Dr Jeff Foster

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There’s a difference between being magnesium-deficient and being a bit magnesium suboptimal. Most of the men I see taking magnesium supplements aren’t actually deficient. The only condition with solid evidence for supplementing is migraine, where it does seem to help. For everything else, food does the job. Nuts, leafy greens, bananas, beans. If you still feel off after that, go and get a blood test before you spend any more on capsules. #menshealth #magnesium #supplements

Comment ‘Obesity’ and we’ll DM you the full episode links! Obesity Scientist: The One Thing I Didn’t Like About Fasting Professor Giles Yeo shared why intermittent fasting as a weight loss method fails for him and so many others to leading men’s health specialist Dr Jeff Foster. The full episode is now available on all platforms!

Comment ‘Obesity’ and we’ll DM you the full episode links! Obesity Scientist Reveals How Food Has Changed For The Worse World-leading scientist Professor Giles Yeo explains to leading men’s health specialist Dr Jeff Foster how food has evolved and why there has been a sharp rise in ultra-processed foods causing a global obesity crisis. Watch our full episode with Giles on all platforms, available now!

Americans love the word cholesterol. They’re also more scared of it than they need to be. It’s become this big, terrifying thing in the wellness world, especially in the States. Your body needs cholesterol. Your liver makes it for a reason. It’s what you use to produce hormones, bile, vitamin D, and plenty of stuff you can’t function properly without. We just don’t need very much of it, and modern food has it everywhere. Thousands of years ago, you’d have had to hunt something like a sabertooth tiger and eat the fat off it to get a decent amount, and that would last you ages. Now it’s in almost everything you eat without you even thinking about it. This is also where the statin debate comes in. I hear it constantly. People worry they’re dangerous, or think they can just cut every bit of fat out of their diet instead. The evidence doesn’t back either of those up. You could drop dietary cholesterol to nearly zero and your liver would still make enough. If a doctor’s told you you need a statin, take the statin. Don’t talk yourself out of it. #menshealth #cholesterol #statins #NHSdoctor

Comment ‘Obesity’ and we’ll DM you the full episode links! Obesity Scientist: Is Weight Just Genetic? Leading men’s health specialist Dr Jeff Foster asks top obesity scientist Professor Giles Yeo how much of weight is genetic vs lifestyle. Watch our new brilliant Man Alive episode with Professor Yeo, out now everywhere!

Comment ‘Obesity’ and we’ll DM you the full episode links! Obesity Scientist Answers Rapid-Fire Questions Tomorrow, on the Man Alive podcast, leading men’s health specialist Dr Jeff Foster hosts top obesity scientist Professor Giles Yeo for a masterclass on diets, calorie myths, weight loss and obesity. Make sure you’re following us on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts so you don’t miss it.

Comment ‘Wizard’ and we’ll DM you the full episode links! Medical Doctor & Phelps Brothers Attempt To Diagnose Harry Potter Characters Leading men’s health specialist Dr Jeff Foster teams up with Ollie & James Phelps - known for playing the Weasley twins on Harry Potter - to compare their blood tests and try to guess what medical ailments Harry Potter characters have on our most recent episode of Man Alive, out now on all platforms.

There’s roughly a three year window from the onset of erectile dysfunction to a cardiovascular event. Angina, heart attack, stroke. The artery that supplies the penis is almost identical to the ones supplying your heart. So if something is going wrong down there, the same thing is likely going wrong up here. Don’t ignore it and just buy something online. Get it tested properly. #menshealth #erectiledysfunction #NHSdoctor #cardiovascularhealth

Comment ‘Wizard’ and we’ll DM you the full episode links! Ollie & James Phelps (known for playing the Weasley twins in Harry Potter) reveal who the healthiest actors on the Harry Potter set. Leading men’s health specialist Dr Jeff Foster compared Ollie & James’s blood test results and more on our most recent episode of the Man Alive podcast - out now on all platforms.

Comment ‘Wizard’ and we’ll DM you the full episode links! Harry Potter’s Weasley Twins go head to head in a game of “Medical or Magic”. Who is better at guessing whether a term is a Harry Potter spell or a medical term? Interested to find out how blood test results compared between some of the world’s most famous twins? Find out this and much more about the life and health of Harry Potter stars by watching our newest MAN ALIVE episode, available on all platforms tomorrow!

Comment ‘Wizard’ and we’ll DM you the full episode links! Harry Potter’s Fred and George Weasley finally settle the debate on who’s the healthier twin. Turns out years of Honeydukes visits leave a mark. Harry Potter’s Weasley twins get into their history with sweet treats, weight gain, and whether either of them can actually claim the healthy one title. Watch the full MAN ALIVE episode, out now on all platforms.