食物侦探

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　　Foodie and health guru Nikki Muller investigates the real health benefits and risks of our favourite foods, exploring each foods origins and dispelling the many myths of nutrition.
　　EPISODE GUIDE
　　The Food Files: Chicken
　　Chicken makes up a billion dollar industry, but does the way we raise our chickens affect the food we eat? Chicken Rice is Singapore's national dish. For the uninitiated, Chicken Rice is basically steamed/roasted chicken with white rice, served with chili sauce, ginger, and dark soy. This episode also investigates whether chicken farmers in Singapore use hormones and antibiotics and what the potential risks are. Is there any benefit to buying free-range chicken? Is it better to use regular chickens or black chickens in Singapore?
　　The Food Files: Fruit Drinks / Juices
　　Is bottled water really any better than tap? Do soft drinks contain ingredients that cause cancer? Is Bubble Tea poisonous? Are caffeine drinks messing with our sleep and harming our kids? And are fruit juices really all that good for us? This episode identifies the benefits and harms of the different types of drinks available to Singaporeans.
　　The Food Files: Chocolate
　　We all know that chocolate is hard to resist, but why? This episode looks at finding out what is in chocolate that makes it so desirable, and hopes to find some nutritional evidence that will justify our appetite for the stuff. Is chocolate really that bad for us?
　　The Food Files: Curry And Spices
　　What actually goes into a curry and where do the ingredients come from? Does imported coconut milk contains undesirable contaminants? Are all curries high in calories? This episode explores whether spices can protect us from cancer, extend our lifetime, or be toxic.
　　The Food Files: Noodles
　　Are instant noodles covered in wax? What happens when you put a group of university students on an instant noodle diet?
　　The Food Files: Fruits And Vegetables
　　We are supposed to eat 5 servings of fruit and vegetables a day, but what counts as a serving, and is fresh always best? Are Asian green vegetables healthier for you than those found overseas? This episode asks whether we have sacrificed nutritional content and flavour to meet the needs of intensive horticulture and supermarket shelf-?a€life, and finds out whether organic is better than normal fruit and vegetables.
　　The Food Files: Soy
　　Just about any home in Singapore is sure to have soy sauce, fish sauce, or chilli sauce somewhere in their kitchens, but are some of these tasty sauces actually killing us? In this episode we take a look at the nutritional content of table sauces and whether or not people should re-think their consumption.
　　The Food Files: Country of Origin