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The Two Day Diet is a method of intermittent semi-fasting whereby you eat a very low carbohydrate diet for two days each week and a Mediterranean diet for the next five days.
The Every Other Day Diet is the title of a book published by Dr Krista Varady based on her research studies using ADF in overweight subjects.
Restricting your eating to a ‘window’ of just a few hours each day is another form of intermittent fasting. It works well, and many people find it easier to do than 5:2.
Eat Stop Eat is a method of intermittent fasting, created by Brad Pilon, whereby you eat nothing for just 24 hours on one or two days a week and eat normally the other days.
Restricting your eating to an 8-hour window and fasting for 16 hours is a form of intermittent fasting that may appeal if you find skipping breakfast easy.
The 5:2 diet (or Fast Diet) was created in 2012 by UK television presenter, Dr Michael Mosley, who investigated fasting as a way to improve his own health. His popular book has sold more than a million copies worldwide.
Leangains uses an 8-hour eating window and 16-hour fast combined with strength training to improve body composition.
Fast-5 uses a short, 5-hour eating window, to ensure your body burns fat.
Alternating fast days with feast days has been well researched as a method for weight loss and is surprisingly easy to do. It’s good if you are looking for more rapid weight loss.
You don’t need to follow anyone else’s method of intermittent fasting. It’s about doing what works for you, and what you can sustain in the long term. Use our guide to invent your own method.
Fasting on two days a week is of the most popular methods of intermittent fasting, but there are several variations. We explain them all.
There are many different ways of doing intermittent fasting. This article explains them all. You are sure to find one to suit your lifestyle.
If you like the idea of alternate day fasting but like to keep your weekends free, maybe fasting 3 days a week might suit you.
For most people, fasting is a great way to control weight, and to live a healthier life. However, it is not for everyone.
Intermittent fasting is simply taking a break from food for 12 hours or more. It’s very simple but brings many health benefits and is a great tool for weight loss.
Fasting is the easiest way to lose weight without ‘dieting’. You only need to fast for 2 days a week – or for a few hours each day. The rest of the time you can eat normally.
When you take a break from eating, powerful changes occur in your body that can reduce your risk of many diseases, including diabetes and heart disease.
Be healthier. Lose weight. Eat the foods you love, most of the time.
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