Debunking Health Myths with Dr Karan Rajan: 'Do green powders do anything?'

Loose Lips

Meghan Thomas

Gossip, London, Hollyoaks, Dear, Entertainment, Dierdre, Society & Culture, New York, News, La, Dear Dierdre, Lips, Girl Talk, Loose

3.8 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Let's give a warm welcome to our first guest of 2024, Dr Karan Rajan! He's an NHS surgeon with a huge social media presence to boot, debunking health myths and spreading medical knowledge online for years. Sophie and Robyn are here to ask all the health questions that are topical, prevalent, often mislead AND downright disgusting. As Karan says, nothing is TMI for him. We're also discussing his amazing new book, This Book May Save Your Life, where you can find all the topics in the episode and so much more. It's full of bitesize health hacks we can implement to begin the journey to a healthy 2024.

You can join us on Friday for your bonus episode of Loose Lips Extra Lippy! Have your most burning and urgent dilemmas answered with the sage and expert wisdom of Robyn and Sophie as they tackle everything from ghosting to co-worker romance. Not sure why you're feeling bloated? Let us know and we'll discuss it in Extra Lippy.

Send in your dilemmas, questions or topics to [email protected] or drop a WhatsApp message or voice note starting with the word "LIPS" to 07599 927537.

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