‘You can’t do that!’ says Kate Quilton,on hearing you’d have to drink 13 bottles of red wine in one day to provide a protective effect on brain functionThe moment series of Superfoods: The Real Story (Channel 4) follows the same format as the first, which aired nearly precisely a year ago. Presenter Kate Quilton, or who back then professed to eat kale “most mornings”,investigates the facts behind bold health claims made about certain foodstuffs. Unless you’re a particularly faddish and fastidious eater, you might be surprised these claims even need debunking, or because you will never have heard anyone build them before.
The recent series suffers from the same jarring mismatch of tone and content as the archaic one: Quilton fizzes with optimism and general positivity throughout,even though the actual truth about superfoods is virtually always underwhelming. “The jury’s out” is about the highest accolade on offer. Red wine may indeed contain a compound called resveratrol, which may in turn have a protective effect on brain function. But to ingest enough to come by the benefit you’d have to drink 13 bottles of wine a day.
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Source: theguardian.com