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The Fast Diet

The Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting: Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, Live Longer

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The Fast Diet

By: Dr. Michael Mosley, Mimi Spencer
Narrated by: Dr. Michael Mosley, Mimi Spencer
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Not just weight loss - better health too! The authors of the book that is still the number one UK nonfiction best seller six months after publication now present their work for Audible listeners and make it even easier to adopt their brilliant system.

Far from being just another fad, the Fast Diet is a radical new way of thinking about food, a lifestyle choice that could transform your health. This is your indispensable guide to simple and effective weight loss, without fuss or the need to endlessly deprive yourself. Eat normally for five days each week, and cut your calories on the other two. Scientific trails of Intermittent Fasting have shown that it will not only help the pounds fly off but also lower your risk of a range of diseases including diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

Dr Michael Mosley, the medical journalist who presented the BBC Horizon programme which alerted the world to the IF phenomenon, presents the science behind the 5:2 diet, and Mimi Spencer, award-winning writer, explains the practicalities. It really is straightforward to incorporate this groundbreaking weight-loss system.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

©2013 Parenting Matters Ltd and Mimi Spencer (P)2013 Strathmore Publishing Ltd Diets, Nutrition & Healthy Eating Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Heartfelt

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One of the best-selling diet guides in the UK is The Fast Diet audiobook, written and narrated by Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer. Learn how to lose weight and keep it off forever. The key, as outlined in this guide, is to eat normally for five days of the week and keep two days where you watch what you eat – easy! Hear about the success stories, the best way to do this diet and the science behind why it works so effectively. The ease of having this diet on audio means that advice and encouragement is available anywhere, anytime. Download from Audible today.

Critic Reviews

‘The biggest diet revolution since the Atkins’ ( Daily Mail)
‘The only diet you'll ever need’ ( Mail on Sunday)
‘The diet that works’ ( Radio Times)
‘The year's most talked about weight-loss trend’ ( Daily Express)
‘Intermittent fasting is ideal for those of us who can just about manage to be good, but lack the long-distance rigour of saints’ (Allison Pearson)
‘The scientific evidence that Intermittent Fasting can have numerous health benefits is strong’ (Professor Mark Mattson, National Institute on Aging)

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Informative and encouraging

After seeing Michael Mosley on TV I wanted to look further into this diet. I've only been doing the 5:2 for a couple of weeks so far and the results are showing. This book really inspired me and gave me the confidence to start the fasting diet. It also helped that the scientific and technical stuff is explained in a way that is easy to understand. Highly recommended!

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Life changing

Makes sense, feels intuitively right. So grateful to the authors. If you don’t give this a good shot you’re crazy.

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Great Audio

A potential life changer. Provides a very balanced approach to dieting. The benefits are amazing.

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Great book

Easy listening and a very commonsense approach. I’m a big fan of Dr Mosley and love the science behind his discoveries.

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Excellent Book

Would you consider the audio edition of The Fast Diet to be better than the print version?

As I have not read the print version of this book I am unable to say wether the audio version is better. For me, as I am so busy, I listen to audiobooks while commuting or in the car.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked that the authors were also the narrators.

Which character – as performed by Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer – was your favourite?

Michael Mosley but they were both relevant

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Definitely the part that discussed about scientific research.

Any additional comments?

Great book, good science to back it up. A must read if you want to lose weight with a minimum if fuss.

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Fast and furious!

Fast Diet by Dr Micheal Moseley and Mimi Spencer is highly recommended...inspirational to say the least, thanks M&M!

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Very Motivating.

A concise and motivating explanation of a very interesting concept. I would have liked a bit more detail in the planning of the fast, but the science is good.

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Very informative & easy to follow.

Very informative & easy to follow. Will probably continue for ever, thank you very much...

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thought provoking

This had encouraged me to give the 52 fast a go. well read with alternate speakers for each chapter keeping the content fresh

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Very informative.

I am very interested in this diet, as it a way of life, not a forever "diet".
I'm trying to get pregnant so it is not recommended for me. But in the future I will do it for the overall health benefits.

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