Boris Johnson’s government has been serving up some confusing messages about diet, but there is a solution…
When the documentary Super Size Me came out, I was asked by a somewhat sadistic editor – following the idea of the film – to eat nothing but the greasiest junk food for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a week and write about the experience.
At the time, I was no stranger to the occasional cheeseburger. As that week went on, though, the prospect of the next meal became more and more unhappy. By the seventh day, ragged on salt and sugar, there was a nasty coating on the inside of my mouth that I couldn’t shift. I’ve never set foot in a McDonald’s since.
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