Irish shoppers are helping themselves to heaps of chocolate after months of healthy eating, as Easter Egg and chocolate sales increase year on year.  Irish retailers were criticised for starting promotional sales of chocolate eggs in December! Have you been stockpiling chocolate for Christmas?  To discuss we heard from Gillian McKeith, Nutritionist and Dietetic specialist, Tv presenter and star of several hit television shows including 'You Are What You Eat' and 'Eat Yourself Sexy'.

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