Science in the kitchen

Media News

New Delhi, February 7, 2011

What is the best relief from spicy Food? Is eating celery a way to lose weight? What stains your teeth the fastest - is it tea, cola, coffee or wine? Is it possible for Food to have negative calories? If you've got questions, Discovery Science has the answers.

Discovery Science's new series Food Detectives will invade your kitchens and use science to find the truth behind all those niggling Food questions. Pick up your knives and forks for this truly amazing concoction of lip-smacking Food and the ever-curious science.

Premiering on February 10, the 23-part series Food Detectives will air every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on Discovery Science.

Rahul Johri, senior vice president & general manager - India, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific said, "Discovery Science reports on the marriage of science and everyday life with an eye toward what's new and why it matters. Changing the way people think about Food, this new Discovery Science series will be a deliciously fun ride about Food."

Hosted by Food and wine connoisseur and eminent author and television personality Ted Allen, Food Detectives will offer culinary expertise mixed with the element of mirth. Allen will call on the help of culinary techs backed by the researchers at Popular Science magazine to conduct experiments behind Food myths and investigate longest standing ideas relating to Food.

Science meets Food as Ted Allen and his band of culinary sleuths unravel some of the most intriguing Food mysteries ever, exploring a range of Food related beliefs. Does an apple a day keep the doctor away? What's the deal with the five-second rule? Does turkey really make you sleep? Can cola dissolve a penny or even a tooth, and just how sanitary are lemon buckets at the local restaurant? Is it true that crunching on carrots can improve your vision? How long it takes the stomach to digest gum? And, your parents probably told you if you blow out all of the birthday candles you supposedly get your wish.

Some of the themes covered in the Food Detectives are:

• Ted Allen and the Food Techs set out to discover the truth about "double dipping" and take a dizzying joyride to find out if an old wives' tale has any truth: Can ginger really help with motion sickness? Then they find the most effective technique to quell the tears while chopping onions.

• Ted Allen and his Food Techs have a real headache of an experiment on their hands as they investigate how to prevent brain freeze.

• They also discover why aged beef from your butcher is gourmet and aged beef on your kitchen counter is contaminated, and find out what can be done about unwanted freezer burn.

• Ted Allen and the Food Techs set out to tackle if swallowed gum stays in your stomach for seven years.

• Do we smell like what we eat?

• The team finds the true cleanliness of the complimentary after-dinner mints found in many restaurants.

• They investigate whether it's turkey from your Thanksgiving feast that actually makes you sleepy... or just your uncle's boring stories.

• What is the best way to get gum out of your hair?

• How unsanitary are public water fountains?

• Ted Allen and the Food Techs investigate remedies for the alcohol induced hangover.

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