The 5: 2 Diet

About The 5: 2 Diet Android App

We have spoken in this blog of intermittent fasting, a food pattern that entails frequent help.
In the diet 5: 2. Also known as the fast diet or 5 day diet, is nowadays the most popular diet of intermittent fasting. The name 5: 2 comes from your eating plan, in which 5 days a week you eat normal, and in the other two are restricted to 500-500 calories a day. For all this, we can say that this diet is more a pattern of eating than a diet itself. It does not tell us what food we should eat, but rather when we should eat it.
Many people find this way of eating simpler than a traditional diet, where calories are often restricted.
HOW TO DO THE DIET 5: 2?
The 5: 2 diet is fairly simple to explain. 5 days a week you eat normal, no calorie restriction. The other two days you have to reduce your calorie intake, to a total of one quarter of your daily needs. This is about 500 calories a day for women and about 600 calories for men.
You can choose yourself which two days of the week you want to make the restriction, just keep in mind that they can not be consecutive days. A typical example is: Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, making 2 or 3 small meals, and eating normally the rest of the week. Also important to emphasize that "normal eating" does not mean that you can cater to whatever you want. If you eat junk food, you will hardly get thin, rather the opposite, you will see an increase in weight. Conclusion: The 5: 2 diet consists of eating normally 5 days a week and restricting calories the remaining two days (500-600 calories).
BENEFITS FOR THE HEALTH OF INTERMITTENT FASTENING
A major advantage of intermittent fasting is that for many people it may be simpler to perform than a calorie restriction. Several studies have shown that intermittent fasting can help reduce insulin levels significantly.
In one study for example it was shown that the 5: 2 diet caused weight loss similar to that of a low calorie diet. In addition, the 5: 2 diet is very effective in reducing insulin levels and improving insulin sensitivity.
Several studies have also shown the positive effects of alternating fasting days throughout the week, something that is done in the 5: 2 diet, among these benefits is reducing insulin resistance, asthma, Seasonal allergies, cardiac arrhythmias, hot flashes of menopause and more.