The Pioppi Diet has crept into conversations of late, almost as often as Will flexes his biceps (oop, there he goes again). To minimize the risk of looking “not in the know”, then read on messieurs dames, all will be revealed… What the harry heckles is the Pioppi Diet? Well, it takes its name from a small Italian village where the locals not only tend to live longer - the average man has a lifespan of 89; many live to 100 - but do so without contracting the chronic diseases o

The numbers on my blood pressure reading have hit 4 figures. Top and bottom. It’s official, I’m feeling a little more ferocious than usual. Why? Lots of brilliant discussion around additives last week, so I’ve been asked to broaden my research, and look beyond energy bars to see what other monsters are hiding in our food. The findings have left me feeling a little, erm, vexed shall we say? It’s pre-watershed, so we’ll have to stick with that. Always one to look on the bright