Episode 4
The plain facts about our food. Alice Roberts investigates the claim that processed meat causes cancer and asks: how worried should we be about eating meat?
In this series, scientist Prof Alice Roberts, chef Tom Kerridge and journalist Sean Fletcher are keen to improve your cooking, your health and your bank balance by dishing up the plain facts about our food.
Last year, one story about food and health dominated the headlines and it was the claim that processed meat causes cancer. In this episode, Alice Roberts investigates the chemical that's causing the problem and asks: how worried should we be about eating meat? Also, do aphrodisiacs actually work? Forget oysters, champagne and strawberries as there's no evidence they work, but research does point to a couple of substances that could claim to be aphrodisiacs.
Tom Kerridge reveals the store cupboard essentials that as a professional chef he won't be without and he answers a cry for help from a viewer whose risotto always ends up a disaster.
And our consumer journalist Sean Fletcher pulls apart the ingredients in cheap and expensive mayonnaise to find out what we're really paying for.
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Tom's perfect risotto
Tom Kerridge is on a mission to improve our cooking skills one dish at a time.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tom Kerridge |
| Presenter | Alice Roberts |
| Presenter | Sean Fletcher |
| Series Producer | Graeme Thomson |
| Executive Producer | Paul Overton |
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