Prof Tim Spector

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2,014 appearances 16 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

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ZOE Science & Nutrition · The science behind food that isn’t food, why you love it and why you should not fear it all | Prof Tim Spector & Prof Sarah Berry · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

Yeah, they're all lumped together and there's very different risks.

Yeah, I think people increasingly are buying ready meals and

if you just look at the ingredients of those sources, you're seeing this this mixture of s sugars, sweeteners, salts, uh unhealthy fats, and other children's products really, virtually everything for children specifically, is designed to make them overeat and uh contains either sugars or sweeteners, things like the

These fruit pouches that a lot of parents uh are giving uh toddlers uh uh have all sorts of things in you would want their their high risk.

So uh again, they might have a few camouflage with vitamins, etc.

At the moment, uh manufacturers are nearly encouraged to add sweeteners to these products because they can then say they've reduced the sugar content.

And parents are generally looking for uh something that's lower in sugar for their kids.

So you're seeing all these complex artificial sweeteners and and chemicals being ramped up to compensate.

So more and more our kids are being subjected.

Very early on, from birth onwards.

to having these incredible chemical um sweetening effects.

the sugar tax hasn't hit dairy products yet.

Um they're avoiding it.

So it's actually the manufacturers doing it 'cause they realise they can sell more.

as a treat, you know, we all shouldn't be too obsessed about just having the occasional ultra processed drink or a snack or a biscuit or a cookie, whatever it is.

Every now and again, I don't think there's any evidence that's bad for you.

But it's that continuous use, particularly from children onwards, you know, for decades.

That's really what we're talking about.

It's about changing these habits lifelong.

ZOE Science & Nutrition · Most replayed moment: The hidden battle inside your gut | Tim Spector & Nicola Segata · 1 Sep 2026 podcast

I call them mini pharmacies, is the word.

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