Dr Mosley hosted Channel 4 series Lose a Stone in 21 Days in which five overweight participants ate 800 calories a day for three weeks during lockdown. It was slammed by eating disorder charity Beat, which saw a 50 per cent rise in calls after the first episode. But we found it was being sold online for £99 – and users at healthy weights were allowed to set “life-threatening” targets. Anything under 18 can indicate an eating disorder and medics say 14 and below can signal a potentially fatal case of anorexia. I shed 3lb but the tiny meals and workouts made me dizzyBy Geraldine McKelvie(Image: Roland Leon/Sunday Mirror)I tried the Fast 800 diet for a week – and it left me flagging.

Source: Daily Mirror September 05, 2020 19:58 UTC