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Do you think the NHS will be improved by being turned from a not for profit organisation to one run by profit motivated companies legally obligated to make as much profit as possible for their shareholders? Should money be plowed into investment to help the UK be more healthy or line the pockets of investors?

In the USA the stranglehold on health by pharmaceutical companies, Insurance companies and Hospitals has meant that US businesses can no longer afford healthcare for their employees - people can't afford to be ill, they have no choice but to sue someone.

You choose. New more expensive NHS based on US insurance run system run by supermarket managers and catering companies or a system run by health professional experts who understand about health. The more polititians tinker with things they know nothing about the worse it will get.

Model Advice - Big Fat Nutrition Advice

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Is your health kick ageing you? - Mirror Online

Is your health kick ageing you? - Mirror Online

London Harley Street Nutrition guru gives health and beauty advice in the Daily Mirror.

"Not all fats are evil. Essential fatty acids in particular are vital as they strengthen the skin's ability to retain water, power-plumping your complexion from within," she explains. "Without these fats in your diet, skin cells aren't flexible enough to let nutrients in and toxins out, causing a puffy, dull complexion."

Are spaghetti hoops really one of your five-a-day? Which? says foods high in salt and sugar should be stripped of logo | Mail Online

Are spaghetti hoops really one of your five-a-day? Which? says foods high in salt and sugar should be stripped of logo | Mail Online

London Harley Street clinical Nutritionist commented on the Which? demands for more honest food labelling in The Mail Online today

The Department of Health's 5 A DAY logo and portion indicator apply to fresh, frozen and canned fruit and vegetables with no added fat, sugar or salt so clearly wouldn't apply to spaghetti hoops

I agree with which? that manufacturers should be forbidden to claim a portion of 5 a day when a food lacks the fibre, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants - the very reasons why we are encouraged to eat more fruit and veg, although the science suggests we need at least 8 x 80g portions to reap meaningful benefits.

More importantly though the GDA system that manufacturers use instead of the easy to understand Fodd Standard's Agency's Traffic Light System should be exposed by Which?

Manufacturers use upper limits of recommendations for sugar fat and salt and make GDA labelling too complicated for consumers to understand by using percentages rather than making it clear that a product is 'high in fat' or 'high in sugar' using a red colour.

Manufacturers are also misleading consumers with their recommended portions. In workshops when we ask participants to measure out their normal portion of cereal it never matches the recommended baby portion used in nutritional information on the packets.

Heinz spokesperson Nigel Dickie said:

‘For Heinz Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce, the 1 of your 5 a day comes from the tomatoes.Our soups, beans and spaghetti are low in fat and sugar, and have also benefited from salt reduction in line with the Department of Health's Responsibility Deal targets.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2102513/Are-spaghetti-hoops-really-day-Which-says-foods-high-salt-sugar-stripped-logo.html#ixzz1mgCPDIFF

Model Advice Yvonne Bishop-Weston

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London Nutritionist Yvonne Bishop-Weston advises on health and beauty for models

Croydon Hospital Food "Appalling"

Mayday Hospital trust's spending on meals revealed | This is Croydon

Croydon University Hospital formerly Mayday or 'May-die'

Croydon University Hospital, formerly Mayday Hospital known locally by residents as "may - die" (hence the name change) has been slated by a London nutritionist for serving 'apalling food'.

Croydon University Hospital is one of only a handful of hospitals in the UK with it's own in house Burger King in pride of place in reception. Yvonne Bishop-Weston suggests this apparent sanction and condoning of fast food rich in saturated fat, nutrient and fibre stripped carbohydrates, and few if any opportunities to achieve your NHS recommended five a day portions of fruit and vegetables is mindblowingly counterproductive.

The Croydon advertiser reports

PATIENTS had a meagre £1.73 spent, on average, on every meal they were given while recovering in Croydon University Hospital last year – the lowest spending per head of hospitals used by Croydon residents.
Figures released last week show the hospital's trust forked out an average of £5.18 a day for three meals and drink for each patient during 2010/11.

Other nearby hospitals spend double amount that on their patient meals. Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, has responded by increasing spending this year to £5.96 a day – an average of £1.99 per meal.
Yvonne said "How can people get well unless they have proper nutrition?
Croydon North MP Malcolm Wicks agreed, adding: "The constraints on hospital budgets across the country mean it's very difficult for them but hospitals can't skimp on food.
"At face value the amount spent [at Croydon University Hospital] seems to be a pitifully small amount of money and I think they need to address that further."

Gendered eating: men, women and food

Gendered eating: The truth about men, women and food - Editor's Pick - Life & Style - NZ Herald News

Yvonne talks about the differences in the way men and women approach food in the New Zealand Herald

In 1982, Bruce Feirstein published the bestselling "guidebook to all that is truly masculine", Real Men Don't Eat Quiche.

Eva Wiseman and Yvonne discuss gender, food and differences amongst the sexes

Bishop-Weston sees gender differences less in how people eat, more in how they think about their diets.

"Women have more emotional attachments to food - due to media pressure they attach guilt to carbs and saturated fats, and often feel a responsibility to eat healthily in a way that men don't," she says.

"Interestingly, though, I see a trend towards 'effort' that spans and unites the sexes. People are becoming more receptive to things that take longer. People are looking for an identity with their food. People are buying breadmakers. As everybody's lives are getting more stressful we feel worse, and we need more nutrients. So both men and women are getting scared into eating well."

David Bell, author of Consuming Geographies: We Are Where We Eat, and senior lecturer in critical human geography at the University of Leeds agrees differences are cultural and nurtured, not genetic