Eager to get leaner and healthier but just not up for a diet that completely takes over your life? Good news: "There's an amazing alternative to traditional diets called a ‘5:2' style of eating.

A molecular biologist has warned of the dangers of the 5:2 fasting diet after developing motor neurone disease. Dr Vivienne Cox, who worked at two leading pharmaceutical companies and co-founded ...

The evidence suggests that intermittent fasting can be an effective way to lose weight over a period of months. However, one size does not fit all, and it could be another’s idea of hell.