5:2 Diet
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•Last Updated: August 28, 2025
The 5:2 diet is a type of intermittent fasting in which you eat normally 5 days a week and restrict calories to around 500 per day or consume nothing at all on the remaining 2 days.
The 5:2 diet is a type of intermittent fasting in which you eat normally 5 days a week and restrict calories to around 500 per day or consume nothing at all on the remaining 2 days.
5:2 Diet is most often used for Fat Loss.
In this meta-analysis of 35 randomized controlled trials that evaluated the effects of different diets in participants with type 1 diabetes, high-fiber diets and carbohydrate-restricted diets improved some aspects of glycemic control.