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Sugar is on trial in this programme. Widely blamed for all manner of health issues beyond rotten teeth and expanding waistlines, the team investigate whether sugar really deserves such a lousy heal...th reputation. Jem sets out to make some pure, white, granulated sugar of his own, while Maggie meets a surprise victim of fatty liver disease. Maggie also discovers how sugar is being used to preserve life-saving vaccines, while Liz explores the power sugar has to switch on our brains.
Sugar is on trial in this programme. Widely blamed for all manner of health issues beyond rotten teeth and expanding waistlines, the team investigate whether sugar really deserves such a lousy heal...th reputation. Jem sets out to make some pure, white, granulated sugar of his own, while Maggie meets a surprise victim of fatty liver disease. Maggie also discovers how sugar is being used to preserve life-saving vaccines, while Liz explores the power sugar has to switch on our brains.
| Series: | Bang goes the theory; Series 7 |
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| Episode | 3 |
| First transmission date: | 18-03-2013 |
| Published: | 2013 |
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| Duration: | 00:30:00 |
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| Producer: | Paul King |
| Presenters: | Liz Bonnin; Maggie Philbin; Jem Stansfield |
| Contributors: | Liz Bonnin; Maggie Philbin; Jem Stansfield |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lwxj1 OU Website: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/tv/bang-goes-the-theory-series-7-episode-3 |
| Master spool number: | HDS134950 |
| Production number: | FKAP880P |
| Videofinder number: | 83935 |
| Available to public: | no |
