27
F
Comment
F
F
ollowing t
h
e festive season, we a
r
e delugedwit
h
h
elpful
advice onw
h
at ou
r
Newyea
r
’s
r
esolutions s
h
ould
b
e and
h
ow to ac
h
ieve t
h
em. Usuall
y
t
h
is advice is in t
h
e fo
r
m of a
list - t
h
ose ten t
h
ings
y
ou s
h
oulddo o
r
t
h
ose five t
h
ings to cut
down o
r
avoid. Unfo
r
tunatel
y
, most of us fail to stick tow
h
ateve
r
r
egimewe t
h
oug
h
t wemig
h
t - we a
r
e onl
y
h
uman.
humans
h
ave an inte
r
esting a
b
ilit
y
to
h
old twoo
r
mo
r
e
conflicting
b
eliefs at t
h
e same time and come upwit
h
a
comp
r
omise t
h
at we a
r
e
h
app
y
to livewit
h
, a t
r
ait
r
ecognised in
ps
y
c
h
olog
y
as ‘cognitive dissonance’. Simila
r
l
y
, ou
r
conse
r
vative
desi
r
e fo
r
safet
y
, secu
r
it
y
and unde
r
standing (
b
asedonw
h
at we
al
r
ead
y
t
h
ink and know) conflictswit
h
ou
r
innate cu
r
iosit
y
and
adventu
r
ous desi
r
e todomo
r
e, pus
h
t
h
e
b
ounda
r
ies and explo
r
e
new t
h
ings, ideas, places and soon.
ba
b
ies put eve
ry
t
h
ing in t
h
ei
r
mout
h
s,
b
ut it is not long
b
efo
r
e
t
h
e
y b
ecomemuc
h
mo
r
e disce
r
ning. W
h
en a
y
oung c
h
ild
h
ides
t
h
e vegeta
b
les unde
r
t
h
e knife and fo
r
k afte
r
h
e
h
as supposedl
y
finis
h
ed
h
e is using
h
is ingenuit
y
, as is t
h
e pa
r
ent w
h
o
r
esponds
wit
h
‘eat t
h
em o
r
no ice c
r
eam afte
r
wa
r
ds’. how a
b
out
r
asp
b
e
rry
r
ipple,
b
ecause t
h
at is one of t
h
e five-a-da
y
isn’t it
Mum?Well no,
b
ut if it
h
elps
y
ou to get t
h
e c
h
ild to eat t
h
e
vegeta
b
les t
h
en pe
rh
aps
r
eso
r
ting to
br
i
b
e
ry
iswo
r
t
h
it.
We all know t
h
at eating lots of f
r
uit and vegeta
b
les is good fo
r
us,
b
ut it is
b
ecoming inc
r
easingl
y
clea
r
t
h
at fo
r
man
y
people in
ou
r
weste
r
n societies t
h
ei
r
diet is poo
r
, and t
h
is is leading to
significant inc
r
eases in avoida
b
le diseases. Astonis
h
ingl
y
, one in
tenb
r
itis
h
pupils is o
b
esew
h
en t
h
e
y
sta
r
t p
r
ima
ry
sc
h
ool.
Fu
r
t
h
e
r
mo
r
e, onl
y
one in five c
h
ild
r
en eats f
r
uit and/o
r
vegeta
b
les
eve
ry
da
y
. T
h
eGove
r
nment’s long
r
unning five-a-da
y
initiative
h
as notmade t
h
e diffe
r
ence t
h
at was
h
oped fo
r
and t
h
e longe
r
-
te
r
mgoal of
r
aising t
h
is to eig
h
t o
r
,
b
ette
r
still, ten, is looking
inc
r
easingl
y
distant.
As a societ
y
, we don’t t
h
ink t
h
at
br
i
b
e
ry
is a good t
h
ing and
t
h
e lawgene
r
all
y
p
r
osecutes t
h
osew
h
o a
r
e caug
h
t doing it. At
t
h
e pe
r
sonal level, cognitive dissonancema
y
kick inw
h
en t
h
e
pa
r
ent
br
i
b
es t
h
e c
h
ildwit
h
t
h
e pudding to get t
h
em to eat t
h
ei
r
h
ealt
hy
food fi
r
st. T
h
eUKNational O
b
esit
y
Fo
r
um suggests t
h
at
pa
y
ing a c
h
ild to eat
h
ealt
h
il
y
could
b
e a solution to t
h
e g
r
owing
o
b
esit
y
c
r
isis. In 2016, a stud
y
pu
b
lis
h
ed in t
h
eUSA
r
epo
r
ted
t
h
at
by
pa
y
ing sc
h
ool c
h
ild
r
en 25 cents fo
r
eating
h
ealt
h
il
y
, t
h
e
num
b
e
r
of c
h
ild
r
en eating at least one se
r
vingof f
r
uit o
r
vegeta
b
les dou
b
led. howeve
r
, t
h
e
r
e is a
r
isk t
h
at t
h
is t
y
pe of
coe
r
cion could
h
ave longstanding negative effects on a c
h
ild’s
r
elations
h
ipwit
h
food.
Adiffe
r
ent app
r
oac
h
was t
r
ialled at Unive
r
sit
y
College London
w
h
e
r
e
r
esea
r
c
h
found t
h
at if c
h
ild
r
en tasted a new vegeta
b
le at
least ten times, even t
h
emost
r
eluctant would eatmo
r
e of it.
Su
b
sequentl
y
UCL andWeig
h
t Conce
r
n launc
h
ed t
h
e Tin
y
Tastes game inw
h
ic
h
a c
h
ild is offe
r
ed a tin
y
piece of a c
h
osen
vegeta
b
le fo
r
aminimumof ten consecutive da
y
s, wit
h
r
ewa
r
ds
in t
h
e fo
r
mof
r
eco
r
d c
h
a
r
ts, sticke
r
s and colou
r
ing s
h
eets. Once
success
h
as
b
een ac
h
ieved
wit
h
one vegeta
b
le t
h
en
anot
h
e
r
is added and so on.
Nodou
b
t we all
r
ecall
b
eing
told t
h
at ca
rr
ots
h
elp
y
ou to
see
b
ette
r
in t
h
e da
r
k, and an
apple a da
y
keeps t
h
e docto
r
awa
y
; and
y
oumig
h
t
r
emem
b
e
r
a flu
rry
of inte
r
est
a
b
out ten
y
ea
r
s ago in t
h
e
effect of zinc in st
r
aw
b
e
rr
ies
on peoples sex lives. Eve
ry
y
ea
r
t
h
e
r
e seems to
b
e a new
‘supe
r
food’. Despite t
h
e
hy
pe gene
r
atedove
r
t
h
e next new ‘even
mo
r
e supe
r
’ supe
r
food,
y
ou’ll
b
e pleased to lea
r
n t
h
at ou
r
ve
ry
own st
r
aw
b
e
rr
ies,
r
asp
b
e
rr
ies,
b
lue
b
e
rr
ies and
b
lack
b
e
rr
ies
r
emain
h
ig
h
in t
h
e ‘top50’. recent consume
r
r
esea
r
c
h
inNo
r
t
h
Ame
r
ica found t
h
atmo
r
e t
h
an 85%of people ag
r
eedwit
h
t
h
e
statement t
h
at eating
b
e
rr
iesmakes t
h
em
h
app
y
. T
h
ese same
consume
r
s
r
epo
r
ted a st
r
ongpositive emotional
r
elations
h
ip
b
etween
b
e
rr
ies and natu
r
e, summe
r
and c
h
ild
h
oodmemo
r
ies.
T
h
eMINDdiet, developed and studied inC
h
icago
by
rus
h
Unive
r
sit
y
Medical Cente
r
andha
r
va
r
dSc
h
ool of Pu
b
lichealt
h
,
aims to
r
educe
b
loodp
r
essu
r
e,
h
ea
r
t disease, st
r
okes and
dementia. T
h
e
r
esea
r
c
h
e
r
s found t
h
at elde
r
l
y
non-demented
peoplew
h
ose dietswe
r
emost st
r
ongl
y
in linewit
h
t
h
eMIND
diet,
h
ad
br
ains t
h
at functioned as if t
h
e
y
we
r
e almost eig
h
t
y
ea
r
s
y
ounge
r
t
h
an t
h
osew
h
ose diets least
r
esem
b
led t
h
is eating
st
y
le. A follow-up stud
y
s
h
owed t
h
at t
h
e
y
also cut t
h
ei
r
r
isk of
developingAlz
h
eime
r
’s disease
by
50%. Peoplew
h
o followed
t
h
e plan onl
y
some of t
h
e time still
h
ad a 35% lowe
r
r
isk.
Among t
h
eMINDdiet components a
r
e ten ‘
br
ain-
h
ealt
hy
’ food
g
r
oups: g
r
een leaf
y
vegeta
b
les, suc
h
as spinac
h
and kale; ot
h
e
r
vegeta
b
les, suc
h
as
r
edpeppe
r
s, squas
h
, ca
rr
ots and
br
occoli;
nuts;
b
e
rr
ies, including
b
lue
b
e
rr
ies and st
r
aw
b
e
rr
ies;
b
eans,
lentils and so
yb
eans; w
h
oleg
r
ains; seafood; poult
ry
; olive oil and
wine, inmode
r
ation. T
h
e five un
h
ealt
hy
foods to
b
eminimised in
t
h
eMINDdiet a
r
e
r
edmeats,
b
utte
r
andma
r
ga
r
ine, c
h
eese,
past
r
ies and sweets, and f
r
ied o
r
fast food.
It’s good to see t
h
at
b
e
rr
ies and nuts a
r
e included, alongwit
h
wine, andwe
h
ave a
b
u
r
geoningUKwine indust
ry
;
b
ut w
h
at
a
b
out t
r
ee f
r
uit?
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