The Naked Scientist: Feeling exhausted?

Relebogile Mabotja hosts The Naked Scientist · 22 June 2026 · 14m

Speaker 1: The naked scientists. I'm for the naked scientists. Speaker 2: Doctor Chris Smith is with us to answer all of your science related questions. O Speaker 2: double one double A three seven O two in the WhatsApp line O seven to Speaker 2: seven two one seven oh two. Doctor, I'm going to ask you the question around Speaker 2: exhaustion. And I've had so many people and I've also seen some content creators sharing Speaker 2: that there's a millennial specific exhaustion which is happening, but others saying phones, lack of Speaker 2: vitamin D, lack of vitamin B, and the food changing, the water changing is why Speaker 2: everybody is so tired. I'm not sure if you've experienced anything like that, or I've Speaker 2: heard people speaking of it and some say they noticed a difference after COVID outbreak Speaker 2: and the lockdown. Speaker 1: I've got exhaustion with how many prime ministers we've found, I think ten. Speaker 3: It's a lot. Speaker 2: It's ridiculous. Speaker 1: I do you know I wouldn't touch politics at the barge pole. And the answer Speaker 1: overlaps with the answer to your question, to be perfect perfectly honest, because this whole Speaker 1: business about exhaustion and and tired all the time, and we see this a lot Speaker 1: in young people who have no excuse for being tired all the time. And I'm Speaker 1: a little bit older now and I can think I can be a bit more Speaker 1: relaxed in my approach. But if you think about how life has changed when we Speaker 1: used to go to work, when I when I first entered the workplace, okay, email

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