Prof Tim Spector
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2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 3d ago
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What's that going to do to me?
Okay, inflammation, what does that do?
Well, it might be a reason that you're a bit lethargic, that you're not, you know, doing your podcasts very well.
You're not sleeping well.
You're, you know, hungrier than you should be.
All these things are related to low-level inflammation.
It's most cancers, actually.
I think the majority is there's a link with
obesity.
And we think it's because those fat cells produce these inflammatory chemicals, which just sends the immune system in a state that it can't function normally and can't fight the cancer cells.
So it's distracted by all this upregulation of the thermostat.
So that's the current theory about why obesity is related to cancer.
The first epidemiology studies that really showed this were studies, which is easy to do, is that how many sodas, fizzy drinks do you have per day?
And that correlation
was absolutely, with all these conditions and diseases, including obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, they were the first indications that this was a problem.
And that hasn't gone away, but as Sarah says, it's very hard to tease apart all those things.
They're definitely not good for you, but how much, whether it's, you know, it's definitely not 100% of the problem, exactly how much is quite difficult to work out.
And what about acne?
Yeah, acne used to be thought of as something that if you ate the wrong things, you ate too much chocolate, you're going to get acne.
And so everyone was blamed for having spots because you've been secretly munching all these snacks.
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