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The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

In this major three-part series, Chris and Xand van Tulleken uncover the latest secrets of our bodies.

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Because it contains everything you
need to build a human child. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Because it contains everything you need to build a human chi...

Even just walking down the street - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Even just walking down the street

Regardless of what we throw
at them, our bodies must maintain - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Regardless of what we throw at them, our bodies must maintai...

But it's expensive
for a mother to make, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

But it's expensive for a mother to make,

And that's why it is so bizarre that
one of the major ingredients - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

And that's why it is so bizarre that one of the major i...

A change of just a few degrees
either side of this can be deadly, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

A change of just a few degrees either side of this can be de...

Every second, tens of thousands of
touch receptors in your hands are - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Every second, tens of thousands of touch receptors in your h...

Here at the University of California
Davis, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Here at the University of California Davis,

..along with balance data from the
vestibular system - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

..along with balance data from the vestibular system

All this information is collated by
the central nervous system and used - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

All this information is collated by the central nervous syst...

It's quite a tradition for a lot
of Norwegians. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

It's quite a tradition for a lot of Norwegians.

I guess I would say milk is simply a
suspension of fat droplets in water - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

I guess I would say milk is simply a suspension of fat dropl...

Danny's brain can then make tiny
adjustments to hundreds of muscles - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Danny's brain can then make tiny adjustments to hundred...

Our body's ability to regulate our
temperature is a survival mechanism - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Our body's ability to regulate our temperature is a sur...

Milk, of course, at its base, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Milk, of course, at its base,

The way the brain constantly
responds to information from our - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

The way the brain constantly responds to information from ou...

So it's full of water, it's full
of protein, it's full of fat, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

So it's full of water, it's full of protein, it�...

To master any new activity requires
another important step. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

To master any new activity requires another important step.

There's a huge amount
of complex oligosaccharides, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

There's a huge amount of complex oligosaccharides,

And how do you know this can't
be digested by a human baby? - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

And how do you know this can't be digested by a human b...

I've just swallowed a
miniature thermometer - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

I've just swallowed a miniature thermometer

We measured them going in,
and we measured them coming out. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

We measured them going in, and we measured them coming out.

Today, I'm going to try and do - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Today, I'm going to try and do

..to test my body's ability
to maintain its inner balance. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

..to test my body's ability to maintain its inner balan...

It was over half a century ago that
scientists discovered these complex - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

It was over half a century ago that scientists discovered th...

This is the way of getting
an indication of your deep
body temperature. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

This is the way of getting an indication of your deep body t...

But it'll have passed out of
your body by a natural process - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

But it'll have passed out of your body by a natural pro...

They found that they are completely
indigestible in the human gut, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

They found that they are completely indigestible in the huma...

Bruce German and his team wanted to
crack the long-standing puzzle - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Bruce German and his team wanted to crack the long-standing ...

He's professor at the
Extreme Environments - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

He's professor at the Extreme Environments

So the first thing you have to know
about juggling, it's about
the throwing... - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

So the first thing you have to know about juggling, it'...

The idea that inspired us was - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

The idea that inspired us was

It's where we watch and listen and
then hesitantly start to practise. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

It's where we watch and listen and then hesitantly star...

So David Mills,
world-famous microbiologist, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

So David Mills, world-famous microbiologist,

Mike uses cutting-edge biometric
technology to measure exactly - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Mike uses cutting-edge biometric technology to measure exact...

So learning any new skill - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

So learning any new skill

In my guts now, I've got a pill
which is transmitting a core - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

In my guts now, I've got a pill which is transmitting a...

What they had discovered
was bifidobacterium infantis - - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

What they had discovered was bifidobacterium infantis -

Although outside it's 25
degrees below freezing, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Although outside it's 25 degrees below freezing,

What scarves does - it slows it
down, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

What scarves does - it slows it down,

They deduced that the reason they're
in milk is so that this bacteria - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

They deduced that the reason they're in milk is so that...

Without this juggling network in
place, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Without this juggling network in place,

And no matter how fast I run, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

And no matter how fast I run,

That is, until we edge towards the
second stage of learning, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

That is, until we edge towards the second stage of learning,

Put yourself in the place
of a newborn baby. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Put yourself in the place of a newborn baby.

Just standing here is amazingly
cold. When I breathe in, I can feel - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Just standing here is amazingly cold. When I breathe in, I c...

I'm at that stage of learning where
I'm doing something, but I don't - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

I'm at that stage of learning where I'm doing some...

They are coming from a sterile, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

They are coming from a sterile,

Our brains are forming a messaging - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Our brains are forming a messaging

When we're at risk of getting
too cold, a life-saving - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

When we're at risk of getting too cold, a life-saving

Adrenaline rushes through our body,
stimulating cells to produce energy - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Adrenaline rushes through our body, stimulating cells to pro...

So the idea is, in one week, to get
you juggling three balls. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

So the idea is, in one week, to get you juggling three balls...

So, by virtue of this one bacteria - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

So, by virtue of this one bacteria

..meaning that, whatever
happens outside, our core - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

..meaning that, whatever happens outside, our core

It coats the baby's intestine,
blocks any pathogens from growing. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

It coats the baby's intestine, blocks any pathogens fro...

OK. I have no idea if I can do that. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

OK. I have no idea if I can do that.

Mothers are literally
recruiting another life form - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Mothers are literally recruiting another life form

38.44 - it's over half a degree
warmer than when he came in. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

38.44 - it's over half a degree warmer than when he cam...

This team has, for the first time,
unlocked the secret - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

This team has, for the first time, unlocked the secret

We all recognise this stage as being
the most painful and frustrating. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

We all recognise this stage as being the most painful and fr...

Now it's immediately time
to see how my body copes - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Now it's immediately time to see how my body copes

But with enough hard work and
perseverance, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

But with enough hard work and perseverance,

I can already feel what
my body's doing. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

I can already feel what my body's doing.

And at the neo-natal unit
in Sacramento, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

And at the neo-natal unit in Sacramento,

I'm sweating, and the other - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

I'm sweating, and the other

With enough practice, that brain
network should be in place. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

With enough practice, that brain network should be in place.

So one of the biggest challenges
that babies who are born too early, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

So one of the biggest challenges that babies who are born to...

We've reached the third stage of
learning, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

We've reached the third stage of learning,

In here, it's a massive
55 degrees hotter than it was
in the cold room - - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

In here, it's a massive 55 degrees hotter than it was i...

OK, so I'm on my way meet Tahoe and
I'm not a big one for excuses, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

OK, so I'm on my way meet Tahoe and I'm not a big ...

So, Mike, what's Xand's
core body temperature? - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

So, Mike, what's Xand's core body temperature?

It's stabilised at about the same
temperature as it was in the
-25 degrees Celsius. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

It's stabilised at about the same temperature as it was...

If these babies' intestinal tissues
become infected, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

If these babies' intestinal tissues become infected,

Well, I think why don't we just say
that you're better than me, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Well, I think why don't we just say that you're be...

But maintaining our core
temperature comes at a cost. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

But maintaining our core temperature comes at a cost.

So doctors here have
started feeding them - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

So doctors here have started feeding them

Although neither of us have quite
reached the effortless stage, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Although neither of us have quite reached the effortless sta...

It can dramatically knock our
internal chemistry out of balance. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

It can dramatically knock our internal chemistry out of bala...

What they found is that the numbers
of bacteria that they could - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

What they found is that the numbers of bacteria that they co...

Part of the reason why Tahoe finds - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Part of the reason why Tahoe finds

In Norway, the second the children
enter the freezing water, they go - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

In Norway, the second the children enter the freezing water,...

And so there's now really good
evidence - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

And so there's now really good evidence

As we grow, our brain networks - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

As we grow, our brain networks

This new scientific breakthrough
by Bruce German and his team - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

This new scientific breakthrough by Bruce German and his tea...

It's this material that's the key
to making a skill effortless. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

It's this material that's the key to making a skil...

And because he's younger than me,
Tahoe can produce more of it. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

And because he's younger than me, Tahoe can produce mor...

My toes get the coldest.
They start fizzling, in a way. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

My toes get the coldest. They start fizzling, in a way.

Learning as you get older
is harder, but not impossible. - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Learning as you get older is harder, but not impossible.

Every few seconds, - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Every few seconds,

It's a process that we now know
requires us to literally change - The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

It's a process that we now know requires us to literall...

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In this major three-part series, Chris and Xand van Tulleken uncover the latest secrets of our bodies.

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Production: Elinor Film,Christiania Film

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Year: 2017

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ImdbRating: 7.6

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Released: 25 Sep 2017

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