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Food: Truth or Scare
Food · 2016
Last aired: S5 E5, Episode 5 · 2020-07-24
Gloria Hunniford and Chris Bavin present a revelatory new series aiming to go through the headlines and pseudo-science to make sense of confusing food advice.
Season 5
E1
Episode 1
2020-07-20 · 45 min
Chris Bavin dissects worrying reports that eating chicken and turkey could cause cancer, and Gloria Hunniford looks at the trend for feeding pets raw meat.
E2
Episode 2
2020-07-21 · 45 min
Gloria Hunniford and Chris Bavin are joined by former health secretary Edwina Currie to unscramble the conflicting claims about whether eggs are safe and healthy.
E3
Episode 3
2020-07-22 · 45 min
Gloria Hunniford asks whether her beloved cups of tea could be increasing her risk of cancer, and Danny Crates skips breakfast for a week to see if it holds the key to easy weight loss.
E4
Episode 4
2020-07-23 · 45 min
Gloria Hunniford finds out whether claims that a daily glass of wine is good for you are true, Chris Bavin asks if calorie counting is a sensible approach to weight loss, and Danny Crates gets his stopwatch out to sort fact from fiction when it comes to the ‘five-second rule'.
E5
Episode 5
2020-07-24 · 45 min
Chris Bavin takes a look at shocking claims that diet drinks could be making you gain weight, Gloria Hunniford finds out whether all carbs should be avoided or if some are the key to a healthy lifestyle, and Danny Crates looks at whether greasy and sugary foods affect your skin.
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Gloria Hunniford
Gloria Hunniford
Chris Bavin
Chris Bavin