Horizon · SEASON 52
Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?
Episode 11 · 2015-05-20
- Documentary
Episode overview
How bad can our drinking pattern be for our health? Doctors and genetically identical twins Chris and Xand van Tulleken want to find out. With the current drinking guidelines under review, the twins embark on self-experimentation to see the effects of different drinking patterns on their health. With Chris drinking 21 units spread evenly across the week and Xand having his 21 in single weekly binges, how will their bodies differ after a month? Catching up with the latest research into alcohol drinking patterns, we ask if moderate drinking is genuinely good for us - and whether binge drinking is really that bad.
60 minutes
Season 52 episodes
1. Should I Eat Meat? The Big Health Dilemma2014-08-18
2. Should I Eat Meat? How to Feed the Planet2014-08-20
3. Allergies: Modern Life and Me2014-08-27
4. Inside the Dark Web2014-09-03
5. Ebola - The search for a cure2014-09-10
6. Is your Brain Male or Female?2014-09-29
7. Secrets of the Solar System2015-03-03
8. Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves2015-03-10
9. Dancing in the Dark - The End of Physics?2015-03-17
10. 70 Million Animal Mummies: Egypt's Dark Secret2015-05-11
11. Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?2015-05-20
12. The Trouble with Space Junk2015-08-05
13. Are Health Tests Really A Good Idea?2015-08-12
14. First Britons2015-08-19
15. OCD: A Monster In My Mind2015-08-26
16. Which Universe Are We In?2015-09-02
17. Cosmic Dawn: The Real Moment of Creation2015-09-09
18. Are Video Games Really That Bad?2015-09-16
