Speaker 1: Hi friends, thank you for tuning into the daily podcast
Speaker 1: and in soul called healthy issh Of course I am
Speaker 1: Felicity Harley and joining us in the hot seat today
Speaker 1: is our fabulous digital editor, Holly Berkeleman, and we are
Speaker 1: talking about the three hottest topics in the health and
Speaker 1: wellness world this week.
Speaker 2: Good day, Holly. How are you No, I'm well, How
Speaker 2: are you well? I'm back.
Speaker 1: I have had a stint hospital, but I'm back.
Speaker 2: Rough so rough.
Speaker 1: Tom slid as well. It was actually quincy, which is
Speaker 1: the worst form. But you know, it's amazing when you're
Speaker 1: actually in the hospital and you just value health so
Speaker 1: much more than ever.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you're like, wow, I missed all of the
Speaker 3: days where I could swallow without crying.
Speaker 1: Oh yes, And you know what I just I mean,
Speaker 1: I couldn't eat for you know, a couple of days,
Speaker 1: and I just dreamed for the drinks that I could drink,
Speaker 1: like coffee, and I just I craved all these like
Speaker 1: dit cokes and that I don't really drink anymore.
Speaker 2: But it was very bizarre.
Speaker 3: You never realize how lucky you are until suddenly you
Speaker 3: can't swallow for the life of you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. Health is good.
Speaker 1: That exact cliche. Well, yeah, thank you, thank you. Nice
Speaker 1: to be back. How are you healthy.
Speaker 3: I'm well, it's my birthday today. Actually, I know, thank you. Yeah,
Speaker 3: I just thought i'd tell you guys all about have
Speaker 3: a bit of a main moment.
Speaker 2: Go for it. Oh, happy birthday.
Speaker 3: Thank you. I'm like, if I'm working, then I get
Speaker 3: to talk about a bit. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, we have to celebrate you exactly.
Speaker 1: Okay, Well, let's also celebrate what's been happening on bodyansoult
Speaker 1: dot com dot a you this week, hit us with
Speaker 1: the most intriguing story of the week.
Speaker 3: The most intriguing story is one by contributor Ebony Lee,
Speaker 3: and the headline is five things you should never use
Speaker 3: as loop. Oh no, I know, oh no, indeed, fliss.
Speaker 3: So the reason I found this interesting and intriguing is
Speaker 3: because there are some things on the list that I'm
Speaker 3: so sure that people are still using. So while it's
Speaker 3: like it's an informative but quite an engaging read, it's
Speaker 3: also slightly traumatizing and maybe a good reminder.
Speaker 2: So okay for all, Okay, hit us with some of them.
Speaker 3: Okay, so before I tell you the five things, I'm
Speaker 3: actually just gonna say it's quickly. It's we all have
Speaker 3: microbiota in the vagina and it's always keeping its own
Speaker 3: balance down there. That's from gynecologists, is available toura, and
Speaker 3: if you get insert anything external it can cause an imbalance,
Speaker 3: as anyone who's ever had thrush will know. So the
Speaker 3: most shocking one on the list is saliva, which why
Speaker 3: everyone is probably guilty of, which is why we have
Speaker 3: to bring this up.
Speaker 2: Okay, why is this the case?
Speaker 3: So it's not a good agent as a lubricant because
Speaker 3: it wears off super quickly and also doesn't bring the
Speaker 3: kind of like easy slidey sensations that are normal lub would,
Speaker 3: so you can get friction, microteres and all sorts of things.
Speaker 3: So while it might be pretty the most convenient thing
Speaker 3: to reach for, it is certainly not the best.
Speaker 1: I don't even know where to respond to that. I
Speaker 1: did love that comment. The easiest thing to reach for anyway,
Speaker 1: carry on.
Speaker 3: Don't use it. Next up, there are a couple here
Speaker 3: that have like similar sort of reasoning. Moisturizers and lotions
Speaker 3: and soaps they upset the vaginal pH and also soaps
Speaker 3: can be quite harsh and very drying, so obviously that's
Speaker 3: not what we want going on down there. I do
Speaker 3: think using moisturizers and lotions is probably more of an
Speaker 3: American thing, which to like grab the lotion. I hate
Speaker 3: that I just said that, but that's I don't think
Speaker 3: it's a really an Australian thing.
Speaker 2: No.
Speaker 3: Massage oil is another one, because it can upset the
Speaker 3: imbalances down there, and also because it's oil based, so
Speaker 3: if you're using regular latex condoms they will erode through,
Speaker 3: which is obviously bad for STIs. And then vasolene, which
Speaker 3: is quite Australian and very puberty blues era, but I
Speaker 3: think some people probably still use it in the bedroom,
Speaker 3: and you shouldn't use that for the same reason as
Speaker 3: massage oils, because it's quite it's oil based, but also
Speaker 3: because it's very thick and hard to remove, so it
Speaker 3: can lead to infections and things like bacterial vaginosis, which
Speaker 3: no one wants.
Speaker 2: Well, that's a great little reminder.
Speaker 1: Thankfully, due to the sexual Wellness Revolution, we've got so
Speaker 1: many more loubs going around, especially ones that are designed
Speaker 1: particularly for women's volves and vaginas, and I think it's
Speaker 1: wonderful that there's so many.
Speaker 2: Out there rather than just the one that you used
Speaker 2: to be able to get. It will worse ll calls.
Speaker 3: I agree. And there's also been a bit of a
Speaker 3: like skin terrification of loubes as well, things like lovers Loube,
Speaker 3: which is really good and it actually has like skin
Speaker 3: care like ingredients in it which are meant to improve
Speaker 3: the health of your vagina rather than cause issues.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that story.
Speaker 1: Thanks for reminding us of the importance of lube.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're so welcome. Sorry if it was traumatizing, but
Speaker 3: I do think it's important.
Speaker 2: I liked it.
Speaker 1: Now I want to have you had this some Well
Speaker 1: it's a hashtag, this term called rejection therapy.
Speaker 3: I haven't heard of it, but I'm it sounds awful.
Speaker 1: Okay, Well, it's had more than fifty five million posts
Speaker 1: on TikTok and I can't stop watching them. It's literally
Speaker 1: your worst nightmare come true. Basically, it's a hashtag that
Speaker 1: features cringe worthy videos where people put themselves in situations
Speaker 1: that are just so embarrassing. If I was in that situation,
Speaker 1: I would be sweating. Basically, the goal is to break
Speaker 1: their fear of being rejected, so and as they get
Speaker 1: ignored or laughed at.
Speaker 2: Or sight eyed or whatever.
Speaker 1: They hope to reduce the feelings of social anxiety and sensitivity.
Speaker 1: So an example a few examples that I saw on
Speaker 1: TikTok asking a barista for a free coffee. No, lying
Speaker 1: down in the middle of the busy street doing yoga.
Speaker 2: No.
Speaker 1: So they're just orc moments.
Speaker 3: That's my nightmare fuel.
Speaker 1: Although there was one where a girl applied to Harvard
Speaker 1: as a joke thinking she get rejected, but she ended
Speaker 1: up being waitlisted, so.
Speaker 2: There are some good ones.
Speaker 1: It's just basically people getting turned down in pretty painful ways.
Speaker 1: I mean the takeaway for these people who are doing
Speaker 1: it as saying that they're getting rejected is really as
Speaker 1: bad as you imagine it to be. And even when
Speaker 1: it is, you will live to see another day, and
Speaker 1: getting rejected makes you stronger. It takes the sting out
Speaker 1: of things next time. So it's not actually an official
Speaker 1: psychological treatment, but it is based on the anxiety management
Speaker 1: technique called exposure therapy.
Speaker 2: Would you do it?
Speaker 3: I would never. I would never. My fear of rejection
Speaker 3: is so high I just I couldn't. But I do
Speaker 3: like the rationale behind it. I think it's great to
Speaker 3: face your fears and realize that when the worst happens,
Speaker 3: that sometimes it's not as bad as you think it'll be. Yeah, exactly,
Speaker 3: I like you filming one of those videos, and I
Speaker 3: won't be putting myself in those situations. Thanks well.
Speaker 1: As you say, they're pretty low rest situations. So if
Speaker 1: you do want to step out of your comfort zone,
Speaker 1: so to speak, you want to boost your confidence and
Speaker 1: take risks. And I also spotted a video on TikTok
Speaker 1: of Harry Gar's side. He did this one hundred days Challenged,
Speaker 1: so and you know what, we had him on the
Speaker 1: podcast last year, and I wouldn't put it past him.
Speaker 1: I can imagine him doing this kind of.
Speaker 3: Thing for sure. He's great with that sort of thing.
Speaker 3: The uncomfortable challenges is that what he calls them?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he does something like that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm good for him. I'm glad you're doing it
Speaker 3: to him.
Speaker 1: Just quickly before we go, give us a quick rundown
Speaker 1: of the most clicked story of the week.
Speaker 3: Most clicked story was adding this one thing to your
Speaker 3: diet could help you live longer. It's funny. We were
Speaker 3: talking just before we started about how much people are
Speaker 3: talking about longevity.
Speaker 2: At the moment obsessed, everyone.
Speaker 3: Obsessed, and everyone in our emails is obsessed with longevity too.
Speaker 3: So it's good to see that this one has resonated
Speaker 3: with people online. So have you got any guesses of
Speaker 3: what you think this one thing could be? Please?
Speaker 1: Okay, it must be if I'm thinking of like the
Speaker 1: blue zones, it's got to be about a blue zone somewhere,
Speaker 1: so somewhere that where people live most amount of people
Speaker 1: live over one hundred yep.
Speaker 2: Close, yeah, okay, give us more.
Speaker 3: Okay, I'll just tell you it's actually small fish like
Speaker 3: in the blue zones. It's like Scandinavia is a blue zone, right.
Speaker 1: No, well, Ikiara in the Mediterranean. Oh sorry, that's in Japan.
Speaker 1: Sardinia in Mediterranean, so yeah, Japan.
Speaker 3: Okay, a lot of fish going on in the med too. Yeah,
Speaker 3: so actually small fish that includes things like mackerel, whitebait,
Speaker 3: and sardines. And there was a new study out of
Speaker 3: Japan that looked at how often people aged thirty five
Speaker 3: to sixty nine ate these small fish, and it found
Speaker 3: that women who ate them at least one to three
Speaker 3: times a month were less likely to die from cancer
Speaker 3: and other causes compared to women who rarely consume them.
Speaker 3: So this is your sign to add some anchovies to
Speaker 3: your goal lunch this weekend, or stick some sardines in
Speaker 3: a snack box.
Speaker 2: What about someone your birthday cake?
Speaker 3: I'll say no again, once again me rejecting advice on
Speaker 3: this podcast. Yeah no, I think I'll stick to cake today.
Speaker 3: Maybe some of anchovies at dinner.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I like it anyway, Halley, you thank you for
Speaker 1: joining us this week on Healthy.
Speaker 3: Thank you bye.
Speaker 1: Well, if you want to know more about that longevity
Speaker 1: study or anything else we discussed, I will leave links
Speaker 1: to the stories in these show notes. If you did it,
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