Her unorthodox slimming tips
1. Low-fat milk – cows’ milk is bad for you. 2. Natural yoghurt – small quantities only. 3. Eggs – completely avoid. 4. Reduced fat cheese – avoid completely. 5. Juices – avoid fruit juices as they are full of sugar; if used, need to be freshly squeezed and taken in moderation. 6. Fresh fruit – full of sugar so take in moderation. 7. Fresh vegetables – eat as much as you like. 8. Wholegrain bread – eat in moderation. Avoid any bread that isn’t wholegrain. 9. Fish and seafood – three portions per week max… Avoid fish with high mercury content (tuna, mackerel, halibut, swordfish). 10. Lean meats – avoid meat as animal protein is bad for you. Use protein substitutes e.g. chick peas, quorn, tempeh, seitans, jack fruit, egg plant. 11. Olive oil – very healthy, three tablespoons per day. 12. Rapeseed oil – bad for you, carcinogenic! 13. Baked beans – bad for you. 14. Natural nuts (almonds, brazil nuts etc) are good for you. 15. Tinned pulses – are fine but I would avoid tinned ones and go for bagged ones. 16. Tinned tomatoes – fine. Fresh ones are better. 17. Sweetcorn – avoid tinned and go for fresh. 18. Tomato puree – fine. 19. Herbs – fine.
20. Dried fruit – in moderation.
21. Pasta and rice – maximum of three servings per week with no one serving greater than 40grams (wholegrain pasta and brown rice or wild rice). 22. Porridge oats – fine, providing they are natural and do not have sugar additives added. 23. Legumes – are fine, apart from cranberries (full of sugar). 24. Fry nothing. 25. Batter nothing. 26. Only cook food in olive oil – nothing else. 27. No cream or butter in cooking. 28. Stocks – use vegetable stocks; not meat. 29. Avoid cooking in clingfilm and tin foil.