Food fads and conflicting health advice
FOOD FADS There's been a recent trend in the so called "celebrity" world towards a vegan diet. It's the same with gluten, suddenly they are all cutting it from their diets. We had the juice diet, the paleo diet, sugar free and the raw food diet. Each one advertised as a weight loss diet,the most healthy way to eat or made promises to detox your body. CONFLICTING HEALTH ADVICE To make things even more confusing, there are regular reports in the media about the latest scientific research. We are now being told we need to eat 10 fruit and veg a day and not 5.( BBC News ) That this reduces are chances of getting cancer and other health conditions. It will also increase are chances of living longer. However this advice really irritates me, due to my IBS I can not eat that much veg as it has a negative effect on me. This type of report can leave people feeling anxious. If we take this report, I'm more likely to develop cancer, heart illness and I'm goin...