Summary
Greg Foot gathers the experts, to find out which claims "stand up" to scrutiny for listener Bede.
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?
All of our episodes start with YOUR suggestions. 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.
RESEARCHER: PHIL SANSOM PRODUCERS: KATE HOLDSWORTH AND GREG FOOT
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.8 | Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to Slice Bread, the BBC Radio 4 show that investigates the wonder products promising to make you happier, healthier or greener. |
| 0:15.4 | Each episode, we follow the crumbs of evidence to find out if one of your suggested wonder products is indeed the best |
| 0:20.8 | things since sliced bread or marketing BS. And today's suggestion comes from Bede Overend from East |
| 0:26.4 | London. Welcome to the studio Bede. Hi, Greg. What would you like us to investigate today then? |
| 0:30.4 | I'm very curious about standing desks. I'm a software engineer and I spend a lot of time at a desk, |
| 0:36.3 | whether at the office or at home. |
| 0:38.8 | A few of my colleagues have been off on back problems recently. |
| 0:43.9 | And so this has spurred me on to be thinking more about how my posture is affecting my health |
| 0:48.6 | and maybe how my desk can help with that. |
| 0:51.8 | I've noticed and I felt being hunched over a computer, that can't be good. |
| 0:55.1 | Have you tried a standing desk before? I have. So actually in my office and at home we have |
| 0:59.6 | standing desks, but I don't use it that much and I guess I want to find out if that's a bad thing or not. |
| 1:05.4 | Is there anything else you'd like to know about? The thing that actually spurred me on to think |
| 1:08.6 | about this was witnessing a colleague using a wobble board. Standing desks are what I'm interested in, but I would be fascinated to know if there's any insights into these other things. Wobble boards, treadmill desks. I've even seen a cycle desk somewhere. Well, you're not alone in wanting to know about standing desks. Plenty of listeners have been in touch with us about this, including Agnes Brawl in London, who sent in this |
| 1:27.6 | voice note to our WhatsApp number 07543306-807. Hi, Greg. I'm someone who works with a computer |
| 1:34.2 | several hours a day, and I'm aware that sitting for prolonged periods of time is detrimental to my |
| 1:39.1 | posture. However, I also heard that standing up hours on end can lead swell on legs and lower back pain. |
| 1:44.9 | I was wondering, what is the recommended ratio of working sat down to working standing up in a typical 9 to 5 workday? |
| 1:51.5 | Thanks. |
| 1:52.1 | Thanks so much, Agnes. |
| 1:53.3 | Let me bring in the two experts who are going to help determine if these claims stand up to scrutiny. |
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