Are we what we eat?

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC

Comedy, Science

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Brian Cox and Robin Ince examine their own diets and the diet fads of the past to ask what should we actually be eating? They are joined by Dr Chris van Tulleken, Professor Janet Cade and comedian Harry Hill to discuss the nutritional merits, or lack there of, of everything from sausages to strawberries, and discover whether our obsession with low fat ,low sugar or low carb diets have any scientific basis. They discuss our increased dependence on ultra-processed foods and what this means for our health, and whether eating 1 calorie of a chocolate bar, is really the same as eating 1 calorie of a stick of celery. New episodes released Saturday. If you're in the UK, listen to the full series first on BBC Sounds bbc.in/42x5sO5 Producer: Adrian Washbourne Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.9	Hello, we're back from brand new series.
0:06.5	New episodes will be released weekly,
0:08.3	but if you're in the UK and can't wait,
0:10.7	you can hear it all right now before anywhere else.
0:13.5	Isn't that right, Brian Cox?
0:14.8	First on BBC Sounds, Robin Ins.
0:17.3	That's teamwork, isn't it?
0:18.4	It really is, yeah, professional stuff.
0:21.0	I'm Robin Ins, and I'm Brian Cox,
0:22.6	and this is the Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:24.1	Today's show is about what you have got in your stomach right now,
0:28.2	possibly also in your mouth,
0:30.3	and maybe even under your fingernails,
0:33.1	if you eat your marzipan without due care and attention.
0:36.3	Or is that an offense now as well?
0:37.9	Yeah, that's where the culture wars have gone now.
0:39.6	They've moved to marzipan.
0:41.1	Anyway, so we're not just going to be talking about marzipan,
0:43.2	though, we're also going to be talking about spray cheese,
0:44.5	cream eggs, finters, crispy pancakes, and toastoppers,
0:47.6	all of which are younger producer Caroline has never heard of.
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