I thought my diet was healthy until I cut out one thing we all eat

‘Where have all the crisps and biscuits gone?’ asked my children one day last summer.

‘I threw them all out.’ I said matter-of-factly. Anticipating their next question, I pointed to the fruit bowl, filled with apples, satsumas and bananas. 

This might sound like your everyday exchange – a mother’s embroiled battle to get her children to