14/05/2026
Flying high and quietly celebrating a fabulous day at the NED Science Forum whilst en route home. A view that never fails to calm and help reflect.
Firstly, what a privilege to present at the Royal Society of Medicine as part of the panel talking preventative health, genetics and wearables. I couldn’t have wished for better company, and my thanks and gratitude to the NED Editorial Board.
Secondly, what a difference a year makes.
Call me an optimist but there is a distinct shift in conversations about preventative health and the role of nutrition and lifestyle within it.
Change can only take flight if we challenge current definitions and stop normalising poor healthcare and poor health outcomes.
Prevention - originates from the Latin praevenire meaning “to come or go before, to anticipate”
Prevention = is therefore the act of stopping something—typically something bad, harmful, or undesirable—from happening.
Earlier diagnosis is not prevention. It has already happened.
For the NHS Ten Year Plan to truly promote preventative health it might consider a definition reframe and revised strategy at first point of contact - Primary Care Networks - who are perfectly primed for prevention.
I await the day when we see nutrition practitioners in every GP surgery and prevention medicine being delivered ‘before’ the event.
And finally...
The beauty of wearables is they tell it as it is.
With 2 flights in 2 days, my body is feeling the strain. My Whoop concurs.
Health tech is a window into prevention.
An early night and restorative sleep for me.
