Sunday Night

2014-09-14 (2014x30)

Fecha de emisión: Sept 14, 2014

A Fast Way to Live Longer and Be Smarter Ladies of the Track Tonight’s the Night: Rod Stewart Unplugged A Fast Way to Live Longer and Be Smarter No scam, no bull, no fad: to lose weight, live longer and be smarter takes just three minutes a week – and is free! It sounds too good to be true, but cutting edge science is now proving one very clever man’s theory does provide a solution to one of the modern world’s biggest problems – obesity. In this very special report, Sunday Night investigator Ross Coulthart travels to the heart of the English countryside to meet that remarkable man. When father of three Michael Mosley, who went to medical school and later became a science presenter for the BBC, was told by his doctor he was a diabetic it came as big wake up call. He used all his intellect and research skills to go in search of an answer, and what he found – and filmed – is both astonishing and exciting for us all. He called it the 5:2 diet, and his book sold millions of copies around the world. But that’s only the beginning of the story. Modern science has discovered that fasting like cavemen had to endure – regularly going without all but minimal food – has other extraordinary spin-off health benefits. Dangerously high blood sugar levels return to normal and fasting decreases the risk of dementia in mice, and scientists believe will do the same in humans as well. Ross takes on the Mosley challenge and his results will make you challenge everything you thought you knew about exercise – and how much you need to do. Ladies of the Track It’s officially the most dangerous job in Australia today – and in a few years more than 80 per cent of people doing it for a living will be women. Several times a day they climb into position and put everything on the line to do what they love – riding racehorses. They are dedicated and courageous, and many of them are young mums. They’re the rising stars in the Sport of Kings and the rewards