Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
We should be wary of those who push restrictive diets as a universal solution for all, particularly at a time when society’s obsession with ‘clean eating’ fads has such potential to cause lasting harm.
A Twitter row between two well-known faces is hardly an unusual occurrence, but one between ex-reality TV star Lucy Watson and Great British Bake-Off finalist Ruby Tandoh did catch my eye.
The former Made in Chelsea cast member is a long-time advocate of veganism, having released a vegan cookbook last year. Tandoh, now an established food writer, has published Eat Up – a book which she says is “about making peace with food, nourishing yourself and eating up as much of this big wide world as you can”.
A tweet by Watson, on Thursday, read: “If you’re against animal cruelty, like most people, then you should be vegan.”
But as Tandoh pointed out in a series of tweets that followed, there are various economic and class barriers to sustaining this diet, as well as its unsuitability for some who have experienced eating disorders and those with certain medical problems.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voice...-economic-avocados-clean-eating-a8204241.html
I thought this was an interesting article also in the context of the diets people with diabetes choose to follow and find suitable for their needs 🙂 There is no one-size-fits-all, and here we have always been of the opinion that personal tastes and experience should guide food choices, not rigid 'this worked for me, therefore it will work for you and there is no alternative' 🙂
A Twitter row between two well-known faces is hardly an unusual occurrence, but one between ex-reality TV star Lucy Watson and Great British Bake-Off finalist Ruby Tandoh did catch my eye.
The former Made in Chelsea cast member is a long-time advocate of veganism, having released a vegan cookbook last year. Tandoh, now an established food writer, has published Eat Up – a book which she says is “about making peace with food, nourishing yourself and eating up as much of this big wide world as you can”.
A tweet by Watson, on Thursday, read: “If you’re against animal cruelty, like most people, then you should be vegan.”
But as Tandoh pointed out in a series of tweets that followed, there are various economic and class barriers to sustaining this diet, as well as its unsuitability for some who have experienced eating disorders and those with certain medical problems.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voice...-economic-avocados-clean-eating-a8204241.html
I thought this was an interesting article also in the context of the diets people with diabetes choose to follow and find suitable for their needs 🙂 There is no one-size-fits-all, and here we have always been of the opinion that personal tastes and experience should guide food choices, not rigid 'this worked for me, therefore it will work for you and there is no alternative' 🙂
