Most of us when hearing the word diet, we tend to automatically associate it to restricted food intake. That means you are no longer able to eat whatever you fancy which is mostly true.

Most diet plans if not all require you eat way lesser quantity while giving up your favourite foods.

Well, say hurray, because there is a recent diet called the ‘5 Bite Diet’. A diet plan that allows you to eat whatever you want to eat as long as you just consume 5 bites.

The 5 Bite Diet is a low-calorie diet which reduces your calorie intake with some easy rules and regulations. This diet claims to reduce weight similar to weight loss surgery.

The diet was developed by Dr Alwin Lewis in the year 2007 as part of his book ‘Why Weight Around?’ with this diet plan you can lose the extra weight without needing to spend hours at the gym, and most importantly without giving up your favourite foods.

So, how does the diet goes?

This new diet plan guarantees to help you lose weight up to 6.8 kilos per week and all you have to do is simply limit the number of bites to just 5 per meal.

For breakfast, you have the choice to either simply follow the 5 bite rule or skip breakfast and have a cup of black coffee instead. While for lunch and dinner, you can eat any meal or food of your choice but remember to only consume 5 bites.

However, while following this diet, you have to make sure that you include protein-rich on your meal once a day. Furthermore, in order to meet the nutritional deficiencies that you may encounter while doing this diet plan, you need to take multivitamins and omega-3 supplements every day.

This diet sounds simple, right? But of course, just like any other diet plans out there, this has downsides too. Since this diet plan is categorised as a very low-calorie diet it may cause:

1. It can lead to nutrition deficiency which triggers long term health issues. Hence, it is recommended to shift to a nutrition rich diet after you lose the desired weight.

2. It can result in poor metabolism and an increased risk of weight regain.

3. Contributes to digestive problems, increased risk of gallstones and developing an eating disorder.

So, are you up for the challenge?