The role of food in health | Dr Rupy Aujla | TEDxBristol

The role of food in health | Dr Rupy Aujla | TEDxBristol

“The biggest impact on your health is not with a blockbuster drug, it’s not with a new pioneering surgical technique, it’s with the simplest solution. It’s how we feed ourselves”.

Dr Rupy Aujla is an NHS doctor who believes modern medicine is fundamentally missing a focus on nutritional medicine. Despite diet being an essential ingredient to our well-being, medical students in the UK often receive just a few hours training in nutrition.

Rupy’s TEDx talk explores the medicinal effects of different ingredients and debunks some common ‘diets’, focusing on how we can make ‘culinary medicine’ rather than fad diets the default option.

Rupy founded ‘Culinary Medicine’ – a non-profit organisation – specifically to address this gap by teaching doctors and medical students the foundations of nutrition as well as teaching them how to cook.

In his role as clinical adviser to the Royal College of GP’s and more recently being accepted as a fellow on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme – Rupy has big aspirations to bring the concept of ‘Culinary Medicine’ to the profession globally.

Recently Rupy and the Culinary Medicine team have successfully taught Year 3 University of Bristol Medical students as part of their undergraduate training and they’re working with University College London to deliver a course to their students this year.

Rupy is equally passionate about sharing good nutritional advice and delicious healthy recipes with the general public via his company ‘The Doctor’s Kitchen’. He aims to inspire patients about the beauty of food and the amazing clinical research behind the ingredients he uses. He has two best-selling cookbooks – ‘The Doctor’s Kitchen’ and his second book ‘Eat to Beat Illness’ which was released in March 2019 and quickly became a Sunday Times Bestseller.

Credits:

Our talks and films are produced, filmed and edited by a brilliant team of talented volunteers and pro-bono partners:

Directed and Produced by Mel Rodrigues, Creative Director TEDxBristol

Production Manager: Clare Crossley

Filmed and edited by Floating Harbour:
Richard da Costa
Reuben Gaines
Chessie Sharman
Raph Watson
Tom Young
Ben Scrase
Dan O’Connell Dr Rupy Aujla is an NHS GP and founder of “The Doctor’s Kitchen” and the non-profit ‘Culinary Medicine UK’ – which aims to teach doctors and medical students the foundations of nutrition as well as teaching them how to cook.

In his role as clinical adviser to the Royal College of GP’s and more recently being accepted as a fellow on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme – Rupy has big aspirations to bring the concept of ‘Culinary Medicine’ to the profession globally.

Recently Rupy and the Culinary Medicine team have successfully taught Year 3 University of Bristol Medical students as part of their undergraduate training and they’re working with University College London to deliver a course to their students this year.

Rupy is equally passionate about sharing good nutritional advice and delicious healthy recipes with the general public via ‘The Doctor’s Kitchen’. He aims to inspire patients about the beauty of food and the amazing clinical research behind the ingredients he uses. He also has two best-selling cookbooks published by Harper Collins – ‘The Doctor’s Kitchen’ and his second book ‘Eat to Beat Illness’ which was released in March 2019 and quickly became a Sunday Times Bestseller. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

50 Comments

  1. Amos Emenike on April 26, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    Thank you Dr IGUDIA on YouTube the great traditional healer who cured my Diabetes disease with his herbs medication…



  2. Veena Acharya on April 26, 2022 at 6:43 pm

    He looks like Ranveer singh😁



  3. Miguel Angel on April 26, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    The scientific mountain adversely approve because bra evocatively share notwithstanding a kaput jeff. steep, brief trick



  4. Sheetal Kataria on April 26, 2022 at 6:47 pm

    Many studies have investigated meditation for different conditions, and there’s evidence that it may reduce blood pressure as well as symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and flare-ups in people who have had ulcerative colitis. Green essential and brahmi capsule form Planet Ayurveda can help you overcome the issues related to anxiety and stress.



  5. radhika losarwar on April 26, 2022 at 6:50 pm

    Very informative and helpful



  6. Injun Joe on April 26, 2022 at 6:50 pm

    What’s considered healthy foods, seem to change every few years. Experts swear each time, THIS diet is the healthiest. I’m waiting for the one that says beer and cigarettes, ice cream and cake is the one where you’ll live to be 150 years old.



  7. Lebana Mabes on April 26, 2022 at 6:52 pm

    The adorable agreement astonishingly desert because propane ignificantly communicate of a youthful twist. greedy, sick flax



  8. Travis Porter on April 26, 2022 at 6:53 pm

    I want to say a very big thank you to Dr okosun on YouTube for using his herbal product to cure me permanently from herpes, and also curing my niece from HIV, if you are out there suffering from any disease kindly search for Dr okosun on YouTube and get healed just as I.



  9. Yaha on April 26, 2022 at 6:54 pm

    Great talk and helpful insights from a doctor on food.



  10. jib lal gautam on April 26, 2022 at 6:56 pm

    Great doctor, welcome from Nepal



  11. t cb on April 26, 2022 at 6:56 pm

    So incredibly dissapointed to see this Dr who I have admired promote this vaccination for young adults . He can not therefore have seen the evidence from many scientists and Doctors notabky Dr Peter Mc Collough, it is simoky heart breaking. Sold out maybe for the sale if his books or can it be blamed on ignirance veey unlikely



  12. Surekha B on April 26, 2022 at 6:58 pm

    😢God bless u. Doctor talking about food v strange.. V v helpful



  13. Weight Loss Direct on April 26, 2022 at 7:02 pm

    We couldn’t agree more! Thank you for sharing!



  14. Sarah Caust on April 26, 2022 at 7:04 pm

    love u rupy!!



  15. Genghisnico13 on April 26, 2022 at 7:05 pm

    There are a couple of statements that are wrong, if you eat a diet high in vegetables containing oxalates you will have kidney problems, the same goes for high carbohydrates plant foods.



  16. Joseph Keller on April 26, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    The accurate cactus concurrently trot because pair syntactically carry per a lively party. quack, slim tent



  17. Suresh Sood on April 26, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    An eye opener.. Thank you Dr.



  18. James Hunt on April 26, 2022 at 7:08 pm

    AWESOME.



  19. Tarun Chauhan on April 26, 2022 at 7:09 pm

    Hi Everyone! The videos on ted talks are always superb and amazing, and I love to watch them. Also, after watching the videos on health, I started to find something reliable and natural to stay healthy, and I am so lucky to find Planet Ayurveda.



  20. Jeffrey Eddy on April 26, 2022 at 7:09 pm

    dr olu is all over .the world curing people from different ..types of disease and infection I was a patient of HSV2 since over 2years when a friend of mine directed. me to dr olu so i contact .him and he send me the medication now am cured totally thank you very much Dr olu i must tell the word how i get cure with your herbs



  21. Leslie Jordan on April 26, 2022 at 7:09 pm

    Hello everyone am here to inform the general public how Dr okosun on YouTube cured me permanently from my HSV 1&2 with the help of his herbal medication



  22. jerebuck on April 26, 2022 at 7:11 pm

    Well said: having spent some time in medical care, I became aware that it would be quite easy to go down with scurvy in an NHS hospital. Having asked someone to bring me some fruit, I was advised not to eat a grapefruit, it would interfere with a pill I had been prescribed. When I took a look at what this pill was, I noted its long list of side-effects – likely reaction to the toxins contained therein. Contraindications for grapefruit: nil. I ate the grapefruit and not the pill. After I got home – this was a heart triple by-pass surgery – I dumped all the medication they’d given me a week later and felt better the very next day. That was a couple of years ago. I haven’t touched a pill since, nor any junk food. I’m 72, fit and well.



  23. Scags on April 26, 2022 at 7:11 pm

    "I have 15 minutes to save your life" 16 actually



  24. Sarah Thomas on April 26, 2022 at 7:12 pm

    Hello everyone, I’m so happy because I am free from (HERPES) I have been suffering from herpes since the past three years now, and I have passed through many different processes in getting cured but nothing was working out. A friend of mine introduced me to a man called Dr. Abumere who sent me a herbal medicine which he prepared for me and told me to use the herbal medicine for 21 days which i did, and my life get transformed and everything is fine and okay with me. Till now I have been going for check up and it is now going to four months and I am still negative.Thanks once again Dr. Abumere may God bless your good works. so contact him today via email (doctorabumere6@gmail.com) you can also call or WhatsApp him on +2349021975055. …



  25. Sleep Smart Smash Stress on April 26, 2022 at 7:13 pm

    Food plays some part in health? I never knew that until now. Thanks for the info.



  26. Kevin Alisson on April 26, 2022 at 7:16 pm

    The shocking low dfly scribble because octagon presently spark with a miniature spike. precious, nice measure



  27. Neil De Silva on April 26, 2022 at 7:16 pm

    Medicine was INVENTED in India almost 5,000 years ago, BUT Hijacked by American Drug Dealers – who call themselves “Medical Doctors”! MOST Mental Illnesses were “CREATED” by “Medical Doctors” selling OPIOIDS to their Gullible Patients!



  28. Michelle S on April 26, 2022 at 7:18 pm

    I had a terrible struggle to get a blood test on the NHS my gp wasn’t too happy to send me for a cholesterol check its one thing trying to stay healthy by healthy eating and exercise, another to establish a base line when the NHS is not geared towards investing in prevention



  29. Marsha Malone-Thompson on April 26, 2022 at 7:20 pm

    Bless you for being a blessing. Revolutionizing medicine = true health care!



  30. larryjane on April 26, 2022 at 7:20 pm

    I watched this video twice. The first time was for the wonderful information. And second time was for the hot doctor.



  31. Buraitopengin on April 26, 2022 at 7:22 pm

    What was shocking when I went to the UK was the lack of fresh foods on the shelves.



  32. Roshad Hewa Kurunduge on April 26, 2022 at 7:22 pm

    Wow incredible. This is so true and thank you for supporting the community.



  33. Levi Pleger on April 26, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    1.7k likes??? that is crazy the whole fricken world needs to see this 5million likes at the least



  34. John Musgrove on April 26, 2022 at 7:25 pm

    Brilliant, great presentation and tremendous information on eating healthy. Following a carotid artery blockage followed by a stroke and resulting Carotid endarterectomy in 2018 I decided to find out more about diet and healthy eating. Since then I have lost 3.5 stone, eat a mostly plant based diet, control alcohol intake to 10 units per week and follow the brilliant advice of a lot of your guests on the Doctors Kitchen like Pro Tim Spector & Pro Robert Thomas.
    Thank you very much Dr Rupy.



  35. Annisa b on April 26, 2022 at 7:25 pm

    he is so handsome😍



  36. Aja Grace Estrada-Kissamitakis on April 26, 2022 at 7:26 pm

    FOOD IS MEDICINE!



  37. Shan Mar on April 26, 2022 at 7:27 pm

    bare fit



  38. Nasir Khan on April 26, 2022 at 7:27 pm

    I’m Giving Away FREE Copies of My New Keto Cookbook. Enjoy This Keto Bread Plus 100+ Other Delicious Keto Recipes. Link for free Book



  39. Patrick Johnson on April 26, 2022 at 7:29 pm

    Love doctor Rupy



  40. Dr. Seku Gathers on April 26, 2022 at 7:30 pm

    💯💯💯



  41. ndungu john mwangi on April 26, 2022 at 7:32 pm

    Thanks Dr good clean food is medicine



  42. Henry Gomez on April 26, 2022 at 7:32 pm

    The joyous saudi arabia outstandingly rule because babies complimentarily lighten than a hesitant foot. square, average chive



  43. Christine Fitzgerald on April 26, 2022 at 7:32 pm

    Thank you. I try, every day, to add, ‘just one (or three ) more’ to the point my recipes might be questioned but, who cares? Not me. I truly believe that we are the result of what we eat.



  44. Hey delight_ph on April 26, 2022 at 7:32 pm

    I saw an ad here in Youtube of a local department store offering discountts to those who will present a vaccination card.? Why arent they offering big discounts to their customers who are buying 50% or more of vegetables, fruits and other healthy products of their total purchases instead.? They know for a fact that prevention is better than solution or cure.
    Ive noticed in some supermarkets, they even price vegetables and fruits way too high than unhealthy products. If these people really are concern, they should promote and support healthy lifestyle because I think this is a wake up call to all of us, we need to change our ways of living…we need to eat healthy.



  45. Eric Anderson on April 26, 2022 at 7:33 pm

    I would add if cost is difficult to justify eating well/colorful grow what you can, you don’t need an expensive greenhouse/garden just some soil and a little knowledge. Great presentation.



  46. Tatyanah Hall on April 26, 2022 at 7:35 pm

    Hiya! This is really awesome! I’m fifteen, and going to try to start a better eating challenge with my friends! Wish me luck!!!
    Ps, love the accent… am I the only American on here?



  47. B R F C on April 26, 2022 at 7:36 pm

    Excellent talk that gets to root cause of disease. The challenge is to break the power of junk food sponsors in the meat and dairy industry who legitimise poor nutrition.



  48. Sunil Naphray on April 26, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    A doctor of the future 🙏🙏 thank you Dr Aujla. Culinary medicine is the future of medicine 🙏🙏



  49. Patsy M on April 26, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    Thank You. How I struggle with food! I have my Good Salad ready for lunch tomorrow. And yes I know how to make oatmeal. 😂



  50. Влад Бобров on April 26, 2022 at 7:38 pm

    Terrible to say that but only a few percent of population can afford to eat well, for others malnutrition is day by day reality even in the first world counties. If you don’t eat enough proteins food, meals with omega-3-6-9 lipids and your meals not diverse enough day-by-day you are from the second group.