‘Never thought I’d eat that’: how vegetable prescriptions are helping Britons with diabetes

The Guardian Health Friday 13 November 2026, 10:00 UTC By Steven Morris 1 min read

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WellFed participants in Cornwall reporting better blood sugar levels – and wellbeing – with help of free weekly veg boxes and group cooking and gardening sessionsThe participants admitted that throughout their life, their food choices had been far from ideal: egg and chips, hearty roasts, raw fry – a Cornish one-pan dish of bacon, potatoes and onions, often fried in lard and once beloved of miners and fishers. But here they were, at a community orchard in the harbourside town of St Ives in...

WellFed participants in Cornwall reporting better blood sugar levels – and wellbeing – with help of free weekly veg boxes and group cooking and gardening sessions

The participants admitted that throughout their life, their food choices had been far from ideal: egg and chips, hearty roasts, raw fry – a Cornish one-pan dish of bacon, potatoes and onions, often fried in lard and once beloved of miners and fishers.

But here they were, at a community orchard in the harbourside town of St Ives in south-west Cornwall, massaging Swiss chard (to soften the leaves), dicing carrots, adding lentils into a pot to create a low-GI, high-fibre – and tasty – shepherd’s bake.

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