General Article The 15 most common questions about healthy eating, answered by a dietitian

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By Tomé Morrissy-Swan

We humans have become really bad at knowing exactly what to eat to maintain a healthy diet. When once we roamed in search of a healthy balance of fruit, veg and meat, today we scoff a variety of nutritionally questionable but tasty and moreish snacks. Almost certainly, we didn't evolve to eat biscuits and down fizzy drinks all day. But we do it anyway, succumbing to temptation. 

Most of us, of course, still know what constitutes an ideal diet. The Mediterranean diet gets...

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