“The diet allows you to eat what you want for five days of the week, then cut calories for the other two days”
What is the 5:2 diet?
The 5:2 diet came to prominence after the publication of The Fast Diet book by Dr Michael Mosley in 2013. It’s based on intermittent fasting, a way of eating where you avoid food for specific periods – whether that be an entire day without eating, or ensuring that you don’t eat between 7pm and 7am. Intermittent fasting has been associated with several potential health benefits, as well as weight loss. The 5:2 diet allows you to eat what you want for five days of the week, but requires you to dramatically cut calories for the other two days. It’s a ‘part-time’ approach that focuses on how you eat, rather than what you eat.
What’s the theory behind it?
The diet is based on the idea that, after
