Thanks for that link, Anglaise. Nice to see Prof Longo's name in the research. But all these variations are just IF with a bit of tinkering. I'm very happy that 5:2 (6:1 when you're maintaining) is sufficient for good health.
Plus a certain amount of exercise, of course!
Had a brilliant day at the Anti-austerity march in London on Saturday!
I met some wonderful people - health workers, carers, educationalists…too many groups to list here.
So good to be with like-minded folks.
One march isn't going to change anything, I’m aware of that - but it's a marker for future protests. This is just the start.
We left Taunton at 7am and began the march around mid-day, ending up at Parliament Square around 4pm. We left while the speakers were still on stage, but, as we couldn’t hear a word they were saying, we left after about 20 minutes.
I headed over to Leicester Square to meet my family and have a meal somewhere. I’d only had coffee and water during the day, intending to eat out with my family (son and 3 grandchildren) before seeing a show in the evening. The meal was part of my Father’s Day treat, but in the event, it wasn’t the greatest meal I’d ever had.
Leicester Square, as you can imagine, at 5.30-6.00 on a Saturday evening was heaving. Then it began to rain quite heavily and everyone made a beeline for the nearest restaurant, of course. We tried to get into TGI Friday, but it was just too crowded. Everywhere was the same, except for an Angus Steakhouse, which is where this vegan ended up for a celebratory meal, after not eating all day! 
It’s a good job I’m quite zen about food these days, thanks to this WOL. All that could be found for me was some bread, a serving of chips and a tomato and onion salad (with olive oil).
But it was absolutely fine! I’ve been reading The How of Happiness* by Sonja Lyubomirsky, who recommends ‘savouring’ as a technique for increasing your happiness. So I just sat there with my lovely son and his three kids, completely enjoying (‘savouring’) the moment – the food assuaged my hunger, and that was all I needed.
Afterwards, we took the kids to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which they absolutely loved!
The first half I found quite boring, TBH (but, since I was listening to the exciting England v NZ one-day decider on my radio, I was quite happy - especially when we won!)
The second half perked up a bit and was actually quite enjoyable.
*Thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who's interested in improving their happiness level. I thought I was a pretty happy guy before reading it, but there are several techniques from there that I'm finding useful!