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Concerning your article (From iced buns to brussels sprouts: nine nutritionists on what they really eat (it may surprise you), 11 January), I wonder whether healthy eating has to be so complicated (and, I guess, expensive). I am 87 and my regular breakfast consists of oatmeal porridge (the same brand my mother fed me 80 years ago) with golden syrup and cow’s milk, two boiled eggs, three prunes, a piece of fresh fruit and a cup of tea with lemon. It takes eight minutes to prepare and generates minimum washing up. What’s wrong with that?
John Newton
Buxton

• Joanna Collins’ cast-iron frying pan, going strong after 50 years (Letters, 15 January), is on a par with Sam Vimes’ boots. If you can afford the initial outlay, you will save money (and the planet, and your health?) in the long run. Cast-iron pans, like good boots, are expensive; not everyone can afford them.
Jennifer Gale
Littleham, Devon

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