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Professor Tanya Byron and Alex Scott uncover the latest science on how to improve your mental health and wellbeing – and reveal some surprising new techniques.

2021
Mehreen Baig delves into the latest science on home fitness. She reveals why six minutes per week could be enough and why doing too much exercise might be dangerous.
Dr Ronx Ikharia presents the definitive guide, not only to defending yourself against Covid-19, but also boosting your strength for when the cold and flu season is upon us.
Episodes 2020
Michael Mosley and Mehreen Baig look at non-invasive procedures for the body, including fat freezing, fat heating and the growing use of anabolic steroids for body enhancement.
In this first of two episodes, Michael Mosley and Mehreen Baig investigate non-invasive facial procedures - and how they can go wrong.
In the UK, we eat over three million takeaways per day. Journalist Nikki Fox teams up with scientists at Liverpool John Moores University to discover what this habit is doing to our health.
Michael Mosley teams up with scientists whose latest research is turning common knowledge about fitness on its head to separate fact from fiction.
Episodes 2019
Dr Xand van Tulleken investigates whether claims about negative effects of carbohydrates on health are true and explores healthier ways to consume them.
30/01/2019 of the TV-show The Truth About... was broadcast by BBC1 on Wednesday 30 January 2019 at 20:00.
Episodes 2018
26/11/2018 of the TV-show The Truth About... was broadcast by BBC1 on Monday 26 November 2018 at 21:00.
April 26, 2018 of the TV-show The Truth About... was broadcast by BBC1 on Thursday 26 April 2018 at 20:00.
January 10, 2018 of the TV-show The Truth About... was broadcast by BBC1 on Wednesday 10 January 2018 at 20:00.
Episodes 2017
May 25, 2017 of the TV-show The Truth About... was broadcast by BBC1 on Thursday 25 May 2017 at 21:00.
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We are one of the most sleep-deprived countries in the world. In The Truth About Sleep, insomniac Michael Mosley finds out what happens if we don't get enough sleep and looks at surprising solutions to help us get more.
May 4, 2017 of the TV-show The Truth About... was broadcast by BBC1 on Thursday 4 May 2017 at 21:00.
Episodes 2016
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Fresh or processed, white or red - how does meat measure up? It's been getting a lot of bad press recently with new links to cancer and heart disease. But 98 per cent of us in the UK are still meat eaters. Chris Bavin, a greengrocer by trade and a carnivore by nature, wants to know if he can keep meat in his diet and stay ...
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Fiona Phillips teams up with leading scientists to look at how to eat and drink to good health, and she uncovers some surprising truths. She reveals which cheap, everyday foods can give us all the benefits of so-called superfoods at a fraction of the price and why frying can be the healthiest way to cook. Fiona becomes a h...
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A&E doctor Javid Abdelmoneim is on a mission to find out the truth about alcohol.
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Angela Rippon investigates the disease that took her mother's life and is now starting to affect her friends. She undergoes a series of tests to discover if she has any early signs of the disease and makes the difficult decision about whether to take a genetic test that could predict her future risk. Along the way, Angela ...
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Fat has a reputation as public health enemy number one. But is it really the devil we think? Recent headlines suggest that we may have got it all wrong, and that fat may not be as bad as we've long believed.
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