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  1. Thank you Prof Spector- interesting that the Omicron cases are climbing again, expected with children returning to school.. As you said, we must learn to live with it and act responsibly. Noted. Appreciate the weekly bulletins you and your team collate - that for me is the source of data I listen to. I avoid the media as too confusing.
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  2. So please Tim and the Zoe team have taken this up, thank you.
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  3. I have been an amateur sleep researcher for decades as I have seen for myself the profound affects of sleep deprivation. Young children, snoring husband, mismatched sleep requirements have had an extremely detrimental affect on me and I have to say I have had no help from my GPs over the years. After following various podcasts and buyiing a few books I now sleep very well at 67 by taking the advice that you have reiterated here. Having my own cool, dark bedroom and not being awakened by a husband at 2.30am every night as hes an “Owl” type while Im a “Lark” type has been the greatest boon which has dramatically changed my life. We are a much happier couple now than at any time in our 47 years of marriage. Thank you so much for this information, keep it coming and I for one, will keep putting it into practice.
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  4. An OBE couldn't be more deserved. Congratulations. As always you have provided a clear and precise summary of the current situation. Thank you.
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  5. It's been an honour to be involved. It's been good for my sanity, to feel like I'm doing something to help. X love to ZOE and everyone who reports in. Happy 2022!
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  6. This is really exciting and reassuring. I’ve been contributing since the beginning and I really really Trust You and your team. I believe you will continue to make a massive difference to our overall physical and mental health. Fantastic news!
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  7. Good advice on the LFT - my wife recently held her book clubs Christmas get together. All 6 of them ( all triple jabbed) did a LFT on the late afternoon before the event. 👍
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  8. Love it when specialists tell me that my addiction is actually healthy
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  9. Thanks Claire, you are MUCH better than a stand-in, I hope to see much more of you!
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  10. I'm stopping smoking im on my 8 week now and already feeling the benifits and eating healthy and taking care of my family 🙂
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  11. I'm telling everyone about the Zoe symptoms list, doing my best to educate as many as I can. I'm secretary of our local WI and am putting a poster up at each meeting, and emailing round before the meeting with the top 5 symptoms to be aware of. Thanks for all you are doing.
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  12. Thank you all so much - I am doing the Zoe intermittent fasting and as I am retired found using the spare morning time before my first meal at around 11 a.m. to do food planning and preparation such as a batch cook or fermenting, it gives me a challenge as I live alone. I am so grateful for all this useful support and I am more energetic.
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  13. As always so grateful for your updates and your ongoing studies and reporting
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  14. Tim, your mum must be incredibly proud of you. I hope you get to visit and hug her really soon. And as always thankyou for the evidence based information/ update. Looking forward to supporting ongoing health research.
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  15. Thank you Tim and everyone involved with Zoe! Having access to reliable data is even more important in light the recent changes to public testing easements.
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  16. Really enjoyed this. Thank you. We are in our early 70's and both still very active. We believe a long, fast walk daily of vital importance. Use it or lose it! We have been whole food plant based eaters for 10 years now and feel the benefits. We take no meds whatsoever and keep our brains active daily. Hoping to go into an even more active and healthy 'third age' ;)
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  17. Thank you so much as always...how amazing that your the only study to continue over this vital period. We hope you have a well deserved rest Tim and the rest of the Zoe team. Thank you for such wonderful data, reassurance and insight!
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  18. I had C19 around 8 weeks ago, 4 months after my second jab. Symptoms were catarrh, slight sore throat, dry rather than sore, and a slight headache - symptoms evident a day before testing positive (Day 1 lateral flow was negative). Without Zoe I would have assumed these symptoms were just a cold, with potentially dire consequences for a frail, elderly relative.
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  19. Very disappointed with the removal of funding. At least someone cares about us and COVID, thank you.
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  20. Dr Li is by far the best at explaining complicated all things medical so the average person can understand
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  21. Finally!! Thank you ZOE for inviting Dr. Mary Claire Haver!
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  22. Dreadfully disappointing news for such a great project that has done so much over the past two years. Considering the huge amounts of money wasted with PPE contracts this is nothing short of scandalous. ZOE has done much to correct the Govt statistics - for that alone you deserve continued funding.
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  23. And it only takes less than a minute to report each day. It's been a daily anchor against anxiety. Thank you Tim Spector for all your calming reassurance in 2020.
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  24. Definitely staying with ZOE… really believe in your ethos.
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  25. This is an absolute shocking decision by our so-called government. Throughout the pandemic, they have put money before health constantly. I will continue to support Zoe, and I am looking forward to the new health studies.
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  26. Much appreciate your work and scholarship. Personally, i would rather get the antibodies via a vaccine than via the disease along with the possible permanent damage it may do to my body.
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  27. Summary of Tim's tips: 1. Try and eat 30 different plants a week. This includes nuts, seeds and herbs. 2. Pick foods high in polyphenols that gives them their bright colours. This includes nuts and seeds, berries, dark chocolate, coffee and even red wine. (yay!) 3. Try some fermented foods every day to boost your gut microbes. 4. Avoid ultra processed foods. Now where's that jar of Sauerkraut I got and never opened....? Thanks team, very informative.
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  28. Timecodes: 00:56 New cases in the UK this week 02:43 UK active cases per 100K by region 04:04 Newly sick contributors by region 04:35 % of Omicron cases in the UK 04:56 Forecasting in England of Omicron cases with doubling time of 3 days 05:13 Regional forecasting of Omicron cases with doubling time of 3 days 07:20 Discussion on Zoe Omicron survey recently carried out 07:56 Breakthrough infections in the triple vaccinated 08:51 Top five symptoms (of Omicron) 10:39 Incidence by age group 11:09 Daily new confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people (International) 12:40 Discussion on data re: vaccine boosters 14:19 Discussion on vaccine booster side-effects 15:54 COVID and cold-like illness incident rate (%) 17:20 Conclusion
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  29. Dr Li is my favorite Zoe guest.
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  30. So helpful to have these updates setting out the data and the implications - thank you
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  31. Thanks for another great, informative video. I’ve been following this study for quite a while, though I do not live in the UK, because I think it provides an accurate picture of what is happening, or in some cases will happen, throughout the world. I hope you continue the invaluable work you’re doing.
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  32. I’m so glad I found you, I am going through a diabetic crisis. I’m trying to find a way to stop all the highs and spikes. This has helped me tremendously. I see a difference this morning when I add a vegetable to my morning meal and ate that first then walked for ten minutes after. I still have a lot of work to do, but today I feel better about things. Thank you all.
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  33. Zoe is doing brilliant, innovative work. I was a Biomedical Scientist for 40 years, and it's great to see your type of scientific work getting the recognition it thoroughly deserves. Keep it up Tim!
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  34. What a fascinating interview. As a perimenopausal woman I can testify that I cannot metabolise foods in the same way. I am definitely going to try out some of the hacks re the order in which to eat certain foods. Keep up the great work!
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  35. The government will always take a short term perspective and therefore miss the value of studies such as Zoe. I'm sorry this has happened. For as long as Zoe is around and continues to both be simple to complete and provide data back out to us, I will continue to support Zoe with my health data! You have helped me more than you can know through this pandemic and I look forward to helping with other health studies in the future!
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  36. Because of being part of the zoe app, when my son felt headachey and unwell I was much more alert to the possibility of him having covid- which he did. This was important as he may have unwittingly been a link in contact to a v elderly member of wider family. I just would not have thought to get him testsed without the knowledge of the wide range of symptoms. So many thanks.
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  37. Good to see you and hear you. You never over reach which is such a pleasure these days. Even the people we all like are all clutching at straws trying to look into the future. And people follow them hoping to have thier views confirmed. Yours is good well balanced stuff.
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  38. Thanks for the inspiration Tim, I’m very busy so I love how you’re meals are simple as I just don’t have the time or patience to follow long complicated recipes, and I have pretty much all those items in the fridge, great video 👍
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  39. Glad to see you're feeling better, Tim and thank you and your team once again for keeping us so well informed.
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  40. Being part of the Zoe research, albeit at such a basic level, has made me feel as if I wasn't just a passive recipient, it has made feel a bit more positive. Thank you!
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  41. Thank you for such an informative and no nonsense channel. I wish it was you in charge Tim. Totally agree with you, why wait for the system to be on the brink of collapse before making a move!?
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  42. Great discussion thanks. I particularly appreciated the fact that Sarah and Tim did not agree on everything, this is what you'd expect from scientists. Also liked that Sarah chimed in with her experience of trying to make healthy choices when you have children, and that compromises are necessary sometimes.
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  43. I've had tinnitus for 25 months after getting Covid in March 2020. Always knew it was Covid, but people would say it was just stress of lockdown. Watching this was an emotional moment for me. Finally! Tinnitus is being recognised as a symptom and a chronic symptom of long covid. Thank you Tim Spector.
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  44. Brilliant podcast - supporting all I've been doing since being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in January this year. I reversed my HbA1c from 225 to 49 within 3 months and am diet controlled only. The hacks are the icing on my cakes (that I no longer crave or eat!! 😄) Thank you team.
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  45. Very professional and Ben was first class - so many questions answered - didn’t want it to end! Thanks for hosting and Ben for top rate knowledge and clear, yet detailed education. 👍
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  46. Fantastic news, looking forward to the studies of the future, well done to you and the team for your pioneering work 👍
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  47. Really a shame to see funding denied. Westill need Covid data especially if Gov data is not going to give it. Zoe has been so much better all around for informing the people. Hope we can continue anyway. 🍐🍃🌳🍃🍐
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  48. Finally, an honest, scientific-based, true facts, health talk about cholesterol from REAL EXPERTS with NO SELF SERVING INTEREST but just to HELP people improve their health. This is my 3rd episode to watch in this channel. I am a Nutritionist-Dietitian, I enjoy your talks. Continue to spread the true facts. You are helping a lot of people.
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  49. Shocking decision by the government but I will be staying with Zoe..
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  50. I read Spoon Fed directly as a result of seeing it on your bookshelf behind you. It’s a truly excellent book, with lots of thought-provoking information about the food we eat, as a result of which I’ve changed several things about my diet and lost quite a bit of weight. I just wanted to say thank you, and to let you know your discreet bit of self-promotion worked 😊
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