If you’re over 40, inflamed, frustrated and stuck despite “eating healthy” – this episode is for you.

If you're not stuck, but want to be proactive about your health, sharpen your decision-making, and enjoy a good myth-bust – you'll get a lot out of this too.

I’m joined by Jieun Wrigley – a former Goldman Sachs analyst and financial journalist who’s now a functional nutritionist helping people finally figure out why they’re not getting better.

We dive into:

• The real reason diets fail (and what to focus on instead)

• Why your cholesterol isn't the enemy

• What inflammation really is – and how to bring it down

• Jieun’s take on Ozempic and modern weight loss drugs

• Whether supplements are actually worth it

• Foods she calls “biohacks” that beat the pills

• And a rapid-fire myth-busting round that hits everything from seed oils to keto to HIIT

It’s an honest, common-sense chat between two people who’ve tried the conventional stuff, found it didn’t work – and decided to look deeper.

👇 Timestamps below

INTRO & BACKSTORY

00:00 – Meet Jieun – from finance to functional nutrition

04:56 – Alex’s health crash: what forced him to rethink everything

MYTH-BUSTING THE MEDICAL MODEL

05:44 – Are you really going to die from high cholesterol?

07:44 – Who Jieun works with – and why they come to her when nothing else works

FOOD, FAMILY & FOUNDATIONS

18:45 – Fibre, taste buds and fixing your food foundations

22:54 – Why “treats” are messing with your mindset

REAL WEIGHT LOSS & METABOLIC HEALTH

25:40 – Want to lose weight? Focus on inflammation instead

29:48 – Jieun’s take on Ozempic: useful tool or trap?

35:59 – The omega-6 problem and how it’s keeping you inflamed

TOOLS, SUPPLEMENTS & UPGRADES

42:40 – Should you take supplements or not? Jieun weighs in

44:24 – The foods Jieun calls “biohacks” (that actually work)

QUICK FIRE & WRAP-UP

49:25 – Quick Fire Round: Intermittent fasting, seed oils, sugar, keto, paleo, HIIT and the news

53:28 – Jieun’s top 3 health tips for midlife transformation