Dr. Sarah Berry

Where's the responsibility for us as individuals? Where's the responsibility for schools, for example, or for us as parents educating our children? We need to take into account all of those different

Where's the responsibility for us as individuals? Where's the responsibility for schools, for example, or for us as parents educating our children? We need to take into account all of those different

areas in order to improve the foods that we're eating there is a problem that these three dishes so the chocolate the biscuits the crisps they are more tasty or rather our taste buds our brains are tricking us into thinking they're more palatable And that's a problem. Do we say to our children, you can never, ever have them? Now, I've certainly never taken that approach.

areas in order to improve the foods that we're eating there is a problem that these three dishes so the chocolate the biscuits the crisps they are more tasty or rather our taste buds our brains are tricking us into thinking they're more palatable And that's a problem. Do we say to our children, you can never, ever have them? Now, I've certainly never taken that approach.

I think it's all about balance and enabling people to make the choices that they make. But I recognise if I'm sitting there in the evening, I'm a bit stressed, I've got a work deadline, I don't want to eat nuts. I want to eat those biscuits or those crisps and I want a glass of wine with it. I know that's not the right decision. I know it's 10 o'clock at night.

I think it's all about balance and enabling people to make the choices that they make. But I recognise if I'm sitting there in the evening, I'm a bit stressed, I've got a work deadline, I don't want to eat nuts. I want to eat those biscuits or those crisps and I want a glass of wine with it. I know that's not the right decision. I know it's 10 o'clock at night.

But in the moment, that's the choice I probably will make.

But in the moment, that's the choice I probably will make.

No, I don't, because I think that... It's really quite simple when we think about the food that we eat. I think we're making it so complicated. And I think that, do you know what? If we eat a good amount of fruits, vegetables, pulses, if we try not to eat too much heavily processed foods, if we try and get a bit of diversity in our diet, we're doing okay.

No, I don't, because I think that... It's really quite simple when we think about the food that we eat. I think we're making it so complicated. And I think that, do you know what? If we eat a good amount of fruits, vegetables, pulses, if we try not to eat too much heavily processed foods, if we try and get a bit of diversity in our diet, we're doing okay.

So what if I go and have, you know, a bar of chocolate? As long as I'm not doing it all day, every day. And I think this kind of health optimization around diet... I think is taking away the pleasure of food. And, you know, I often say for food is too healthy to be enjoyed. It's just not healthy at all. Food is there to bring us joy. It's to bring us pleasure. It's part of our emotions.

So what if I go and have, you know, a bar of chocolate? As long as I'm not doing it all day, every day. And I think this kind of health optimization around diet... I think is taking away the pleasure of food. And, you know, I often say for food is too healthy to be enjoyed. It's just not healthy at all. Food is there to bring us joy. It's to bring us pleasure. It's part of our emotions.

It's part of our culture. It's part of, you know, our social connections. And I worry that now there's a certain proportion of society so hyper-focused that on that 1% gain in terms of the food that they're eating, that they forget all of that pleasure. So I think I have quite a balanced approach because I know that ultimately if you get the foundations right, the rest will follow.

It's part of our culture. It's part of, you know, our social connections. And I worry that now there's a certain proportion of society so hyper-focused that on that 1% gain in terms of the food that they're eating, that they forget all of that pleasure. So I think I have quite a balanced approach because I know that ultimately if you get the foundations right, the rest will follow.

But that makes up 95% of what makes a food or a diet. And that's how we need to think about what we eat healthy.

But that makes up 95% of what makes a food or a diet. And that's how we need to think about what we eat healthy.

I think that there's so much nutribollocks out there.

I think that there's so much nutribollocks out there.

There is so much misinformation out there. What you see on social media versus what the evidence shows is like night and day. I mean, seriously. And so when I think about diets, my view on diets... I mean, there are some that there's some good evidence, you know, eat 30 plants a week. Yeah, that's great. Go on a low calorie diet to lose weight. Great. But how are you going to maintain that weight?

There is so much misinformation out there. What you see on social media versus what the evidence shows is like night and day. I mean, seriously. And so when I think about diets, my view on diets... I mean, there are some that there's some good evidence, you know, eat 30 plants a week. Yeah, that's great. Go on a low calorie diet to lose weight. Great. But how are you going to maintain that weight?