Social media diet myths – busted

Here are some of the letters you’ve sent us this month, including a lot of love for our July cover star Kirsty Gallacher, plus letters from readers interested in keeping themselves ageing well through our health and nutrition advice.

As the social media platform bans the search term, citing concerns it’s become linked to ‘unhealthy weight-loss content’, Closer asks what more can be done to tackle ‘thinspiration’ posts and videos online…

No nonsense trends, no impossible goals, just simple, straightforward advice for good health-keeping. This month… How do the UK’s top nutrition experts really feed themselves and their families? And what do their partners think about it?

5-minute hummus, 3 ways PHOTO: LIZZIE MAYSON. ...

Your essential SOS plan to look and feel younger

The idea that eating less might make us live longer has been around for thousands of years. Even Hippocrates, the Ancient Greek physician, argued that, “When a patient is fed too richly, the disease i