What Really Makes Someone Attractive? & When Work Takes Over Your Life

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Social Sciences, Science

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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You’ve heard it a thousand times: too much sugar is bad for you. But what does that actually mean? What is sugar really doing inside your body that makes it so harmful—and why is it so hard to cut back once you start? https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/added-sugar-in-the-diet/ What makes two people feel attracted to each other? Why does chemistry seem to spark instantly with some people but not at all with others? Is love at first sight real—or is something more subtle happening beneath the surface? Dr. Justin Garcia, evolutionary biologist, Executive Director and Senior Scientist at the Kinsey Institute, and author of The Intimate Animal: The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love (https://www.amazon.com/Intimate-Animal-Science-Fidelity-Live/dp/0316594032/) explains the biology and psychology behind attraction, how desire forms, and what science reveals about why we fall for the people we do. Work stress isn’t new—but it does seem to be getting worse. For many people, work no longer stays at work. It follows you home, into your evenings, into your weekends, and even into your thoughts when you’re supposed to be relaxing. Psychologist Guy Winch says this constant mental load is one of the biggest reasons people feel burned out and overwhelmed. With three TED talks viewed more than 35 million times and author of Mind Over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life (https://amzn.to/3Nxr9w9), he explains why modern work is so consuming—and what you can actually do to regain control. When you lean in to kiss someone, you instinctively turn your head to one side. It feels automatic—but it’s not random. In fact, the direction you turn may reveal more than you think, depending on who you’re kissing and why. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170717100423.htm PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS DUTCH: If your pet is still scratching and you’ve tried everything at the pet store –it’s time to stop guessing and go prescription.Support us and use code SYSK for $40 off your membership at ⁠⁠⁠https://Dutch.com⁠⁠⁠ RULA: Thousands of people are already using Rula to get affordable, high-quality therapy that’s actually covered by insurance. Visit ⁠⁠⁠https://Rula.com/sysk⁠⁠⁠ to get started. QUINCE: Refresh your wardrobe with Quince! Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Quince.com/sysk⁠ https://Quince.com/sysk ⁠for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! SHOPIFY: See less carts go abandoned with Shopify and their Shop Pay button! Sign up for your $1 per month trail and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Shopify.com/sysk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on Something You Should Know, you hear how sugar is bad for you, but just how bad is it.
0:10.2	Then human attraction, chemistry, what are the traits that really matter?
0:15.5	Research has shown that someone's voice is involved in attraction, their body language, their facial symmetry, their
0:22.8	social network, who they're friends with. We do know that smell is important and all sorts
0:26.9	of other things. We know that dance is involved.
0:29.9	Also, when you kiss someone, which way do you turn your head? It depends on who you're
0:34.9	kissing and why stress in the workplace is getting worse, and it is getting worse.
0:41.0	And that's actually ironic because the awareness of work-life balance and how damaging stress is and all the
0:47.5	efforts that have been made to reduce it, I've seen the opposite result. It keeps going up. There's something about the
0:52.7	current workplace, which is very, very pressured. All this today on Something You Should Know.
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1:31.5	Something you should know. Fascinating intel. The world's top experts and practical advice
1:38.2	you can use in your life. Today, something you should know with Mike Carruthers.
1:45.0	How many times have you heard someone say that sugar is bad for you? But how is it bad for you?
1:52.7	What does it do to you? Well, that's a good question, and the one we're going to start with today on this
1:58.2	episode, I'm Mike Carruthers. This is something you should know.
2:02.3	So yes, sugar is bad for you, but maybe not for the reasons you might think. It's not just
2:07.9	empty calories. The real problem is how added sugar, especially in drinks, affects your body.
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