A TV doctor has explained how cutting two food types from your diet can help boost weight loss.
Dr Michael Mosley is the resident weight loss expert on This Morning when he shares tips on how people can cut pounds.
The 64-year-old founded the 5:2 diet which has helped thousands of people achieve their weight loss goals.
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The diet consists of five days where calories aren't counted and then two days where only 500 calories are consumed - as Mirror Online reports.
Michael has now slightly amended the diet to include a Mediterranean Diet on the five days where the person isn't calorie counting.
He said: "Today we have more hard evidence than ever that the 5:2 is one of the best ways to get slim and stay slim – as well as reduce your risk of illness. But this time there’s also a clever twist.
"Fast Days are easier than ever to shop and prepare for. It’s also handy if you’re watching your wallet as well as your waistline."
The newer version incorporates calorie controlled meals that include no more than five ingredients in each recipe.
He said: "Make sure you fill up on protein and veg on your fasting days. Protein is very satiating and you can eat a lot of vegetables for very few calories."
However, to increase weight loss then two more food groups can be cut out to add to that as well.
To maximise weight loss the This Morning doctor explained that people should cut down on 'sugar, sugary treats, drinks and desserts', which included the likes of most breakfast cereals and smoothies.
He also said to minimise or avoid starchy carbs where he meant 'the white stuff' such as bread, pasta, potatoes and white rice.
He suggested that instead of these things then other items such as bulgur (cracked wheat), whole rye, wholegrain barley, wild rice and buckwheat can be eaten.
In particular he mentioned filling foods can be legumes such as lentils, kidney beans and chickpeas.
The 5:2 diet consists of dieters eating a normal amount of them on five days then on two non-consecutive days, they must keep levels to around 25% of what they normally consume, with around 500 calories recommended for women and 600 for men.
The 5:2 diet is reported to work due to the intermittent fasting part of it.
Healthline reports that a 2014 study found that people who intermittently fasted reduced body weight by 3% to 8% over a period of three to 24 weeks.
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV and ITV Hub
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