Sliced Bread

A podcast by BBC Radio 4 - Thursdays

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135 Episodes

  1. Noise Cancelling Headphones

    Published: 5/6/2020
  2. Teeth Whitening

    Published: 4/29/2020
  3. Sunscreen

    Published: 4/22/2020
  4. CBD Products (Cannabidiol)

    Published: 4/15/2020
  5. Caffeine Shampoo

    Published: 4/8/2020
  6. Goop Lab Special

    Published: 1/24/2020
  7. Sports pain: Taping

    Published: 2/27/2019
  8. Sports pain: Gels and sprays

    Published: 2/27/2019
  9. Health drinks: Turmeric

    Published: 2/20/2019
  10. Health drinks: Kombucha

    Published: 2/20/2019
  11. Winter bugs: Vitamin C and zinc

    Published: 2/13/2019
  12. Winter bugs: Hand sanitisers

    Published: 2/13/2019
  13. Skincare: Activated charcoal

    Published: 2/6/2019
  14. Skincare: Collagen

    Published: 2/6/2019
  15. Welcome to The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?

    Published: 2/5/2019

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Sliced Bread is the series that investigates the latest ad-hyped products and trending fads promising to make us healthier, happier and greener. Are they really 'the best thing since sliced bread'? Science presenter Greg Foot finds out.Greg speaks to experts on a bunk-busting mission to test the latest consumer trends chosen by listeners. Do they live up to the hype? Or are they just marketing BS?Greg chats to the experts, dives into the data, performs tests and crunches the numbers before putting his findings back to the listener so they can decide if it's worth spending their hard earned money on.For this brand new series of Sliced Bread, episodes will be released weekly on Thursdays wherever you get your podcasts. But if you're in the UK, you can listen to the latest episode on BBC Sounds first, a week earlier than anywhere else. If you have a suggestion for a product to investigate, you can email the team on [email protected] or send a WhatsApp voice note via the number 07543 306807.Sliced Bread is produced by BBC Audio North for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.