Author Archives: Neil Milligan

Your Crisps Are Engineered to Bypass Your Brain

Ever demolished a family-size bag of crisps without meaning to? Then sat there wondering what [...]

Lightest in 20 Years: What Happened on Day 21 of My Extended Fast

Day twenty-one. I stepped on the scales. Twelve stone fourteen pounds. One-eighty-two. Lightest I’d been [...]

Walking Won’t Save the Muscle Fibres You Lose First

Someone asked me: “I’m walking 10,000 steps a day. Do I really need to lift [...]

Scale Lied — Day 28: What My Mirror Showed After 4 Days of No Movement

Four days. Same weight. 13 stone 8.5 pounds refusing to budge. If you’ve ever stared [...]

Probiotic Face Cream Can’t Rewrite Your Childhood

I’ve never been one for skincare. But after all the changes I made in Feb [...]

Day 7 — Zero Hunger: When Extended Fasting Stopped Being Hard

Hour one-forty-two. Day seven of a twenty-one-day fast. GKI 0.7. Ketones 5.6. Glucose 72. I [...]

Hobnobs Aren’t Heroin: Why Sugar Cravings Aren’t What You Think

Can’t stop at one biscuit? Chocolate calling your name at 9pm every night? Feels like [...]

One Meal. 6 Hours Inflamed.

The Meal You Ate This Morning Might Still Be Inflaming You Now Six hours. That’s [...]

The Nuts Got Me

Day 56 of the Rhythm Reset. I woke up expecting good news on the scales. [...]

My GP’s Face Said It All: 5 Medications Stopped

Twelve weeks after Boxing Day 2023, I sat in my GP’s surgery waiting for a [...]

I Slept 7 Hours But Woke Up Worse (The Timing Was Wrong)

You’re getting seven hours of sleep. Maybe eight. But you still wake up knackered. Brain [...]

2 Years, No Breakfast: Why I Stopped Eating in the Morning

I haven’t eaten breakfast in two years. Energy’s higher than when I was eating at [...]

3 Days Inside: Grey Sludge Won — Here’s What I Learned

Day 55. Three days without a walk. Not because I’m injured. Not because I’m busy. [...]

46 Years of Daily Inhalers. Two Fasts. Then I Stopped Reaching.

The Morning I Stopped Reaching Forty-six years of daily inhalers. Since 1978. Eight years old. [...]

Fresh Bread Lasts 3 Days. Packaged Lasts 14. One Is Bread. One Is Chemistry.

Someone asked me: “Why does supermarket bread last weeks?” Here’s what I’ve noticed after 18 [...]

Whole Chocolate Bar: The Damage?

I Ate a Full Chocolate Bar. Here’s What Actually Happened. Two days ago, I ate [...]

Petroleum in Cereal: The Food Dye Scandal Nobody’s Talking About

Are Food Dyes Really That Bad? Someone asked: “Are food dyes really that bad, or [...]

45 Years. Then I Stopped.

45 years of asthma medication. Daily inhalers since I was eight years old. 1978 to [...]

I Stacked Three Mistakes (Day 53)

Woke Up 2 Pounds Heavier. Wasn’t Surprised. 13 stone 5 on the scale this morning. [...]

Wasted Money: The Supplement Industry Reality I Didn’t Need

I spent £20/month on multivitamins for 8 years. Thought I was being healthy. Building a [...]

Entire Packet Every Time

I Don’t Eat One Sweet. I Eat the Entire Packet. Box of chocolates? Not one [...]