Superfoods or Hype? Video worksheets, differentiated.

See my other PSHE resources: Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Bingo ; Celebratring Ugliness .

This film investigates the impact of superfood on producers. Nutritional value of quinoa compared to other foods. Environmental damage in Bolivian quinoa farming areas; llama grazing meadows ploughed up; wind erosion of soil; declining yields, rural depopulation; superfood monoculture; mechanisation of farms; unpredictable world prices; consumers unaware of producers’ difficulties. Various processed “superfoods” on sale contain added sugar and oil. Superfoods used as a fig-leaf for otherwise unhealthy meals. Superfoods grown in less well-regulated countries shown to contain insecticides in high concentrations. Positive impacts of exporting on producer communities.

Find the film by searching YouTube’s DW Documentary channel for “Superfoods – is healthy eating just hype? | DW Documentary."

16 questions for the 25-min film. Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Excellent subtitles: scripted, not auto-generated. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files. Link to film on all sheets.