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by Tracy PurbrickPrimary Care DietitianIs a doughnut intrinsically evil, or should we only ever judge it by the company it keeps? Or to put it another way, should foods be labelled good, bad or indifferent, as per the Multiple Traffic Light (MTL) system or blandly described with panels of percentages, as per the Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) approach?The battle between GDA’s and the MTL system

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By Tracy PurbrickPrimary Care Dietitian I should be fat! Descended, as I am, from somewhat corpulent stock and having spent my most genetically malleable months attached, not to a breast, but a bottle. Sure I’ve resisted my biologically bequeathed destiny for nigh on 39 years, but if the papers are right, I’ll be upsizing sometime soon. The reason I am doomed is the discovery of yet another

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by Tracy PurbrickPrimary Care Dietitian Never before has the very business of existence been so complicated. T’was a time when the prime considerations for purchasing food were cost, taste and for the more discerning customer, nutrition. Nowadays the consumer (a term in itself wrought with guilt) is expected to ensure that they also buy food that is fair-trade, organic and green. The

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by Tracy PurbrickPrimary Care Dietitian It’s that age old dining dilemma. You’ve remained teetotal and skipped dessert, whilst everyone else has continued to plough on from pudding to port. Do you magnanimously agree to just split the bill and cough up for the unwanted additional expense? Or do you risk the communal disdain by whipping out your calculator and only paying your dues? A fine

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by Tracy Purbrick Primary Care Dietitian Cast: The Emperor: Chloe Marshall, Size 16, vital statistics 39, 32, 41, Miss England contestant The cheering crowd: the duped British public The Little Boy: Monica Grenfell, nutritionist, previous Miss England Judge and author of plain-spoken article in The Daily Mail* Welcome to this modern day adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s morality

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