Healthy Food Guide

The 80:20 diet

Karen Fittall is a health writer who contributes to leading Australian wellness publications, brands and programs.

It’s about eating everything in a balanced way, so is more sustainable in the long term

Whether you’re trying to lose weight or simply want to eat healthier, one thing’s for sure — strict, fad diets don’t tend to work. There are a range of reasons to help explain this, everything from how dieting affects metabolism and hunger hormones, to research showing restrictive dieting impacts quality of life and bumps up food cravings, at least in the short term. No

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