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Can you treat illnesses using nutrition instead of drugs? Find out as pioneering new series, ‘The Food Hospital' examines the science behind using food as medicine. In experiments conducted following the latest scientific evidence, patients suffering from a range of medical conditions and symptoms are invited to attend The Food Hospital, where they are prescribed specific diets to find out if their health problems can be alleviated or cured by the food they eat. This series, the doctors meet 24-year-old Lauren, who suffers from an extreme case of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Could a new diet help to rebalance her hormones? Meanwhile, Karen and her six-year-old son, Callum, turn to food to help them to conquer their severe psoriasis. Could this method of treatment succeed where conventional medicine has failed? Follow the patients as they undertake their new dietary regime and discover the impact it has on their lives.