Documentary Description
Nearly everyone has experienced a moment when a faint fragrance
brings a memory of a long-lost moment in time crashing back to the
forefront of their minds.Often we will have forgotten about the event
completely, yet it transpires our unfathomable minds have filed it
neatly in some unreachable corner of the brain, primed for instant
retrieval.
This documentary sets out to discover the biological reasons why
humans eat such a range of diverse tasting dishes, from rotten raw
ducks eggs to a sweaty blue cheese, and watch while contestants at
chilli eating contest push their taste buds to the limit. Compared to
many animals, humans have a ‘try anything once’ attitude to food and
this has allowed us to populate every corner of the planet, while many
other animals depend totally on one food source for their energy, which
limits where they can survive.
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