Ageing with attitude: Recipes for a good life

Marjorie Brennan talks to Mimi Spencer of the 5:2 Fast Diet about moving away from food fads towards the quality nutrition described in her new book ‘The Midlife Kitchen’.

The 5:2 Fast Diet was a phenomenon, with its focus on intermittent fasting a big hit with those who wanted to shed pounds while not denying themselves the pleasures of good food.

Now former fashion and lifestyle journalist Mimi Spencer, who co-wrote the original Fast Diet cookbooks with Michael Moseley, has turned her attention away from watching our weight to how nutrition can boost our health as we age.