Chris van Tulleken

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[gentle music] Chris, you have your trouser leg rolled up and your sock rolled down so that your ankle is on full display.

That was my intention, Xand, to display to you my ankle.

I have a dancer's ankle.

Look at it.

Chris, I've never given your ankles a second's thought.

I mean, I suppose because they're a lot like mine.

I think we've got the same ankles, don't we?

We'll hear all about that soon too.

There were lots of interesting folk there, including Dr. Chris Van Tulleken, um, who found himself in a, having an interesting chat with King Charles.

Uh, I don't know if I blew it.

Uh, anyone who knows my output on children's television, I make a show called Operation Ouch! We talk about poo a lot, and true to brand, I did end up talking about poo.

So there are alterations, adaptations to be made to Scotland's food system.

It's not broken.

I'm Chris Van Tulleken.

I'm a professor of infection and global health at University College London.

What's up, Docs listeners? As you know, I'm Dr.

Chris.

Of course they know that, Chris.

And he's Dr. Xand.

They know that, too.

And after many months of to-ing and fro-ing, I finally managed to sit down with her about my procrastination, which turned out to be very revealing and extremely helpful.

So we wanna share an episode with all of you about ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

This episode is particularly good, Chris, because ADHD is always in the headlines, and there will be many people who are our age who think, "Where's this come from? I wasn't aware of this when I was younger." And yet we see a big conversation about resources, about medications, about neurodiversity in general.

[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to What's Up Docs, BBC Radio 4's health and wellbeing podcast.

I'm Dr. Chris.

I'm his identical twin brother, Dr. Xand.

Each week, we take on an issue of health and wellbeing.

We pull it apart to figure out what you need to know about-

And what you can completely ignore.

Chris, today we're talking about a health condition that is becoming much more common, especially around younger people.

It's tripled over the last 30 years.

And I would love to kick it off with a clip that I've got to play to Ella.

It was actually on the BBC by Dr. Xand, who's Dr. Chris Van Tulleken's twin, you know, they do those TV shows together, and I thought it kind of emphasizes what Ella and I have always thought and said.

There's a chapter in the book about collagen.

Of course, we hear about its anti-aging properties.

I'm Dr Zand van Tulleken.

I'm Dr Chris, his

twin.

And today, Zandi, we're talking about something that we've spoken a little bit about before.

It can have an impact on our families, friends, even colleagues.

In today's episode, we're going to dig into the different types of sleep disorders, how they can be addressed, and what healthy sleep looks like.

Chris, today we're talking about sleep disorders.

We've got sleep disorders in the family.

What did you do for listeners that aren't aware of that work? And why do you think it got so much attention?

In 2023, NPR and other news media outlets caught Chris Van Tulleken's Ultra Process People book, and it was a slow news month.

Like, that is all that was on NPR.

They were talking about how he only—and I'm using only directly— ate ultra processed foods for a month and his sleep got bad.

[instrumental music] Hello and welcome to Doctor's Notes.

I'm Dr. Chris Van Tulleken.

As always, I'm here with my identical twin brother.

I've asked you not to say always like that before.