The 5:2 Diet: Eat whatever you want... but for 5 days only

You have to be careful about eating your salads as well on your fasting day. Salads, as seen in this filepic, can contain quite a lot of calories, especially if you load up on cheese shavings/cubes, nuts and protein.

I was recently made aware of something called a 5:2 diet. People like Jimmy Kimmel from The Tonight Show follow it and claim that it is incredibly effective. What is it all about?

The 5:2 diet involves intermittent fasting. It is also known as the Fast Diet. It was popularised by a British doctor and journalist called Michael Mosley. It became really popular some time around 2012 to 2013. In this diet, you “fast” for two days and eat normally for five days in one week.