Season 2
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A health law professor confronts the dark side of wellness trends, exposing shocking truths while battling his own demons.
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Can you sleep your way to a longer life? Researchers have claimed that getting 6 or less hours of sleep cuts your life span by 12%. The sleep aid industry is raking in billions, selling us everything from pills to weighted blankets, promising more sleep. How much truth is there to these findings? We find out.
We spend million on vitamins, believing they fill in the holes in our health. Sales are rising due to our aging population, a hectic lifestyle and a vague awareness of healthy living. But are these supplements robbing us of the real things that make us live longer? And worse, could they actually be causing you harm?
Relationships and Sex are a crucial part of a vital life: people in relationships live longer, sex reduces stress and promotes exercise, and loneliness can have a huge negative impact on health. We'll also be examining the impact of technology on the field--dating apps make making connections easier than ever, but the developing realm of AI companionship and burgeoning sex tech industry offer the same experience without human interaction--is a synthetic relationship experience as beneficial as the real thing?
Are we too clean? Washing your hands was one of the largest medical breakthroughs in the past 200 years, saving millions of lives. But now, in a world of hand sanitizer and extra strength soap, evidence in mounting that being too clean can be harmful. Has our fear of germs pushed us too far?
Wearable tech has become a billion dollar industry. These mini computers promise to track everything from heart rate to footsteps and give you a better, healthier life. But many are going further, body hacking, implants and upgrades. Tim meets the people that are making technology an intimate part of their health and body.
'A User's Guide to Cheating Death' is a documentary series that casts light on increasingly controversial procedures, diets and revived ancient therapies that are being sought by people desperate to dramatically alter their bodies or radically improve their health, and the booming industries that are more than happy to accept their business. Health law professor, writer and debunker-extraordinaire Timothy Caulfield dives deep into the science, and the social issues behind today's cutting-edge health trends in order to separate the truly good advice from the excess of high- priced placebos.