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Every issue is researched by our dietitians, registered nutritionists and GP

This month we asked… ^ Victoria sponge or chocolate cake... It’s
probably the combination of sugars and
Which foods fats that makes cake so tasty it’s hard to
do you find eat in sensible amounts. I don’t make

hardest or buy them for home, but if there’s a
birthday party and cake is inevitable, I try
to eat in to have a small piece and stop at one –

healthy it’s easier when other people are around! _

portions? AMANDA URSELL is HFG’s nutrition editor. She has
a degree in nutrition and a post-graduate diploma in dietetics

RORY LARKIN JENNIFER LOW ^ Chocolate... Which is why
is a registered is a dietitian who I just don’t have it in the
nutritionist and works as a consultant house – ever! And if I allow
restaurant for the NHS and in myself some, I choose really
chef, with a the private sector. dark chocolate, as it’s so
special interest She specialises in IBS,
in developing eating disorders and rich I can only manage to
healthy recipes bariatric surgery eat a couple of squares. _

^I love making salad
dressings – the only issue ^ Cheese! I PHIL MUNDY is our
is that traditional versions make myself recipe consultant. He
works his magic
are usually a ratio of three put it on a every month to cut
plate and
parts oil to one part vinegar, calories, fat and
wrap the added sugars while
and fat is very high in remainder making sure every
calories. To cut down, I add up and put recipe tastes good
it back in
1 large tbsp mustard, and ^When making big
the fridge
replace half the oil with a before I start batches of pasta it can be
splash of water. This still eating. _ easy to overeat. I portion
gives you a nice creamy it up into containers
DR DAWN HARPER works as a
salad dressing, but with GP and runs regular clinics on straightaway so I don’t
a significantly reduced women’s health and weight eat an extra half
management. She often appears
fat content. _ on TV shows such as This Morning (or full) portion. _

WE ALSO WORK WITH OTracy Kelly, registered dietitian OHelen Bond, registered dietitian and spokesperson for the
British Dietetic Association ONorma McGough, registered dietitian at Coeliac UK OVictoria Taylor, senior dietitian
at the British Heart Foundation OLucy Jones, registered dietitian

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