Dear Gillian,

We thought we would write this e-mail to let you know how inspired we were with your books. My daughter, Alexandra has been a vegetarian since the age of seven; she is now fourteen and constantly nags me to improve my diet! (I thought it was supposed to be the other way around)

Although we considered ourselves to be reasonably healthy, very little red meat, lots of veg and fruit, the occasional take away; after taking the food IQ tests in your “you are what you eat” book, we realized we weren’t quite as healthy as we gave ourselves credit for!
Sooooo, we have enclosed pictures of our shopping (it should make you proud as 99% of it is from your recommended abundant food list) but would like your advise, if possible, on how to eat healthily on a budget! This little lot came to over £100.00 We don’t want to give up the fruit and that’s probably one of the most expensive food groups.

Quite often when shopping, a good part of my trolley contains fruit, veg and other healthy foods and I always think to myself “This is a trolley that Gillian would be proud of” The fact that all the naughty items are hidden underneath I conveniently forgot about! However, without exception, this really was a trolley to be proud of!

We understand if you are too busy to respond, but we just wanted you to know that you have converted another family to healthy living.

Thanks.

Janet and Alexandra (already healthy daughter, determined to be even healthier)