How I’ve changed my diet after reading Tim Spector’s The Diet Myth

For a few weeks, we’ve been trying to eat 10 portions of fruit and veg a day.

Then last week, I read Tim Spector’s book The Diet Myth in which he explores many common beliefs about diet such as whether vitamin tablets, fish oil and those little probiotic drinks are really good for you.

Losing weight, it turns out, isn’t just a question of eating less calories. For one thing, “our bodies simply seem to adapt to the new reduced calorie intake.” Plus we’re all different and we have different ...