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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126. public health in Almedalen
After a week in Almedalen, Marie Söderqvist summarizes what has been said in the field of public health together with opinion leader Henrik Jönsson and physician Vincent Flink Amble-Naess, who both participated in EPHI's seminars.
125. How dangerous is sugar for children?
Annie Guo, a dietitian and PhD student in pediatrics at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, gives neurotic parents all the answers about food for children. After conducting a study analyzing dietary information from 80,000 one-year-olds in Sweden and Norway, Annie...
124. Why should you avoid organic food?
With only a few days to go before the European elections, Torbjörn Fagerström, professor emeritus of theoretical ecology at Lund University, explains what is wrong with the EU's agricultural policy and why we should follow Brazil's lead. He also explains why we should not buy...
123. Should you be allowed to take your children out of school to travel?
Is it fair for municipalities to sue parents who take their children on trips? And is traveling immoral and unnecessary, or educational and healthy? Vagabond founder Per J Andersson is a guest on the podcast to discuss the view on travel and gives his best tips for...
122. Skip the sunscreen and enjoy the sun
Health expert Fredrik Paulún joins the podcast to talk about his latest book, The Light Revolution. Paulún explains that the sun is at least as important as exercise for our health, and that the advice to always wear sunscreen is wrong.
121. snus sales in pharmacies
Psychiatrist David Eberhard, author of the report Nicotine and the Brain for EPHI, tells us what addiction is, how it works and when it's dangerous, and why the inventor of snuff bags deserves the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
120. Tobé (M) - Free trade friendly customs advocate
The Moderate Party's top candidate Tomas Tobé is a guest on the podcast ahead of the EU elections. Tobé explains why snus is provocative in the EU and notes that the battle over nuclear power has been won. We find out why carbon tariffs might be a good idea and whether the EU should decide how much we...
119. Sweden needs more mines
MEP Emma Wiesner (C) joins the podcast to share her election promises for the upcoming European elections. Wiesner wants to see an EU that takes responsibility for mining and where pigs still have their squeals.
118. Will stem cells revolutionize our health?
Maria Rankka, investor, entrepreneur and chairman of Cellcolabs, is a guest on the podcast. Among other things, Maria Rankka talks about the effects she noticed after the stem cell treatment she did in the Bahamas and gives her best health tips.
117. Leave the whining policy
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt (L), the "Surströmmingsvurmaren", is a guest on the podcast ahead of the European elections on June 9. She gives her views on everything from food production, farm sales and snus enjoyment to Fit for 55.