Episode 3 | Laid Bare

Episode 1 | Laid Bare

Bodybuilder Darren is one of the participants given eight weeks to turn his life around.

Episode 2 | Laid Bare

Shiftworker Victoria and food-obsessed chef Johan undergo state of the art tests that reveal how they’re damaging their health. Can an eight-week plan ...

Exercise and fat intake | Horizon

Michael Mosley eats the same Scottish breakfast he had yesterday, but this time he went for a long walk the night before. This time the fa...

Fats, Omega 3 and Scotland | The Secrets of Your Food

Essential fatty acids like Omega 3 can be hard to source however Scottish beef has an abundance due to the high levels ...

Fatty food and the body | Horizon

Michael Mosley eats a Scottish breakfast and gets a lesson in how fats stay in your bloodstream.

Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic

Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates a mysterious virus that could cause the next pandemic, one scientists think will be deadlier than Cov...

Diabetes: The Hidden Killer | Panorama

An investigation into the health epidemic that afflicts almost one in ten people in Birmingham and can lead to heart failure, blindnes...

Rocket fuel | The Secrets of Your Food

Carbohydrates such as rice are such an important part of our diets due to the amount of energy they provide once broken down.

The importance of breakfast | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

Geneticist Giles Yo outlays the importance of breakfast with a simple experiment.

'Constant craver's'' and wanting food | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

Some of the dieters use a grip-meter to test how much they want foods high in fat an...

'Emotional eater's'' and stress-eating | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

Scientists give some of the dieter's a purposefully stressful driving test and then...

Chillis, capsaicin and ''pain'' | The Secrets of Your Food

James finds out why we like the taste of chillies and the idea of "pain" or "burn" with our food.

Coffee, caffeine and cravings | The Secrets of Your Food

James finds out about a study done with bees that suggest caffeine works in a similar way to fat when it comes to ou...

Eating slowly and feeling full | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

Doctor Gribble experiments with what eating slowly can do for the "fullness" hormone and ul...

Fasting, fats and ketones | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

The "cravers" are put on a strict intermittent fasting diet which has a considerable effect on t...

'Feaster's'' and gut hormones | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

The scientists test the theory that some people lack a certain amount of GLP1, a gut hormone...

'Hungry'' genes and food cravings | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

The "cravers" are strapped up with an eye tracker and results are compared with other di...

01: We Are What We Eat | The Secrets of Your Food

Michael Mosley and James Wong reveal the delicious science hidden inside our food. Michael begins by trying the first meal ...

02: A Matter of Taste | The Secrets of Your Food

Michael Mosley and James Wong reveal the science of our food. James visits the Peruvian Andes to learn how a bitter potato h...

03: Food on the Brain | The Secrets of Your Food

Michael Mosley and James Wong explore the effect that our food has on our most important and, in terms of energy consumption...