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THE FOOD PROGRAMME
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From amaranth to zabaglione, Sheila Dillon and Derek Cooper investigate every aspect of the food we eat. |
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PRESENTERS |
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- Derek's biography
- Derek's interview
- What do you know about Derek? |
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"Cooper is a man with tremendous gusto and passion for the pleasures of life and food, but he is also a man who has a blazing fury with those who are responsible for allowing our food supply to have become so contaminated and with those countless others who accept this state with apathy and disregard."
Journalist Colin Spencer |
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PROGRAMME DETAILS |
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How much sugar should we eat?
Journalist James Crawford, a self-confessed sugar addict wanted to see if he could cut out all the sugar in his diet. He kept an audio diary of his two-week experiment.
Dietitian Azmina Govindji explained the health target in Britain for sugar consumption – to eat no more than 10% energy from added sugars, which is equivalent to about 12 tsp sugar (1 tsp = 5g). She illustrated how easy it would be to exceed this amount by eating sweets, chocolates and fizzy drinks.
Tim Richardson explained the history of the British sweet tooth, and the importance of sweets as treats.
Sheila Dillon explored the issues of controversy surrounding the sugar targets with Marion Nestle, Professor in Nutrition at New York University, Jack Winkler, sugar campaigner and Penny Hawley of the Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery Association.
Kevin Watkins explained Oxfam’s concerns about the EU sugar regime as detailed in the recent report: ‘Dumping on the world: how EU sugar policies hurt poor countries’
Sheila was joined in the studio by East Anglian sugar beet farmer Oliver Walston to discuss sugar subsidies and to compare sugar beet and sugar cane.
Further information
Diabetes UK
10 Parkway
London
NW1 7AA
Tel: 020 7424 1000
Parliamentary Health Select Committee report on Obesity
Oxfam
Oxfam House
274 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 7DZ
Tel: 0870 333 2700
Sugar Bureau
Duncan House
Dolphin Sq
London
SW1V 3PW
Tel: 020 7828 9465
British Sugar
Oundle Road
Peterborough
PE2 9QU
Tel: 01733 563171
Tate & Lyle
Sugar Quay
Lower Thames Street
London
EC3R 6DQ
Tel: 020 7626 6525
The Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery Association
6 Catherine Street
London
WC2B 5JJ
Tel: 020 7420 7200
BBCi Food Website
Books
The GI Point Diet by Azmina Govindji and Ninna Puddefoot. Published by Vermilion, ISBN 0091900093
Sweets, the History of Temptation by Tim Richardson. Published by Bantam, ISBN 055381446X
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health by Marion Nestle, published by University of California Press, ISBN 0520240677.
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