An Hour to Kill

I've never been a fan of fad diets, though I admit to attempting a few of them in my youth.  The most successful of them, for me, was the low carbohydrate diet, on which I lost 14kgs in 1982, and which, funnily enough is very close to what I am doing now on my own created diet, quite unintentionally.

So when I read about current fad diets via my friends on facebook, I am, from a nutrition point of view,  quite judgemental and it's difficult for me to zip my lip.

Sometimes, I really can't zip my lip .. especially when people take 'fat' completely out of their diets .. luckily, they are always happy to hear my advice about eating 'full fat' .. they are rarely happy to hear that in conjunction with that, they need to cut refined sugar!

Another fad diet was mentioned in a facebook conversation today.  The 5:2 diet.  Where you eat whatever you want, and as much as you want for 5 days and then 'fast' for two days.

I highly doubted this to be a healthy way to live, but a friend shared this ...

Eat, Fast and Live Longer

So if you have an hour to spare, it's quite an interesting doco, that takes you on a series of different 'fasting' ideas, and it's more about the positive effects it has on your 'insides' eg blood sugar, cholesterol and risk factors for cancers, stroke and heart disease, than actually losing weight .. which is the bonus.

I don't think I would try it because, as far as health and wellbeing goes, I like the way my current diet makes me feel and I enjoy the food I eat now.

The thing I found most interesting in the doco, was how your body, during a 'fast', repairs damaged cells, including brain cells .. and how they are experimenting, using mice, on the effects of fasting on Alzheimer's Disease.

Anyway, I thought it was worth sharing here.

I hoped to have some new photos and a recipe to add, but Adoring Husband came out of his procedure with flying colours, so we did some socialising tonight.

This means that I have nothing more to add and I am off for an early night and hopefully an early morning for sunrise!

Nite all.