At least we were only expected to eat Crunchie Bars on a Friday. It’s amusing to look back at advertising slogans from the 1990s but it would be so much funnier if we weren’t still buying the products. What do we believe in 2022? — In 1990 we might be forgiven for buying Mars Bars — we were being told they would provide benefits to so many areas of our lives — work, rest, play. It was easy to justify eating them. But times have changed — obesity in the UK has more than doubled…

Over the space of a few decades, traditional eating habits developed over thousands of years, have been largely obliterated. What we now consider to be cultural norms have, in historical terms, existed for about as long as a cosmic fart. — Surely only a cerealist dictator could have achieved the sweeping cultural transformation that General Secretary Kellogg has performed on our poor breakfast table.

A good slaw is so much more than shredded vegetables drenched in mayo and the fibre and vinegar in this super-tasty recipe make it excellent for controlling your blood sugar too. — After several weeks of using a continuous glucose monitor, I am hooked on the importance of controlling blood sugar for weight control and general health. …

By increasing our consumption of fibre we can counteract some of the adverse effects the modern diet is having on blood glucose levels which are contributing to obesity and Type II diabetes. — Obesity is a puzzle, but the more I experiment with my diet the more I’m starting to realise what an important role fibre plays. “The good food we’ve stopped eating may be as important as the rubbish we’ve started eating.”

When The Archies smashed the charts with Sugar, Sugar back in 1969 everyone thought it was a song about an infatuated teenager… — Reading the lyrics in 2022 it seems they were probably right only the infatuation wasn’t with a girl — this guy was just obsessing over his breakfast. Sugar! Oh, honey, honey! You are my candy girl and you got me wanting you. Pour a little sugar on it, baby! Unfortunately…

Is it so hard to make the connection between sugar-coated oat shapes and chronic illness? — With 42% of adults classed as obese, 13% suffering from Type II diabetes and estimates suggesting a further 38% being pre-diabetic it seems odd that Americans still choose to spend nearly half a billion dollars a year on Honey Nut Cheerios. Diabetes is a disease of glucose regulation so it…

There is no place for them in a healthy diet. — It is notoriously difficult to determine the long term effects of foodstuffs on our health. Vegetable oil is no different and while there have been surprisingly few studies done on its impact there is nothing positive to report. With a lack of scientific data available, we must look at what…

But should we care about calories when we eat out? — I know I’m heading into murky water here. The displaying of calories on menus is controversial — and with good reason. We live in a world that tells us to be healthy while encouraging us to get fat. …

The literature left me confused but the solutions can be simple. — The first law of thermodynamics (energy in-energy out=energy stored) is hard to argue with. …