Welcome to The Food Medic

We are your home for all things health, fitness, and nutrition, founded by Dr Hazel Wallace and backed by a team of health and wellness experts who believe in better – better answers, better health, and better ways of living.

Our Purpose.

We want you to think of us as your trusted friends sharing healthy insights and prescribing ways to live life to the fullest, fuelled with lots of delicious recipes, empowering workouts and self-love. All so that you can become the fittest and healthiest version of yourself and start living life to the fullest.

Our Story

The Food Medic story begins back in 2012 in Dr Hazels’ student kitchen at Cardiff University, Wales. As a recent graduate of Medical Sciences and a first-year Medical student, Hazel dreamed up The Food Medic “blog” in a bid to bridge the gap between conventional medicine and the latest research in nutrition and lifestyle.

Her passion for health promotion and prevention of disease developed after losing her father to a stroke at the age of 14, which led her on the path of becoming a doctor. Frustrated by the lack of education at medical school around nutrition and lifestyle in the management of conditions, like stroke and heart disease, Hazel decided to educate herself on these topics with the hopes of extending this support to her future patients.

And so, The Food Medic was born.

Over the years it has grown from a very basic WordPress blog to a combined community of over 1 million followers on social media, a number-one-rated health podcast, three best-selling books, an archive of hundreds of articles and nourishing recipes, and a team of experts who believe in better – better answers, better health, and better ways of living.

About Dr Hazel Wallace

Dr Hazel Wallace is the founder of The Food Medic, a medical doctor, registered associate nutritionist and personal trainer.

She is the author of the best-selling books; The Food Medic (2017), The Food Medic For Life (2018) and ‘The Female Factor: making women’s health count and what it means for you’ (2022). Her most recent book, The Female Factor, examines healthcare, diet and wellbeing through a female lens and using her expertise in nutrition, medicine, and wellness, Hazel provides methods for women to protect and maximise their health in positive and empowering steps, as well as expanding the definition of ‘women’s health’ from conditions that only affect reproductive organs, to the study of all aspects of health and disease.

Dr Hazel hosts the ‘The Food medic’ podcast where she interviews leading experts across the field of health and nutrition. The podcast is rated 5 stars on Apple podcasts and, in it’s current ninth season, has had up to 6 million downloads, reaching 184 countries.

As an interviewee herself Hazel regularly provides insight into nutrition on the radio and shows such as ITV’s Lorraine, and James Martin’s Saturday Kitchen. In the business community, Hazel is trusted as a consultant on workplace well-being and through her role on the Scientific advisory board for WHOOP where she works to enhance research and product innovation for improved holistic health outcomes. Put simply, Hazel is one of Britain and Ireland’s foremost health educators and a trusted advocate for evidence-based lifestyle and fitness practices, with a portfolio that spans print, podcasts and the public sphere.