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  1. I’m a little biased (as he’s my Dad) but Mike Gibney has started a kind of food science blog, touching on issues like obesity, malnutrition, etc. – http://gibneyonfood.blogspot.com/

    He’s a nutritionist in the original sense of the word, before it was hijakced by quacks.

    His upcoming book, Something to Chew On, was featured on the ‘ones to watch’ list from the Irish Times over christmas.

  2. I went to a talk by the nutritionist Aveen Bannon.

    I thought she was brilliant, very informative and wasn’t selling anything just promoting healthy foods and the importance of moderation.

    She was very informative about all those food allegy tests (ie there a load of nonsence), food intolerences etc. Why diet foods are not that good for you and why a “detox” diet is just silly.

    In all it was common sense really but I enjoyed the talk and left feeling I’m doing ok with the healthy eating, and for that reason if I needed the services of a nutritionist I’d definetly visit her.

    http://www.dnc.ie/page.php?intPageID=3

  3. Hey Sinead! Bias doesn’t matter in the slightest when you have such a good recommendation. I’ve read your dad’s work in the Irish Times before but never knew he had a blog; just read some of it there and it’s fantastic. His ‘Dying for Christmas’ piece (http://gibneyonfood.blogspot.com/2011/12/dying-for-christmas.html) is so eloquent, I’m going to send it on to my contact in Concern. Thanks so much, you should be very proud 🙂

  4. Raw food types make me pass out with rage-induced blood loss through my eyeballs. Jay Rayner puts it best: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/14/raw-food-fanatics-jay-rayner?INTCMP=SRCH

    Some raw food – fruit, veg – good for you, as part of a balanced diet. All raw food, and you’d still be living in a tree.

    I can’t decide whether raw food pushers are stupid, or liars, or stupid liars.