This Food Will Save Your Life*

Published: March 7, 2018, 7:09 p.m.

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Why are humans so vulnerable to big promises about food? Emily Thomas meets some people who became convinced salvation lay in what they ate, and a neurologist who explains why food can make us lose our powers of critical thinking. Plus, the story of a woman who fooled hundreds of thousands of people - as well as vast corporations - into believing she\\u2019d cured brain cancer with her diet.

*This is not a programme about a food that will save your life.

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