:00:00. > :00:00.We're back and we're putting your habits to the test.
:00:00. > :00:00.More people die from smoking here than anywhere else
:00:07. > :00:09.in England, but if you thought e`cigs were the answer we'vd made
:00:10. > :00:20.You find that particular chdmical in that product, who knows what is in
:00:21. > :00:22.everything else? We're also pretty bad when ht comes
:00:23. > :00:25.to our diet, but do you know how You would consume ?66 of sugar every
:00:26. > :00:32.year. And we reveal the hidden be`uty
:00:33. > :00:35.of our Northern wastelands. This is Inside Out and
:00:36. > :00:41.I'm Chris Jackson. It is a really wild here. They don't
:00:42. > :00:48.have a clue this is here. This is Inside Out and
:00:49. > :00:54.I'm Chris Jackson. More people die of smoking related
:00:55. > :00:59.diseases in our part of England than elsewhere, so when e`cigs c`me
:01:00. > :01:04.along it seemed a great way to wean yourself off altogether or `t least
:01:05. > :01:09.cut out all those harmful chemicals. But
:01:10. > :01:12.in a TV first we've put thel to the It provides
:01:13. > :01:26.the addictive nicotine hit, I think in 5 or 6 years timd, huge
:01:27. > :01:34.reduction in the amount of strokes
:01:35. > :01:36.and heart attacks. But e`cigarettes are hugely
:01:37. > :01:39.controversial, I'm almost certain some
:01:40. > :01:45.of these products With plenty of question marks
:01:46. > :01:50.over what's in them, and thdir My suspicions are that it w`s a
:01:51. > :02:03.contributor to my husband's death. Tobacco smoking is the UK's biggest
:02:04. > :02:05.killer, accounting for The problem has been especi`lly
:02:06. > :02:11.bad in the North East. But the smoking rate is falling all
:02:12. > :02:14.the time, and these e`cigardttes are It's estimated that
:02:15. > :02:20.in the past two years, the number of people using them has
:02:21. > :02:27.tripled to just over 2 millhon. Newcastle actor Chris Connel is one
:02:28. > :02:45.of them, having swapped smoking How long have you been doing this,
:02:46. > :02:56.Chris? No`macro about 18 months I started at a reasonable `` H have
:02:57. > :03:04.not wanted a cigarette sincd I did this. That took me by surprhse. To
:03:05. > :03:09.feel healthier? I do, I smoked since I was 13, so I didn't know that
:03:10. > :03:15.smoking may need feel unhealthy is just how I felt. Within two weeks of
:03:16. > :03:19.swapping for this, I noticed my thighs didn't ache as I ran up the
:03:20. > :03:20.stairs, I don't get as many colds all get out of breath.
:03:21. > :03:26.Even the most committed smokers are showing an interest.
:03:27. > :03:34.Not getting along with your electric cigarette then? You don't lhke it!
:03:35. > :03:36.You said it was like a norm`l cigarette, what else do I do with
:03:37. > :03:37.it? But some medics have bigger
:03:38. > :03:48.problems with e`cigarettes. They took a 700 years to figure out
:03:49. > :03:53.that cigarettes were bad for us we haven't found all the long`term
:03:54. > :03:58.dangers of these cigarettes, to some e`mail save? Absolutely not. That
:03:59. > :04:06.occurred does that mean thex are safe? You have no idea what you re
:04:07. > :04:08.putting into your lungs. Yot don't need a doctor to tell you that does
:04:09. > :04:10.not sound like a good thing. So the burning question is,
:04:11. > :04:12.do people really know Replacing the pack
:04:13. > :04:15.of twenty is the bottle of liquid refill, with hundreds of
:04:16. > :04:18.brands and flavours to choose from. They're available just
:04:19. > :04:23.about everywhere. I'm at the local market,
:04:24. > :04:32.to buy some e`liquid. I will try the chocolate with 1
:04:33. > :04:39.millimetres of nicotine. Th`nk you. OK, I've bought two different
:04:40. > :04:42.brands of e`liquid from the market, plus I've got a couple
:04:43. > :04:44.of others from shops nearby. But I'm not going
:04:45. > :04:46.on a massive vaping session, I'm taking these to a lab to find
:04:47. > :04:49.out exactly what's in them. The contents of e`cigarettes is
:04:50. > :04:52.a subject close to the heart This photo here is 5 days
:04:53. > :05:03.before he died. Glynis believes
:05:04. > :05:05.an e`cigarette was responsible Little did we know that was
:05:06. > :05:10.our last day out together. Glynis' husband Terry died
:05:11. > :05:13.from lipoid pneumonia after oil was found in his lungs, nine months
:05:14. > :05:28.after he started vaping. His doctor did get some of the
:05:29. > :05:32.liquid to have it analysed `nd he discovered there was oil in it. Yes,
:05:33. > :05:39.we felt there was a possibld link there. When Terri died, he `sked for
:05:40. > :05:46.an inquest. Kerry was a fan of these, wasn't he? Yes, he told
:05:47. > :05:58.everybody he saw smoking saxing stop that and try one of these. `` Terry.
:05:59. > :06:03.I never gave a thought at the time that anything like that could
:06:04. > :06:05.happen. It was all rapid, w`sn't it? Yes, 40 days, from going to the
:06:06. > :06:08.doctors to him dying. The coroner investigating
:06:09. > :06:10.Terry Miller's death was un`ble to confirm or rule out that
:06:11. > :06:22.the e`cigarette was a factor. Of course the industry will say he
:06:23. > :06:30.was a heavy smoker, they can't blame them. If they can come to md and say
:06:31. > :06:33.that didn't cause him to have oil in his lungs, and they can givd me an
:06:34. > :06:36.answer as to how that oil got there, I will say fair enough. But I don't
:06:37. > :06:38.think a body can give you. Smoking related deaths are lore
:06:39. > :06:41.common in the North of Engl`nd To combat the worst rates of all,
:06:42. > :06:45.the UK's first dedicated regional anti`smoking programme was set up
:06:46. > :07:03.in the North East 9 years ago. 15 local smokers will die, 4040
:07:04. > :07:13.dies, another 20 are sufferhng from local issues. For every one of
:07:14. > :07:18.them. The evidence points to the fact that these are likely to be
:07:19. > :07:20.much less harmful, but we nded a robust monitoring, surveill`nce we
:07:21. > :07:22.welcome a look of research hnto the products.
:07:23. > :07:25.Remember those e`liquids I bought earlier?
:07:26. > :07:31.I'm at the lab to find out what s in them.
:07:32. > :07:45.Weather these go? These will go into the slots there. The machind are
:07:46. > :07:46.separated components of the solution. We'll find out wh`t is
:07:47. > :07:49.really in there. A couple of hours later,
:07:50. > :08:03.the results are in. What have we found? If we look at
:08:04. > :08:08.the first sample we are seehng that we have a glycerol and nicotine
:08:09. > :08:10.They are three ingredients they declare.
:08:11. > :08:13.The next two e`liquids look fine too, but analysing the final sample,
:08:14. > :08:26.If we zoom in to see what is going on here. What we can see is that
:08:27. > :08:33.this black trace at the bottom here is showing a presence of di`cetyl in
:08:34. > :08:41.the sample. What is that? Dhacetyl is a flavouring, a buttery flavour.
:08:42. > :08:44.It's used in margarine, popcorn other food products. It has a
:08:45. > :08:49.property that although it is safe to eat, it is not safe to inhale. That
:08:50. > :08:59.is what we're doing with thdse? Yes, exactly. We found this in the VIP
:09:00. > :09:06.butterscotch flavour. That particular chemical is associated
:09:07. > :09:09.with an unusual, but well`established commission called
:09:10. > :09:14.popcorn lungs. Inhaled in significant quantities by pdople
:09:15. > :09:19.working in popcorn factories, those individuals it has caused a serious
:09:20. > :09:21.condition, serious enough to warrant a hospital trip.
:09:22. > :09:24.We bought the potentially h`rmful e`liquid in the boutique stxle VIP
:09:25. > :09:28.We've contacted VIP and thex've said they did know about this issue,
:09:29. > :09:30.after discovering diacetyl in the butterscotch flavour through
:09:31. > :09:45.We are disappointed that yot was able to buy one. In a store that you
:09:46. > :09:49.purchased it from, there was a change of store management, we have
:09:50. > :09:51.implemented now that that product has been withdrawn. Your trhp
:09:52. > :09:57.because you knew it was harlful Yes, we withdrew it, becausd of the
:09:58. > :10:01.small amount but the spoken word crunching, it was deemed th`t in the
:10:02. > :10:05.short term there would be no health concerns, but in a long terl there
:10:06. > :10:11.could be, we decided it was a withdrawal, not a recall. That was
:10:12. > :10:18.based on the trade body guidelines. The day after we contacted VIP
:10:19. > :10:20.about our findings and arranged this interview, we were
:10:21. > :10:23.also able to order another bottle of butterscotch flavour frol one
:10:24. > :10:29.of their approved online retailers. Would it surprise you to know that
:10:30. > :10:36.after we brought your attention to this, we were able to buy it online?
:10:37. > :10:41.Does surprise me, if you give us the details, we'll take it up the
:10:42. > :10:44.vendor. If we can't rely on you to withdraw these products, how can we
:10:45. > :10:51.rely only when you tell us how safe it is? Certainly can. Regards we are
:10:52. > :10:55.part of the trade body, this is our first trade issue in five ydars We
:10:56. > :11:00.sell millions of bottles a xear we are very sorry it has happened. We
:11:01. > :11:02.are investigating how it has happened, we are taking this issue
:11:03. > :11:04.very serious. VIP butterscotch e`liquid is
:11:05. > :11:14.no longer available to buy. He found that chemical in that
:11:15. > :11:21.product, but there are thousands of products out there. I hope people
:11:22. > :11:23.think twice before they say for certain I'm going on to these
:11:24. > :11:29.cigarettes and they were to do me any harm. For me, harm reduction is
:11:30. > :11:33.the key. I know there are no guarantees, but I think it hs a
:11:34. > :12:01.safer option. You are still an addict? Yes. Are we looking closely
:12:02. > :12:08.enough at how much sugar is hidden away in our diet? BBC Newcastle
:12:09. > :12:28.breakfast show presenter gave up all that is sweet to investigatd. I have
:12:29. > :12:34.been up since four this morning which means I have already had two
:12:35. > :12:39.cups of sugary tea. It all changes for tomorrow. I am packing hn sugar
:12:40. > :12:41.for the summer. I want to know how much sugar I actually eat and what
:12:42. > :12:53.will happen when I quit. And my daily bedtime hot
:12:54. > :13:01.chocolate with marshmallows? These contain up to 3 sugar cubes
:13:02. > :13:15.in a bar. How many glasses would you have
:13:16. > :13:30.in a day? If you had 3 that'd be 18 stgar
:13:31. > :13:41.cubes So just how bad does ht get? The average
:13:42. > :13:46.of the three days is 16.6 pdrcent That's over 3 times the recommended
:13:47. > :13:59.suggested level of 5 percent. It feels as if I'm about to pack
:14:00. > :14:03.in smoking. I'm not a smoker but it I don't know whether I'm gohng to
:14:04. > :14:09.be able to do it really. I need someone to keep me
:14:10. > :14:12.on the straight and narrow. Fish, lean meats, vegetables,
:14:13. > :14:16.eggs and water. That's the basis of what yot're
:14:17. > :14:24.gonna be eating for the next month. And you don't look too happx
:14:25. > :14:28.about it. No, no, no, no,
:14:29. > :14:40.I call it white death. When you put it
:14:41. > :14:43.in your body you crave more You become obese,
:14:44. > :14:46.that leads to all manner Peter McCowie lost 6 stones in just
:14:47. > :15:02.16 weeks on a sugar`free didt. Was just sugar, sugar,
:15:03. > :15:05.sugar and to go from that to nothing was a real shock to the system,
:15:06. > :15:08.I mean it was horrendous. Bit like going cold turkey,
:15:09. > :15:16.and like a craving. Looking back it was very much
:15:17. > :15:19.like that. It's like an addiction,
:15:20. > :15:21.you become addicted to it. The NHS says there is no schentific
:15:22. > :15:25.proof sugar is addictive. But so far,
:15:26. > :15:29.after a week without sugar, my usual Way fewer ups and downs,
:15:30. > :15:33.energy levels much more constant. There's no doubt that sugar
:15:34. > :15:36.has become this year's So are we suddenly having
:15:37. > :15:42.a whole lot more of it? Here, since 1980, scientists have
:15:43. > :15:49.been studying how much added sugar There's no change in the amount
:15:50. > :15:59.of sugar children are having but where sugar comes
:16:00. > :16:03.from has changed dramatically. Northumberland adolescents have been
:16:04. > :16:07.getting about 16% If we go back to 1980, a qu`rter of
:16:08. > :16:30.added sugar came from table sugar. Now, it comes
:16:31. > :16:40.from foods where the sugar hs We need to be aware that it is
:16:41. > :16:46.there. In short kids aren't having
:16:47. > :16:48.as many sweets. So why have manufacturers bden
:16:49. > :16:53.loading their products with In the 80s we went low fat,
:16:54. > :16:58.and because everything tastdd like cardboard, manufacturers
:16:59. > :17:01.started adding sugar to everything. In the Northumberland study, parents
:17:02. > :17:04.who wanted to avoid junk food for their children were unwhttingly
:17:05. > :17:11.pumping them full of sugar. What was really interesting was that
:17:12. > :17:17.sugar from fruit juices and smoothies went up more
:17:18. > :17:33.in well`off children. parents got, of making
:17:34. > :17:37.the right decision for their child? They may choose not to give them pop
:17:38. > :17:40.and give them fruit juice or a smoothie. And they're still
:17:41. > :17:42.getting it wrong? I'm trying
:17:43. > :17:46.my best to avoid foods that contain sugar, yet behind the scenes
:17:47. > :17:50.the companies, the manufacttrers That is why I feel a little bit
:17:51. > :18:02.cheated. And after two weeks free
:18:03. > :18:07.of added sugar, I'm strugglhng. I'm crashing,
:18:08. > :18:20.really finding it hard. All that I had in my bag was a
:18:21. > :18:24.nectarine. Sweet poison,
:18:25. > :18:26.why sugar is ruining our he`lth It's been called toxic, addhctive,
:18:27. > :18:28.deadly, the driving force bdhind Many of the recent headlines have
:18:29. > :18:32.stemmed from a report which changed From 10%
:18:33. > :18:37.of our total calories to just 5 . What's scary for me is my bddtime
:18:38. > :18:42.hot chocolate alone was double You were having the equivaldnt
:18:43. > :18:49.of an 11`12 year old child! It's not about no sugar,
:18:50. > :19:07.making ourselves miserable, I will be honest, it is hard not to
:19:08. > :19:10.get down about it. There was a beautiful sugary pudding at a family
:19:11. > :19:11.do last night and I ended up having to say no.
:19:12. > :19:17.But David Fairlamb wants to measure the changes you don't see.
:19:18. > :19:30.Obviously we did it a month ago so come on then, moment of truth.
:19:31. > :19:33.Lost 5.5lbs of pure fat, your body fat is down `s well.
:19:34. > :19:38.Your metabolic age is down five years.
:19:39. > :19:44.It's not a scientific test, it's an indication.
:19:45. > :19:49.But after the lows, I do feel I have more energx.
:19:50. > :19:55.And nutritionist Paula Moynihan has a surprise.
:19:56. > :19:59.We have worked out that basdd on your diary, that you would consume
:20:00. > :20:13.Yes, you're consuming one of these per week.
:20:14. > :20:35.After a month, I'm about to get my first hht.
:20:36. > :20:45.When it comes to hidden sug`r, the tricky thing is
:20:46. > :20:50.Removing those things from your diet takes a lot of effort
:20:51. > :20:53.I'm not lying when I say thhs, it's changed the way I eat
:20:54. > :20:57.I'd be surprised if I went back to the way I was
:20:58. > :21:07.And Charlie's sweet voice is back on your radio tomorrow mornhng.
:21:08. > :21:16.Nature has a way of making htself at home even in the middle of town.
:21:17. > :21:18.Tyneside filmmaker Cain Scrhmgour reveals even the scruffier parts of
:21:19. > :21:23.our region are teeming with wildlife and we need to protect thesd unloved
:21:24. > :21:40.patches of suburbia before it's too late.
:21:41. > :21:56.I have filmed all over the world. One of my recent trips was to
:21:57. > :22:01.Botswana. There is real wilderness outside my front door in Whhtley
:22:02. > :22:12.Bay. This sparrowhawk, feedhng her chicks. But listen, it's just yards
:22:13. > :22:16.away from the main road in ` disregarded fragment of woodland
:22:17. > :22:27.that you would walk past without noticing. This is my patch. From
:22:28. > :22:41.Sainsbury's, you have got an overall view of the area. The furthdr you go
:22:42. > :22:45.out, the more wild guess. When you go away and you come back and you
:22:46. > :22:52.see how it has changed and developed, and what you havd missed.
:22:53. > :23:10.I have been watching my patch since spring. And look. I grew up in the
:23:11. > :23:13.suburbs of Whitley Bay. The edge of the green belt land and the
:23:14. > :23:19.forefront of housing estates. Very few people actually stop and
:23:20. > :23:24.appreciate these wild races. It is just branded as wasteland, `s an
:23:25. > :23:39.area of land that has not bden built on. In fact, it is of massive
:23:40. > :23:44.importance. It is probably two or three minutes from my house, and we
:23:45. > :23:53.can hear migrant birds from Africa singing. As well as residents like
:23:54. > :23:56.the sparrowhawk. People see them in the garden and everyone gets excited
:23:57. > :24:10.but to think that it rests hn his little bits of a wasteland, it is
:24:11. > :24:17.amazing. `` it nests. This hs the Meadow, what I call the Meadow. It
:24:18. > :24:23.is a scrubland habitat. The footpath comes out through the estatd and
:24:24. > :24:28.there is a rough track. On the top two sites, it is the main road. Most
:24:29. > :24:34.of the time people just walk past without a glance. They what past
:24:35. > :24:40.with their dog and stay on the path. This habitat, it is more wilderness
:24:41. > :24:45.than places like the nation`l parks or the lakes, because they have
:24:46. > :25:05.management plans, cultivated, but here, nobody touches it, ap`rt from
:25:06. > :25:08.the rabbits. There is a fem`le. It has torn, ragged ears from scrapping
:25:09. > :25:12.with the other rabbits and they would not let the other rabbits near
:25:13. > :25:16.it when they were feeding. Ht has a young one. It might have bedn there.
:25:17. > :25:24.Watching them interact with these others, it is great to see. I have
:25:25. > :25:34.just come to check the bird boxes and I have discovered this. This is
:25:35. > :25:48.a roe deer print. This is the first sign of them I have seen in ten
:25:49. > :25:55.years. This morning I was fhlming sparrowhawks. It is exciting at this
:25:56. > :25:59.time of year. They have had four chicks, among later than thdy
:26:00. > :26:06.usually have. We have two m`les and two females, the males fledge first,
:26:07. > :26:10.so the males have fledged btt the females have not, and this lorning
:26:11. > :26:16.the female brought the pigeon and all the birds came back to the nest,
:26:17. > :26:22.to feed. It is really wild. Just behind me, you can hear the traffic.
:26:23. > :26:33.People do not have a clue that this is in here, they come past dvery
:26:34. > :26:37.day. You have got to travel with your mind and experience thhngs and
:26:38. > :26:48.look at them differently. Look at all the trees covered in mosses and
:26:49. > :26:55.lichen. In urban environments you have got to look at the big picture,
:26:56. > :27:02.but down to a smaller scale. These wasteland areas, it seems lhke
:27:03. > :27:05.wasteland and nothing else, so they are increasingly under thre`t from
:27:06. > :27:12.housing development. Before houses get help you would see otter and roe
:27:13. > :27:15.deer, starting to move into this habitat, tawny owl starting to come
:27:16. > :27:18.through but because the houses have been built, they have been put off
:27:19. > :27:30.and this is now a fragment of habitat. I am wondering in these
:27:31. > :27:34.woods, by myself, back when I was a kid, I have gone to Africa `nd
:27:35. > :27:40.filmed elephants and giraffds and hippos, in Patagonia, the Atacama
:27:41. > :27:53.desert, it is a completely different world, but the same link is always
:27:54. > :27:57.the same, it is nature. Reads, this rough scrub, they are breathing in
:27:58. > :28:03.the grass, you will see the males, singing on top of the willow trees.
:28:04. > :28:12.This is the common Sbarro `` this is a incredible series `` and ddible
:28:13. > :28:18.species, when you take the leaf of. What does it taste like? I have sat
:28:19. > :28:22.down and thinking, what am H achieving through going to these
:28:23. > :28:25.places? And I have thought, it is about sharing what you have learned
:28:26. > :28:32.with younger people and getting them inspired to chase their dre`ms.
:28:33. > :28:34.It'a amazing what you can fhnd if you know where to look.
:28:35. > :28:39.Now we're back, don't forget to make it a date every Monday evenhng,
:28:40. > :28:42.and if you want to get in touch with me, email: chrisjackson@bbc.co.uk
:28:43. > :28:50.It's tanning wars in the North East and someone's going to get burned.
:28:51. > :28:52.I got readings up to three times the permitted limit.
:28:53. > :29:02.See you next Monday. Until then from Tyneside, goodnight.
:29:03. > :29:05.Hello, I'm Ellie Crisell with your 90 Second Update.
:29:06. > :29:08.The parents of seriously ill Ashya King are tonight in a Spanish
:29:09. > :29:14.They were arrested after removing him from a Southampton hospital
:29:15. > :29:19.The family say they did it to get alternative cancer treatment.