The Daily Mail is good for your health. Today anyway, by publishing a rather fine list of FOOD RULES – from the bread we should avoid to the size of our plates and the effect certain cereal has on the milk we mix it with. Here’s a few of their food commandments – actually, not theirs, but those of Michael Pollan from Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. Don’t eat cereals that change the colour of the milk If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t Eat when you’re hungry, not when you’re bored Eat your colours Eat like the French, Japanese, Italians or Greeks Try not to eat on your own After consulting dietitians, nutritionists, anthropologists, folklorists, doctors and nurses – as well as a large number of mothers and grandmothers – author Michael Pollan has come up with a fascinating list of so-called ’Food Rules’ that could help change your eating habits for ever… Read more here.

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