MEET OUR new LOW-CARB NUTRITIONIST RUTH MARCUS

‘During my teen years I suffered from anorexia and was hospitalised on several occasions. By my early twenties I had stabilised and regained the weight; I thought I was on the road to recovery.’ At that stage Ruth was exercising regularly and following what she thought was a ‘healthy’ diet, but her health was still deteriorating rapidly.

‘I was at a normal weight but getting sicker and sicker; I was diagnosed with a host of autoimmune diseases, including diabetes. It was a combination of genetic predisposition and the fact that