Winter bugs: Hand sanitisers and vitamin C
How can you beat the winter bugs? Greg Foot is joined by musician Scroobius Pip to put hand sanitisers and Vitamin C to the test. Are they The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?
With offices and schools set to a soundtrack of sniffles, science presenter and YouTuber Greg Foot is on mission to find 'The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread' to beat the winter bugs.
Joining him in the studio is rapper, podcaster and actor Scroobius Pip, a man for whom protecting his voice is a professional priority. Under the microscope today are two popular products used to kill colds in their tracks - hand sanitisers and vitamin C.
Virologist Wendy Barclay from Imperial College London and microbiologist Lindsay Hall from the Quadram Institute in Norwich are both on hand to help separate the facts from the fads, to decide if these products really are The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread.
Plus they'll be giving you their Top Tips, backed by real scientific evidence, for beating the winter bugs.
Presenter: Greg Foot
Producer: Michelle Martin
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Sliced Bread
Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims.
