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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food

By Jo Butten, Company Nutritionist

Following from the top healthiest celebrities article – people often ask me whether I take supplements or whether you can get everything you need from a balanced diet.
Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine said two-and-a-half thousand years ago “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

Oh, the fat of this land

Last Thursday, unfortunately while eating my dinner, I caught my first glimpse of the new Food Standards Agency (FSA) ad campaign about saturated fat.  Have you seen it?
If you have, you’ll know about it – who can forget the big glass jug of congealed fat making its sludgy way down some innocent household plumbing - [...]