I often have Radio 4 on in the background when I am working, and Michael Mosley’s cosy ‘Just One Thing’ series became a regular part of the morning routine. It was on just the other day, I think, I had it on in the background and he was excitedly extolling the virtues of flax seeds, in that artlessly enthusiastic manner, a bit reminiscent of Richard Briers.
The jolly music, cheery tone – all very soothing. And so was the reassurance that adding some flax seeds to your diet or popping a couple of cherries into your granola every now and then would do you a power of good.
It was only when his death was confirmed today I remembered how much his work actually really helped me in the past. Years back, when he was banging on about the 5:2 diet, I bought the book and shed a good amount of avoirdupois when nothing else had worked.
I soon slid out of intermittent fasting, and back into eating crap and not moving around much. Then, some years later, I got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I didn’t get far with the NHS supplied info, no real problem » Continue Reading.
