My thoughts on The Pegan Diet by Dr Mark Hyman

I recently read The Pegan Diet, the latest book by Dr Mark Hyman. This isn't a "diet" book in the sense of "Here's how to lose a stone in a week!". Instead, it shares "21 practical principles for reclaiming your health in a nutritionally confusing world." Principle no. 1 is: "use food as your farmacy".

I was most definitely one of the "nutritionally confused" for most of my life. Up until I retrained as a health coach in my mid-40s, I would be regularly hit with blood sugar crashes which would wreck my mood and turn my brain to mush (not a great thing to be happening when you're the managing director of a busy consultancy). I had no idea at all that my food choices were actually making me feel rubbish.

Have a listen to my thoughts on a couple of the book's key lessons.

You can find out more about Dr Hyman's work at:

Here's what happened when Dr Chris van Tulleken challenged himself to eat a diet of 80% ultra-processed food for one month:

Here's the groundbreaking study, led by Dr Kara Fitzgerald, which shows the powerful effect of a wholefood diet on the aging process:

(NB. Epigenetic age was reversed by 3+ years - not 2 years as I quoted in this video. Even better!!)

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[CyberVixen]

Wow, you look incredible, my jaw dropped when you said ‘50’ (not that it’s old) what a beautiful and inspiring woman!

[SA-hffu]

Thank you for putting this out there! After 67 years of yo-yo dieting, I’ve only TODAY, this morning - heard of the term Pegan. I really thought I’d heard and seen it all. I don’t watch much TV and somehow had not heard of Dr. Mark Hyman. I immediately opened YouTube and looked up everything I could find about it all day. The info is pretty impressive but I have to say I have been impressed before so we will see. 😉 Thank you for your views.

[rebeccahanberry]

Such interesting insights! Easy to forget how food is advertised to us directly affects our eating habits

[tanyaisdale]

Great message! It is really empowering to think that what we eat affects us so much. I love the poem and the true life experiences that Suzy shares x

[hapless]

Interesting watch. Shows how we’re taken in by big food corporations