the truth about food. coming soon on bbc2

blue-kat

I avoided last week's programme, but the one about children and food was interesting, although some of the tests were a bit dubious ( leaving the teenage boys to self regulate food, but only allowing them 10 types of food).

there's some short videos from the show at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/?id=truth_about_food

there's someinfo on the tests here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/kids/
including additional tests that didn't feature in the programme

it's common sense stuff, but my 11 with asperger syndrome found it persuasive and it making a big effort to improve his diet, and is keeping a daily fruit and veg chart.:T

Trow

Did anyone see it last night?

The soup thing was VERY interesting I thought - would have expected the opposite as soup doesn't seem like a meal so much, but it makes sense - and explains why we get told people that eat soup as a starter consume less calories.

Addiscomber

Yes, I was surprised by that one. What did you think about the calcium in a diet binding the fat and causing it to be excreted? A very interesting episode all round - as good as the first one, I thought.

organic_wanabe

I missed last night's episode. Can anyone please give me a brief idea of what was said? Yours hopefully!

Trow

It was fab - it was about diet.

Eating protein keeps you fuller for longer
Fat adheres to calcium in a calcium rich diet and is excreted - twice as much fat is excreted (rather than kept on the body) in a calcium rich diet!
Drinking water does not keep you fuller - but eating soup does - as the water is combined with the food and stays in your stomach - in the test they had two guys eating excatly the same - one as a meal with water, one with the water added to make soup, and the ones that ate soup lasted an hour longer before they were hungry!
If we have a record of what we eat we don't eat as much

go to www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/slim for more details

Trow

Addiscomber wrote:

Yes, I was surprised by that one. What did you think about the calcium in a diet binding the fat and causing it to be excreted? A very interesting episode all round - as good as the first one, I thought.

Yeah, that was very interesting - I am trying to lose a stone or two at the moment, and have already been upping my dairy intake, so lets hope it works!

tracyk

Thought the bit about protein keeping you fuller for longer made perfect sense as I would imagine that's what The Atkins Diet is based on. (I have tried it & it's true).
Also, don't forget that they stressed low-fat calcium products for the weight loss

lil_me

Watched with interest, me and DP sat on the sofa with tummy bugs so didn't fancy eating thankflly, but he's been reading through loads of c*** advice on sites about diets as he's wanting to loose weight so this helped a lot!

That MRS scan was scary, has shocked me into changing my eating habits, they were not too bad but weight seems to be stuck at a certain level, we've had a much more healthy day today, even DP which is a huge shock! (Did include soup for lunch too )

Poor girl who did the metabolism test seemed very embarrassed, suppose they caught out any lies told, but her friend was so thin, to be honest I would prefer to be overweight any day than underweight, she looked poorly.

Charis

Lola23 wrote:

Watched this programme last night too, and it was good.

I know we should all be eating more fruit and veg and I for one will try, but not sure about the raw veg. It does seem to have great benefits so I am going to give it a try at weekend (not too much though). I love broccoli and cauliflower but have never tried them uncooked.

Raw cauliflower and raw broccoli should be avoided by anyone with thyroid problems. Just Google raw + cauliflower to see lots of sites which explain why.

samcat_2

here are some links to video clips of topics already mentioned in the thread for those who haven't seen the show. some clips are extra.

Some tests and studies from The truth about food series on BBC2.






Can water make you feel full?
Water can make you feel full but only if you eat it with food e.g. a soup. In this experiment shown in the film below, they compared 2 guys one drinking the same amount of water alongside a meal of solid food, the other had the same amount of food and water together as a soup. With the soup, the whole soup stayed in the stomach, whereas with the water and food separated, the water passed straight through and the stomach was not nearly as full.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/flashapp/index.shtml?video=20
(click on 'launch' next to pic of girl eating strawberry)


Can Dairy help you lose fat?
Low fat dairy is good. The calcium binds to fat and it is excreted. They actually show real results of calcium and how much fat is passed, using blocks of fat to illustrate how much the people who were test subjects passed in poo!!! It is amazing just how much fat they passed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/flashapp/index.shtml?video=17
(click on 'launch' next to pic of girl eating strawberry)

Spinach saving eyesight?
Protect your sight in the future. Age related blindness / Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is helped by spinach
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/flashapp/index.shtml?video=25
(click on launch)

Does Detox really work?
Liver and kidneys flushed out toxins at exactly the same rate with detox group and control group.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/flashapp/index.shtml?video=28
(click on 'launch')

If you are fat can you blame your metabolism?
(click on 'launch')


Benefits of Red Wine:beer:
There is something in the skin and seeds of red grapes (polyphenolic compounds) that prevents fatty deposits. The French have one of the lowest rates of heart disease depsite a high fat diet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/flashapp/index.shtml?video=27
(click on 'launch')

What food makes you feel full longer?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/flashapp/index.shtml?video=18


Does drinking two litres of water a day improve your skin?
A pair of twins. one drinks 2 litres. the other doesn't drink any water.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/flashapp/index.shtml?video=26
(click on 'launch' next to pic of girl eating strawberry)

(there's also a clip on eating like an ape.. for those of you who kept asking what does 5kg of fruit and veg look like)