“It was with this inspiration that I created the 5:2 diet – cut your calories down, two days a week, and eat healthily on the other days,” the expert added.
Around the same time, Dr Michael came across research into Time Restricted Eating which is a different form of Intermittent Fasting, where instead of cutting calories across the day, you time restrict.
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“For example you only eat between 9am and 6pm,” Dr Michael explained. “That is roughly a 14:10 pattern of eating, 14 hours of overnight fasting and 10 hours of eating.
“I did this as part of this documentary, and in the course of it, I lost 9kilos, around 1.5st (20lbs) in the course of eight weeks.”
Source: Daily Express | Diet
