70. Surely a real man can tolerate a few chemicals, right?

Are chemicals dangerous or are we excessively afraid of them? Why should we avoid oily Baltic Sea fish and what happens to fish that ingest antidepressants? David Eberhard meets Per Ängquist, Director-General of the Chemicals Inspectorate, and explains the risks and dangers of new and old chemicals.

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Podcast: Health for the unhealthy

111. The art of living a long and healthy life

Doctor Gustav Soler joins the podcast to get to the bottom of the concept of longevity. Soler explains how stress, supplements, drugs and sleep affect long-term health and how to measure biological age. We also find out if exchanging blood with...

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110. Is 20 the new 70?

Professor Ingmar Skoog notes that people over 70 today are healthier and less depressed than 50-year-olds in previous generations. Skoog also says that today's 70-year-olds exercise, have sex and party more than previous generations, while today's...

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109 Population crisis or?

Author and podcaster Anna Björklund is the guest on this week's episode to discuss the declining birth rate in Sweden. How does it affect public health, and why are fewer and fewer people choosing to have children? 

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108. Kerstin Hesselgren - Prussian or liberal pioneer?

Journalist and writer Anders Johnson visits the podcast and talks about his book Kerstin Hesselgren - health care apostle and parliamentary pioneer. Kerstin Hesselgren was a prominent social liberal politician in the early 20th century and the first woman in the...

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107. Is obesity a disease?

Doctor Vincent Flink Amble-Naess joins the podcast and notes that there are now effective medical treatments for weight loss. The only question is who is entitled to the medicine and who should pay for it? Instead of making it easy to get a medication...

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106. What can you say about food and health?

What is the role of authorities in what we eat and drink? What claims can food producers make on their products and what can be said about health in social media? This is what Marie Söderqvist and Fredrik Torehammar discuss together with Jimmy Sandell,...

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