The 50-Calorie Fantasy: Why Wes Streeting’s Health Plan Is a Diet in Denial

They say every little helps; but this government scheme to tackle obesity by trimming 50 calories a day is less a bold health revolution, more like putting a lettuce leaf on a collapsing buffet tabl…

I once spent a week eating nothing but those diet protein bars that taste like cardboard and have the texture of reupholstered gym mats. I was promised weight loss, boundless energy and younger looking skin. What I got was a bloated stomach, a mood that could melt concrete and the haunting sensation that my intestines were having a sulk. All to save a f…