• Developed by Dr. Michael Mosley
• The diet claims to potentially cut the risk type two diabetes, heart disease, and cancer
• There are two stages to this diet. Stage 1 requires the person to undergo a very low-calorie diet (VLCD) of 800 calories per day. Stage 2 then involves the progression of the daily 800 calories from 7 days a week to only twice a week, and the remaining 5 days they will be on the Mediterranean diet.

There are two stages to this diet regimen:

• Stage 1 - targets the metabolically active abdominal fat. It aims to normalize the liver and pancreas fat and help promoted regular insulin response and blood glucose management.
• Stage 2 - is gradual w...