Covid UK: GPs will prescribe DIETS for more than 700,000 people to combat obesity

GPs will prescribe more than 700,000 people diet plans, apps and wearable activity trackers in a Government anti-obesity drive, as a report says Britain’s Covid-19 death rate is partly the result of being overweight. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will today announce the appointment of Sir Keith Mills, the inventor of Nectar points and Air Miles, … Read more

First lockdown led to spike in unhealthy diets and alcohol consumption

First lockdown led to increase in unhealthy behaviours including drinking more alcohol and eating less fruit and veg – with women and young people faring worst More than 1,000 participants signed up to a daily lifestyle survey in April  The average person consumed one portion less of fruit and veg per day  Analysis indicated people … Read more

Lucy Spraggan flaunts her washboard abs and slams ‘life threatening fad diets’

She’s a fitness fanatic who is vocal about body positivity on her social media pages. And Lucy Spraggan has shared before and after comparison shots on her Instagram account on Sunday while reflecting on her fitness journey, which has seen her drop three dress sizes. The former X Factor star, 29, could be seen in … Read more

Shane Warne’s son reveals the retired cricketer uses ’30-day fasting tea diets’ to lose weight

Shane Warne’s son Jackson has revealed that his famous father likes to use fasting tea diets to help him lose weight.  The 21-year-old SAS Australia said his dad opts to sip the tea rather than turning to a traditional diet plan.   ‘Dad’s always starting and finishing these 30-day fasting tea diets,’ Jackson told Daily Mail … Read more

How personal trainer sculpted her dream body by ditching fad diets and ‘a desire to be skinny’

A personal trainer who only aspired to be ‘skinny’ as a teenager and suffered from an eating disorder has sculpted her new dream body by turning to weightlifting – and now inspires others to live their healthiest lives. Meg Kimura, who lives on the Gold Coast, Queensland, had a ‘disjointed’ and ‘toxic’ approach to fitness as … Read more

Human food waste forms over half some carnivores’ diets, study finds

Carnivorous animals living near people get more than half their food from human sources – threatening natural ecosystems, study finds Researchers analysed chemicals found in bone and fur samples from the wild Amount of human food eaten increases in animals living closer to humans  Researchers warn reliance on human food could lead to inter-species conflict By Joe Pinkstone For … Read more

Farmers are putting turkeys on crash diets so they are not too big for a ‘Rule of Six’ Christmas

Farmers are putting turkeys on crash diets and slaughtering them early so they are not too big for a ‘Rule of Six’ Christmas dinner It is too late to grow naturally smaller birds so farmers have come up with plans  Some have decided to slaughter turkeys early and freeze them for Christmas And others are … Read more

Intermittent fasting diets like Jennifer Aniston’s do NOT work, study finds

Celebrities like Jennifer Aniston swear by intermittent fasting as the easy key to meeting their weight loss goals and maintaining enviable figures – but method of eating only between noon and 8pm doesn’t work, according to newly-published science.  Even Dr Ethan Weiss, co-author of the new study, published in JAMA Network Open was sure eating … Read more

Intermittent fasting diets popular with celebrities are no better than eating throughout the day

Trendy intermittent fasting diets promoted by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are ‘no better for weight loss’ than eating the same meals throughout the day, study finds The diet involves restricting the time you eat to eight hours in every 24 hours Researchers created a randomised clinical trial to see whether the diet works Volunteers … Read more