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When a diet doesn’t fit: Learning to eat for life, not just for looks
She wanted to drop a couple of kilos but the writer picked a diet that not only didn’t work but also sent her cholesterol soaring.
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In the end, the best diet isn’t the most extreme or restrictive. It’s the one you can sustain, that supports your lifestyle, performance, and long-term health.
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Scroll through Instagram long enough, and you’ll find a hundred people telling you how to eat. Keto, paleo, intermittent fasting, carnivore, vegan; there’s no shortage of confident influencers promising fat loss, energy boosts and total life transformation. And when they come with six-packs and dramatic before-and-after photos, it’s easy to get sucked in.
I’m guilty of falling for diet fads that spoke to my physical insecurities, and here’s what I’ve learnt: Don’t follow a diet just because someone online says it works, no matter how legit the influencer is. Instead, ask who that diet is designed for, and whether it supports your lifestyle.
