Author Archives: Neil Milligan

I AVERAGED 4,000 STEPS A DAY AND LOST 4.5 STONE / Here’s Why That Makes Sense

I never once hit 10,000 steps consistently. Not across a week, not across a month. [...]

I’M A MAN WITH NO HORMONAL EXCUSE. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AFTER 40

The belly that appeared and wouldn’t shift. The energy that got harder to hold onto. [...]

My Blood Tests Were Normal. Insulin Resistance Wasn’t

For eight years, my blood tests came back normal. The GP was happy.I made that [...]

What Happened When I Stopped My Inhaler After 46 Years

One morning in February 2024, I reached for my inhaler — and stopped halfway through. [...]

What Happened When I Fasted for 11 Days After 40

Somewhere in your forties, the things that always worked just stop working as well. Same [...]

I Did Everything I Was Told. It Was the Wrong Model.

You have followed the advice. Eaten less. Tracked the calories. Shown up at the gym. [...]

I Felt Fine. Then One Lunch Cost Me Six Days.

Saturday evening. October 2025. Nothing dramatic. Cake, chocolate, wine — the kind of thing you’d [...]

Can Fatty Liver Be Reversed? My ALT Dropped 86% (NHS Data)

Your GP has flagged your liver enzymes. Maybe more than once. And you’ve been told, [...]

Your Nightly Cravings Aren’t Willpower. Here’s What They Are.

You’ve done everything right today. The eating window held. The food was clean. And sometime [...]

Your 3am Wake-Up and Your Belly Are the Same Problem

You wake up at 3am. No alarm. No reason. Brain going. You are not anxious, [...]

6 MEDICATIONS / 15 MONTHS: ALL GONE

February 2024. I stopped all six of my medications. Statins I’d been on for eleven [...]

9 YEARS ON STATINS / CHOLESTEROL RATIO : WORSE

December 2023. I opened my blood test results and stared at a number that should [...]

BLOOD TESTS: FINE – STILL EXHAUSTED – WASN’T THE SLEEP

April 2025. My GP looked at my blood work and seemed genuinely pleased. HbA1c — [...]

BAD GUT FOR DECADES / STILL FIXABLE / WASN’T TOO LATE

There’s a version of the gut health conversation that goes like this: yes, there are [...]

I ATE NORMALLY FOR ONE EVENING. MY HUNGER WAS BROKEN FOR DAYS.

Day sixty-nine of a seventy-day food tracking experiment. I’d eaten completely normally the night before [...]

Lost the Weight – Still the Belly

I averaged 4,295 steps a day for thirteen months. I never set foot in a [...]

I Kept Blaming Stress. My Blood Tests Said Something Completely Different.

I spent years thinking I had a stress problem. The stress got better. My body [...]

BLOOD SUGAR FIXED. STILL 3AM.

My Blood Tests Were Getting Better. I Was Still Waking Up at 3am.Your blood tests [...]

My Joints Stopped Hurting After 24 Years. The Reason Was in My Gut.

Day 24 of a long fast. I put on a pair of Birkenstocks I hadn’t [...]

Can Fasting Lower Cholesterol? What My Blood Tests Showed After 14 Months

When I stopped my cholesterol medication in February 2024, I expected the numbers to blow [...]

11 Years on Cholesterol Medication. My Heart Risk Got 32% Worse.

I did what the doctor said. Took the statins every morning for eleven years. And [...]