The essence of the 80/20 Diet is clean eating by filling your plate with antioxidant-rich wholefoods 80 per cent of the time, and enjoy your favourite, slightly less nutritious foods for the remaining 20 per cent.

No ingredients or food groups are off-limits in The 80/20 Diet. Instead, the attention is placed on making the majority of your choices healthy ones.

The recipes in The 80/20 Diet are mostly low-carb and include fresh vegetables, whole fruits, nuts, seeds and fish. This is the simplest and most effective way to achieve and maintain a healthy weight through clean eating.

It's common knowledge that depriving yourself of all treats and sweets simply isn't sustainable. However, building special indulgences into your weekly meal plan can lead to a happier, healthier and even slimmer you.

What's great about the 80/20 Diet & 80 20 Principle is that it means you're less likely to cut out whole food groups, become hung up on counting calories or deny yourself particular foods.

With fewer restrictions, this way of eating makes it much easier to stick to a healthy plan, lose weight and implement long-term dietary changes. That's the benefit of the 80 20 rule.