Name: Ask The Doctor
Released: 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Dr Shalin Naik, Caroline West, Dr Renee Lim

TV Show · Documentary

Ask the Doctor is an innovative, fun, and exploratory factual series that addresses the state of the nation's health, the latest in medical treatments and the future of healthcare as we know it.

2017 · 29m

Starring Dr Shalin Naik, Caroline West, Dr Renee Lim

EPISODE 1

Obesity

Dr. Renée wants to know why the majority of people that diet and lose weight put it back on. While Dr Sandro opens our eyes to the hidden environmental triggers that encourage us to eat too much.

29m
EPISODE 2

Diet

Like many Aussies Dr Shalin believes he is lactose intolerant. He wants to know if there any health risks to giving up dairy. While, Dr Sandro heads to the country to find out how our diet could be used to treat depression.

28m
EPISODE 3

Sleep

Discover why sleep is imperative for healing, staving off disease and brain function. Dr Shalin heads to the sleep clinic and find out why we snore, if it's bad for our health, and most importantly, is there a cure?

27m
EPISODE 4

Allergies

This week we look at allergies, Dr Sandro discovers what life is like for kids living with severe food allergies and checks out a world-first Australian trial to cure peanut allergy.

28m
EPISODE 5

Pain

This week we discover why pain is one of the most common reasons we visit the doctor and see how recent research is shaking up our understanding of how it works.

26m
EPISODE 6

Alcohol

Dr Renee investigates the enormous impact drinking is having on our health and whether teenage binge drinking could be causing lifetime damage.

27m