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What's the world's weirdest diet? | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
The Gastronuts uncovering the world's weirdest diets today are: | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
The weirdest diet I've heard of is eating hamster. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:50 | |
Maple syrup and olive oil. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:51 | |
Cooked badger. I think it might taste like smelly poo. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
Ox tongue because it's a tongue and it comes from an animal. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
We have tongues and it's bloody. Eugh! | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
Coming up on today's show. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
The Gastronuts get their heads around eating brains. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
It just looks wrong. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:07 | |
They discover the glamorous diet of an Arctic explorer. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:11 | |
It's like something you find | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
on the bottom of your mum's cooking pan. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
And they dine on a dinner that is fit for a King. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
All that is coming up later. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
First, the question today is what is the world's weirdest diet? | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
I'm not just talking about people trying to lose weight, | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
but people who eat strange things for some reason. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
Anyone know of a strange diet? | 0:01:31 | 0:01:32 | |
I've got a friend who just eats ham and has to have ham with everything. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:37 | |
-Why? -I think she just loves it. -She has to have it. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
What happens when she doesn't have ham with the meal? | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
She gets quite angry. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:44 | |
And demands ham. Bring me ham! | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
OK. Alex, any ideas about people who eat certain ways? | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
Vegetarians don't eat meat. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
Some people don't like meat or they think eating meat is wrong. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
Would you be a vegetarian? | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
I like meat too much. | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
Yes, same here. Anyone else, what do you reckon Ellen? | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
My friend's mum is on a diet to lose weight. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
-She's only eating chocolate and milkshakes. -Would you ever do it? | 0:02:05 | 0:02:10 | |
I like the sound of it. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:11 | |
A life of chocolate. Not a bad idea, I guess, is it? Nathan? | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
I won't eat anything green. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
-You won't eat anything green. Why's that? -It tastes plain. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
I don't like the taste. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:20 | |
You've come up with a new religion. Anti-greenism or something. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
Today, we're going to look at why people eat certain foods | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
that seem a little bit weird to us or maybe a bit disgusting, | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
but make complete sense for them. OK, are you up for this? | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
-ALL: Yes! -OK, let's go! | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
Colin Jackson is a former 110m hurdler who won gold | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
at the Commonwealth, European and World Championships | 0:02:38 | 0:02:42 | |
and held the world record for an astonishing 13 years, | 0:02:42 | 0:02:46 | |
but what was the diet that fuelled him to victory? | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
Gastronuts Colin, Colin Gastronuts. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
What's happening? | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
What we want to know is how do you create | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
a running machine like yourself? | 0:02:56 | 0:02:57 | |
How much does food play a part in it? | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
Well, food is your fuel. It's the most important thing for any | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
sports person, to get the energy to go out there and compete and train. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
Do you have time to cook for yourself? | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
You want the right minerals and vitamins, everything that gives you | 0:03:10 | 0:03:14 | |
the right type of energy. It's pretty important that you cook for yourself. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:18 | |
Do you usually eat fast food or do you have it every once in a while? | 0:03:18 | 0:03:22 | |
Does fast food make you fast? | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
I know of lots of athletes who used to eat a lot of fast food. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
But, me, no, I want to eat more pure food which I think was better for me. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:33 | |
Underneath one of these lids is what Colin eats as an athlete. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:37 | |
What will be in it? | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
-Carrots. -Salad, vegetables. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
-Healthy food. -Just healthy food. -Colin, would you like to show us? | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
All right. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
-Da, da! -It looks quite nice. -OK. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:51 | |
Chicken is really good for you. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
It's really high in protein which helps you build muscles. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
The salad will fill you up. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:58 | |
It's also really high in minerals, vitamins and also fibre. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
So, this is the sort of food that a power athlete would eat. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
Does that mean you would be rubbish at a marathon? | 0:04:04 | 0:04:06 | |
Yeah. That is not the real source | 0:04:06 | 0:04:08 | |
of energy that somebody who runs for a long distance or football players, | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
people who are active for a long time, would rely on. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
-What would they need? -More carbohydrates. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
They call it complex carbohydrates, | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
something that gives you energy, but over a long period of time. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
Complex carbohydrates are found | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
in foods such as bread, pasta, potatoes and rice. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
They are good for athletes who need energy for long periods of time. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:34 | |
A sprinter, like Colin, only needs to perform for a few seconds. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
-He gets his energy from a rather surprising source. -Ready? | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
ALL: Ooh! | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
Yummy. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:46 | |
-Does that surprise you to see chocolate and sweets? -Mm-hm. -Yes. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
There is always a good reason for it. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
After training you really need your energy back quickly. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
So, I'd have wine gums. They are full of sugar which gives you a lift. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
But there's zero fat in them. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
Also, the chocolate was perfect. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
It has sugar, it has fat, which slows down your digestive system. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:09 | |
It's also got the carbohydrate to give me an energy boost. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:13 | |
Let's be honest, it tastes good as well, right? Yes? | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
I'd eat that much the evening before a competition. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:20 | |
200 grams worth of chocolate there. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:21 | |
I'd have to get it down me | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
to make sure I could perform well the next day. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
Because you are obsessed with your food, I wondered if you could | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
create for us an athlete's salad. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
Yep. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
By the way, Colin, I don't think I mentioned... this it's a race, mate. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:38 | |
No way! | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
-Come on. -No way! -YE-E-ES! | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
Whoo-hoo! Well done. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
-Well done, guys. -Skin! | 0:05:46 | 0:05:47 | |
Where were you? | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
At the back! | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
Well done, Alex. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
We managed to beat a world champion even without eating like he does. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:59 | |
What other weird diets do professional sports people have? | 0:05:59 | 0:06:04 | |
You, Ellen, are a sumo wrestler. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
-Strong. -Big, fat, strong. Swimmer, Nathan? | 0:06:07 | 0:06:11 | |
-Sporty. -Lithe, strong. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:13 | |
Alex, you are a footballer. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:15 | |
Footballers need to be able to run around a lot, I guess, don't they? | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
-Yeah. -And a jockey. -They can't be too big | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
or the horse might break their back. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:23 | |
So, let's look at what foods you are eating here. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
You are a jockey. This is what you'd have. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
Jockeys eat pretty good meals, with a big range of different foods. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
Just a relatively small portion. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
Would you be happy with that meal? | 0:06:35 | 0:06:37 | |
No. Not enough for you, is it? There we go. That is a jockey's meal. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
Nathan, this is a special meal for a swimmer. Why is it special? | 0:06:41 | 0:06:45 | |
It has complex carbohydrates. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
This is the breakfast that | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
Michael Phelps ate before he did the Olympics. He won eight gold medals. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
He ate vast amounts of food every day | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
because he just needs masses and masses of energy. | 0:06:55 | 0:07:01 | |
'Michael Phelps ate the breakfast of a champion. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
'Well, actually several champions. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
'It consisted of three fried egg sandwiches with cheese, tomatoes, | 0:07:05 | 0:07:09 | |
'lettuce, fried onions and mayonnaise | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
'followed by three chocolate chip pancakes, a five egg omelette, | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
three sugar coated slices of French toast, a bowl of porridge | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
and two cups of coffee. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:21 | |
Could you eat that for breakfast, do you think? You could. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
Top man! | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
Alex, what do you have here? | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
-Energy drinks. Pasta. -Footballers, | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
they need a lot of energy that will release slowly over time. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
They need a lot of salt which is why they have lots of fluids to last | 0:07:35 | 0:07:39 | |
them throughout the whole match. Would you like that kind of meal? | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
-Yeah. -It's pretty good, isn't it? | 0:07:42 | 0:07:43 | |
Big lady, let's look at your meal. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
Why do you think a sumo wrestler needs this? | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
-Because it's got so much. -There's so much food. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
What sort of food you have got? | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
-Everything. -Everything. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
This is called Chankonabe. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
'Sumos skip breakfast. They exercise on an empty stomach and eat | 0:07:59 | 0:08:03 | |
'before they go to bed so they don't burn off any food they have eaten. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:07 | |
'In doing this, their bodies store fat and put on loads of weight.' | 0:08:07 | 0:08:11 | |
Although they look fat, there is a vast amount of muscle underneath it. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
They are fighting fit. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
Do you think you could eat that whole meal at one sitting? | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
-No. -It's pretty difficult, isn't it? | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
Who would plug for the footballer's diet? | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
Two votes. The swimmer's diet. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
OK. So that means none for the jockey's diet | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
and none for the sumo wrestler's diet. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
We are both footballers or swimmers. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
So, we've learnt that sports people not only need to eat a good diet, | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
but by eating specific foods they use the energy released | 0:08:38 | 0:08:43 | |
to enhance their performance. In some cases become world champions. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:49 | |
There are some diets where people | 0:08:49 | 0:08:50 | |
eat specific foods for health reasons. Other diets where people | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
eat specific foods because it's all that is available for survival. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
We will look at one diet that combines survival and health in one. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:01 | |
Gastronuts, let's dine like it's 1944. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:05 | |
That's not working. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
Is this the kind of food that you'd eat on a normal day? | 0:09:12 | 0:09:16 | |
-ALL: Yup. -It's good stuff. A bit of meat, sweets, sandwiches. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
You like chocolate? | 0:09:20 | 0:09:21 | |
-ALL: Yeah. -OK. Well, during the war you didn't have... -No! | 0:09:21 | 0:09:26 | |
-You didn't have that. -Uh! | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
-You didn't have that. -NO! -I'm afraid so. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
-And you didn't have that. -NO-O! | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
Do you think you would still survive quite like this for a day? | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
-ALL: Yes. -Not so bad, is it? | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
During World War II, and for some years after, | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
foods such as meat, milk, eggs, sugar and sweets were rationed. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:49 | |
Even foods that weren't rationed were often in short supply. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:54 | |
In the war, all of Europe was occupied. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
We couldn't get any of the food that normally gets imported from Europe. | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
It was difficult for ships to cross the sea bringing | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
all the foods we normally get from a long way away like fruit, rice. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
You would have to make do with foods that were grown | 0:10:06 | 0:10:09 | |
in the UK as far as possible. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
And to make sure that you didn't buy more food than you were allowed... | 0:10:12 | 0:10:16 | |
You'd get rationed. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:18 | |
You'd all have one of these. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
There we go. Have a flick through. What can you see in there? | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
-Are these coupons? -These are coupons. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
One for meat, butter and margarine. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:29 | |
You'd have to give in your coupon. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:30 | |
You would only be able to buy this amount of food every week. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
People were encouraged to dig up their back gardens and plant food. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:38 | |
We would make use of absolutely everything that you can get | 0:10:38 | 0:10:42 | |
from animals, from vegetables, and people were creative with food. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:46 | |
Would you like to find out? | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
-Yes. -OK. Come over here. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:50 | |
-Urgh! -What's that? | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
-Plants? -Plants. They are indeed plants. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
Don't grab these. | 0:10:57 | 0:10:58 | |
-Stinging nettles? -Exactly. They were really good, they grew everywhere. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:02 | |
You didn't need to plant them. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:04 | |
People would use them in what? | 0:11:04 | 0:11:07 | |
-Soup. -You're good! Grab a little teaspoon of that. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
Be careful. Have you eaten stinging nettles before? | 0:11:10 | 0:11:14 | |
-They do really sting. -Why are you telling us this? | 0:11:14 | 0:11:19 | |
OK, I'm fibbing. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
Stinging nettles don't sting once they've been cooked. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:25 | |
-It's OK. I'd put up with it for my food. -That's brilliant. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
-I'm very impressed. -I won't. -Ellen is less keen. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
-It doesn't taste nice. -I wouldn't each much of it. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:36 | |
The stinging nettles didn't taste, it was the soup that tasted. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:41 | |
OK. In wartime it wasn't just trying to get the most out of hedgerows, | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
people had to make use of every last bit of meat. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:48 | |
Every last bit of an animal. What's this? | 0:11:48 | 0:11:52 | |
Umm, the heart. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
Brilliant. In wartime you wouldn't throw these away. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
You'd put them in your pot and they would end up looking like this. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:03 | |
Stuffed lamb's heart. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:07 | |
-Lamb. -Little baby... -Oh! -..fluffy lamb. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
Let's all take a little piece. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:11 | |
-It's nice. -What does it taste like? | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
-Lamb. -Lamb. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
Well done. Let's take a look at the next one. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
Argh! Intestines. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
Very nearly. What would you find in the head? | 0:12:28 | 0:12:30 | |
-Brain. -Brains. What do you think about the idea of eating brains? | 0:12:30 | 0:12:34 | |
-Revolting. It just looks wrong. -You're going to break the mould. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:38 | |
I'd like to introduce you to brains on toast. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
Just don't say it's brains. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:45 | |
-Say it's tuna. -It looks like tuna. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
Brains used to be commonly eaten in Britain. These are sheep's brains. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:53 | |
Traditionally served on toast with parsley sauce. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
It literally is food for thought. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
-Let's tuck in. -# Insane in the membrane | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
# Insane in the brain | 0:13:00 | 0:13:02 | |
# Insane in the membrane... # | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
-I really don't like that. -Quite nice. It's really slimy. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:10 | |
If you eat brain, does your brain increase and get cleverer? | 0:13:10 | 0:13:14 | |
It's really good for you but it doesn't mean | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
your brain will be any better. But it's a really good meat. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:21 | |
Masses of protein. This is what kids in World War II needed. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
Now, open up that red cover for me. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
This is tripe. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
Tripe is the lining of an animal's stomach. Usually a cow's. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
It's low in fat, high in protein. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
But some people are put off by its unusual smell and texture. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:40 | |
Will the Gastronuts be able to stomach it? | 0:13:40 | 0:13:44 | |
That, my friends, is curried tripe. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
-How do you feel about the idea of this? -Not so good. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:49 | |
It's weird. You're eating stomach and it's going into your stomach. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
Sounds good to me. OK, everyone have a taste. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
Argh! | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
Oh, you put your... | 0:13:58 | 0:14:00 | |
Nathan's gone for it. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:02 | |
What do you reckon, Nathan? | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
Go on, Ellen, give it a go. How come it's the stomach | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
-that makes you go funny? -Eugh! | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
-It's chewy. -If you didn't know what it was, | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
you would probably think it was noodles. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
If it was plain, I wouldn't eat it. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:25 | |
The cow guts got a mixed reception. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:27 | |
But there's another even weirder part of the animal | 0:14:27 | 0:14:30 | |
that was eaten during the war. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
-Ever seen one of these fellas before? -It's a cow foot. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:35 | |
It's a cow foot. You chop it up into pieces. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
You need a really good saw or a massive knife. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
It's really, really thick bone. Then add a few herbs, loads of water, | 0:14:41 | 0:14:45 | |
boil for three or four hours. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:47 | |
You are then left with a sticky substance called gelatine. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
Believe it or not, this is the jelly you have in your ice-cream | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
or that's used in chewy sweets. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
The gelatine is diced up and mixed with our old parsley sauce. | 0:14:55 | 0:15:00 | |
Will it make the cow heel any more inviting? OK everyone. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:03 | |
Have a little taste. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
-So, what do you think? -It's got a jelly texture. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:10 | |
-What about the flavour? -Vegetables. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
-Just jelly. -What's bad about jelly? | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
I don't like jelly. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
-It doesn't have flavour to it. -True. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:19 | |
It doesn't have that much flavour. The wartime diet | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
has less fat, they're getting more vegetables, | 0:15:21 | 0:15:25 | |
eating less meat. It's actually a very, very healthy way to eat. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
Bizarrely, although they had | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
less available to them, a lot of people were really, really healthy. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
Why do some cans float and some cans sink? Let me explain. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:48 | |
We have six cans of different drinks. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:53 | |
We're going to put them into some water here. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:56 | |
I want you to watch what happens. | 0:15:56 | 0:15:57 | |
Three of them sink to the bottom, | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
three stay at the top. Why the difference? | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
Well, if you look at them, you'll realise that the three that float | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
are actually the diet ones, while the sugared drinks go down to the bottom. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:11 | |
Why should this be? | 0:16:11 | 0:16:13 | |
Well, the reason is, the volume is exactly the same. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:18 | |
What must be different is the weight. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
That means the sugar ones are actually denser. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
Now the sweetener you have in diet drinks is so much sweeter than sugar | 0:16:24 | 0:16:29 | |
that you need much less to make it as sweet as the sugared one. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
So that means the sugared drinks are much heavier. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
It's a bit like the difference | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
between a cricket ball and a tennis ball. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
The cricket ball and the tennis ball are about the same size. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:44 | |
The cricket ball is much denser, heavier, and sinks in water. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:48 | |
While the tennis ball floats. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
We're looking into the world's weirdest diets. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
So far, the Gastronuts have learnt how you can eat your way to success. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:59 | |
They've stuffed their guts with wartime weirdness. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
Later on, they show us some bling when they dine like a king. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:07 | |
You need to put the whole jar | 0:17:07 | 0:17:08 | |
of peanut butter in and the whole jar of jam. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
But first, | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
Benedict Allen is an explorer and adventurer who survived the freezing | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
windswept wilderness of the Arctic and the searing heat of the desert. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:22 | |
What he ate, and how he ate it, kept him alive to tell the tale. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:27 | |
What kind of diet do you survive on? | 0:17:27 | 0:17:29 | |
Imagine you're in the Arctic. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:31 | |
It's minus 40, maybe. That's five times colder than your deep freeze. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
You still might find berries. But that's only if you're lucky. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
Tell me what you think you'd eat. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
-Penguin? -No, penguins are right down there in the South Pole. -Polar bear. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
The trouble is, Polar bears don't like to be eaten. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
They tend to go for you and they eat you. What else do you get up there? | 0:17:49 | 0:17:54 | |
-Walrus? -I've eaten a lot of walruses. They taste disgusting. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:57 | |
It really stinks. | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
But that's what being an explorer is all about. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
I'll show you one thing that you can eat. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
What do you reckon that is? | 0:18:06 | 0:18:07 | |
-It smells disgusting. -Seal. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
No, that is reindeer. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
There's hardly any fat on it. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:15 | |
The fat is on the outside because it's trying to keep warm. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
It's out in minus 40, something like that. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
It's got to insulate itself. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
-Are you tough enough to be explorers? -Ta-da! | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
-That is reindeer, but cooked. -OK. Let's all have a little taste. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
-It's actually quite nice. -What does it taste of? -It tastes | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
a bit like lamb, but it's a bit chewy as well. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:40 | |
OK, so you'd find reindeer in the North Pole. | 0:18:40 | 0:18:42 | |
What about in the South Pole? | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
If you're right down at the South Pole, Antarctica, | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
there's much less to eat. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
Explorers made their own food so they could survive. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
-I'll show you what people used to take with them. -Wow. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
-What do you reckon that is, guys? -Bones. -Yeah, bones. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:01 | |
They are from a small cow. Inside you have the marrow, there. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
Juicy. Very, very very nutritious. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:08 | |
You mix it with anything that's got a lot of energy in. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
That's lard. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:14 | |
The marrow is scooped out of the bones and mixed with lard to make | 0:19:14 | 0:19:17 | |
a high energy food called pemmican. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:21 | |
So why do you have something that's so fatty? | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
If it's minus 50 degrees, you want energy to try and keep your body | 0:19:24 | 0:19:27 | |
going and try and keep it warm in that terrible temperature. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:31 | |
OK, go for it. Blimey. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
What does it taste like? | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
-It just tastes of lard. -Quite slimy. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
Like something you'd find on the bottom of your mum's | 0:19:41 | 0:19:44 | |
cooking pan when they've used too much oil. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:46 | |
-Nasty. -You must be under extreme hardship to enjoy this stuff. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:50 | |
-It's disgusting. -It is disgusting. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:52 | |
Besides surviving extreme cold, Benedict's travels have taken him | 0:19:52 | 0:19:57 | |
to places where it's so hot that anything struggles to live. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
How does he survive in the dessert? | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
You're walking, looking around for something to eat. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:08 | |
Not a single tree, just mile after mile of sand. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:12 | |
Can't find any water. What would you eat? | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
There's nothing much you can eat. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
It's a tricky one. What's around in the desert? | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
-Sand. -You can't eat sand. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
Maybe you could dig and find something. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
Maybe start thinking about snakes. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
Look for burrows, a lot of animals come out at night. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
You might have to eat your own companion. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
What do you think this is? | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
-Have a good feel. -Camel. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
-You are holding camel. -It's cold! -So it would be that you only eat | 0:20:39 | 0:20:44 | |
your camel if you are really desperate? | 0:20:44 | 0:20:45 | |
It's a last resort. It's also your friend. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
You'd think a camel would walk off, cos it doesn't need you. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:52 | |
It has its humps, its big feet, big eyelashes to keep out | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
the sand in a sandstorm. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
It's totally adapted to the desert. | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
They can even smell water. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:01 | |
You really want to stay with your camel, cos it knows | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
what it's doing, even if you don't. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
It's camel time. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
Everyone have a taste, then. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:08 | |
-Chewy. -Chewy. That's the thing about camel, it is chewy, isn't it? | 0:21:08 | 0:21:13 | |
What do you reckon, Alex? | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
Hard to eat, isn't it? | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
OK. If there's no camel available, what else would you go for? | 0:21:18 | 0:21:22 | |
-This is what you can find if you're lucky. -Insects. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:26 | |
We have locusts or grasshopper. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
And that is a cricket. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
In lots of places around the world, people eat these | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
because they taste really good. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
OK, guys, I think it's time to be brave. Let's try one of these. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:39 | |
MUSIC: "Indiana Jones" Theme | 0:21:39 | 0:21:45 | |
-Quite crunchy. -What do you reckon, Nathan? | 0:21:45 | 0:21:47 | |
Tastes a bit dull. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
Insects are commonly eaten by people in the desert because they're a good | 0:21:49 | 0:21:53 | |
source of protein. But sometimes they object to being made a meal of. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:57 | |
Once I had to eat alive a sago grub. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
It's like a maggot. The length of your little finger, very, very fat. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:04 | |
I didn't have the chance to cook this sago grub. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
I just put it into my mouth. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:09 | |
This sago grub decided it wasn't going to be eaten. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:11 | |
Slowly, it turned itself around. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
I was trying to swallow the sago grub. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
Eventually, it just climbed up my throat and jumped out. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
Do you like the idea of eating an explorer's diet? | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
Yeah, but not the bugs and the pemmican. The rest is all nice. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:27 | |
Excellent. Benedict, that's fantastic. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:29 | |
Thank you so much for introducing us to the explorer's diet. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:33 | |
I still prefer chocolate. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:34 | |
To survive, you've really got to be prepared to eat anything. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
There are exceptions to this rule. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:42 | |
Some people have been known to eat exactly what they want, | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
when they want it. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:46 | |
One of the strangest diets out there is one not just fit for a king, | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
but fit for THE King! | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
Gastronuts, have you ever heard of Elvis Presley? | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
-Uh-huh. -Who was Elvis Presley? | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
-A singer. -What kind of music? | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
-Rock and roll! -Oh, yeah, baby! | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
He must have been the most famous rock star of all time. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:05 | |
If you were a rock star, what would your life be like? | 0:23:05 | 0:23:09 | |
-Amazing. -Fantastic. You'd have lots of money. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
You'd be able to do anything you wanted really, wouldn't you? | 0:23:12 | 0:23:16 | |
-You'd be able to eat absolutely anything you wanted. -Any fast food. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:20 | |
I'd have a hamburger joint in my house. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
What a brilliant idea. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
-What would you have, Ellen? -A chocolate machine and doughnuts. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
Nathan, what would you do? | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
A popcorn machine. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
Well, Elvis was a guy who could do anything he wanted. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:34 | |
He had anything at his disposal, oodles of cash. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:37 | |
Let's try Elvis's diet. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:40 | |
Whereabouts did Elvis live? | 0:23:41 | 0:23:43 | |
-America? -In America, in the USA. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:45 | |
In the Deep South. He lived in Tennessee. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:48 | |
So this is soul food. You should all try some. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
-What have you got there, Nathan? -Chocolate brownie. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
-Do you like chocolate brownies? -Yeah. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
-Ellen, what have you got there? -Banana sandwich. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
Deep fried banana sandwich. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
Reme is holding cornbread. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:02 | |
It's a cake made with corn. Is that any good? | 0:24:02 | 0:24:05 | |
-It's nice. -Pretty nice, isn't it? | 0:24:05 | 0:24:07 | |
Now that is grits. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
-What does it taste like? -Quite plain. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
It's really filling, though. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:14 | |
-Alex, you're eating meatloaf, what does it taste like? -Nice. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:18 | |
I've got southern fried chicken. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
-What do you think about this kind of food?. -Unhealthy. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
-It's all deep fried. -A lot of fat. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:25 | |
Elvis loved this kind of food. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
When he died, Elvis weighed more than twice | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
what he should have done. He indulged himself. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
Elvis had one famous dish | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
that he loved more than anything else in the world. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:40 | |
-I think you'd probably like it. Do you want to try it? -Yes. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
OK. We're going to cook Elvis' Fool's Gold. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:47 | |
Fool's Gold starts with a loaf of bread. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
There is a loaf of bread each. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:52 | |
This loaf of bread has been baked with butter. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
What we need to do is we need to hollow this out. | 0:24:55 | 0:25:00 | |
Then you add peanut butter and jam. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:03 | |
You need to put the whole jar of peanut butter in and the whole jar | 0:25:03 | 0:25:08 | |
of jam. Go on, wallop it down! | 0:25:08 | 0:25:10 | |
You have to be bold. That's it. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:12 | |
A huge amount of sugar and fat in there, isn't there? | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
All that sugar from the jam is pure sugar, in a way. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:24 | |
The peanut butter is pretty much pure fat. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
-Do you reckon that's healthy? -No. -Not healthy, but tasty. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:30 | |
Absolutely right. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
However, Elvis wasn't happy yet. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:34 | |
So he added... | 0:25:34 | 0:25:36 | |
Bacon. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:40 | |
A pound of bacon. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
Whole load of bacon. Say that again? | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
That's the weirdest combination ever. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:46 | |
Absolutely. Go for it. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
The final ingredient in the sandwich is two whole packs | 0:25:49 | 0:25:52 | |
of fatty streaky bacon. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:54 | |
No wonder it's called Fool's Gold. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
You need to perform a bit of a flip. | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
OK, are you ready? This is one heck of a sandwich, isn't it? | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
You're really excited! Wow, look at that. Hold that. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:07 | |
# You're the devil in disguise | 0:26:07 | 0:26:09 | |
# Oh, yes, you are... # | 0:26:09 | 0:26:11 | |
A grown adult needs 2,000 to 2,500 calories a day. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
Each of these sandwiches packs how many calories, do you reckon? | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
2,000. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
You reckon 2,000. Anyone else? | 0:26:21 | 0:26:22 | |
-3,000. -Each of these sandwiches packs 4,000 calories. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:27 | |
He would eat two of these entire loaves, | 0:26:27 | 0:26:33 | |
8,000 calories, in a session. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:36 | |
He was 42 years old when he died. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:38 | |
Could have been something to do... | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
with Fool's Gold. Chow down! | 0:26:41 | 0:26:43 | |
-What does it taste of? -Everything. -Nathan, what do you reckon to that? | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
I can taste the peanut butter. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:55 | |
-Excellent. -Loving it. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:57 | |
I'm feeling like I'm enjoying it, | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
but I'm slightly disgusted with myself. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:02 | |
It's definitely rock-and-roll style. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:05 | |
This might just look like a whole load of silliness, but what we've | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
discovered is that when you indulge yourself | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
and you eat anything you want, you end up having a weird diet. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
It's when you're struggling to survive | 0:27:14 | 0:27:17 | |
or when food is scarce, that's when you have a good diet | 0:27:17 | 0:27:21 | |
because you end up thinking about your food. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
I never thought an athlete like Colin Jackson had to eat | 0:27:23 | 0:27:25 | |
sweet stuff like that. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
I enjoyed eating the bugs. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
Normally, you wouldn't eat things like that. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:35 | |
I'll be more careful about eating | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
less sweets and chocolate because I don't want to die early. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
Or less Fool's Gold sandwiches. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 | |
I think I eat a bit too much than I'm meant to eat. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
Maybe I could ration my food. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
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