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LIFE Live it well
THE old saying goes: “You are what
you eat.”
We have been told for years that what
we consume is the most important
factor when it comes to staying slim.
But the popular trend for fasting diets
is adding increasing evidence to the
idea that when you eat – or don’t eat – is
more important than what you eat.
Intermittent fasting (IF) – controlling
when you eat by skipping food
altogether for fixed periods – went
mainstream with the inception of the
original 5:2 fasting diet.
But now slimmers are pushing the IF
trend to new extremes, with plans that
are more and more restrictive.
Enter the drastic OMAD, or One
Meal A Day diet, which has built a celeb-
rity following, including Twitter CEO
Jack Dorsey, who claims it keeps him
“focused” during the day.
Meanwhile, US reality star
Kourtney Kardashian is a
self-confessed fasting
devotee, who doesn’t eat for
14-16 hours after her 6pm
evening meal.
Closer to home, TV
favourite Phillip Schofield
has talked about how he lost
two stone by following the
5:2 fasting diet.
And even Prince Charles is
said to have had a go, having kept his
weight stable by eating only a light
breakfast and then nothing until dinner
for more than 30 years.
But despite the popularity of fasting
diets, many questions remain. How
does IF work, which version is best for
you – and, most importantly, is it safe?
Here we unpack the lot...
How you lose
weight with IF
“Intermittent fasting is all about letting
your insulin levels drop very low, which
is what happens when you don’t eat
for long periods,” explains dietitian
Azmina Govindji.
“In theory this triggers your body to
burn off your fat stores for
energy.”
In addition, with fasting,
you end up eating less food
overall as you’re unlikely to
make up all the missed calo-
ries from the meals you skip
in the restricted window
when you can eat.
But whether this leads to
greater weight loss than with
other traditional diet
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Does the secret to losing
weight come down to the
timing of your meals rather
than what’s in them?
Caroline Jones reports