Episode 1
In the first week of Food Hospital GP Gio Miletto, Dietitian Lucy Jones and Gastric Consultant Shaw Somers meet patients with varying conditions.
Series 1
In a pioneering new eight-part specialist factual series, Channel 4 examines the science behind using food as medicine. In experiments conducted with strict scientific rigour, patients suffering from a range of medical conditions and symptoms are invited to attend The Food Hospital where they are prescribed specific food treatment programmes to find out if their health problems can be alleviated or cured by the food they eat.
At the hospital, patients can have detailed consultations with GP Dr. Giovanni Miletto, specialist consultant Mr Shaw Somers, and leading dietitian Lucy Jones, before being assigned particular foods, with advice about how to integrate them into their diets or leave them out completely. The Food Hospital follows the patients as they undertake their new food treatment programmes and attend follow-up appointments to monitor their progress. The experiments taking place at The Food Hospital, under the supervision of the medical team, aim to reveal the untold health benefits and medicinal properties of certain foods, whilst busting myths about some of the widely-held misconceptions and old wives’ tales.
Episode 2
It’s week two of The Food Hospital and Gio, Lucy and Shaw are tackling acid reflux, psoriasis, fatty liver syndrome, and alopecia.
Conditions
Episode 3
In week three of The Food Hospital Gio, Lucy and Shaw meet patients with Night Eating Syndrome, Crohn’s disease, infertility and one who needs a gastric bypass.
Conditions
Episode 4
In the fourth week of The Food Hospital Gio, Lucy and Shaw meet patients with gout, eczema, depression and a very unusual diet.
Conditions
Episode 5
In the fifth week of The Food Hospital Gio, Lucy and Shaw meet patients with fish odour syndrome, eczema, gallstones and hangovers.
Conditions
Episode 6
In the sixth week of The Food Hospital Gio, Lucy and Shaw meet patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis, the menopause, a phobia of fruit and veg and a pair of body builders who eat a full meal every two and a half hours.
Conditions
Episode 7
In week 7 of The Food Hospital Gio, Lucy and Shaw meet patients with severe bloating, halitosis, chronic fatigue syndrome and high blood pressure.
Conditions
Episode 8
In week 8 of The Food Hospital Gio, Lucy and Shaw meet patients with PMS, irritable bowel syndrome, high cholesterol and a man who only eats raw food.