A recent study claims that eating a hotdog reduces life expectancy by 38 minutes, and eating salmon could extend it by 70 minutes. At face value, this data implies you can eat your way to immortality. Taken with a pinch of salt, it suggests you can offset the harm from poor dietary choices. But does food really work this way?
In today’s short episode of ZOE ... Show More
Sep 24
Inside Tim Spector’s weekly food shop - 6 grocery rules to lower your blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart disease risk | Prof Tim Spector & Prof Sarah Berry
Supermarket shelves are full of foods promising to be healthy: high-protein, low-fat, gluten-free, sugar-free. How do you know what's true? Today, Professors Tim Spector and Sarah Berry, world-leading experts in nutrition and diet, share the six rules they use for their own weekl ... Show More
1h 2m
Sep 22
Most replayed moment: What your wearable is really telling you | Dr Malcolm Finlay
From smartwatches to fitness trackers, more of us than ever are monitoring our health in real time. With just a glance at our wrist, we can check our step count, sleep quality, heart rate and, more recently, something called HRV. But what do these numbers actually mean? And more ... Show More
14m 33s
Sep 17
Is your gut the secret to anti-aging? 6 science-backed ways to boost your bone strength, muscle, and balance | Prof Elaine Dennison
Picture the sound of a bone snapping - the kind of sound that makes you wince - and ask yourself how often you’ve thought about your bone health. Most of us only think about bone density when something breaks. Until then, your bones stay almost invisible, carrying you through eve ... Show More
55m 9s
Mar 2024
2507: Can You Enjoy Junk Food Without Sabotaging Your Health? by Emma Hogan of LesMills
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Episode 2507:
Emma Hogan of LesMills.com unveils the hidden truths about junk food and its surprising comparisons to so-called "hea ... Show More
9m 25s
Jan 2025
New year, new diet, live forever?
It’s that time of year again. If you’re changing things up, there’s a lot of diets out there that claim to help you live longer. Our friends at Today, Explained ask: How much of this is real and how much of it is nonsense?
Guests: Anahad O’Connor, health columnist at the Washingt ... Show More
25m 48s
Jul 2025
Fitter fat cells, and Earth spins slightly faster
This week, the cells that vanish when we slim down: are these the link between obesity and health problems like diabetes? Also, the bacteria that might be able to shield us from the "forever chemicals" we're all eating. Plus, why will 3 days over the next month be a millisecond s ... Show More
41m 40s