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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Joe Bromley

My diet was terrible — at 24 I have cut ultra-processed food to avoid type 2 diabetes

I have a hideous confession friends and family can vouch for — as a 24 year old who has never put on much weight, until recently, I had allowed my diet to descend into something quite ugly.

As university passed and busy working weeks took over, any hands-on kitchen activities gave way to Pizza Express oven pepperonis and pre-made katsu curries. I would even (and it makes me gag gently to write this) eat those watery spaghetti carbonara supermarket ready meals for supper.

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