Nutrition and our brain
Nutrition and our brain
TV ShowReturning Series

Nutrition and our brain

2023
1 season
6 episodes
Documentary

Good food can make you intensely happy. But how important is food for our brain and what influences our choices? What can we do with our diet to keep our brain and body as healthy as possible? Janny van der Heijden discovers this in this series. Together with top researchers, Janny tests their insights in practice.

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Seasons

  • Temptation

    1.Temptation

    10-02-202314m

    Why are we often unable to resist the temptation for fatty and sugary foods? At the Donders Institute in Nijmegen, Janny undergoes an MRI scan, where she finds out what her brain r...

  • Smell

    2.Smell

    17-02-202313m

    What does the smell of food do to your brain and how important is it for your taste? For this, Janny goes to the Smell and Taste Center at Wageningen University. In a care center s...

  • Taste

    3.Taste

    24-02-202314m

    To eat healthily, it is useful if many things taste good to you. Can you do something about that yourself by developing your taste? And how can you eat well if your sense of smell...

  • Saturation

    4.Saturation

    03-03-202314m

    When do you know if you have eaten enough and how do you ensure that you do not eat too much? Together with nutrition researcher Guido Camps (and former finalist of Heel Holland Ba...

  • Sugar

    5.Sugar

    10-03-202314m

    Janny discovers how much sugar we unknowingly consume and what that does to our brain. Brace yourself, because the results are shocking. Especially the amount of sugar that young p...

  • Context

    6.Context

    17-03-202314m

    Every day we make dozens of choices when it comes to food, but how consciously do we actually make those choices? In addition to taste and smell, there are many more factors in our...

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