11 November 2018: Talking headlines On the Agenda with Riath Hamed a.k.a. "The Honey Man", Founder and owner of Balqees Honey.

Cottage cheese can make you burn calories while you sleep. According to Florida University, research has shown that eating a high-protein snack can speed up your metabolism. The study has revealed that consuming 30g of protein 30 minutes before you sleep can have a positive effect on muscles, metabolism and overall health.

Jim McCants took green tea capsules in a drive to get healthy in middle age. His doctors now say they left him needing an urgent liver transplant, writes the BBC's Tristan Quinn.

It should have been one of the happiest days of his life. But Jim McCants looks back on his youngest son's high school graduation with mixed emotions. As he sat down next to his wife Cathleen in the university auditorium, just outside Dallas, Texas, she turned to look at him.

The study, conducted by the Oxford Internet Institute, relied on data from a 2016 US study into children's health, in which parents from across the country completed surveys about their households.

The children's commissioner for England is calling on internet giants and toy-makers to be more transparent about the data they are collecting on children. The report also highlights how very young children are now using toys that are connected to the internet.

 

A man died more than eight years after being paralyzed by eating a slug. Sam Ballard was 19 years old and a star rugby player when he reportedly became infected with a rat lungworm after eating a slug in a spur-of-the-moment challenge enticed by friends during a night out in 2010.

Britain’s biggest family gets even bigger! The Radfords welcome baby number 21 but ‘supermum’ Sue, 43, says this will ‘definitely be her last’…after making the exact same promise last year. Britain's biggest family has gotten even larger after mother Sue Radford gave birth to her 21st baby.

08 November 2018: We invite figures from the UAE community onto Making Tracks to hear about the life they have built here. This week, Tom interviewed Dr. Anna Zickerman, Founder and Medical Director of UPANDRUNNING Sports Medical Center, who was born in Sweden and raised here in Dubai.

Anna is a current finalist in the 2018 Emirates Woman of the Year awards, - revealed on Nov 21st 2018. She is a mother to 4 daughters, two in their 20s who study abroad, and two who attend primary school here in Dubai.

08 November 2018: We have Massimo Vidoni in the studio. He is the man who knows about truffles. He has over 25 years experience trading in truffles, and has dubbed himself the ‘truffle man’.

Massimo has made a name for himself on the restaurant scene here in Dubai, and sells fresh truffles directly to restaurants, as well as truffle products - oils, salts, honey with black truffle pieces.

We got our listener Martin for this week's Takeover Radio and this Wednesday, he chose to play Paolo Nutini's Candy.

Want to take part in Tom's Takeover Radio? Text "TOR" or "TAKEOVER" using the free Dubai Eye messenger app.

07 November 2018: More than 400 delegates from over 40 countries are expected to attend the 12th annual Global Residence and Citizenship Conference, which takes place this week (4–6 November) at the Mina A’Salam Hotel in Dubai.

We speak to Christian H. Kälin, CEO of Henley & Partners.

07 November 2018: Talking headlines On the Agenda with James Lakie, General Manager of Shamal Communications.

Half of UAE residents want to see an outright ban on disposable coffee cups, foam egg boxes and plastic bags to help tackle the planet’s escalating problem with plastic.

A survey conducted by YouGov of 1,017 residents revealed widespread concern about single-use plastics. Fifty-two per cent of respondents said they were "greatly concerned" about the use of plastic, with the greatest worry expressed by people who live in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Residents leasing properties via Asteco qualify for the paperless service that aims to end post-dated payments. A new digital payment service for Dubai tenants allowing them to pay rent via direct debit could signal the end of the annual rent cheque.

US-based fitness experience app ClassPass is set to launch in Dubai in October as part of its global expansion plan. ClassPass, an App that offers access to fitness classes from different providers in one place, currently operates in over 50 cities worldwide, with an existing international network of more than 10,000 studios and gyms. CEO Fritz Lanman is now launching in Dubai. We asked him about the growing competition in the city’s fitness industry and ClassPass’ expectations for the region in the future.

Women once rushed to get changed out of their sweaty clothes after a trip to the gym, for fear of being spotted in their skin-tight leggings. But now an increasing number of women are not only feeling more comfortable in their workout gear, they are choosing to wear it even when they're not exercising. Research reveals that nearly half of British women consider their gym clothes part of their everyday wardrobe, while two thirds are happy to wear them to a cafe or pub.

Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates had his hands full on-stage in Beijing on Tuesday, showing a jar of human faeces. The stunt was part of his speech at the Reinvented Toilet Expo event - a showcase for new toilet technologies.

06 November 2018: We speak to Charlie Appleby, who has become the first british trainer to win the Lexus Melbourne Cup as his Cross counter stormed to success at Flemington on Tuesday.

It was also a first win in the race for Godolphin who have been trying to win Australia's most famous horse race for 30 years.

We got our listener Martin for this week's Takeover Radio and this Tuesday, he chose to play Rule The World by Take That.

Want to take part in Tom's Takeover Radio? Text "TOR" or "TAKEOVER" using the free Dubai Eye messenger app.

06 November 2018: The Peter Jones Foundation was founded in 2005 by successful entrepreneur and star of Dragons’ Den, Peter Jones CBE to address the need for more enterprise education, and the type of education needed to be successful in the work place.

We speak to Jonathan Sobczyk Boddington, Chief Executive of The Peter Jones Foundation. Jonathan is hosting an event for Head Teachers this Thurday to showcase the qualifiations they offer with schools, such as enterprise life skills and career paths.

06 November 2018: Delving into the headlines On the Agenda with Andre Gerschel, Director of Operations & Regional Manager at Baker & Spice.

A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley. The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary of it. Technologists know how phones really work, and many have decided they don’t want their own children anywhere near them.

Restaurants are recruiting in senior centers and churches. They’re placing want ads on the website of AARP, an advocacy group for Americans over 50. Recruiters say older workers have soft skills—a friendly demeanor, punctuality—that their younger cohorts sometimes lack.

Some behavioural trends of my fellow countrymen make total sense. That one where no one goes to the cinema anymore - that makes sense: I hate the cinema, too! Smelly, dirty and filled with people talking, rustling their sweet wrappers and looking at their phones every ten seconds.

And the one where no one shops on the high street anymore - also logical. Any actual shop you go into will not have the thing that you want in the right colour or size and the shop assistant will always say: “You could try online.”

The fitness expert survived raw wounds and jellyfish stings, braved storms and emptied a 5kg bucket of petroleum jelly to complete the record-breaking feat of mental and physical endurance. So, is he a masochist?

For most, the very thought of running an entire marathon can be intimidating, one that requires weeks and months of building emotional and physical endurance. But long-term Dubai resident Marcus Smith's fitness challenge is to run 30 marathons in 30 days.

He is all set to run the entire marathon distance every day for the next 30 days, even after suffering a life-threatening accident in February this year. The extreme athlete and high-performance coach has completed the first two days of the Dubai Fitness Challenge, taking a little over four hours to complete the run.