Podcast: Health for the unhealthy
Can you eat a bag of chips a day without getting fat? Is it better to be active and overweight than to sit still and be thin? Should I smoke e-cigarettes or snuff? Should I give up meat and sugar or neither? Experts meet and answer questions they don't usually get asked. And politicians try to figure out what they really want to achieve and how.
Health for the Unhealthy is led by physician Vincent Amble-Naess and EPHI Communications Officer Nicolina Söderqvist.
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177. Healthy cosmetic surgery
Journalist Erik Galli answers whether cosmetic surgery can improve well-being, and whether being able to move your forehead is really desirable.
176. Reduced VAT on food, a bad idea
VAT is not a left-right issue, says Patrick Krassén, tax policy expert at Företagarna. Can the reduced VAT on food get rid of inflation? Or is it just election pork that risks leading to an even fatter population? We find out in today's...
175. Sport and gender
Sex hormones affect both strength and endurance. Therefore, athletes who have gone through male puberty should never compete with women, says Tommy Lundberg, associate professor of physiology at Karolinska Institutet.
174. All about functional medicine
Peter Martin, CEO of FunMed, talks about how functional medicine can help patients get to the bottom of their health problems, while publicly funded healthcare could cut costs.
173. Salmon fishing, berry picking and unnecessary regulations
Fredrik Kopsch, chief economist at Timbro, talks about his newly written cookbook and about the regulations that complicate Swedish food production.
172. Frozen after death
We meet futurologist Anders Sandberg who explains why his head should be kept frozen after his death and then hopefully brought back to life.
171. Nationalization of health care
Jean-Luc Af Geijerstam, Director General of the Swedish Agency for Health and Care Services Analysis, explains the advantages and disadvantages of a state-run healthcare system compared to today's regionally run system.
170. Have more children for the sake of the climate
Editorialist and economist John Norell explains why we should be concerned about low birth rates and what policy can do about it.
169. All about stem cells
Pain specialist Torbjörn Ogéus treats osteoarthritis using stem cells. In this episode, he talks about the potential of this new technology, but also about the policies that are holding it back.
168. Preventive care in the United States
We travel to New York to learn about the US healthcare system. In this episode, we meet cardiologist Jeffrey S Berger, who runs NYU Langone's Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.