Original title
Folkeopplysningen
Released
8/27/2012
Origin country
NO
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
Teddy TV
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
7
Number of episodes
38
Norwegian documentary series. Folkeopplysningen and the host Anders Wahl is back
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
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
Folkeopplysningen checks out the self-help and motivation industry. Program director Andreas Wahl examines how to become a better version of himself. He is present when Øystein Wiik gives middle managers in Maxbo faith in himself. He lets =Oslo sellers test out The Secret, and Anne Marie Ottersen is commissioned to impress the business community with the refrigerator magnet philosophy.
Folkeopplysningen checks how good the economy experts really are. Program manager Andreas Wahl organizes stock exchange duel between professional stock exchange analysts and rose bloggers, he examines what the banks actually mean by "long-term strategy", and starts fundraising action for the Oil Fund.
Folkeopplysningen checks how dangerous it is to use cannabis. Does hashish only for batik, or even for lower IQ, schizophrenia and psychosis? Program director Andreas Wahl meets the researcher at the Police College who wants to have hashish on the pole, and the Minister of Justice who will not even think the thought.
Folkeopplysningen checks out the slimming industry. Program director Andreas Wahl discusses the courses, diets, books and research behind it all. He meets doctor Berit Nordstrand to hear about the honey and the olive oil's slimming effect, and he also meets the inventor of Norway's best-selling diet pill.
Folkeopplysningen checks out what benefits it has to choose organic food. Program director Andreas Wahl examines how many apples he can eat before he gets into dangerous amounts of pesticide residues, he tests organic wine at the Farmer's Market and visits cows that have lived both organic and conventional life.
Folkeopplysningen checks out genetically modified food. How skeptical do we have reason to be? Program manager Andreas Wahl examines the health and environmental consequences, he meets the environmentalist who became a GMO activist, learns new things about grapefruit, and serves Frankenfood to Kurt Oddekalv.
Can you communicate with the dead? Program director Andreas Wahl has made an agreement with a now deceased person for a secret code word that he or she will attempt to convey from the other side. Will Gro Helen Tørum, Kenny Corris, Lisa Williams or anyone else be able to convey the password?
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