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Six famous faces go all in on burgers, fried chicken and pizza for 21 days to reveal which takeaway harms us most. Dr Michael Mosley measures the shocking fallout.
Under the guidance of dietary expert Dr Michael Mosley, Peter Andre, MP Nadine Dorries, The Chase's Sean Wallace, Olympian Tessa Sanderson, actress Hayley and Hugo Taylor agree to an extreme overfeeding study. Every day they eat burgers, fried chicken and pizza - around 50% more calories than their bodies need - while doctors track the toll on their stomachs, sleep, brains and more.
To see what's really inside Britain's favorites, Michael blends meals from high street takeaways and sends them to a lab. Burger and chips places third least offensive. Fried chicken is loaded with salt and one sample even contains harmful trans fats. Pizza tops the hall of shame, with several slices exceeding daily limits for salt and fat.
The human cost escalates fast. Nadine's headaches, brain fog and nightmares push her to read speeches from notes, and her gut test shows inflammation markers rocketing to levels seen in serious bowel disease. Peter piles on weight fast, his MRI at Imperial College London reveals reward centers lighting up more than most obese overeaters, and scans suggest rising internal liver fat. Sean's poor sleep turns serious - monitored at Papworth, he develops full-blown sleep apnea and edges toward prediabetes. Tessa's blood pressure spikes to 170 over 95, putting her at risk of a stroke, forcing her to withdraw. Hayley's IBS flares with severe inflammation, and Hugo exits early after acute anxiety.
Michael becomes his own guinea pig, taking on a 5,000+ calorie mega burger with coaching from competitive eater Leah Shuttkiver. His core temperature and heart rate climb, blood fats more than double, and ultrasound shows temporarily stiffer arteries - evidence of how a single binge can hit the body within hours.
The takeaway? You cannot outrun a bad diet. In just three weeks, junk food wreaks unseen havoc on gut bacteria, sleep, blood pressure and the brain. Watch to learn which food ranks worst and how to start reversing the damage.
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