Heston Blumenthal: How I came back from wall

Bipolar medication can cause you to put on the pounds big-time. That was the case for me, and it proved difficult to lose it by exercise alone. So I’m on the “fat-jab” .

Inevitably, being me, I’ve begun to see my own body as a kind of scientific test case and have been observing the process closely. Feeling less driven by appetite has made me more aware of my tastebuds and how hunger acts upon me. I have found myself eating less, but with more consideration and awareness. More mindfulness.

Confession time: I used to experience the very opposite of mindfulness – moments of wall-punching, phone-biting fury. Tipped over the edge by sometimes the littlest thing. I hadn’t at that point been diagnosed with bipolar, so all I knew was that I was out of control. But I also knew of something th