What are the health benefits of intermittent fasting?
There is encouraging evidence that changes in your body created by fasting can reduce your risks of developing diseases including…
When and what should I eat during intermittent fasting?
What time should you eat on a fast day? What should you eat? Does it matter what you eat on…
What’s the best way to measure success with intermittent fasting?
Jumping on the weighing scales once a week might seem like the obvious choice for monitoring your weight loss progress,…
What can I expect from my first few fasts?
Fasting is surprisingly easy. Of course you will feel hungry, but that soon passes. Learn more about what to expect…
Can I exercise when intermittent fasting?
Exercising while fasting adds extra health benefits to both the fasting and the exercise. Learn more about how exercise and…
Scales
Scales are all the same, right? Wrong. The technology within a simple set of bathroom scales has developed hugely, so…
Medical tests
Before embarking on your FastDay journey, we’d suggest that you do a ‘health audit’ through a simple blood test. These…
Exercise trackers
Exercise trackers are the new must-have gadget for any keen runner or gym-lover. Although the exact features vary device-to-device, they…
Recommended Reading
Recipe books What’s 5:2 without food? Even on fast days we still need to eat! These fantastic recipe books make…
Gifts
Do you have a gift to buy for someone who is a faster? A fasting buddy? Or your significant other?…
Useful stuff for maintainers
Exercise Many of our maintainers see exercise as the next step – now that they have successfully lost some weight. We…
Useful Stuff when you are Getting Started
You may want to invest in some Useful Stuff to help you get started with fasting. We are all different,…
What is The Two-Day Diet?
The Two Day Diet is a method of intermittent semi-fasting whereby you eat a very low carbohydrate diet for two…
What is The Every Other Day Diet?
The Every Other Day Diet is the title of a book published by Dr Krista Varady based on her research…
What is the eating window method of intermittent fasting?
Restricting your eating to a 'window' of just a few hours each day is another form of intermittent fasting. It…
What is the Eat Stop Eat method of intermittent fasting?
Eat Stop Eat is a method of intermittent fasting, created by Brad Pilon, whereby you eat nothing for just 24…
What is the 8-hour diet?
Restricting your eating to an 8-hour window and fasting for 16 hours is a form of intermittent fasting that may…
What is The Fast Diet or the 5:2 diet?
The 5:2 diet (or Fast Diet) was created in 2012 by UK television presenter, Dr Michael Mosley, who investigated fasting…
What is Leangains?
Leangains uses an 8-hour eating window and 16-hour fast combined with strength training to improve body composition.
What is Fast-5?
Fast-5 uses a short, 5-hour eating window, to ensure your body burns fat.