Waist not want not

THE silly season is nearly over, and you’re contemplating harsh reality after all that wonderful decadence.

The late nights, rich grub and booze all catch up with us. And the straining waistbands of late December are often the catalyst we need to redress the ravages of the preceding fortnight’s festivities.

The ‘zeal to heal’ is typified by a raft of New Year’s resolutions, some sustainable, many not — the king-pin being the January ‘detox diet’. But with so much half-truth and fallacy, how do we navigate the minefield of misinformation about detoxing?