Returning: Ask the Doctor

ABC factual series Ask the Doctor returns tonight with the first of a 2 part look on modern food fads.

Dr Sharlin Naik, Dr Sandro Demaio and Dr Caroline West are back to demystify all things medical.

Everyone is confused about health claims – How much sugar can I eat a day? How much alcohol can I drink? How much exercise do I need to do?

Ask The Doctor has the answers on how to be a better you. This fun, fact-filled Australian series returns to ABC to deliver up-to-date health advice and examines the latest in medical breakthroughs.

Our medical experts, Dr Sharlin Naik, Dr Sandro Demaio and Dr Caroline West, question the big health questions of our times, bust medical myths and test cutting-edge treatments. From alcohol warnings, food labelling, calling for a sugar tax, to how to live longer and which fad diets work. This team cuts through the confusing information and misleading claims.

Often putting their own bodies on the line, the doctors brave challenging experiments in the quest for answers. In larger trials, they enlist members of the Australian public to participate in ground-breaking research that reveal surprising results.

The series returns to with a two-part special on modern food fads, a poignant episode looks at why loneliness is the silent health crisis and what we can all do to help. Another episode investigates one of the greatest threats to the human race – antibiotic resistance – with surprising solutions being researched right here on home soil.

From the school classroom to the science laboratory, the dinner table to the operating table, the doctors answer a wide variety of health concerns. Along the way, they meet leading experts in their fields and witness firsthand the advances being made in medical technology and treatments. Join Shalin, Caroline and Sandro as they help Australians improve their health and well-being with the latest medical advice in a relatable, entertaining, and factual way.

A WTFN production, developed and produced in association with the ABC and produced with the assistance of Film Victoria. Series Producer: Ged Wood; Executive Producer: Ariel White; ABC Commissioning Editor: Julie Hanna; ABC.

8pm tonight on ABC.