I’m 49 and I feel like I’m just getting started. Can anyone else relate? Maybe I’m just a late developer but I have learned so much in the past few years

For some reason that I can't explain I have always loved very strong tasting food

As a teenager I ate extra strong mints. There's some in the UK called Fisherman's Friends. I always had a packet in my pocket

In my twenties I became a coffee fiend, drinking very strong coffee 1/ I've always found coffee hard to quit, not because of the caffeine , but because of the bitter taste and the way that it sort of refreshes your tastebuds after a meal

I still toy with coffee, even though I managed to completely give up for about six months 2/

For over 40 years I believed every single person who told me that fruit & veg was “healthy”

Now I eat mainly meat

I haven’t been brainwashed

I’m not following an ‘influencer’

I didn’t hear about it on you tube

I *TRIED* zero carb. With an open mind

*A THREAD* This is my Mum, today.

She has lived a plant-based lifestyle in line with the food pyramid

She has always avoided animal fat & cholesterol

She has never smoked

She might have a glass of wine at Christmas

She followed her doctor’s advice and took statins