The Fast Diet: Revised and Updated: Lose weight, stay healthy, live longer

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The idea is to give your liver a break to detox; if we keep eating, the liver is constantly working and not getting a break, hence health problems and obesity! What is most startling about this book is that weight loss is only a part of the story. The real dividends are around longer term health and which include a reduced risk of heart disease, dementia, cancer and diabetes. The evidence is compelling and persuasive. The other attractive aspect is that the 5:2 approach means that the participant only has to exercise will power for two days out of five and can eat normally on the other days. I was given this book by my parents-in-law who had found it very helpful. Another friend has also successfully followed the 5:2 approach for about six months. I was curious because, as a man in his early fifties who eats healthily and is fairly active, for the first time in my life I am finding it harder to shift the post-Christmas paunch. Usually upping the running and exercise has resulted in fairly easily weight loss. Not any more it seems. I have yet to actually try any of the recipes, but wanted to review the overall book within itself. (So I apologize (again) is you were looking for some good dinner ideas via a review blog post…)

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I would suggest reading The Fast Diet as it gives detailed advice on how to prepare yourself before you start. Some people find it surprisingly easy to adjust, others find it quite challenging. Having a fasting buddy and joining a support group really helps. Choose your days – ones in which you are busy, but days that are not too demanding. Ideally have regular fast days. When starting it helps to plan in advance what and when you are going to eat. It is actually a good read as it goes into the reasoning and history of why we eat too much and why fasting is something we have only not done recently.Becoming disillusioned by psychiatry, Mosley upon graduation joined a trainee assistant producer scheme at the BBC in 1985. The longer I continue to do this diet the easier it seems to be, as at first it can be a battle of wills! Just keep busy and plan your day wisely!

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I have also been sluggish and my skin (and scalp) has broken out in spots and I have tried every lotion and potion (even changing my contraception). Feeling that I needed to do more, I deep down knew it was what I was eating and a proper diet would help. A clear, accessible summary of the current research around the science of intermittent fasting, with an emphasis on the 5:2 diet (restricted calories of 500 for women & 600 for men on two days a week). Answers frequently asked questions regarding how it might make you feel, whether you should exercise and provides suggested meal plans. The Fast Diet book contains lots of recipes, the Fast Diet Recipe book has even more. The basic principle is to eat foods that are high in protein and fibre, as these are the most satiating. That means fish, meat, vegetables. Since starting I have noticed that my skin is getting better, I feel more energetic and I am in control. I even find that on my normal eating days, I am aware of what I eat and have started to be quiet sensible. The book contains sample menus for 10 days, and a calorie counter. It also has testimonials from people who started the plan after watching the programme and they have all made great progress.

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The first few chapters of this book go through some of the basic ideas of the diet itself. I was pleasantly surprised that the authors took into consideration the fact that not everyone is able to follow the same routines/diets/etc. From what I have learned from diets (I’ve never been on one personally) is that the diets themselves are very strict. This book’s opening chapters create a very warming and welcoming atmosphere and I found that I actually felt more relaxed about looking through the recipes – I definitely had a more open mind after reading how understanding the authors are. The images within this book are amazingly vivid. Seriously – I was drooling over many of the salmon-filled images. The bright and colorful pictures are reflected by the vivid descriptions of not only what goes into the meal but also why parts of the meal are considered healthy, etc. With this fasting diet offering to lower the risk of various diseases, including dementia, heart disease, diabetes and cancer plus making weight loss easier it sounds too good to be true...right? But this book is well worth a read if you are interested in becoming healthier and living longer. It seems to be a simple thing to follow, and it certainly doesn't seem like the usual conventional diets or fad diets destined to fail. I heard from a friend that Dr. Varady, whose work Mosley talks a lot about, doesn't like his book and the way he presented (at least in the first edition?) her research, or his method as relates to research. I don't have a more substantial understanding of her complaints than this, but because this was mentioned it to me, I was looking at how he couched the diet in terms of research. In my reading, at least, he's clear (though not emphatic) that no one has done any studies with his modified IF. He's up front (though not clarion clear) that his work is a modification of hers. He does make grand claims and have high hopes for it, but it's not too hard to see where research ends and anecdote / n=1 begins. I think that he may have emphasized this dividing line in the NPR radio piece. Anyway, I was on the lookout, because of my friend's comment, and didn't find anything particularly bothersome. However, I wonder about the target audience, and how they perceive it. It might seem more slippery if you're not looking for a slope. Michael Mosley gives an update for 2019, current research in the field and announces a tour starting in February.