The Secrets Of Your Food

Rating:3.3 of 5Total number of episodes:3Last broadcast:29/03/2017 at 00:35
2017
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March 3, 2017

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Michael Mosley and James Wong explore the sensations, tastes and flavours we enjoy in our food. From luscious strawberries that deceive us into thinking they are sweeter than they actually are, to the tastiest French sea salt combined with caramel that delights the tongue. Together they unpack the wonderful evolutionary story of our food and our sense of taste and smell.
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February 24, 2017

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Michael Mosley and James Wong reveal the delicious physics, chemistry and biology hidden inside our food. They travel the world in a culinary adventure to search for the origins of our favourite foods and using specialist photography and CGI, they take us on a journey inside the most sumptuous food, right down to the molecular level.
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March 10, 2017

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Michael Mosley and James Wong explore the effect that our food has on our most important and, in terms of energy consumption, our greediest organ. It influences our diet by generating cravings for foods such as fat - the most energy-rich food of them all. James heads off to Peru to reveal the surprising link that fat-rich, indulgent chocolate has with breast milk. Sometimes these cravings almost become an addiction - like coffee for example. So we visit a remarkable lab where a team is studying...
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