The Food Hospital

Series 2 Episode 1
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First Broadcast: 8PM Wed 19 September 2012

The first patient to be seen by the Food Hospital team in this second series is four-year-old Jack from Lincoln. Jack suffers from atopic eczema, a skin condition that affects one in five children in the UK and which means his skin often becomes itchy, dry, red and cracked.

Twenty-nine-year-old Beth from the Wirral suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, which is an auto immune disease that affects 400,000 people in the UK and causes painful swelling. She has already had five joints replaced.

Twenty-two-year-old Adam from Manchester is terrified of fruit and vegetables. In fact, his diet is utterly devoid of anything fresh and consists of six things alone: chicken nuggets, chips, pizza, crisps, cheese on toast and chocolate.

Finally, Dr Pixie McKenna goes on a mission to identify the heroes of the food world. She wants to see if claims that beetroot can increase performance in sports are true and meets Professor Andrew Jones from the University of Exeter, who is running a pioneering trial on some cyclists at the Portsmouth velodrome.

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