I am no revolutionary when I say that the benefits of healthy eating are greatly enhanced by physical exercise. I know I feel like a caged animal if I haven’t had at least one chance to run around outside for a while each day. So it’s not just about looking good but about feeling good too.

To counter our ever more sedentary lifestyles, sitting as most of us do for hours each day, we pound the pavements, invest in expensive all-weather cycling gear, spin like hamsters on wheels in extortionately expensive, sweaty basements, and stack our bookshelves with yoga videos which promise us the flat stomachs of our teenage years. Continue reading →