J-Lo, Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow are among the glamorous female A-listers said to have given intermittent fasting a go, but it seems that the 5:2 plan has proved popular with male celebrities too.
‘I am on the new 5:2 diet. I’ve been doing it for about three weeks and am really hungry'
Phillip Schofield last week revealed he has lost an impressive half a stone on the diet in under a month.
The 51 year-old presenter reportedly told a TV audience: ‘I am on the new 5:2 diet
According to a UK newspaper, slim Phil was on a starvation day when he revealed the news he had lost seven pounds, and begged the audience for snacks!
And its not just Phillip championing Dr Michael Mosley’s revolutionary diet plan - unlikely male dieters Dom Joly and Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall were both early adopters.
Writing for a UK newspaper in January, TV chef Hugh revealed that he was ‘beguiled, for the first time ever, really, by a new diet.’
The food and drink lover explained that the diet’s appeal for him, was it’s ‘compelling promise’ that by fasting for just two days out of seven, he could lose his man-paunch and continue to eat and drink whatever he liked.
Comedian Dom Joly also revealed early on in the 5:2 craze that he had lost two and a half stone in three months by following the diet.
Like Hugh, the Trigger Happy TV star said he was attracted to the diet because it allowed him to indulge on non-fasting days.
He said: ‘I simply have to get through to the next day where I can eat and drink to my heart’s content.’