What we eat has a profound effect on our health. Yet many lack confidence in whether they can afford to choose a healthy diet. Classical vitamin deficiency diseases are now extremely rare but despite this fact as many as 30% of the population take dietary supplements because they are deluded into believing that modern food lacks nutritional value. Never has the choice of food available been of such quality and variety, yet consumers are concerned about the provenance of their food and whether it is safe to eat. There is also a widely held view that cheap food is of poor nutritional quality and this is fuelling the obesity epidemic we are now experiencing. More recently, certain foods (e.g. smoothies, prebiotic yoghurts) have been marketed that claim to promote health at premium prices. But how good is the evidence that these foods make any difference to health? This talk will explore how what we eat effects the risk of major chronic disease(diabetes, heart disease and cancer) and what changes we need to make in our diet and will answer the question “Does it cost more to eat healthily” based on the analysis of recent research.
Speaker: Professor Tom Sanders
Venue: Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus
Time: 18.30-19.30
Booking: Please book free tickets for this talk via Eventbrite
