What the French doctor ordered: David Khayat on being kind to yourself

Ignore the diet diktats of the wellness industry, it's important we enjoy our favourite foods and wine, says a leading cancer specialist  who encourages us to eat, drink and have plenty of sex

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Everything is bad for us - chips, chocolate, booze, fat, sugar, salt, processed food and tobacco.

 We are constantly encouraged to think carefully about what we eat – lean, green, clean – and how much we drink, or we will all get cancer or heart disease or organ failure and die. This encouragement to deny ourselves is shouted at us from all sides, from governments to GPs to Gwyneth Paltrow, and is particularly loud in the English speaking world, where the wellness industry has made health and healthy appearance – slim and glowy – a moral virtue.