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.

“Then Michael Mosley’s intermittent fasting idea became the fad diet of the period. I had gained a little weight, so signed up to the 5:2 diet with great enthusiasm. I lost a stone immediately ...

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 ...

It was popularised by the late health eating guru Michael Mosely, who invented the 5:2 diet — which involves limiting calories to between 500-600 for two days per week. Advocates credit the ...

Although you can remove food altogether on fast days, some fasting patterns, like the 5:2 diet, allow you to consume up to around 25% of your calorie requirements in a day. If you want to try ...

Intermittent fasting is becoming an increasingly popular way to lose weight. What's its appeal and is it safe to fast? Whether it's eating in a 5:2 or 16:8 pattern, losing weight is as much about ...

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.

We’re getting more used to the concept of fasting – specifically intermittent fasting (IF), such as the 5:2 diet, popularised by the late Dr Michael Mosley, or 16:8, where dieters restrict ...