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Gloria Hunniford and Chris Bavin explore which foods we should and shouldn't be eating.

Gloria Hunniford and Chris Bavin present a series that cuts through confusion and conflicting headlines about Britain's favourite foods.

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Chris Bavin

Rob Unsworth

Carla-Maria Lawson

Chris Walker

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Gloria Hunniford investigates the necessity of the vitamins she takes.

Consumer series. Gloria Hunniford discovers whether the vitamins she takes each day are necessary or if she can get all the nutrients she needs from her food?

Gloria Hunniford and Chris Bavin cut through the confusion and conflicting headlines about Britain's favourite food, eliminating guilt about what you like to eat. 

Following reports that taking extra vitamins is pointless and possibly even dangerous, Gloria discovers whether the vitamins she takes each day are really necessary or if she can get all the nutrients she needs from her food?

Chris tests out a new meal plan to see what difference changing what you eat makes to how you power through the day, and even how you sleep. 

There is a battle of milk bottles following claims that alternatives such as almond or soya are healthier than traditional dairy.
 
Plus Dr Rangan Chatterjee unpicks the truth about which foods can boost brainpower.

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