Reboot your health and drop weight with this simple five-day fast

A new five-day fasting regime is billed as the cheat’s version of the hit 5:2 diet. Easy to follow, it not only regulates blood sugar levels, it also helps to shred fat, writes Peta Bee

VALTER Longo is not your average scientist.

A genial Italian in his late 40s, he is professor of gerontology and biological sciences at the University of Southern California, but is also the man behind the revolutionary research that pre-empted the biggest dieting craze in recent years: fasting.