Dark Chocolate
Sliced Bread
BBC
4.6 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Listener Jenny, who enjoys a 90% cocoa bar from time to time, got in touch to ask if some of the reports that dark chocolate can have a positive effect on things like circulation and mood - have any truth behind them?
But Jenny also told Sliced Bread that since she read reports that heavy metals such as lead and cadmium could be in dark chocolate - she's been unable to enjoy her regular bar, until she knows it's safe to eat!
Each episode Greg investigates the latest ad-hyped products and trending fads promising to make us healthier, happier and greener. Are they really 'the best thing since sliced bread' and should you spend your money on them? If you’ve seen an ad, trend or wonder product promising to make you happier, healthier or greener, email us at sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or send a voice note to our WhatsApp number, 07543 306807.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello, I'm Greg Jenner, and good news, |
| 0:09.5 | Your Dead to Me, is back for a new series. |
| 0:11.6 | Here we go. |
| 0:12.1 | Yes, we'll explore Emperor Nero's notorious reign with Professor Mary Beard and Patton Oswald. |
| 0:16.9 | I would not want my daughter having the remote control, not alone an empire. |
| 0:21.0 | We'll dissect the decadent life of Philippe Duke-Dolion with Tom Allen. |
| 0:24.8 | I've often tried to pretend I'm an aristocrat and being very quickly knocked down. |
| 0:29.0 | And there'll be so much more with comedians like Olga Koch, Mike Mosniak and Rihelina. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm excited. |
| 0:33.7 | You're dead to me. |
| 0:34.5 | The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. |
| 0:37.0 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.1 | Hello, it's Greg here. |
| 0:40.4 | You are about to listen to a new episode of the new series of sliced bread. |
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| 1:01.2 | Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to Slice Bread, the show that investigates the wonder |
| 1:05.3 | products promising to make you happier, healthier or greener. Each episode, we follow the |
| 1:09.9 | crumbs of evidence to find out if one of |
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