Could the fasting diet be the key to eating whatever you want five days a week and still losing weight? Image: Olga Dogadina/Shutterstock The ‘new’ weight-loss strategy known as the 5:2 diet has been receiving much attention in the media since the book The Fast Diet: The Secret of Intermittent Fasting – Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, Live Longer was launched late last year. The 5:2 diet allows you to eat as usual for five days and to fast for two days.
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