The direct link to what Dr M has just written about the Dr Harvie's new Two Day Diet ('2D' I think is a good shorthand) is here:
http://thefastdiet.co.uk/the-2-day-diet/Thanks for the
poster link PhilT - to Dr Harvie's recent trial. It's a pity (and absurd) that it doesn't have a date. As Dr M writes, it is based on comparing 3 diet regimes all of which involve calorie restriction. None of them seem quite to match Dr Harvie's new 2D. IMO after that trial they have tweaked the formula again to come up with something better, which is good but does mean that the new 2D has not been tested itself.
Another link to a piece about the diet and the forthcoming book is
here. It is not the same as Dr Harvie's previous (1 year ago!) 'milk diet' (
here) that has been mentioned above.
The new 2D diet apparently does not count calories at all. On the two consecutive days you are restricted to a list of mainly protein-rich foods (which? It's a secret! I guess you have to buy the book, or maybe the Daily Mail?), and the rest of the week you eat a 'Mediterranean diet' with olive oil, fish, fruit, poultry, wholemeal pasta, brown rice, vegetables, potatoes, occasional red meat and wholemeal bread, all the while just keeping an eye on the size of your portions (
source).
The underlying idea of 2D is very similar to 5:2 but I see these differences which all of us will have views about:
- two consecutive days restricted diet
- don't count calories, instead focus on what foodstuffs you can/can't eat
- aimed at lowering carbohydrate intake, especially (but not only) on the two days
- you may have to modify your ordinary diet somewhat or substantially on 2D, whereas 5:2 is '5 days as normal'
Is milk required, permitted or discouraged in 2D?
I welcome corrections or additions to the above of course!