You could guarantee a long, thoughtful silence.
This landmark BBC series, which finished on Monday, could justifiably be shown on an endless loop on national television as a great contribution to public health.
Every episode of this six-part series has brought surprising and useful revelations. It is right up there with Jamie's School Dinners as a revolutionary piece of television about the importance of good tucker.
It has also been highly entertaining. For instance, who could forget the experiment involving a tablespoon of tomato puree, a sunlamp, and a human bottom?
The experiments are gimmicky, but have all been based on science, and most particularly chosen to bust myths and reinforce surprising new findings about both the power of our tucker, and, in some surprising cases, its lack of impact on our health.
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