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What time is The Secrets of Your Food on BBC Two tonight, who are the presenters and what foods are investigated?

Michael Mosley has tried brain salad and human breast milk in the new documentary series

BBC Two calls The Secrets of Your Food "the delicious science story of the food on your plate".

However the three-part series explores a lot of food that probably isn't on your plate, like brain salad, water buffalo cream and human breast milk.

 The Secrets of Your Food presenter Michael Mosley tucks into a brain salad in Istanbul, Turkey
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The Secrets of Your Food presenter Michael Mosley tucks into a brain salad in Istanbul, TurkeyCredit: 3

What exactly is the show about, and who are the presenters?

Here's everything you need to know about The Secrets of Your Food.

What time is the The Secrets Of Your Food on tonight?

Episode three, Food on the Brain, airs tonight on BBC Two at 9pm in England and Scotland.

It will then be shown in Wales on the same channel at 9.15pm, and in Northern Ireland at 11.15pm on Monday.

 Presenter James Wong investigates coffee plants in Peru
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Presenter James Wong investigates coffee plants in PeruCredit: 3

What is it about?

The Secrets of Your Food explores the physics, chemistry and biology of the things people eat.

The show's presenters travel the world to find different foods and bring them back to the UK's leading food lab.

The pair deconstruct the foods to figure out how they help our bodies grow and function.

Who are the presenters?

 James and Michael travel the world together in search of different foods
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James and Michael travel the world together in search of different foodsCredit: 3

The show is presented by Michael Mosley and James Wong.

Michael is qualified as a doctor but has been working as a documentary maker and science journalist for 25 years.

He's also one of the presenters on Trust Me I'm a Doctor, which investigates the latest health claims and answer viewers’ medical questions.

 Michael studies sourdough bread in San Francisco
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Michael studies sourdough bread in San FranciscoCredit: 1

James is an ethnobotanist — i.e., a scientist who studies how people use plants.

He grew up in Singapore and Malaysia, where his grandmother taught him about traditional medicines.

James previously presented Grow Your Own Drugs and has appeared on Fossil Detectives and Countryfile, among other programmes.

What foods are investigated?

 James inspects the potato yield of Peruvian farmers
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James inspects the potato yield of Peruvian farmersCredit: 2

In episode one, We Are What We Eat, Michael tried the first meal most people consume... breast milk.

Michael and James also headed to San Francisco to investigate what makes sourdough bread so nutritious, to the Philippines to learn about rice, and to Bulgaria to study how leaving your mushrooms in the sun can give you a calcium boost.

 James meets some locals on the Isle of Mull, Scotland
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James meets some locals on the Isle of Mull, ScotlandCredit: 1

In episode two, A Matter of Taste, the pair explored some of the most powerful tastes on earth, like sweet strawberries and French sea salt, and James visited the Andes in Peru to find out how bitter potatoes help locals survive the altitude.

In episode three, Food on the Brain, Michael and James explore how food affects our brains... and Michael even eats a brain salad. Really! (But we don't think they're human brains.)

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