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The New 5:2 Diet Cookbook
The 5:2 Diet has never been so easy!
800 calorie ‘diet’ days
Overnight fasting
New junk food rules
Over 100 new and revised recipes
800 Calorie Meal Plans
By cutting back to 800 calories for only two days a week you can lose weight and lower your risk of age-related illnesses.
Jacqueline demystifies the latest research, giving you up-to-the-minute guidance to get the most from your 5:2 Diet.
800 calorie ‘diet’ days
Overnight fasting
New junk food rules
Over 100 new and revised recipes
800 Calorie Meal Plans
This essential and easy-to-follow guide is choc-full of advice and help to get you started with The New 5:2 Diet.
Bestselling diet author Jacqueline Whitehart makes the 5:2 Diet easier than ever before.
198 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 27, 2017
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May 2, 2018
Not on the right track
I seldom leave poor book reviews unless I feel an element of concern around it's contents, and this is one of those books. In my opinion, it completely misses the point with regards to teaching people what constitutes a healthy diet based on science that is now emerging which tells us low fat diets and sugar are the main culprits for the current obesity epidemic. There's just a little too much use of 'light', 'semi-skimmed' and 'white flour' in the recipes and sugar features quite often. There's even a beef stew recipe that tells you to add a teaspoon of sugar. Sugar. In a beef stew. Satiety is important and this is what a diet rich in healthy fats deliver. The addition of sugar and white flour into so many foods now is making us hungry. The only thing that is sound is fasting. It IS the answer where weight loss and health benefits are concerned. I didn't read this for the diet, as I simply fast for 24 hours three times a week while cutting sugar right back to an occasional treat, eating lots of healthy fats and avoiding white flour at all costs. That is it, and the weight is melting away while I'm not hungry. It's important to send out the right messages about what is making us obese and I'm sorry, but the recipes - which were what I was looking for in downloading the book - miss the mark on offering the kind of nutritional education we need to put us on the right track for good. I don't doubt you would lose weight following this plan, but I do doubt you will fix the problems sweet, diet and white flour foods are doing to you in terms of insulin resistance and gut flora. Sorry, but with a little look again at the recipes I think this could be a useful book.
I seldom leave poor book reviews unless I feel an element of concern around it's contents, and this is one of those books. In my opinion, it completely misses the point with regards to teaching people what constitutes a healthy diet based on science that is now emerging which tells us low fat diets and sugar are the main culprits for the current obesity epidemic. There's just a little too much use of 'light', 'semi-skimmed' and 'white flour' in the recipes and sugar features quite often. There's even a beef stew recipe that tells you to add a teaspoon of sugar. Sugar. In a beef stew. Satiety is important and this is what a diet rich in healthy fats deliver. The addition of sugar and white flour into so many foods now is making us hungry. The only thing that is sound is fasting. It IS the answer where weight loss and health benefits are concerned. I didn't read this for the diet, as I simply fast for 24 hours three times a week while cutting sugar right back to an occasional treat, eating lots of healthy fats and avoiding white flour at all costs. That is it, and the weight is melting away while I'm not hungry. It's important to send out the right messages about what is making us obese and I'm sorry, but the recipes - which were what I was looking for in downloading the book - miss the mark on offering the kind of nutritional education we need to put us on the right track for good. I don't doubt you would lose weight following this plan, but I do doubt you will fix the problems sweet, diet and white flour foods are doing to you in terms of insulin resistance and gut flora. Sorry, but with a little look again at the recipes I think this could be a useful book.
January 7, 2018
**This book was given to me by the author, as a part of the read-and-review program on ChoosyBookwarm.com**
This was the first ever "diet" book I've read and it was definitely a pleasant surprise for me! IT was definitely not boring and I enjoyed reading and implementing it. What I liked most about it, was that there was a very important test in the beginning, that made me think a lot about my eating habits.
It was a pleasant read and definitely worth my time!
This was the first ever "diet" book I've read and it was definitely a pleasant surprise for me! IT was definitely not boring and I enjoyed reading and implementing it. What I liked most about it, was that there was a very important test in the beginning, that made me think a lot about my eating habits.
It was a pleasant read and definitely worth my time!
September 14, 2017
Great diet book. Great diet. Great recipes . Very well written and so old to understand.
Great diet. Great recipes. Very well written and simple to understand. I like the diet and it has helped n lose weight.
Great diet. Great recipes. Very well written and simple to understand. I like the diet and it has helped n lose weight.
August 8, 2018
Great to follow
Since the change to 800 including the increase in time etc. This reboot is great. I’d say give it a go.
Since the change to 800 including the increase in time etc. This reboot is great. I’d say give it a go.
December 6, 2018
800 Kcal much easier to follow, some good tips and recipes .
March 15, 2019
Yummy
Tasty, simple, good detailed instructions, if you follow the diet you will definitely lose weight. Overall this is worth having.
Tasty, simple, good detailed instructions, if you follow the diet you will definitely lose weight. Overall this is worth having.
December 7, 2019
Useful 5:2 recipes
A useful book to reference with a good range of great recipes for every day, not just for the fasting days.
A useful book to reference with a good range of great recipes for every day, not just for the fasting days.
December 11, 2019
Interesting book to read,some nice receipts within but have not put them to the test yet.
February 11, 2020
Great book
Easy to read and follow, with a great structure for what plan would suit you best. Good selection of recipes, including vegetarian.
Easy to read and follow, with a great structure for what plan would suit you best. Good selection of recipes, including vegetarian.
June 23, 2025
Good recipes
No bonuses as stated in the end of book. Goes to a page where you have to buy the domain
No bonuses as stated in the end of book. Goes to a page where you have to buy the domain
June 21, 2020
I bought it hoping for some inspiring recipes but haven't been tempted to make any of the meals.
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