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“Legally, Scottish fish can be sold if it contains up to eight lice per fish, but the reality is that Scottish salmon sold in supermarkets often contains up to twenty times the legal amount.”
― Tim Spector, Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food is Wrong

“In France, raising your children as vegan is classed as criminal neglect.”
― Tim Spector, Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food is Wrong

“More high-quality clinical trials are required to confirm this, but current evidence suggests that telling diabetics to reduce their salt intake to low levels could actually be harming them.”
― Tim Spector, Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food is Wrong

“Someone with little more than a simplistic weekend training course in acupuncture or kinesiology can set themselves up as an expert and convince a vulnerable person to part with their cash and take potentially harmful treatments or to follow restrictive diets.”
― Tim Spector, Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food is Wrong

“Another completely useless procedure is hair follicle testing, as hair is not involved at all in immune-based allergic reactions.”
― Tim Spector, Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food is Wrong

“A Minor Role”
― Neil Astley, Staying Human: new poems for Staying Alive