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FROM so-called healthy yoghurts chock full of sugar, to almond milk containing barely any nuts, this food doc lifts the lid on supermarket food. “We buy more than 95% of our groceries from just 10 supermarket chains,” says presenter Sian Williams. “But is the food we buy in them always the best for our pockets and the best for our health?”
She and Stefan Gates look at how some foods are produced
SECRETS OF YOUR SUPERMARKET FOOD Channel 5, 8pm
and also explore the tricks supermarkets use to get us to part with our cash.
Although, judging from the supermarket aisles this week, the coronavirus seems to be doing all the hard work for them.
ITV, 7pm and 8pm
This episode focuses on dairy, with a special investigation into those plant-based alternatives we’ve all started buying. They cost four times as much as cow’s milk, so what are we actually paying for?
The results may surprise you, with some milk alternatives having up to 12 ingredients, including chalk and xanthan gum – something used in the oil industry to thicken mud.
Meanwhile, Sian ropes in a family for a yoghurt
MARLON is in complete turmoil and Rhona realises that his anxiety is much worse than she thought. Paddy offers to take him out on a drive with Eve, but alarm bells start ringing as Marlon describes what he’s feeling and he wonders if Marlon might be having a heart attack.
Meanwhile, Billy grills Cain on whether he’s dealt with Malone. But later, an encounter for Billy at the scrapyard proves troubling. Elsewhere, Belle is gutted to see Jamie and Andrea together. experiment, guessing the number of sugar cubes for each of their favourites.
You’d probably be better off eating a chocolate bar half the time.
Stefan goes behind the scenes at a dairy farm to find out how they fulfil the huge demand for milk and Sian has her gut tested where she discovers that what she thought was a cow’s milk intolerance is actually down to methane.
It’s all, er udderly surprising.
HOW TO BEAT – STRESS
CHANNEL 4, 8PM
WHAT do you do when you’re stressed? Reach for the chocolate? Glass of wine? Live on coffee? None of it is doing us any good. But the nation’s stress levels are pretty high right now.
In this fascinating doc, Kate Quilton and Dr Javid Abdelmoneim look at different techniques to combat stress.
Unsurprisingly, booze, caffeine and chocolate don’t fare too well.
Ten volunteers, including a firefighter, paramedic, head chef and midwife have signed up for a six-week intervention plan. They will have to make changes such as no coffee after 2pm, saving alcohol for the weekend or daily meditation. But will any of it work?
Meanwhile, Kate visits London’s Lego HQ, which is absolutely winning when it comes to employee wellbeing.
Staff can relax in chill out zones, play with Lego products, play racing video games and even head to a power nap pod.
And elsewhere, Javid shows how time in green spaces can reduce anxiety and lower blood pressure.
NOUGHTS + CROSSES
AS the race reversal drama continues, its messages about prejudice are shocking and important.
“The Noughts will never be truly equal because we’re fundamentally… different,” says Home Secretary Kamal (Paterson Joseph), nearly ending his sentence with “better”.
He is at loggerheads with his daughter Sephy (Masali Baduza) after she spoke up defending the Noughts in her university lecture and got kicked out for doing so.
Meanwhile, Callum (Jack Rowan) is having a hard time at Mercy Point, with his leader Lekan making it very clear that he wants him out.
Elsewhere, Prime Minister Folami (Rakie Ayola) declares a public holiday for the annual Midsummer Festival, a Nought tradition, in order to promote integration and quell the unrest.
And rebel leader Jack Dorn (Shaun Dingwall) wants to make a move against the regime, but is he to be trusted?
At the festival, everything comes to a head.