Superquark+ S04E10 · Calories: Friendly Enemies

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It all depends on calories, you need a certain amount to live, but without exaggerating. The risk of obesity is increasingly frequent, at least in our rich societies. Then it also depends on what foods we eat to obtain the energy we need. So? Let's eat the right amount, avoid junk foods and maybe do some exercise. Easy to say! Otherwise, there are diets. But beware of those fake ones that make you lose weight more than your waistline... your wallet!

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1. 1 1. Eating Responsibly2023-01-10 · 15mEating pollutes: however we put it, this is an incontrovertible truth. Already today, food production alone is responsible for 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. But then what should
2. 2 2. What Crickets Do You Have on Your Plate?2023-01-10 · 16mIf eating pollutes, then let's try to be careful. But how? There are solutions, some have always existed, others looking to the future. If insects, mushrooms and algae have always
3. 3 3. Lunch in Space2023-01-10 · 15mWhat do you eat on a space station when a small crumb of bread could cause irreparable damage? And when we are on top of a mountain? What is the best food for those going to war? A
4. 4 4. Nourish Yourself... Fasting2023-01-10 · 16mEating too much is bad for you, undoubtedly. But not eating is certainly not good for you. Especially if decided alone to chase false myths, cover thinness! But how long can you li
5. 5 5. Cannibalism and Other Taboos2023-01-10 · 15mEating one's own kind, is there anything more scabrous, almost inconceivable? Yet, in human history it has always been done, partly for ritual purposes, sometimes out of necessity,
6. 6 6. Food Wars2023-01-10 · 16mMaybe we don't realize it but everything we find on our plate every day is closely linked to the events that happen in the world. Everything we eat has traveled a more or less long
7. 7 7. Food Between Rites and Myths2023-01-10 · 16mEating is such an important event in life that it is not just used... to feed yourself! The act of eating has always been loaded with historical, symbolic and religious meanings. W
8. 8 8. The World on Your Plate2023-01-10 · 16mEvery cuisine is mixed, most of the ingredients come from far away. Foreigners that we put on our plate. To get them, until not long ago, wars were fought and oceans were crossed.
9. 9 9. Health in the Refrigerator2023-01-10 · 15mPrevention, the magic word! To cure a disease there is only medicine but, it has now been proven, a healthy diet can help to prevent it. So lots of fibre, legumes, vegetables, frui
10. 10 10. Calories: Friendly Enemies2023-01-10 · 14mIt all depends on calories, you need a certain amount to live, but without exaggerating. The risk of obesity is increasingly frequent, at least in our rich societies. Then it also