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[ad_1] The Buchinger-modified fasting program is put to the test. A century ago, fasting—“starvation, as a therapeutic measure”—was described as “the ideal measure for the human...
[ad_1] Where did the idea of therapeutic fasting come from? The story of life on Earth is a story of starvation. Ash from massive volcanoes and...
[ad_1] The same meal eaten at the wrong time of day can double blood sugar. We’ve known for more than half a century that our glucose...
[ad_1] Ask anyone, and chances are, they’d love to be healthy. But the food industry doesn’t make it easy. Fad diets. Magic weight-loss pills. Cryptic food...
[ad_1] A calorie is not a calorie. It isn’t only what you eat, but when you eat. Mice are nocturnal creatures. They eat during the night...
[ad_1] Dairy consumption is associated with years of advanced ovarian aging, thought to be due to the steroid hormones or endocrine-disrupting chemicals in cow’s milk. When...
[ad_1] Breakthroughs in the field of chronobiology—the study of our circadian rhythms—help solve the mystery of the missing morning calories in breakfast studies. Where did this...
[ad_1] Calories eaten in the morning count less than calories eaten in the evening, and they’re healthier, too. Time-restricted feeding, where you limit the same amount...
[ad_1] Are there benefits to giving yourself a bigger daily break from eating? The reason many blood tests are taken after an overnight fast is that meals...
[ad_1] What are the effects of eating only five days a week or following a fasting-mimicking diet five days a month? Instead of eating every other day,...
[ad_1] Alternate-day modified fasting is put to the test for lifespan extension. Is it true that alternate-day calorie restriction prolongs life? Doctors have anecdotally attributed improvements...
[ad_1] Eating every other day can raise your cholesterol. Are there any downsides to fasting every other day? For example, might go all day without eating impair...
[ad_1] Does eating every other day prevent the metabolic slowing that accompanies weight loss, or does it improve compliance over constant, day-to-day caloric restriction? Rather than...
[ad_1] Why should fasts lasting longer than 24 hours and particularly for three or more days only be done under the supervision of a health professional...
[ad_1] Like the keto diet, fasting for one or two weeks can actually slow the loss of body fat rather than accelerate it. Fasting obviously causes...
[ad_1] For more than a century, fasting has been used as a weight-loss treatment. I’ve talked about the benefits of caloric restriction. Well, the greatest caloric...