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We need to acknowledge the link between nutrition and disease and take responsibility for what we put in our bodies, writes Sylvia Thompson

The role of diet in maintaining good health and preventing illness has become mainstream in the past five years or so. However, nutritional therapist Gosia Desmond believes that things haven't gone far enough. She suggests that individuals can do a lot more through diet, exercise and stress management to prevent chronic diseases such as coronary artery disease, diabetes and many cancers.