What Will You Eat if the Apocalypse Comes?
How long would your food supply last if you were unable to buy any food? Are you prepared for the worst is a hurricane hits, the floodwaters rise or the stock markets crash? Maybe your cupboards are f...
3 Aug 201727min
Have We Cracked the Nut Problem?
It’s a food problem that can prove fatal - and we might be about to crack it. The first licensed medicines to treat peanut allergy are close to being approved by regulators. But we ask – why has it ta...
27 Jul 201727min
Health lessons with the Hadza
We're continuing our adventures in east Africa with the Hadza – a skilled tribe of hunter gatherers who could be the last remaining link to our ancient food past. We join them as they hunt and forage,...
20 Jul 201726min
Hunting with the Hadza
This week we’re going to be telling what might be the oldest food story in the world.The Hadza of Tanzania, east Africa, are one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer communities in the world and the ...
13 Jul 201726min
Fortification: Too Much of a Good thing?
What if we told you something had been added to your food that could affect your health? You can't see it, you won’t taste it, and you might not have realised it’s there at all. Most of us will eat so...
6 Jul 201726min
The Unlikely Power of Cookbooks
Even if you’ve never picked up a book of recipes - cookbooks will have had a huge influence on how you live. What may appear to be mere collections of ingredients and cooking methods, sometimes tell u...
29 Jun 201726min
Food Secrets of Centenarians
People who have lived into their hundreds explain their food experiences and philosophies, to help us explore relationship between food and longevity. We ask whether despite having a greater varie...
22 Jun 201727min
What Time is Dinner?
How social class has dictated when we eat. From Ancient Greece to New York hipsters, what has determined our mealtimes in the past and who wants them to change now? For thousands of years when we eat ...
15 Jun 201727min
