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1 online resource (streaming video file) (50 min. 19 sec.) ; 302907146 bytes |
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Food writer Stefan Gates (Cooking in the Danger Zone, Feasts) continues his adventure to uncover the truth about those notorious artificial food additives. He wants to find out where these chemicals come from and what they actually do in our food.But he is in for some big surprises. Expecting to uncover a world of synthetic chemicals that are best avoided, Stefan learns that many are actually completely natural and could even be beneficial to our health.Over the series he aims to separate the truth from the fiction, finding out just how bad our food would taste, how wrong it would look, and how potentially deadly it could be if we didn't have food additives.Episode 3: SweetenersIn the final episode, Stefan looks at sweeteners used to replace sugar and also learns about the chemicals used to hold our food together. He looks at how additives keep the ice out of ice cream, discovers the seaweed that is an additive found in our cakes, and even undergoes MRI scans in an attempt to discover whether sweeteners are clever enough to fool our brains. (From the UK) (Documentary Series) (Final) G CC |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2011-01-06 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Artificial foods.
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Food additives -- Health aspects.
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Food additives -- Testing.
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Food industry and trade.
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Sweeteners -- Physiological effect.
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Streaming video
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Gates, Stefan, host
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