Ten years of fasting diets: the legacy of Michael Mosley

Remember trying to lose weight before Dr Michael Mosley introduced us to intermittent fasting (IF)? Of course you do. Who could forget the torturous calorie counting, cutting carbs or eating so much protein that your breath smelt like a stagnant pond, all of which went out of the window when we realised that stripping away body fat could be as simple as eating less on selected days. Mosley’s original 5:2 diet soared to popularity after a 2012 Horizon documentary in …