The 5:2 diet is fasting the secret to easy slimming?

Making the right food choices at lunch time could make the difference between you shaping up this summer or piling on extra calories that get stuck on your waistline. Switch to our savvy lunch options and you could be five pounds lighter by weekend!

Skipping breakfast used to be considered a diet sin, but now missing entire meals could contribute to weight loss. Intermittent fasting is growing in popularity, yet it wasn’t always a choice for our

If you’ve ever tried a low-calorie diet, you’ll know how it can leave you tired, hungry and irritable. Meanwhile, lowcarb, ‘keto’ diets can cause cravings, constipation, kidneys stones and may even in

■ Serves 4 ■ Prep 15 mins ■ Cook 15 mins 140g soba noodles300g fresh or frozen podded edamame beans4 spring onions, shredded300g beansprouts1 cucumber, peeled, halved lengthways, deseeded and sliced1

This time of year is one of the best to lose weight – while your body works on beating the heat, it helps suppress your appetite plus you burn more calories keeping cool. Follow our plan to help melt away fat and you could drop a swimsuit size!

Want to get back on track in time for your holiday? This delicious one-day ‘fast fix’ diet will add up to around 800 calories, which is about half of what an average woman needs to maintain her weight