Fed with Chris van Tulleken
by BBC Radio 4
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<p>Fed with Chris van Tulleken is a new food podcast, investigating the entangled web of forces that shape what ends up on our plates. In the first series, Planet Chicken, Chris digs into the story of one of the most widely eaten meats on earth - to try to get to the truth of why we eat so much of it, and what that means for the birds, for us, and for the planet.</p><p>If there's one thing Chris knows, it's what he should and shouldn't be eating.</p><p>He's across the dangers of ultra-processed foods: those nutritionally empty snacks that fill our supermarket shelves and entrance our kids. And at the same time, he's confident he knows what we should be eating: good, old fashioned whole food - recognisable ingredients, no mysterious additives, no harmful rubbish.</p><p>Something like a nice wholesome roast chicken, perhaps? In fact, in the van Tulleken household that's a family favourite.</p><p>But recently, Chris has been getting asked more questions - by neighbours, people on the stre