The broadcaster talks being a proud twin, a unwilling pilot, and a keen advocate for a better food system
is weird. As a medical doctor with a public profile and a PhD involving genetics, it is strange to have a clone of yourself wandering through the world. We embrace the confusion when people mistake us for each other. The state of twinness is an oddity, but it’s one of the most wonderful things in my life.Jonathan is the glue that binds us. He’s in his early 40s and more easygoing than we are. He’s the carbon rod in the nuclear reactor, soaking up neutrons, stopping it from melting down.
for is about limiting industrial power over the food system. You cannot imagine the pervasive and subtle ways that some transnational corporations affect human health. Poor diet is now the leading cause of early death globally, and we have very little ability to turn away.what they should do about buying and eating unhealthy food. If they are struggling, they should not feel responsible. It is the companies that are driving these problems and it requires political change.
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