Don't obsess over 8 hours sleep: Health tips from the BBC's twin doctors
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Watch: Dr Xand and Dr Chris on working with their 'annoying' twin
A giant mug of instant black coffee and no food is not what you'd expect the host of a wellness podcast to have for breakfast. Yet it's what Dr Chris van Tulleken, who hosts the BBC's What's Up Docs alongside identical twin brother Dr Xand confesses to having. "I'm approaching middle age so don't want to eat all day. My way of not eating all day is not eating breakfast," he says. It's this kind of honesty about not leading the perfect life and struggling with the stuff they know they should do but still don't, that makes them so relatable. The brothers are both medical doctors who've become household names through their TV and radio work - they present children's series Operation Ouch! and Dr Xand is one of BBC's Morning Live resident experts while Dr Chris is well known for his bestselling book Ultra-Processed People.
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