Summary
From kombucha to collagen, activated charcoal to sports tape, Greg Foot is on a mission to bust the marketing BS, looking for the facts behind the fads and to challenge a product’s bold claims with scientific evidence.
Joined by leading experts and friends from the world of podcasting and social media, Greg investigates the latest crazes to hit the high street to work out if these wonder products really are the best thing since sliced bread. (all subject to updates)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, podcast fan. |
| 0:03.0 | Consider this your invite to the UK's biggest podcasting party. |
| 0:06.7 | We're heading to Sheffield from the 4th to the 6th of July |
| 0:09.0 | for the BBC Sounds Fringe at the Crossed Wires Festival. |
| 0:12.8 | We'll be joined by some of the biggest names in podcasting, |
| 0:15.3 | including Sarah Cox, Charlie Hedges, Russell Kane, |
| 0:18.4 | and some bloke called Greg James doing his Radio 4 show called Rewinder. |
| 0:23.2 | You can watch live shows of your favourite podcasts, and the best part is free. |
| 0:28.0 | To book your free tickets, go to crossedwires.org slash fringe. |
| 0:36.7 | Welcome to the show that investigates the facts behind the fats. |
| 0:40.8 | I'm Greg Foote and I'm on a bunk-busting mission to find out if the latest life-changing products and social media crazes really are the best thing since sliced bread. |
| 0:50.8 | Should you order that golden milk turmeric latte because you saw on Twitter that it's |
| 0:55.3 | great for your gut health and prevent memory loss? If your rare trip to the gym leads to the |
| 1:00.7 | frankly inevitable sore back, will that pain relief spray actually do anything? And can vitamin C help |
| 1:08.1 | you both get over your cold and make you look more youthful? |
| 1:13.0 | Each week I'm joined by a special guest and leading scientific experts |
| 1:16.6 | to run a whole host of wonder products through the evidence mill |
| 1:19.7 | to find out if they're all they're cracked up to be. |
| 1:23.1 | In the first episode, I'm joined by actress, writer and beauty blogger Rebecca Humphreys |
| 1:27.3 | to turn our |
| 1:28.2 | BDI of evidence towards the beauty industry. Can collagen face creams flatten those furrows? |
| 1:35.1 | And can activated charcoal really purify your pores? I wash my hair with it, wash my hands with |
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