13 Science-Backed Health and Wellness Podcasts You Can Trust

A weekly podcast by the BBC, All Hail Kale digs into one wellness-related topic per week to find out whether it has any scientific merit. To date, it's covered everything from narcissism to vitamins and even whether you should raise your baby vegan.

Listen to All Hail Kale here.

Hidden Brain is an NPR podcast led by American journalist Shankar Vedantam that mixes science with storytelling to explore human behaviour, what drives us, and what shapes our choices.

Listen to Hidden Brain here.

Alie Ward — the host of Ologies — is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning science correspondent whose podcast isn't limited to health but explores all aspects of science. Every episode is extremely interesting (if not weird and wonderful), and you'll find topics like Lyme disease, bleach, plus post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and blood sugar.

Listen to Ologies here.

A medical doctor with over 16 years of industry experience, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee is spreading his wealth of knowledge as widely as possible. Not only did he create his podcast, Feel Better, Live More, but he also wrote a book (Feel Better in 5) and is on the BBC One series Doctor in the House.

Listen to Feel Better, Live More here.

In Stuff Mom Never Told You, hosts Anney and Samantha explore what it means to identify as female through research-backed conversations about feminism.

Listen to Stuff Mom Never Told You here.

Covering topics like how to be less hard on yourself and how to make time for happiness, The Science of Happiness provides actionable strategies (all science-backed, of course) to achieve these goals. It's also a coproduction between PRI and UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, and it is hosted by award-winning professor Dacher Keltner.

Listen to The Science of Happiness here.

Dr. Rupy Aujla is a medical doctor who firmly believes in the medicinal effects of eating well. He was inspired to start The Doctor's Kitchen when he helped to heal himself with lifestyle changes in 2011 after a health scare and now shares his message on his BBC show, Cooking in the Doctor's Kitchen, and his podcast The Doctor's Kitchen. Plus, Dr. Aujla is creating the UK's first "Culinary Medicine" course accredited by the Royal College of General Practice for doctors and health professionals.

Listen to The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast here.

Husband-and-wife duo Dani and Julie Foucher are both board-certified medical doctors who're in constant pursuit to bridge the gap between fitness and medicine. In this podcast, Julie and Dani interview doctors, nutrition specialists, personal trainers, and more.

Listen to Pursuing Health With Drs. Julie and Dani here.

Christy Harrison is a registered dietitian, and in her weekly podcast, Food Psych, she interviews psychologists, antidiet activists, medical professionals, and leaders of the body-positivity movement. Listen to this one if you want to learn more about intuitive eating, breaking free of diet culture, and how to make peace with food.

Listen to Food Psych Podcast With Christy Harrison here.

Covering everything from sex to relationships and mental-health disorders, BBC's Life Hacks is a weekly podcast that answers all the questions you're too scared to ask.

Listen to BBC's Life Hacks here.

Esther Perel is a Belgian psychotherapist who believes in the transformative power of human connection. In her latest podcast series, Where Should We Begin?, Perel dives "into the antechamber of intimate moments" by interviewing a variety of couples.

Listen to Where Should We Begin? here.

Katy Bowman is a biomechanist, and her podcast explores "how movement affects not only the shapes of our bodies but the shape of our life." She covers everything from the process of grieving a loved one to the benefits of walking and how social media is shaping our relationships.

Listen to Move Your DNA here.

Dr. Hazel Wallace is an Irish medical doctor who works for the NHS in London. Her podcast, The Food Medic, is currently in its third season and covers a range of health topics (not just relating to nutrition). Think body image, how food affects your mood, and what hypothalamic amenorrhoea is. She also answers the age-old question: is butter a carb?

Listen to The Food Medic Podcast by Dr. Hazel Wallace here.