Food and health
I have been keeping myself entertained on the commute to work watching TV programmes I had missed. One programme that I particularly enjoyed was‘ Eat to live Forever with Giles Coren ’ and really enjoyed it. He had me with the first things he said: he was an older dad and wanted to live longer to be with his kids. I am an older mum and the same thought has crossed my mind. In the course of the programme Giles takes on 3 extreme dieting regimes which claim to increase lifespan. This was rather entertaining as I have heard of caloric restriction, the paleo diet and fruitarianism before but didn’t really know much about them. Giles injected the information with humour. ‘I am a fat burning beast! Not like that guy there who is just a fat beast’, as he munched on what he said was a disgusting paleo burger (two burger patties with some veg in between), made me laugh. I am not a fan of diets. As a teenager I was overweight...