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/^t/Our grandfathers would not eat an egg unless it were fried in bacon grease. Their meals were huge size. They drank and smoked heavily without any serious consequences to their health. What is more, they exercised with a knife and fork pretty often. Today, however, we emerge determined to revise the old lifestyle. We try to cut smoking, drink moderately and stick scrupulously to a diet high in fibre and low in fat. We do so, because we realise how dangerous the wrong patterns of eating are to our health.