My scepticism of nutritional advice is compounded by papers like the Mail, which tell you a specific food is essential to life one day and will kill you in no time the next.
Nevertheless, the constant drip drip of propaganda against such foods does have an insidious effect, and it was therefore very refreshing to read this article in today's Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/s ... lth-advice
I've always been very sceptical of the 5 a day fad, particularly as it's applied to some foods which are highly processed and appear anything but healthy. It was therefore rather pleasing to see that it's basically a load of rubbish.
It was actually dreamed up at a 1991 meeting of fruit and veg companies in California, which somewhat undermines its credibility. Nevertheless, despite there being little or no evidence to support the theory it's been adopted wholesale by our national nanny - https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/why-5-a-day/
Now where's my salt grinder ...
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