Central News East: 06.04.1987: Fruit Diet

Summary

Malcolm Brabant report on a new diet craze for eating nothing but fruit.

Year:

1987

Duration:

0:01:18

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

Brief library shots of the Cambridge Diet and Micro Diet bar. Brief shot of fruit smoothie in jug. Close up of the American book ‘Fit for Life’ that promotes the fruit diet. Interview with dietician Edith Elliot at the University Hospital in Nottingham who said that the diet could be dangerous because it leaves people short of vital nutrients.


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