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Examining what it takes to put food on your plate

The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.

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The Food Chain: The online food fighters

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The online food fighters

17/02/2022 GMT

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The people taking on misinformation about food and nutrition on social media

The people taking on misinformation about food and nutrition on social media.

Social media is full of fake news about food. 

Fad diets, cure-all superfoods, demonised ingredients, made-up health scares – you’re never more than a few clicks away from unreliable nutritional information. 

In this episode, Ruth Alexander meets two people trying to take on those who peddle the food myths. What is it like getting into an online food fight; can an individual ever hope to change people’s minds; and why would anyone even try? 

(Picture: Hand holding cream pie on man's face. Credit: Getty/BBC) 
 
Producer: Sarah Stolarz 

Contributors: 

Dr Joshua Wolrich, NHS doctor, nutritionist and author 

Erin aka Food Science Babe, chemical engineer and food scientist

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