We Are What We Eat
Michael Mosley and James Wong reveal the delicious science hidden inside our food. Michael begins by trying the first meal most of us enjoyed - human breast milk.
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.
In the opening episode, they explore how this chemistry fuels and builds our bodies. Michael begins by trying the first meal most of us enjoyed, human breast milk, which contains everything a baby needs - fats, carbs, vitamins and minerals. As we grow, we continue to seek the same chemistry in our diet but from a wide variety of scrumptious fare, as Michael and James discover. In San Francisco, they unravel why sourdough bread is so good for us, in the Philippines, they learn how a river weed - rice - has become a comforting staple food, and in Bulgaria, they discover why letting your mushrooms sunbathe may help you get a calcium boost from your dairy food.
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The perfect protein
Duration: 01:57
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The Energy In Rice
Duration: 01:26
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[nature sounds]
Meditative Fantasy In The Forest
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Michael Mosley |
Presenter | James Wong |
Executive Producer | Helen Thomas |
Series Producer | Gideon Bradshaw |
Producer | Martin Johnson |
Director | Martin Johnson |
Broadcasts
- Fri 24 Feb 2017 21:0091热爆 Two except Scotland & Wales
- Fri 24 Feb 2017 21:3091热爆 Two Scotland
- Sat 25 Feb 2017 20:3091热爆 Two Wales
- Mon 27 Feb 2017 23:1591热爆 Two except Scotland
- Thu 23 Mar 2017 00:20
- Thu 7 Jun 2018 23:15
- Sat 14 Mar 2020 09:0091热爆 Two except Scotland
- Tue 30 Jan 2024 14:1591热爆 Two except Scotland & Wales
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