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What is the 5:2 diet?

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If you’ve ever considered following a weight loss diet make sure you have all the facts first. Our health editor and nutritional therapist take a look at the 5:2 diet… What is the 5:2 diet? Eat what you want five days a week, eat next to nothing for two. The part-time diet that still allows you to eat chocolate cake yet lose weight has hit the headlines and taken off in a big way. The practice of fasting has been around for years, with tests carried out to uncover the potential effects as early as the 1940s. However, the dawn of 2013 ushered in a new spin on a practice that had more commonly been associated with religious rituals or even political protests. The  intermittent fast , a weight loss wonder (with some other potential but as yet unproven health benefits) was snapped up by the UK dieting community who, feeling the bulge after Christmas 2012, were told they could eat what they wanted for the majority of the week and still lose weight. The fasting for weight loss phe