Why do I feel hungry?
CrowdScience
BBC
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Food. For all of us it is a basic necessity and for those lucky enough, it is something we spend a lot of time planning and enjoying. CrowdScience listeners certainly have a lot of food related questions; in this buffet of an episode Marnie Chesterton opens the fridge door to pick the tastiest. Starting with the seemingly simple question of what makes us feel hungry, and ending in outer-space, Marnie investigates flavour, nutrition and digestion.
After a year when watching TV has become a core activity for many people stuck in their homes, one listener wants us to find out if eating food whilst watching the TV affects our perception of taste. We then journey to the skies and ask if it is true that food tastes blander on aeroplanes, what does that mean for astronauts’ mealtimes? Back on earth, Marnie explores whether humans are the only animals that season their food.
Tuck in your napkins and prepare to feast on a smorgasbord of scientific snacks. Presented by Marnie Chesterton and Produced by Melanie Brown and Hannah Fisher for the BBC World Service.
Guests: Professor Charles Spence Dr Kristine Beaulieu Mr. Takashi Funahashi Ruben Meerman Chef Jozef Youseff
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| 0:00.0 | Take some time for yourself with soothing classical music from the mindful mix, the Science of |
| 0:07.0 | Happiness Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | For the last 20 years I've dedicated my career to exploring the science of living a happier more meaningful life and I want |
| 0:14.4 | to share that science with you. |
| 0:16.1 | And just one thing, deep calm with Michael Mosley. |
| 0:19.4 | I want to help you tap in to your hidden relaxation response system and open the door to that |
| 0:25.5 | calmer place within. Listen on BBC Sounds. Hello and I'm Marnie Chesterton and I'll be your pilot for this forthcoming journey. |
| 0:46.3 | We do realize that you had a range of carriers available to you and the BBC World Service |
| 0:51.3 | would like to thank you for choosing to travel with us. |
| 0:54.0 | We'll be taking a route via several listener questions linked by a food and travel theme, |
| 0:59.6 | so expect astronaut meals and high-flying altitude flavorings to make an appearance. |
| 1:06.1 | Assisting me in this endeavor are Professor Charles Spence from the Crossmodal Research Laboratory |
| 1:11.2 | at Oxford University, but currently on the line from Columbia. |
| 1:14.8 | Say hello Charles. |
| 1:15.9 | Hello everyone. |
| 1:17.8 | And from Leeds University and also visiting fellow at Steno Diab Copenhagen is Dr. Kristen Bolia, lecturer in appetite and obesity say hello Christine. |
| 1:29.0 | Hi everyone. Seat belts on, it's time to relax, sit back and enjoy the next half hour. |
| 1:35.0 | So the first stop on the trip is a big and important question. |
| 1:41.0 | It's from Jacqueline. |
| 1:44.0 | Hello, grass science. My name is Jacqueline and I live in Toronto in Canada. |
| 1:50.0 | My questions are about hunger. |
| 1:52.0 | What happens in my body when I feel hungry? |
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