Sixty seconds on . . . fasting

Oh no, what’s some Tik Tok-er banging on about now?Actually, it’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who, according to the Sunday Times, fasts for 36 hours at the beginning of every week. “It’s a real testament to the discipline, focus, and determination that he shows in all aspects of his life and work,” a “close source” gushed.1Wow. What does Sunak eat?From 5 pm on Sunday evening to Tuesday morning nothing passes the PM’s lips except water, black tea, or coffee—although in an interview on ITV’s This Morning Sunak confessed that he may have the “odd nut” (insert cheap joke referencing his parliamentary colleagues here).Isn’t fasting popular with Sunak’s Silicon Valley tech bros?It is a very now “wellness” trend beloved of everyone from Jack Dorsey (former chief executive of Twitter) to—inevitably—Gwyneth Paltrow.Tell me more . . .Intermittent fasting covers a range of regimes. There’s 5:2 where you eat a balanced diet five…
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