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Episode 3

The definitive answers to health questions. The doctors discover whether olive oil is good for us. Dr Chris van Tulleken examines whether beards are unhygienic.

The doctors are in Glasgow, using a cutting-edge technique to discover whether olive oil really is good for us.

Dr Chris van Tulleken gets to the truth about whether beards are unhygienic, Michael Mosley interrogates the experts about whether meat is bad for us, and Dr Saleyha Ahsan hears from the survivors of sepsis on how we can all spot the signs of this little-known killer.

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1 hour

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Wed 17 Feb 2016 01:45

BBC Two Scotland

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