What Is Intermittent Fasting?

Paying attention to when you eat is as important as what you're eating. Intermittent fasting is a simple way to start experimenting with a diet. It requires you to abstain from food, or at least most food, for specific periods.

Diets based on intermittent...

Intermittent fasting is based on the idea that when you reduce your calorie intake for limited stretches of time, your body will use its stored fat for energy. Intermittent fasting has many health benefits, including losing weight.

There is no one way to d...

While the time-restricted eating holds promise, there is a need for more research.

• There haven't been studies with humans that lasted longer than a few months.
• The gut microbiome actually changes in mice that restrict their eating to an eight-hour window, so they digest nutr...