'Can the fasting diet reduce my weight and ease my diabetes?' Our expert explains why dieting is essential for overweight patients to protect their future health

Tom Jones from Middlesex, who has type 2 diabetes and weighs 20st, asks whether going on a 'semi fast' diet every second day — i.e. one day at 2,000 calories, the next day at 700 — is too risky.

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