Jamie Foxx, 54, on his high-protein diet of choice – says fasting is ‘worst thing’

“Sometimes it’s just literally kale and spinach, or sometimes the crispy spinach or fruit for a snack.”

Despite Foxx’s distaste for fasting, there is evidence that suggests fasting can be helpful depending on the outcome you’re after with your diet.

Fasting has been found to reduce the level of potentially damaging LDL cholesterol as well as triglycerides, which are linked with the onset of heart disease, in the blood.

A study published in the research journal Obesity found that eight weeks of alternative-day fasting resulted in 25 percent lower levels of LDL cholesterol and 32 percent less triglycerides in the blood.