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two day diet, saw this in daily mail ? any information abers TIA ?
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Good for you, oj, I congratulate you on your weight loss, but just at this time in my life I'd rather read a book which other people recommend. If it works for others it can give me the kick start I need. Please don't denigrate other people's attempts just because you were able to do it another way. I've never tried a faddy eating plan before in my life.
If it is the 5:2 diet, It does seem to be pretty popular right now, and I am indeed trying it.
I was originally made aware of the diet in 2011 watching a Horizon Documentary on it by Dr. Michael Moseley. The basic premise is that of calorie restriction ; Tests in rats and then later in small trials of humans showed that a 2 day fast, where you took in a maximum of 600 KCal if an adult male, 500Kcal a day for adult women - and then ate pretty much whatever you wanted for the other 5 days resulted in a steady weight loss.
Part of the success was that, because you only perceive yourself as being on a diet for 2 days a week, people were more compliant with the schedule, and just the knowledge that they could eat whatever they wanted on the other days acted as a kind of mental reassurance - but researchers found that people were actually quite sensible on the other 5 days.
so the proposed diet plan has been refined somewhat now - 2 days calories restriction, maximum 600 KCal/ $00 KCal, other 5 days eat normally but sensibly/ healthily.
There wre some possibly interesting side effects as well, but these are much less well established and much much more work needs to be done - but some studies appear to show that rats for instance that have a calories restricted diet actually live longer than their counterparts that eat pretty much whatever they want. There is a proposed mechanism for this involving a protein called Insulin-like Growth Factor- 1 (IGF-1). Lower levels appeared to equate to longer lifespan - and in the Horizon documentary, Moseley monitored his IGF-1 levels, which did seem to come down over time following this diet plan.
I was initially quite keen on this diet, the attraction being it was relatively easy to do, with the reassurance that you could eat whatever you wanted for the other 5 days, and indded initial weight loss was quite promising. But - I have now decided that for more marked and long term benefits, I really need to alter my consumption of food and drink, and aim for just eating and drinking much less, 7 days a week, and eating more vegetables and fruit, and less meat and processed food and snacks.
This approach actually seems more effective. Boring, and requites self discipline, but I have found it more effective :)
I was originally made aware of the diet in 2011 watching a Horizon Documentary on it by Dr. Michael Moseley. The basic premise is that of calorie restriction ; Tests in rats and then later in small trials of humans showed that a 2 day fast, where you took in a maximum of 600 KCal if an adult male, 500Kcal a day for adult women - and then ate pretty much whatever you wanted for the other 5 days resulted in a steady weight loss.
Part of the success was that, because you only perceive yourself as being on a diet for 2 days a week, people were more compliant with the schedule, and just the knowledge that they could eat whatever they wanted on the other days acted as a kind of mental reassurance - but researchers found that people were actually quite sensible on the other 5 days.
so the proposed diet plan has been refined somewhat now - 2 days calories restriction, maximum 600 KCal/ $00 KCal, other 5 days eat normally but sensibly/ healthily.
There wre some possibly interesting side effects as well, but these are much less well established and much much more work needs to be done - but some studies appear to show that rats for instance that have a calories restricted diet actually live longer than their counterparts that eat pretty much whatever they want. There is a proposed mechanism for this involving a protein called Insulin-like Growth Factor- 1 (IGF-1). Lower levels appeared to equate to longer lifespan - and in the Horizon documentary, Moseley monitored his IGF-1 levels, which did seem to come down over time following this diet plan.
I was initially quite keen on this diet, the attraction being it was relatively easy to do, with the reassurance that you could eat whatever you wanted for the other 5 days, and indded initial weight loss was quite promising. But - I have now decided that for more marked and long term benefits, I really need to alter my consumption of food and drink, and aim for just eating and drinking much less, 7 days a week, and eating more vegetables and fruit, and less meat and processed food and snacks.
This approach actually seems more effective. Boring, and requites self discipline, but I have found it more effective :)
Box, kick start, that's exactly what it will be, nothing more
It will not work long term, you know that already which is why you accuse me of denigrating other peoples opinions but not accuse those peoples opinion of my opinion
If anyone wants to try this fad diet, along with any other fad they choose, then feel free, I certainly wouldn't stop anyone, but I would discourage wasting money on something that will be, eventually, be left by the way side in favour of good eating
sara, I'll hazard a good guess that the Horizon presenter was paid handsomely for saying that - same as 'dentist' on TV will tell you what toothpaste they recommend. Dr. Mosely BTW is a dr of psychology, not nutrition.
a fiver for a diet that won't work for life or a fiver for the support etc etc for an eating plan that does? I know what one I would choose
It will not work long term, you know that already which is why you accuse me of denigrating other peoples opinions but not accuse those peoples opinion of my opinion
If anyone wants to try this fad diet, along with any other fad they choose, then feel free, I certainly wouldn't stop anyone, but I would discourage wasting money on something that will be, eventually, be left by the way side in favour of good eating
sara, I'll hazard a good guess that the Horizon presenter was paid handsomely for saying that - same as 'dentist' on TV will tell you what toothpaste they recommend. Dr. Mosely BTW is a dr of psychology, not nutrition.
a fiver for a diet that won't work for life or a fiver for the support etc etc for an eating plan that does? I know what one I would choose
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