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Series that demystifies health issues, bringing clarity to conflicting advice.

Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.

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Inside Health: Living in a Bacterial World

Living in a Bacterial World

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Living in a Bacterial World

Exploring our microbial metropolis - and is being clean important for good health?

Smitha Mundasad explores our microbial metropolis - and asks whether being clean is important for good health.

This week we’re exploring our microbial metropolis.

Smitha Mundasad heads into the lab to meet the bacteria that live on her skin – and on her family’s dirty laundry – to understand what’s there, and why.
 
She goes antibiotic-hunting around her house to find out whether bacteria on a washing up sponge, a fluffy cushion, the bottom of a shoe – and even some of her kids’ play slime – could hold the key to helping scientists find new medicines.
 
Next, Smitha wants to find out the answer to how often we should wash ourselves – and our clothes – for good health, but, as she finds out, this question is not as simple as it sounds. 
 
It turns out there's a big difference between cleanliness and hygiene – and the confusion between these two rather important words could be having an impact on our health…

Presenter: Dr Smitha Mundasad
Producer: Gerry Holt
Editor: Holly Squire

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