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The Environment and Public Health Institute is a think tank that addresses the environmental and health threats of our time. We do so with the conviction that free enterprise, economic growth, new technologies and free choice are not threats to our environment and health, but rather a prerequisite for them. Read more "

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178. Benjamin Dousa saves the snuff

White snus is under threat on three fronts, says Sweden's Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa. He tells us what the government will do to stop tax increases and bans.

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. 

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. 

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.

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EPHI was initially founded by former EU parliamentarian Christofer Fjellner (M) with the aim of working on sustainability and public health issues at the EU level.

We do this at EPHI, both from Stockholm and from our office in Brussels, where we have our representative, Adam Schlüssler.

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EPHI - Environment and Public Health Institute

The Environment and Public Health Institute is a think tank that addresses the environmental and health threats of our time. We do so with the conviction that free enterprise, economic growth, new technologies and free choice are not threats to our environment and health, but rather a prerequisite for them.

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More and more people feel that life is meaningless, especially young people. In this week's episode, David Thurfjell, professor of religious studies at Södertörn University and author of the book Anspråkstagen, is our guest. He explains why so many people have lost their sense of meaning, and what we can do to regain it ---Health for the Unhealthy highlights perspectives on public health that rarely come up in the debate, but that many people think about. 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 find out what they really want to achieve and in what way.Health for the unhealthy is led by the doctor Vincent Amble-Naess and EPHI's communications officer Nicolina Söderqvist. ---Environment and Public Health Institute (EPHI) is a non-profit and politically independent think tank and meeting place that addresses the environmental and health problems of our time.Follow us on social media!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ephi_stockholm/X: https://x.com/ephi_thinktankFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentAndPublicHealthInstitute?locale=sv_SEHemsida: https://ephi.se/
More and more people feel that life is meaningless, especially young people. In this week's episode, David Thurfjell, professor of religious studies at Södertörn University and author of the book Anspråkstagen, is our guest. He explains why so many people have lost their sense of meaning, and what we can do to regain it ---Health for the Unhealthy highlights perspectives on public health that rarely come up in the debate, but that many people think about. 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 find out what they really want to achieve and in what way.Health for the unhealthy is led by the doctor Vincent Amble-Naess and EPHI's communications officer Nicolina Söderqvist. ---Environment and Public Health Institute (EPHI) is a non-profit and politically independent think tank and meeting place that addresses the environmental and health problems of our time.Follow us on social media!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ephi_stockholm/X: https://x.com/ephi_thinktankFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentAndPublicHealthInstitute?locale=sv_SEHemsida: https://ephi.se/
NEW SECTION 🎙️ WHO and nicotineThere will always be a demand for nicotine, says Karl Erik Lund, a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. When the WHO warns of a negative trend among young people in its latest report, Lund believes that the organization is drawing the wrong conclusions. 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 find out what they really want to achieve and in what way.Health for the unhealthy is led by the doctor Vincent Amble-Naess and EPHI's communications officer Nicolina Söderqvist. ---Environment and Public Health Institute (EPHI) is a non-profit and politically independent think tank and meeting place that addresses the environmental and health problems of our time.Follow us on social media!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ephi_stockholm/X: https://x.com/ephi_thinktankFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentAndPublicHealthInstitute?locale=sv_SEHemsida: https://ephi.se/
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