Dr. Michael Mosley
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Our modern diet, high in low-quality carbohydrates, is damaging our bodies-producing a constant overload of sugar in our bloodstream that clogs up our arteries and piles hidden fat into our internal organs. The result has been a doubling in the number of type 2 diabetics, as well as a surge in those with a potentially hazardous condition-prediabetes. It is now known that even moderately elevated blood sugar levels can trigger heart disease, stroke,...
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People often joke about "going with their gut" but the truth is that this part of your body exercises an astonishing degree of control over your mood, hunger, and general health. Written with the latest research on the microbiome-the alien bacteria that lives in our guts-The Clever Gut Diet also clearly explains what goes on inside your stomach and intestines every day. Discover up-to-the-date science on hunger hormones and learn how our "second brain"...
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Victorian Slum House volume 1
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In this episode the slum dwellers move into the 1860s, when London was the capital of the world's first industrial superpower and the richest city on earth.
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Victorian Slum House volume 4
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The slum dwellers have moved into the 1890s, when Britain was slowly recovering from an economic depression. Cheap foodstuffs and mass manufactured goods have found their way into the slum's shop, but only some of the residents can afford them.
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Victorian Slum House volume 5
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In the final episode of the series, the slum dwellers move into the 20th century and social change is in the air. Community spirit is embodied by the arrival of the Co-operative Movement, and shopkeepers the Birds have members to look after, rather than customers to profit from.
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Victorian Slum House volume 2
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The slum dwellers have left behind the 1860s, when London was the richest city on earth and it was hard but possible to make ends meet. Now they must live through a dire economic depression that blighted the 1870s.
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Victorian Slum House volume 3
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The slum dwellers have moved into the 1880s - a turbulent decade for London's East End. Unemployment was sky high and living conditions intolerable but still people came, desperate for work.
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