Sugar, seed oils, and avoiding sickness: your health questions answered

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4.2 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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We asked for your questions on getting healthy in 2025 and you delivered. In the first episode of our listener questions special, Madeleine Finlay tells Ian Sample what she has uncovered about the scientifically proven ways to cut down on sugar, the truth behind the panic over seed oils, and why it is that some of us seem to have bullet proof immune systems, while others succumb to every bug they encounter. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

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1:07.2	Weekly listeners for your questions on how to get fit and healthy for 2025.
1:12.9	And you delivered. We received loads of brilliant responses. We've done our research and
1:19.7	spoken to the experts. So today we're diving into everything from seed oils to use or not to use
1:27.1	the scientifically proven ways to give up sugar and where there's some of the to everything from seed oils to use or not to use,
1:30.4	the scientifically proven ways to give up sugar,
1:34.1	and whether some of us are just born with better immune systems to see us through the winter months.
1:38.0	So let's get started.
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