Folkeopplysningen — Season 2

Aired 7 September 2014 • 30 min

Folkeopplysningen checks the phenomenon of superfood, and Andreas examines what is the supreme superfood and what kind of effects chlorophyll has on our health. He challenges spirulina to duel against Norway's most boring vegetable, and gets help from Henriette Bruusgaard and enthusiastic bloggers to launch a brand new super food product

Aired 14 September 2014 • 30 min

Physicist Andreas Wahl examines whether radiation from mobile phones can be dangerous. He invites those hypersensitive to blind tests, meets a parliamentary representative who prefers passive smoking before passive mobile radiation and examines the nocebo effect together with psychologist specialist Jan-Ole Hesselberg.

Aired 21 September 2014 • 29 min

Program manager Andreas Wahl looks more closely at the pharmaceutical industry. When the industry itself pays for almost all research on new drugs, can we rely on the results? How would the pharmaceutical companies behave in the boxing or theater scene? And why did happiness pills give more happiness 20 years ago than today?

Aired 28 September 2014 • 30 min

Folkeopplysningen looks at the phenomenon of food allergy and intolerance. One million Norwegians state that they have food allergies or are intolerant, but why do we no longer tolerate milk and bread? Program leader Andreas Wahl is cured for his own traumatic trauma at a kinesiologist and sends core-healthy Eva to allergy testing on the alternative market.

Aired 5 October 2014 • 29 min

Folkeopplysningen deals with the phenomenon of vaccine resistance. Program director Andreas Wahl meets actor Sølje Bergmann who has chosen to drop most of the childhood vaccines for their own kids. He is assisted by immunologist Tone Fredsvik Gregers to make 10,000 doses of HPV vaccine. And discover that Oslo people are willing to ban water.

Aired 12 October 2014 • 30 min

Physicist Andreas Wahl discusses chiropractic. Every tenth Norwegian goes to a chiropractor, and athlete athlete Isabelle Pedersen would not succeed without his chiropractor. But how good are they to cure a bad back? Or colic? What is the chiropractor? And what can one really cure with gingerbread forms and a rolling pin?