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: so many friends, you know, we've got so we want 66 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: so many followers on social media or whatever. But it 67 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: does like three is enough. 68 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 2: Quality over quantity is really Yeah, you need some good 69 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 2: people who can really talk to Yeah, not the masses 70 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 2: when it comes down to it. 71 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: Now I want to finish. There's just so many bad 72 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: puns about sech censors, and I'm going to stop because 73 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: I might sound like they're dad jokes. 74 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 2: Now eat your heart out, fleet finish. 75 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: The week off with a bang good. I just wanted 76 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: to share. I mean, I have my head has been gosh, 77 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: there's just deep, like it's so bad. There were so 78 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: many puns. My head has been deep in the sex 79 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: senses this week. And there are a few other stats 80 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: that we haven't talked about this week that I thought 81 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: were worth sharing on this episode. One in particular was 82 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: that perhaps piqued my interest was more gender fluidity. Now 83 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: our Body and Soul Sex Senses showed sixty six percent 84 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 1: of Gen zs identifies straight against ninety one percent of 85 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: baby boomers, So there identify as things like bisexual, homosexual, 86 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: pan sexual. So it's quite a stark difference between the generations. 87 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: And I probably I really like this because I think 88 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 1: they're a product of perhaps our recent sexual wellness revolution 89 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: and a breaking down of the gender norms. 90 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 2: I totally agree. I think this is fascinating. We actually 91 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 2: wrote a great story about this online this week, which 92 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 2: was are our sexuality is actually changing or is it 93 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 2: more that it's just the way that we're able to 94 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 2: express ourselves about it has changed, and we're feeling more 95 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 2: open and willing to have those discussions and to openly 96 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 2: identify ourselves. So yeah, it's probably it could be a 97 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 2: little bit of both, but I think it's great, and 98 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 2: especially with all that's going on with the Australian Census 99 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 2: saying that that question was going to be excluded and 100 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 2: now it's back in again, but it's been on everyone's mind, 101 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,679 Speaker 2: so I think the fact that we've got this data 102 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 2: from the sex Census is fantastic actually, and I hope 103 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 2: it's been quite meaningful for people to be able to 104 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 2: see that representation. 105 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: One other thing that surprised me, and you know we 106 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: have listeners on this podcast from twenty to seventy is 107 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: that body confidence was at its lowest for people in 108 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: their fifties. Now. Always thought body image was a bit 109 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: of a curse of younger people, and that we get 110 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: more confident in how we look as we age, but 111 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: perhaps not so. You know, people in their twenty six 112 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,559 Speaker 1: and forties, around twenty percent felt very confident in their bodies, 113 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: which dropped to thirteen percent for people in their fifties 114 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 1: and sixties. So I just started thinking, Okay, is this 115 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: a reflection of the body positive movement for younger people, 116 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: or is this against what we think is going to 117 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: happen as we get older or perhaps as I get old. 118 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 1: I don't know, Like it was just a bit confusing 119 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: for me. 120 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 2: My take on this would be that people in their 121 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 2: fifties were very much victims of the diet culture that 122 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 2: existed in their eighties and the nineties, in particular under 123 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 2: two thousands, whereas maybe younger people now they've been a 124 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 2: bit more around that push against diet culture which is 125 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 2: still very much present. 126 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: And perhaps embrace bodies of different shapes and side exactly. 127 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 2: And not even just body positivity, but also just body 128 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 2: neutrality and kind of feeling just you know, fine about 129 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,559 Speaker 2: their bodies, which I think has been massive the last 130 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 2: you know, maybe five years as well. 131 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: It'd be interesting to see how that turns out in 132 00:06:58,240 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: say ten years. 133 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, the sense of ten years. It makes me sad. 134 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 2: Though that people in their fifties don't have body confidence. 135 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: I know what I thought, we got it. Yeah, I'm questioning, 136 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: but hang on, I know women in their fifties who 137 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: were actually embracing aging and embracing middle agent and loving life. 138 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: So it just surprised me. It was something that popped 139 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: out and thought, hmm, that's intriguing. 140 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 2: Yeah. 141 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: Anyway, just quickly before we go, give us a quick 142 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: rundown of the most click stor of the week. 143 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 2: No doubt it's well it is sex. I loved this 144 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 2: that our top story from the sex survey was also 145 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 2: our top story from the week. People are really loving 146 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: this content. The story was the Body Insul twenty twenty 147 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 2: four Sex Census. What is really going on down Under? 148 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 2: And this piece discusses how sexual identity is changing. Like 149 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 2: we mentioned before, the orgasm gap, Australia's fantasies, how long 150 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 2: ossies are having sex? Four and how long before play 151 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 2: goes for? It's packed full of juicy insights and one 152 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 2: that I loved just as a little teaser if you 153 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 2: need any more after this week was that Australia's top 154 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 2: fantasy was about their part. But how sweet this week? 155 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: And I loved that. 156 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 2: I think it's so sweet, but it's great. You can 157 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 2: see where people are fantasizing about their bosses or their baristas, 158 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 2: all sorts of stuff. It's fab. 159 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: Now, listeners, I just like to reassure you that there'll 160 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: be no more sense content for a couple of weeks. 161 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 2: What a bummer for you guys though, because this has 162 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 2: been fun. 163 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: Maybe not Colleen, see you next week. 164 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 2: I'll see then. 165 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: Bye well, friends. I will a link to all of 166 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,559 Speaker 1: the above in the show notes. If you do enjoy 167 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: this chat, tell us, rate and review this podcast. Of course, 168 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: you can subscribe anything else. Head to Body and Soul 169 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: dot com. Dot you for us on socials. Grab our 170 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: print edition, which is out in your local Sunday paper. 171 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening and stay healthy.