BBC Science Focus - The Scientific Guide To a Healthier You - 2019

44

Does food

addiction

really exist?

CONTENTS

Eye opener

Incredible images 06

Diet & exercise

How to fight fat with science 14

The science of superfoods 20

10 reasons why chocolate is good for you 28

Is Dry January worth it? 30

Is any thing good for you any more? 36

Are cookies as addictive as cocaine? 44

Exercise: a cure for all ills 50

14 ways to boost your microbiome 58

The allergy fallacy 60

Health hack or quack 64

Sleep

How to beat the burnout 74

Treating insomnia 80

15 things you didn’t know about sleep 84

How sleep can make you smarter 86

Q&A

What causes middle-age spread? 92

How do Inuits get their ‘five a day’? 96

Is there any truth to the ‘five second rule’? 96

The science behind

beating obesity

14

80

How scientists are

treating insomnia