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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Why does snoring exist?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6958 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Is it possible to stop snoring? Is there a difference between running outside and on a treadmill? Which food group really is the worst for us? Chris Smith is joined by exercise expert Dan Gordon, sleep specialist Nick Oscroft, dietician Sian Porter and wellness guru Tom Mole to answer all the health-related queries and quandaries people have been sending in. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0

I have you loud and clear.

0:03.3

Hello.

0:04.3

Hello.

0:05.3

Welcome.

0:06.3

Science and that is the same physics, medicine, nature, or space big time, brain, life, the universe.

0:16.2

This week, what makes people snore and can we control it?

0:20.2

Is there a food group that is the most evil?

0:23.0

And how does exercise help you to build muscles

0:25.5

and what's the best way to go about it?

0:27.5

Yep, we're kicking off the year trying to get things right

0:31.0

and we're taking on the health related questions that you've been

0:33.7

sending in. I'm Chris Smith and this is The Naked Scientists.

0:37.9

The Naked Scientists podcast is powered by UK Fast.co.

0:44.6

K. Well let me introduce the panel of big brain people who are going to answer your questions

0:54.2

for you.

0:55.2

Dan Gordon is an exercise physiologist, he's at Anglia Ruskin University, he's also a

0:59.3

team G.B Paralympian medlist. So as you were pegging it around the track or what was your sport

1:05.7

cycling?

1:06.7

Yeah, I was a track cyclist.

1:07.7

Were you actually applying the principles of physiology to think, I know what this is doing to

1:10.9

my muscles, I know how to perform better? Yeah, it was never a good thing to have because actually you knew you knew

1:15.4

actually what was coming and you know how much it was going to hurt so yeah part of it was

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