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Emily Leeming
Food and Nutrition
Dr Emily Leeming helps organisations improve workplace wellbeing through gut health and nutrition science. A registered dietitian and King's College London researcher, she translates cutting-edge microbiome science into practical strategies, with media reach spanning the BBC, The Guardian, and The Sunday Times.
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Dr Emily Leeming started out cooking as a private chef on superyachts before the science bug took hold. That path, from professional kitchen to research lab, shapes her work today and her guiding belief that healthy eating should be simple and taste good.
Emily is a registered dietitian and research scientist at King's College London. She holds a BSc in Nutrition, an MSc in Dietetics, and a PhD in nutrition and the gut microbiome. Her research includes the EAT-FIBRE study, part of Cancer Grand Challenges Team PROSPECT, a Harvard University-led global research programme.
Emily’s book Genius Gut was published in 2024, followed by Fibre Power in 2026. She writes a weekly newsletter, Second Brain, on gut health and nutrition and contributes regularly to the BBC, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, and The Guardian. She is also a columnist for The Daily Mail. Her media work spans television and radio, keynote stages, a TEDx talk, and high-profile podcast appearances, making her one of the most visible science communicators working in nutrition today.
Emily's dual background in professional cooking and clinical research gives her something rare: the ability to translate complex gut health science into food choices people will actually make. Her work connects laboratory findings to everyday eating, removing the gap between what the evidence says and what ends up on our plates.
Audiences leave her sessions with a clear understanding of how gut health affects energy, mood, and long-term wellbeing, practical ways to improve their diet without having to overhaul it entirely, and the confidence that eating well really can be simple.
Book Emily when you need complex science made genuinely accessible, and a speaker who leaves audiences not just informed, but ready to act.
Dr Emily Leeming's background as a research scientist at King's College London and as a trained chef gives her the ability to close the gap between clinical evidence and practical eating behaviour. Her work on the EAT-FIBRE study and her role in the Harvard-led PROSPECT programme mean the science she brings to the stage is genuinely cutting-edge.
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Emily Leeming draws on her dual background as a former professional chef and research scientist to translate gut microbiome findings into practical dietary guidance, grounding scientific evidence in cooking knowledge to show audiences what the research means for everyday food choices.
Dr Emily Leeming PhD RD speaks on gut health science, the relationship between diet and the microbiome, and translating nutrition research into practical food choices. She is a registered dietitian and research scientist at King's College London, where her work includes the EAT-FIBRE study as part of the Harvard University-led Cancer Grand Challenges Team PROSPECT, and she is the author of Genius Gut (2024) and Fibre Power (2026).
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