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It's Christmas Day, so I don't suppose anyone is reading this post. Which means Big Fat Lies by David Gillespie I won't be accused of  killing the joy.           On the other hand, Christmas is a traditional time for telling creepy stories - and I am here to make your flesh creep.              'Big Fat Lies - How the Diet Industry Makes You Sick, Fat and Poor' is by an Australian lawyer, David Gillespie. He was fat, and he wanted to be thinner, but found, like so many of us, that diets don't work. So he started researching the subject.           As he says, he may not be a doctor or nutritionist, but what lawyers are really good at is following the evidence - which he presents in Big Fat Lies.           The ghastly monsters which emerge from fridge and pantry, to gibber, mop and mow, are Sugar, High-Fructose Corn Syrup, and ...

           Have you been watching “ Supersize v Superskinny” – a tv programme on British television?   It shows the extremes of being obese and underweight.   I have had milder versions of both body images so I have found it very useful in making me review even further my thoughts about food.             I think I am finally getting my act together, but as with the ‘Food and Thought’ chapter in my book ‘ Emotional Health for Emotional Wealth’,   I am issuing a disclaimer for this blog.   Whatever I say here is about my own personal experiences and observations and in no way does it represent advice or a recommendation .   You need to check out your own eating issues with your own medical doctor.           Seven years ago I was diagnosed as diabetic (type 2) and put on insulin injections immediately.   Trauma...