Gwyneth Paltrow claims 'intuitive fasting' cured her long Covid
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By: Julia Llewellyn Smith
Gwyneth Paltrow has claimed that Dr Will Cole's 'intuitive fasting' system cured her of long Covid. Then again, Paltrow once thought it was a good idea to sell vagina-scented candles. So is this just another fad diet – or might it be beneficial?
It's 8.15am in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Dr Will Cole, wellness practitioner to Gwyneth Paltrow, is talking to me from his clinic for natural medicine. Cole has been up since 6.30am. "Often I get up at 5am, but I've just back from my book launch in Los Angeles and I'm jetlagged," he explains. He's already worked out, drunk some black coffee and water and is looking forward to a cup of Earl Grey.
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Want to feel younger, lose weight, support your heart health and reduce your risks of developing type 2 diabetes – all without changing what you eat? Of course you do. We all do. While it sounds like an impossible dream, it’s not. The key is changing when you eat. You might have heard about fasting diets before – also known as intermittent fasting, or time-restricted eating – but I have developed a version, which I’ve used with hundreds of clients in my nutritional practice on Harley Street, that I think is the easiest of the lot. You simply eat your existing diet within only ten hours of the day. This enables your body to have a long overnight fast of 14 hours, most of which you’ll be sleeping through anyway. These 14 hours without food are when your body turns its attention to burning fat and remodelling almost every organ to help you stay young and healthy for longer.