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200760 minEnded

The Truth About Food

Network:BBC One

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Aired on Feb 15, 2007, 9:00 PM

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Want to know what food really does to your body? Forget the headlines, watch our intriguing investigations with 500 volunteers as we expose the real science behind the food we eat.

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Status
Ended
Language
English
Runtime
60 min
Premiered
January 11, 2007
Ended
February 15, 2007
Schedule
Thursday at 9:00 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 6 Episodes)

How to Be Healthy

Fiona Bruce joins nine fast-food junkies in their enclosure at Paignton Zoo as they crunch their way through half a ton of raw fruit and vegetables in just 12 days. She also meets two truckers who have to swallow an unusual pill to get them moving, and learns about good and bad bacteria when she investigates what cowboys produce when a man has to do what a man has to do.

Jan 11, 2007

60 min

How to Be Sexy

Vic Reeves and Nancy Sorrell put their bodies on the line to discover just what effect food can have on our sex lives. They find out if the way to a person's heart is really through the stomach, if fruit and veg boost Vic's sperm count, if the smell of some foods turn men on and how cheese could help relieve PMS.

Jan 18, 2007

60 min

How to Feed Your Kids

In a look at what children will and won't eat, Deadringers star Jan Ravens gets first-hand impressions of how to open children's minds and mouths to new foods. The programme discovers how young Isaac broke his broccoli boycott, goes through gastronomic nightmares when Jan's two teenage sons go feral on food, and overturns some myths about what children should eat.

Jan 25, 2007

60 min

How to Be Slim

After trying every diet in the book, DJ Andrea Oliver is about to give up until the latest nutritional science comes to her aid. This programme reveals the foods that keep one feeling fuller for longer, how dairy products may hold the secret to reducing calorie absorption, and why soup could be the answer to every dieter's prayer.

Feb 1, 2007

60 min

How to Stay Young and Beautiful

Liza Tarbuck discovers how the mere colour of some foods can fight the ageing process, how eating spinach might save one's eyesight, and how eating tomatoes could stop wrinkles. Does a stringent detox really work? And does smooth skin rely on drinking two litres of water each day?

Feb 8, 2007

60 min

How to Be the Best

Ex-world-record hurdler Colin Jackson swaps his favourite diet for that of some vegetarian martial arts experts; tests whether the Omega 3 in oily fish can give stressful cabbies a less taxing day; and discovers if the firefighters of Montana are better placed to lick the flames on constant snacking or the traditional three meals a day.

Feb 15, 2007

60 min

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