My conclusion, before I’ve even written my introduction, is that food is subject to ‘trends’ every bit as much as clothes are. People are as fickle about food as they are about footwear and flared jeans. They’re in, they’re not. You like ‘em, you loathe ‘em. Buy ‘em, bin ‘em. A couple of years ago, everyone was poo-pooing protein. Headlines like this were hitting the news: “Diets high in meat, eggs and dairy could be as harmful as smoking”. The Guardian, March 2014 18 months

My blood pressure is up. It’s official. Not because of high cholesterol from eating fats, but from reading about them. Hotdiggedydamn, the chat about fat has got hot. Saying opinions are ‘polarised’ would be like saying Donald Trump is a bit of a plonker - understatement extraordinaire. So who’s saying what? The National Obesity Forum published a report claiming that government advice to cut down on fat is having “disastrous health consequences”. “The change in dietary advic