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The Every Other Day Diet

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The Every Other Day Diet offers a scientifically backed approach to intermittent fasting, crafted by world-renowned expert Krista Varady. It proposes a simple, effective way to lose weight by alternating between diet days and feast days. On diet days, calorie intake is limited to around 500, while on feast days, you can eat freely without restriction. This method avoids deprivation, complicated rules, and persistent hunger, making weight loss sustainable and manageable. The book also includes recipes and practical tips to support your journey towards a healthier lifestyle.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in science-backed dieting methods, intermittent fasting, and approachable weight loss plans that avoid strict deprivation and complex guidelines.

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By the doctor who introduced the fasting trend to the world, this is the only fasting diet book on the market proven by science.

By the doctor who introduced the fasting trend to the world, this is the only fasting diet book on the market proven by science.

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Written by the world's leading expert in intermittent fasting, this is the only fasting diet on the market backed up by science. Dieting only half the time is an effective, simple, and unique way to lose weight—and what's more, now it is proven to work.

The Every Other Day Diet offers:

- No deprivation: because you're only dieting every other day. Calories are restricted on the Diet Day, but on the Feast Day you can eat whatever you want and as much as you want.

- No complicated rules: The Every Other Day Diet has just one rule—eat around 500 calories on Diet Day.

- No hunger: dieting only half the time means no long-term feelings of hunger—you can always eat what you like tomorrow.

With recipes and tips to help you achieve your target weight and get healthier, this is the diet you've been waiting for.

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Women's Health Online highlights that The Every Other Day Diet updates the intermittent fasting trend, positioning it as the new approach to weight loss beyond older methods like the 5:2 diet.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781444780123

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 January 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Yellow Kite

Illustration: N/A

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 226g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Dr Krista Varaday is the world s leading researcher into every-other-day fasting. She has conducted seven weight-loss studies using every-other-day fasting, involving hundreds of people, and her research was featured in the Horizon programme, Eat Fast and Live Longer. This book is the result of her rigorous studies. Bill Gottieb is a bestselling health author and writer.

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