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The Fast 800: How to combine rapid weight loss and intermittent fasting for long-term health (The Fast 800 Series) Paperback – 27 Dec. 2018

by Dr Michael Mosley (Author)
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FROM THE CREATOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING 5:2, A SIMPLE, FLEXIBLE NEW WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMME BASED ON GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE 'The most eagerly awaited health book of the year.' Daily Mail Dr Michael Mosley started a health revolution with The 5.2 Fast Diet, telling the world about the incredible power of intermittent fasting. In this book he brings together all the latest science - including a new approach: Time Restricted Eating - to create an easy-to-follow programme. Recent studies have shown that 800 calories is the magic number when it comes to successful dieting - it's an amount high enough to be manageable but low enough to speed weight loss and trigger a range of desirable metabolic changes. The secret of this new programme is that it is highly flexible - depending on your goals, you can choose how intensively you want to do it. Along with delicious, low-carb, Mediterranean-style recipes and menu plans by Dr Clare Bailey, The Fast 800offers an effective way to help you lose weight, improve mood and reduce blood pressure, inflammation and blood sugars. Take your future health into your own hands.
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A fabulous companion cookbook that offers a collection of delicious, nutritious recipes to help you incorporate the new 800-calorie programme into your daily life. New companion recipe book to the international bestseller, The Fast 800 Recipe Book As seen on Channel 4's 'Lose a Stone in 21 Days', a new combined programme from the author of the international bestselling Fast 800 Diet.

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This new book is full of fascinating information and is incredibly readable. I picked it up in something of a post-Christmas haze and couldn't put it down. - Dr Andrew Bailey, Fellow of the Royal College of General Practioners

An important, easy to follow book which is full of surprising and effective weight loss tips. It should change a lot of lives for the better. - Professor Desiree Silva, University of Western Australia

Dr Mosley, one of the world's leading writers covering nutrition and health, does it again with a very informative and entertaining book. - Dr Valter Longo, Director of the University of Southern California Longevity Institute

This diet changed my life. I lost 16kg (35lbs) in the first 8 weeks and I've lost another 6kg (13lbs) since. I was a borderline diabetic but I'm not anymore, in fact I'm healthier than I've ever been. - Denise Bach, aged 51

I lost 40lb and I'm now a size 10. I feel so much better. This approach is now part of my daily life. - Penni Cuthbert, aged 33

Not so much a diet as a new way of living. I've followed Michael's advice ever since my third bout of cancer and I have not looked back - Patrick McIntosh, who at the age of 58 became the first man to walk to the South Pole after surviving surgery for bowel, skin and prostate cancer.

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The revolutionary weight loss programme that combines intermittent fasting with a calorie-controlled meal plan from the bestselling author of The Fast Diet.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Short Books Ltd (27 Dec. 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1780723628
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1780723624
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.8 x 2.6 x 19.7 cm
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Customers say the book helps with weight loss and has good and interesting recipes. They find the rules easy to follow and well laid out. They also say the content keeps their interest and momentum going, keeps them mentally clear, and provides some support. Customers also mention the book has helpful sections on clinical trials and media support groups. They appreciate the nice recipes.

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245 customers mention ‘Content’231 positive14 negative

Customers find the book very informative, with technical back up to prove the theory. They also say it's supported and sited by research, and has a section with recipes to get you started. Readers mention that the recipes are tasty and can make them satisfied. They say it talks you through your maintenance plan and how to sustain it. They mention that it'll make you mentally clear and full of energy after a few days. They appreciate the simple, achievable life style changes. Customers also mention that they feel inspired by the author's writing.

"...The book is easy to read and backed by solid research. The writing is almost conversational in style, and so you really don't feel condesended...." Read more

"Such interesting information with advice backed up by good science. This is a revolutionary diet! Dr Mosley was such a force for good. RIP x" Read more

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"...There's a helpful section at the back on clinical trials...." Read more

192 customers mention ‘Readability’178 positive14 negative

Customers find the book easy to read, follow, and stick to. They also say it's well-laid-out and well researched.

"...The book is easy to read and backed by solid research. The writing is almost conversational in style, and so you really don't feel condesended...." Read more

"...If the diet sounds harsh, it is but it is also surprisingly easy!..." Read more

"Great book easy to followWould recommend very well written, can't think of anything else to wrote but works if you follow" Read more

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Customers find the recipes in the book nice.

"...The recipes at the back are varied and, again, easy to follow. I am now exploring his other written work. Such a huge loss, RIP Michael x" Read more

"...There are some interesting recipes (the pistachio chocolate and chilli snack is lovely) but many of the options are unimaginative...." Read more

"...There's plenty of meal ideas at the back to keep you going and of course you can look at other recipes on the fast 800 website and in other..." Read more

"...Can’t believe how easy it is and how good the food is. Well worth a try!" Read more

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Customers find the book great for weight loss, with manageable healthy tips and tasty recipes. They say the book explains how your body's metabolism works and provides calorie and carbohydrate information. They also say the fasting days get easier every time and find their blood sugars back to normal.

"...This is a revolutionary diet! Dr Mosley was such a force for good. RIP x" Read more

"...delicious food with no desire to keep on eating all day, no more fear of feeling hungry, and no more carrying snacks in my handbag "just in..." Read more

"...work, as will all restrictive eating plans but this provides a balanced nutritional plan, if unimaginative in execution. Eat more plants; move more." Read more

"...my metabolic switch', I lost 10kg in as many weeks, the weight has stayed off, and all with little to no additional exercise, no great change to my..." Read more

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Customers find the book to be an excellent product that really works and provides a great solution to a major problem. They also say it explains the benefits of fasting.

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monkeyharris
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read and follow
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2024
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Well researched and well written book. Although i have seen many of his TV programs that have all been excellent, I have come in late to the Fast 800 but already feel better after little more than a week! The book is easy to read and backed by solid research. The writing is almost conversational in style, and so you really don't feel condesended. The recipes at the back are varied and, again, easy to follow. I am now exploring his other written work. Such a huge loss, RIP Michael x
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Sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
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Such interesting information with advice backed up by good science. This is a revolutionary diet! Dr Mosley was such a force for good. RIP x
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I’m sure the book is brilliant, but a little more care in posting it through my letterbox would have meant my friend`s present would not have been damaged. Disappointed on thus occasion.
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Wild Flower
5.0 out of 5 stars Genius
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2019
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I have been determined for years to find a diet that works and works naturally

I am only 4 days into it and have a gut feeling that this is it, after at least 20 years of trying unsuccessfully to lose weight. Like much modern medicine most diet plans treat just the symptoms. This diet treats the cause. I am nearly 60 and was at the cusp of resigning myself to being fat until I die.
I have tried more diet regimes than you have fingers to count them on, plus a few I made up myself. So I can confidently say that this time I have feelings of relief (finally) and confidence that my obesity sickness is being cured.
If the diet sounds harsh, it is but it is also surprisingly easy!
I am now enjoying every bite of my delicious food with no desire to keep on eating all day, no more fear of feeling hungry, and no more carrying snacks in my handbag "just in case"

Thank you Dr Mosley

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I lost a stone in three weeks going from 14.5 stone to 13.5
Then I lost the plot a bit over a couple of birthday celebrations and put 3lb back on. However it's been easy to get back on track. And I've started losing weight again.
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Bill Greenwood
5.0 out of 5 stars Good game
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2024
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good on science, sensible programme that works, dull recipes, more needed on behaviour modification.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 February 2019
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If you are sceptical of diet lore, so-called 'clean' eating and every other fad that's out there, then this book, an update on previous work by Dr Moseley, will be reassuring. The author has revised his original 5:2 programme, based on what he's learned from current research. You don't have to be a science nerd to realise that Moseley is making a genuine attempt to inform readers on how proper scientific research is conducted. There's a helpful section at the back on clinical trials. Issues such as sample size, replication and peer-review of research are important in verifying claims on particular methods of food restriction.

Publishers, of course, want books to make money, so the latest from Dr Moseley, after 5:2, Blood Sugar Diet and Clever Guts, revises earlier assumptions and tailors a diet based on Mediterranean eating that is restricted to 800 calories a day, eaten within a short window of 12 hours or fewer. It's heavy on ketosis, so if you have had your fill of the Keto diet, perhaps this is not for you. It advises on cutting down on 'white carbs' and sugar. It follows the dictum of a famous neurologist who was asked the key to a long and healthy life: "eat lots of plants; move more". The book has a lot of advice on exercise which is a little limited. I think more options could have been briefly outlined so adherents don't feel that they have to do spin classes. Although walking is advocated, I think there could have been more on this. Not everyone will be motivated by HIIT - although it really does work - and will want options.

The diet is flexible: one can stay on 800 per day for as little as two weeks or as much as 8 weeks, then head to 5:2 fasting. The author provides options to be tailored to personal needs.

The range of food available on the diet is wide. You don't have to eat ghastly brown rice or wholemeal pasta, even though the author is a fan. There are other ways of getting slow-release carbs that are less 'diet-dreary'. There are some interesting recipes (the pistachio chocolate and chilli snack is lovely) but many of the options are unimaginative. A diet of this sort could be full of great options. The ones in '800' are an improvement on the 'Clever Guts' recipes which were uninspiring, to say the least. One can still restrict calories, carbs and sugar without having a repetitive and dull diet full of wholegrain pasta and brown rice.

What's a little scant is how behaviour modification works. Dr Moseley is reassuring on willpower. There could, however, be more on eating behaviours and how to modify them. This is where the Beck Diet is effective. The Beck Diet Workbook is a great option on eating behaviour.

My suggestion is: embrace the diet, pay attention to the science, look at other, similar (low carb, protein-rich, calorie-controlled) more imaginative recipes/plans than the ones in the book. If you are a good cook, you can probably work it out yourself without compromising on calories by using spices more effectively. Have a look at The Healthy Food Guide Magazine for ideas if you are not a confident cook. You don't HAVE to have chia seeds and turmeric and take out a mortgage for the avocados.

No doubt next year's offering will bring more revelations about 'diet-science' and a slightly different direction. Remember, however committed works like these are to promoting sensible eating guided by sound science, they are still commercial products designed to make money. If you're unsure about committing to buying this book, borrow it from the library or wait until about April when the January dieters donate their books to charity shops. The book is worth a read and helpful. The diet will work, as will all restrictive eating plans but this provides a balanced nutritional plan, if unimaginative in execution. Eat more plants; move more.
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KD
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 June 2024
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Great book easy to follow
Would recommend very well written, can't think of anything else to wrote but works if you follow
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5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing book to keep you well and healthy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2020
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I brought this book to help keep me on the right track to be more healthy and to lose weight that had crept back on over the 2020 lockdown.

After watching Michael Moseley's programme recently aired in July/Aug, I knew this would be the right thing to help me.

Through the entire month of May 2020, I exercised everyday - be it walking, running, trail running, cycling and Hiit workouts and I felt so deflated at the end of May when I felt I had put more weight on than off. (I don't own scales, I go on my clothes and I struggled to fit in anything, which is depressing).

After watching Michael's program, I realised that it's what I am or not eating, so I ordered his new book.

The book is full of facts and credible evidence as why rapid weight loss is best, getting active, the diet in practice recipe's and meal planners.
Michael explains the process and flexibility to it, for those who may not be able to do the fast 800. You can do TRE (time restricted Eating) where you eat during a time period so your body fasts over the rest, and when you are sleeping, so eating breakfast a little later or dinner a little earlier. The 5:2, 2:5, 6:1 ect where your fast days are just healthy low carb Mediterranean 800 cal meals.

There's plenty of meal ideas at the back to keep you going and of course you can look at other recipes on the fast 800 website and in other cookbooks.

It's suggested to write down what you consume during the fast 800, which is what I am doing and Calorie counting, until I get to my idea weight and the I'll maintain the diet with a 5:2 or 6:1 and continue to eat healthy. I weigh-in with a family member who is also doing this diet, to keep us both motivated.

A very good read for anyone who wants to be well, healthy and maintain wellbeing.
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KE Spencer
5.0 out of 5 stars I'm losing weight!
Reviewed in the United States on 8 September 2023
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Sorry I don't have before and after because I'm not at the "after" stage yet, but I have lost 11 pounds so far. It is a very low calorie diet using the Mediterranean diet prototype. The author gives easy to understand background, instructions, and provides references. I'm someone who has a very difficult time losing weight and I really just needed "permission" to go this low. His recipes are geared to the UK so not really suitable for my American tastes, but I just follow the principles of the plan and have done fine.
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Reviewed in France on 2 July 2024
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Reviewed in Germany on 25 April 2024
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Nikhil
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on weight loss healthy life style
Reviewed in India on 3 June 2023
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Dr. Michael Mosley is the Global Guru on Nutrition & weight loss, who is leading and inspiring people globally.
The book is must read for everyone.
With Simple and excellent explanation about the science of nutrition & weight loss added with practical knowledge on lifestyle changes and all backed by global research and success stories.
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Deborah A Stevens
5.0 out of 5 stars Stick with it, it really works.
Reviewed in Canada on 15 October 2020
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Sensible way to lose weight. Easy to follow, did it as a couple and lost 13 and 15 lbs in 4 weeks. The first 3 / 4 days are toughest, but it gets easier. We try for around a 1000 calories a day 6 weeks in, and certainly find that manageable. We have 1
Cheat day a week, and so far so good. Basically you are cutting out most carbs and sugar. A 3 part tv show came out at the same time, its a help to try to find this as you start the plan, it follows 6 very ordinary people on their journey, if they can do it, so can you.
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