“I was doing intermittent fasting for a while, but I realized that because my schedule is so crazy and I don’t have regularity in life, I can’t stay on that,” says Dubroff. “I’m a yo-yo for food. I’ll be so healthy, where I’m eating only plant-based [foods] and no sugar for a while, and then I’ll go off it and I’m slamming ice cream and eating pizza. It’s just reality. I try to eat food that’s not highly processed, and I’m flexitarian, because I’m mainly vegetarian, but sometimes I need some meat when I feel depleted. I do generally try to keep the sugar and the dairy in check, though, because it ensures I get better sleep.”

“I try to avoid sugar, but it doesn’t always happen,” says Tilbury. “Sugar, for me, is the route to disaster. I’ve started to eat more fish and vegetables and potatoes, and I try to avoid bread. I also try to drink three liters of water a day, as it makes such a huge difference to my body not holding water – the more water I drink, the less water I retain.”

“I’ve been vegetarian since I was 16 – I just didn’t want to eat meat anymore,” says Sturm. Now I’m super-healthy in what I eat and follow an anti-inflammatory diet. Recently, I went to the Vivamayr medical health resort for 10 days and tried Kinesiology testing, as I’ve always had digestive issues and stomach pain. They found out I had problems with gluten, histamine (found in fermented foods, and in avocados, eggplant and spinach) and dairy. Before, I was eating lots of tomatoes and avocado and spinach – but now I’ve cut them out, my stomach pains have totally gone. I’m not crazy about being gluten-free and I do still eat normal bread – I just don’t overdo it. As with everything in life, it’s about moderation and not being extreme.”

“I’ve noticed that the more I go towards fresh fruit and vegetables, the better I feel,” says Kerr, founder of Kora Organics. I eat lots of potatoes for lunch and dinner (I love potatoes), but use an air fryer so it’s a little healthier. And I can’t live without celery juice; I’ve been drinking it for three years and it’s been life-changing for me – my husband and children all drink it, too. Anthony William’s book Cleanse to Heal is great, and since drinking celery juice, as he advises, it’s calmed down my digestive issues. My parents owned a steak house, so that’s a comfort food for me, and I do indulge every now and again. However, I feel much better when eating plant-based food. I lost my baby weight from eating lots of potatoes and bananas and drinking celery juice.”

“I follow The Plant Paradox eating program and have done for more than a year. It’s a book written by Dr. Steven Gundry, who advocates cutting out lectins (found in grains and legumes) for a diet that is very anti-inflammatory,” says Czech. “For breakfast, I have a berry mix with sheep or goats’ yogurt, or eggs and avocado, then sea bass or salmon with vegetables for lunch and dinner. More importantly, I cut out corn, cucumber and tomato with this program; within a week I had fewer headaches and felt less sluggish. As with gluten, not everyone has a sensitivity to lectins, but cutting them out has made a big difference to me.”