" Isabel looked at her. “Five pieces? Isn’t that the Government recommendation?” “It’s none of their business,” said Jamie. Isabel disagreed. “Oh, I think it is. If the Government has to pick up the bill when we get ill, then surely it has the right to tell us how to avoid getting ill in the first place. "

― Alexander McCall Smith , The Novel Habits of Happiness (Isabel Dalhousie, #10)