The Science of Eating for a Lifetime of Health with Dr Federica Amati

Power Hour

Adrienne Herbert

Society & Culture

4.8 • 713 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this conversation, Dr. Federica Amati, head nutritionist at ZOE, discusses her journey into nutrition science and public health, emphasising the importance of prevention in healthcare. She highlights the rise of chronic diseases and the need for personalised nutrition, while addressing misconceptions about alcohol and the impact of ultra-processed foods.

Adrienne and Dr. Fede Amati delve into the critical importance of fiber in our diets, the role of whole foods, and practical strategies for healthy snacking. They discuss the significance of personalized nutrition and how technology, like ZOE, can help individuals track their health metrics.

Dr Fede’s approach focuses on improving overall dietary quality following the principles of evidence-based, personalised nutrition science for health and disease prevention throughout the lifecourse. Dr Federica Amati holds a PhD in Clinical Medicine Research from Imperial College London, has a masters in Public Health and is an Association for Nutrition (AfN) Registered Nutritionist (RNutr).

Dr Amati works as Head Nutritionist and Head of Science Communications for personalised health company, ZOE. She works clinically as the Head of Nutrition Science for WellFounded Health. Alongside her research and nutrition work, Federica has written two books, Recipes for a Better Menopause and Every Body Should Know This.

Her book Every Body Should Know This: The Science of Eating for a Lifetime of Health is available in stores and online now, and you can follow Dr Amati @dr.fede.amati.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Power Hour. I'm Adrienne Herbert, wellness coach, international speaker and author.
0:10.8	Each week I speak to a variety of guests from business founders to Olympic athletes, leading coaches,
0:16.6	change makers and innovators to find out their daily habits, their rules to live by and what
0:22.5	motivates them to get up out of bed each day. Personally, I am on a mission to encourage, motivate and
0:29.3	inspire so I hope that the Power Hour will help you to achieve your personal and professional goals.
0:36.9	Welcome back to the Power Hour podcast. Today I'm joined by the head
0:41.0	nutritionist at Zoe, an author of Everybody Should Know This, Dr Federica Amati. Welcome to the podcast.
0:48.2	Thank you so much for having me. It's great to be here. I'm really looking forward to getting
0:52.4	into all of my questions today. There are so many things
0:55.5	that I want to talk to you about. I've worked in the well-being industry myself for over a decade,
1:00.5	and so I've seen lots of different things when it comes to nutrition, when it comes to, I suppose,
1:06.4	public perception of different guidelines, different trends, different diets. There's so much
1:11.3	information. And so on this podcast, obviously, I love to dive in with experts like yourself
1:16.3	to kind of, I guess, decode some of that, but also to learn some really practical and actionable
1:22.7	things. I'm all about taking action. So yeah, hopefully today there'll be loads of things in there that our listeners can
1:29.1	kind of take away and hopefully action into their own lives.
1:32.4	Yeah, definitely.
1:33.2	It's sort of pointless doing science if you can't do anything with it.
1:37.2	So I'm very keen on the actionable advice.
1:40.0	Awesome.
1:40.6	Okay, well, let's start at the beginning.
1:42.3	So I'd love to know what motivated you to dedicate your career to nutrition science and public health, because I know I didn't even list all of the letters on your name. I know that you've done so much, you know, in academia, so much studying to be where you are now. So what, yeah, what was kind of the motivation to dedicate your whole career to nutrition science and public health?
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