MEN’S HEALTH MEN’S HEALTH 1313EDITOR’S LETTER
TAKE PLEASURE IN YOUR PURSUIT OF HEALTH
healthy somehow undermined the premise
of the magazine’s title. But I had an inkling
that it would strike a chord. After all,
healthy appetites are not sustained by
kale smoothies alone. Even our most
disciplined and ascetic readers, I figured,
can’t be immune to the appeal of, say,
a good burger. And who doesn’t find
the metabolic medicine more palatable
washed down with a soupçon of sugar?
So, on these pages we’ve picked
up where we left off. On page 58, we
present “The Anti-Diet for Hungry Men”,
a no-nonsense, full-fat guide to eating
smart without stricture or penury.
Meanwhile, on page 72, we sing the
praises of the processed foods that’ll
do you more favours than a chia seed
breakfast bowl ever will. And for those
who find that their penchant for a bevvy
tends to interfere with their gains, on
page 78, we’ve hand-picked the best
new low-ABV drinks on the market.
In short, it’s a cheat sheet for having
your cake and eating it.
Here’s to your good health. Ish.
TOBY WISEMAN
EDITOR IN CHIEFT
here are doubtless many who,
upon meeting me in the flesh,
would confess to feeling
underwhelmed. Just as one might
assume the editor in chief of Vogue
Paris to be the living embodiment of
chic, it’s understandable that people
would expect the bloke in the top seat
at Men’s Health to be a deadlifting,
CrossFitting, protein-guzzling swoledier.
Alas, dear reader, I am not that man.
This is not something about which I am
especially defensive. Personally, I tend to
find over-zealous gym bros limited in their
chat, while food fascists are tedious at best.
Nor do I apologise for skating a fine line
between salubriousness and indulgence
as part of my debit-and-credit approach to
well-being. I train, in some form, more or
less every day. I make a point of eating my
greens. But health is about so much more
than just hard abs or cleansed guts, and I
for one value happiness, conviviality and
reward for hard work just as highly.
I often tell the story of first meeting our
fitness editor and resident physiological
superman, Andrew Tracey, twice in one
day. The initial encounter was at a local
Saturday-morning boot camp, during
which he expertly pushed me beyond my
limits through a series of intense strength
and conditioning circuits. The second was
around nine hours later at One Stop, where
I was busy buying red wine and Monster
Munch. Not once did I feel he judged me.
Obviously, the MH job was his.
I say all this by way of idle justification
for this month’s theme. The Eat Healthyish
Issue is our second in 14 months, the first
having proved so pleasingly – and in some
quarters unexpectedly – popular. It was
suggested to me the first time around
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Forget unsustainable,
self-denying diets. We
present our simplest
nutrition strategy yet for
attaining peak health
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Dress for the street
without dressing
down using our edit
of this season’s
luxe urban fashion.
Bored of broccoli? Then you’re
cooking it wrong. Re-energise
this green giant of nutrition
How, exactly, does a food
become “super”? We
trace the curious rise of
a plant called moringa
With the rise of low-ABV
drinks, it’s never been
easier to get on the wagon.
We sample the best
Processed foods needn’t
be unhealthy. Let our
panel of dietitians help
you navigate the shelves
for an easy hit of nutrition
Fitness and a love of food
aren’t incompatible, says
model-chef Isaac Carew.
We join him for a burger
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