Why is it that every mega-obese woman* I’ve ever worked with has been convinced that cottage cheese is their golden ticket to thin-dom? They talk of it like a miracle drug. Yes luv, your lunch might have included a pie, mars bar, family size bag of crisps and fizzy juice but as long as you finish it off with a tub of cottage cheese the pounds will surely melt off.

*never worked with any mega-obese men so can’t comment on their cottage cheese habits.