Does the research on alternate-day fasting back the hype? This article was reviewed by Brian Tanzer, nutritionist and Director of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs at The Vitamin Shoppe. Alternate-day ...

Alternate-day fasting appears to be the best of both worlds. In theory, you can eat your favorite dessert and lose weight at the same time. It’s almost too good to be true—so is it? This type of ...

Forget complicated diet rules and endless calorie counting. Alternate-day fasting is gaining momentum across America because it works — and it’s surprisingly simple. Eat normally one day, fast the ...

Although the concept may sound very intimidating, fasting for 24 hours every other day can help you lose those extra kilos faster than many standard diets. A recent study published in The BMJ has shed ...

People who start fasting every other day may lose more weight than they would if they stuck to their usual eating habits, a small study suggests. The 60 healthy people in the four-week study were not ...

With alternate-day fasting, people fast every other day by eating either no calories or one small meal containing 500 to 600 calories. The 5:2 diet is an example of this type of diet, where a person ...

In patients with obesity, a 3-month dietary intervention with modified alternate-day fasting led to a greater reduction in 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) compared with other low-calorie diets ...

Practiced for centuries as a ritual in many religions, intermittent fasting (IF) is rapidly growing in popularity as a weight loss and health-improvement tool. A 2024 survey found that as many as 13% ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Alternate-day fasting appears to be the best of both worlds. In theory, you can eat your favorite dessert ...