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.

T he 5:2 diet that gains popularity on TikTok is a type of intermittent fasting where you eat normally for five days a week and limit your calories to 500-600 for the other two days. This diet is ...

The intermittent or 5:2 diet involves having two ‘restricted’ days per week, on which you must limit your calorie intake to 600–800 kcal per day, with virtually no foods or drinks that ...

This intermittent fasting strategy allows people to eat for six hours a day, usually between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., and fast for ...

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.