About this episode
Supermarket shelves are full of foods promising to be healthy: high-protein, low-fat, gluten-free, sugar-free. How do you know what's true?
Today, Professors Tim Spector and Sarah Berry, world-leading experts in nutrition and diet, share the six rules they use for their own weekly grocery shopping. They cover which food labels are worth trusting and which are just marketing scams, how to make snacking a part of a healthy diet, and why your daily staples, like bread, matter more than the occasional treat.
By the end of this episode, you'll know exactly what to reach for on your next shop, and what to leave on the shelf.
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Timecodes
00:00 Intro
03:20 Why supermarkets stock 30,000 products (and why that's bad for you)
08:10 Is low-fat food actually healthy? A nutrition scientist explains
11:39 Why 'sugar-free' labels should make you suspicious
14:48 Why this p