Mimi Spencer

Mimi Spencer is best known for co-authoring The Fast Diet with Michael Mosley, which introduced the concept of 5:2 intermittent fasting to the world. The Fast Diet has sold over a million copies worldwide, with translations into more than 30 languages.

During a 30-year career in journalism, she wrote about 'all the good things in life' - fashion, beauty, food and travel - as a features writer and columnist for numerous national newspapers and magazines including The Times, the Observer, Mail on Sunday and the Evening Standard. She has written five cookbooks, including The Midlife Kitchen, focused on health and well-being as we age.

A lifelong devotee of yoga, Mimi trained as a yoga teacher in 2021, and she now runs regular retreats near her home in Sussex (therestisyoga.co.uk). When she's not on a yoga mat, Mimi can be found in her studio making pots, which she shows at the Two Kats and a Cow gallery in Brighton.

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