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04/03/2012

BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, The Food We Eat

Sheila Dillon and author Michael Pollan on the shifting sands of our global diet.

Sheila Dillon with authors Michael Pollan and Joanna Blythman on the shifting sands of our global diet.

We are going through an unprecedented change in how we eat. Developing countries are moving away from traditional diets, and all over the world new types of foodstuffs are edging out foods that have been consumed for centuries. Is this a change for the better, what is driving this change, and how well do we understand what the implications are?

Two influential thinkers - Michael Pollan in the USA and Joanna Blythman in Britain - have written books that, at a time when food choices and dietary advice seem ever more complicated, offer a cry for simplicity. 

The most populous nation on the planet - China - is undergoing its own rapid transition. Could the glamour of the western diet really threaten such an ancient and unique food culture?

Sheila talks to Michael, Joanna and the food writer and expert on Chinese food, Fuchsia Dunlop, about the food that we eat.


Producer: Rich Ward.

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