Series 1
Series Summary
In a pioneering new series, Channel 4 examines the science behind using food as medicine.
In experiments conducted following the latest scientific evidence, patients suffering from a range of medical conditions and symptoms are invited to attend The Food Hospital, where they are prescribed specific diets to find out if their health problems can be alleviated or cured by the food they eat.
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Episodes (8)
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The Food Hospital doctors meet 24-year-old Lauren, who suffers from such an extreme case of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). With its…
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The doctors meet Karen and her six-year-old son, Callum, whose lives are both blighted by psoriasis. Karen fears her son will get bullied…
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The Food Hospital experts employ cutting-edge research as they treat a 19-year-old dancer with Crohn's Disease, an ex-soldier with a sleep…
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Thirty-six-year-old Garrett is in constant pain from gout. Despite age-old associations with old men and rich living, Garrett's gout is…
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Forty-two-year-old Ellie has a rare and traumatising condition called Fish Odour Syndrome. She gives off odours ranging from sulphur to…
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The Food Hospital experts treat Taigh, a 19-year-old fitness instructor so food phobic that she's never even eaten a vegetable; Anne, who…
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Forty-seven-year-old Alan, who suffers from painful and embarrassing bloating, gets more than he bargained for when consultant surgeon Shaw…
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Forty-seven-year-old Clementine is in denial about her health and becomes emotional when Shaw Somers gives her the shocking news that her…
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